Hi Reader,

There’s a LOT happening here in these thick summer days, and it's time to give you a peek. 🫣

In June, I debuted a new workshop on a new concept I’m working with called Thick Desire. I’ve taught it twice, and I’m now in a rich feedback cycle of refinement — writing, thinking and chewing on a more useful model of how desire actually works in and out of the bedroom.

Questions like “how do you know if a desire is really yours?” and “why do we so often look around to see what we can want before we try to name it?” have kept me up at night for over a decade now. I’m excited to share some insights with you.

I hope to be writing and teaching about Thick Desire more in the coming months, both in this newsletter and in two upcoming classes: The 4-week online course What You Really Really Want which starts at the end of this month and the day-long workshop Write Your Erotic Handbook, in Oakland this September.

Late summer and fall will be full of travel. In August, you can catch me teaching at Dark Odyssey’s new west-coast kinky camping event Camp Thornwood, or at the east coast Summer Camp.

In September, Dr. Betty Martin and I return to the Esalen Institute to teach an immersive exploration of consensual power dynamics, grounded in the Wheel of Consent.

Then in October, I’m off to Australia to teach Like A Pro! If you’ve been to Oz, please send me your best tips. And if you’re in Sydney, Melbourne or Brisbane, let me know — I’d love to meet you!

Here are the details of all that’s happening. Take a peek and come join me?

What You Really Really Want

July 27-Aug 24, online

Knowing what you want is hard. In fact, when I tell people that I help people ask for what they want, the #1 response I get is “I don’t even know what that is!”

This is a course to help you fix that.

Over 28 days, you’ll get daily prompts, exercises and inquiries to help you get closer to your deepest desires, plus 8 hours of live lessons, group coaching, and insights to help you refine them.

​Find out more and register here. (Doors close July 26)

Lessons in Liberation: Power, Surrender, and Choice

Sept 8-12, Esalen, Big Sur

What does it mean to explore power and surrender as embodied states, not just ideas? Join me and Betty Martin at the Esalen Institute to find out. Using the Wheel of Consent® as our foundation, we’ll uncover how power, surrender, lead/follow, take/allow, serve/accept and other dynamics show up in our desires, boundaries, and interactions. Through guided exercises, movement, and deep noticing, you’ll gain tools to navigate these energies with clarity and confidence — in erotic and everyday contexts. Develop a deeper trust in yourself — unafraid of power, unafraid of surrender, and ready to claim both.

​Learn more and register here. (Only 6 spots left!)

Write Your Erotic Handbook: LIVE!

Sept 14th, Oakland

Before you can ask for what you want in bed, you need to know what that is. In this 1-day, in-person workshop for sexual self-discovery, you’ll be guided to uncover and name your erotic desires — from the subtle to the bold, the tender to the wild. This isn’t about writing a personal ad or trying to impress anyone else. It’s about getting to the heart of you. You’ll leave with your own Erotic Handbook, access to more online resources, and a whole lot of new insight about what gets you hot and turns you on!

​Learn more and register here​

Like A Pro

Oct 1-5, Seattle, WA
Oct 22-26, Melbourne, Australia
Nov 5-9, Brisbane, Australia

This fall I will be teaching The Wheel of Consent for Professionals (aka “Like A Pro”) in Seattle and Australia!

This in-person training is designed for professionals working with topics of consent, boundaries, relational intimacy, body sovereignty, trauma recovery, sexuality, communication, and touch. Originally developed for touch practitioners, the course has, by popular demand, expanded to include non-touch professionals like therapists, coaches, teachers, activists, yoga instructors, medical professionals and workshop leaders.

Over five days, you will be guided into a personal somatic experience of The Wheel, and then teaches you how to integrate it into your practice, to make all your sessions safe, effective, and satisfying.

​Find out more and apply here. (Limited to 20 participants, apply soon, filling quickly.)

More to come soon!

Warmly,
xxMarciaB