SPRING 2027 - Date and time is TBD
|Windsor &/ Bloomfield, CT - Location is TBD
Beyond Sex
Question the rules you never chose. Explore desire, intimacy, consent, and the stories we inherit so you can better understand what you actually want—and discover possibilities you may never have known were available.
Time & Location
SPRING 2027 - Date and time is TBD
Windsor &/ Bloomfield, CT - Location is TBD
About the event
Beyond Sex: Rethinking Desire, Intimacy & the Stories We've Inherited
What if some of what you've been taught about sex, desire, and relationships isn't actually true for you?
If you've ever:
Wondered why you want what you want—or struggled to know what you want
Felt shame, guilt, or confusion around desire or pleasure
Done what you're "supposed to" instead of what feels authentic
Assumed a partner should know what you need
Wondered, "Am I allowed to want that?"
This workshop is for you.
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What This Workshop Is About
We receive messages about sex, gender, bodies, desire, and relationships long before we're able to decide what we actually believe.
Beyond Sex invites us to slow down and question those inherited rules. Through conversation, reflection, and body awareness, we'll explore what shapes our desires, what gets in the way of knowing what we want, and how assumptions can create disconnection from ourselves and others.
This isn't about telling you what's "normal" or what you should want.
It's about getting curious about what's actually true for you.
What We'll Explore
Where our beliefs about sex, desire, gender, and relationships come from
Desire, pleasure, and body awareness
Communication, consent, boundaries, and assumptions
How shame and social expectations influence what we allow ourselves to want
Why partners can care deeply and still misunderstand each other's needs
How curiosity can open possibilities we may never have considered
You'll Leave With
Greater awareness of what's influencing your wants and relationships
Questions and tools for understanding yourself more clearly
Language for talking about desire, needs, boundaries, and consent
More permission to question the rules you never consciously agreed to
What Makes This Different
Consent-based participation—you can always pass
No personal sexual disclosure required
LGBTQ+ and polyamory/CNM-affirming
Welcoming to all relationship styles, genders, and sexualities
Focused on curiosity rather than telling you how you should relate
Who This Is For
Adults 18+ who are curious about themselves, intimacy, relationships, or the messages we've inherited about what we're "supposed" to want.
Time & Structure
This workshop will be available in 2 different options:
Introductory 1.5 hour Session (Virtual &/ In-Person) - Free if at Prosser Library / Sliding Scale $17-$37
4- week Intensive Workshop for 2 hours each (Virtual &/ In-Person) - Sliding Scale $127-$197
Week 1 — Who Told Me This Was Normal?
Week 2 — What Am I Actually Allowed to Want?
Week 3 — The Relationship Rules Nobody Agreed To
Week 4 — If I Could Choose, What Would I Choose?
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Maybe you don't need a new set of rules.
Maybe you need permission to question the ones you never chose.