BETH POAGUE
Introduction to the Wheel of Consent
Sat, Apr 11
|temple NYC
What Do I Want? How Do I Ask For It?
Time & Location
Apr 11, 2026, 12:00 AM – 5:00 PM
temple NYC, Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY, USA
About the event
What do I want? How do I ask for it? An Introduction to the Wheel of Consent
The Wheel of Consent, developed by Betty Martin, is a wonderful framework and practice to help us ask for what we want and disrupt patterns of going along, and ignoring our yeses and nos. This workshop is not about consent in the way we have been taught to understand it, but about making agreements that allow for expressing our desires and noticing our limits.
Experience the joy of receiving exactly what you want, and giving with a full, authentic yes! This is a potent practice for those involved in kink/BDSM but will also transform the way you hold agreements in all of your relationships.
There will be solo and paired exercises, and opportunities for reflection and discussion. You will be able to participate by doing or observing, and request that the…