BETH POAGUE
WHEEL OF CONSENT
The Wheel of Consent changed my life! Learning and practicing the Wheel gave me access to my pleasure, my preferences and my desires, and helped me to find my “no.” I went from a lifetime of longing, to a deeply embodied understanding that what I wanted was available to me, I just had to ask. The more and more I work with the Wheel, I'm finding that it is a practice of becoming trustworthy, both to myself and to others. This work has been transformational to all of my relationships and the learning can be applied anywhere.
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. 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!
As a Certified Wheel of Consent Facilitator, I am so excited to bring this work to the Hudson Valley, New York City, and beyond! I am and am currently offering introduction classes, two-day workshops, and hosting monthly practice circles. I would love to bring the Wheel of Consent to your group or community, please be in touch!
Listen to me talk about The Wheel of Consent:
Beaconites Podcast (March 2026)
IG Live with Carmen Leilani: Neurodivergence and The Wheel (Oct 2025)
Satellite of Love with Rakel Stammer, Radio Kingston (June 2024)
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Wheel of Consent Monthly Practice Circle
Wednesday, August 12, 2026, 6-9 pm
temple NYC, Bushwick, Brooklyn, NYC
Wheel of Consent Monthly Practice Circles - Fall 2026
Sept 10, Oct 7, Nov 12, Dec 10 - 6-9 pm
temple NYC, Buschwick, Brooklyn, NYC
Come join us for one or all four! Each Monthly Circle will combine a series of foundational practices with new learning around a theme. It’s an opportunity for ongoing practice of the Wheel of Consent, attendees may be new to the work, or joining over and over again to deepen their practice!
Thursday, September 10: Noticing and Choosing: It’s a Practice!
This work begins with noticing first, and then putting it into practice. We will discuss and practice how to notice, and you will leave with actual tools you can use immediately to start choosing exactly what you want!
Wednesday, October 7: Why Don’t We Ask For What We Want? What Do We Do Instead?
We spend so much time and effort avoiding asking directly for what we want, for so many reasons. We are often left disappointed, or worse, doing something else that we don’t actually want, and out of consent with another or with ourselves. This circle is a collective experience in unpacking why that happens, and how we can release those patterns!
Thursday, November 12: Embodied NOs
Having a good NO makes a yes so much more accessible, and so much more delicious! Practicing saying and receiving NO helps us get it into our bodies, and releases the big feelings that we may hold. This is hard work, let’s do it together!
Thursday, December 10: It’s Good To Want!
This is our favorite circle! Tap into your deepest desires, practice wanting just for wanting sake, and notice how your body and brain start to light up with the possibilities!
All Wheel of Consent offerings around the world,
in person and online, can be found here!