It’s clear that people-pleasing is an adaptive survival pattern meant to not only keep us safe, but keep us in a familial circle of beloveds. We want, sometimes desperately to be liked, loved and desired. We start to undermine our own needs and boundaries to get it. We slowly, without even knowing it, erode our own sense of self at the expensive of belonging to a wider circle of kin.

It can be super helpful to know where and with who you give your power over. Under what circumstances do you capitulate your own desires in order to be liked or perceived to be liked?

It can also be super helpful to know - in your body - what happens to you when your attachment system is activated in this pattern. What do you need from your attachment relationships and what is yours to give yourself and where can you advocate for your needs.

In this workshop we will explore embodied tools around these questions. You will leave with more awareness and tools to be able to notice your patterns and how to be an agent of caring for them.

This class is a wonderful follow up to the first session of People-pleasing, Pleasure & Power however it stands on it’s own as well.

We will meet in-person in New Orleans in Holy Cross.

Accessibility note -

Workshop space is up a flight of stairs. We will be exploring very gentle movement & meditation exercises that can be adapted for any body. Seating is available on the floor with blankets and cushions. If you need a chair or any other access needs met, no matter how big or small, please don’t hesitate to email me: Lauren@thebodyerotic.com

Covid policy/protocol -

We ask that you come only if you are well enough, not exhibiting signs of sickness and if you have been exposed to Covid, please test before coming. Masking is optional. Windows and doors in the space can be opened if weather permitting.