Wheel of Consent®: A Foundational Practice for Relating

The Wheel of Consent® is a groundbreaking framework and awareness practice developed by Dr. Betty Martin. Since its inception, it has been brought into schools, universities, therapist programs, and organizations around the world, reshaping how practitioners are trained.

This is a deeply nuanced way to practice consent as an agreement that brings deeper integrity, responsibility, and empowerment into our interactions.

Our application is wide, including the personal, professional, and global. It includes touch, relationships, power dynamics, and social issues of equality and justice.

The practice is simple, subtle, and profound.

Complete information on this workshop can be found at

https://helenadefelice.com/wheelofconsent

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When:

Friday November 07-09, 2025

10h00 - 18h00 each day

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Where:

Wellington Village, Ottawa, location provided upon registration.

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Tuition - payment through https://helenadefelice.com/wheelofconsent

Ocean: $855CAD +HST (have investments (liquid or not), can afford travel/vacations)
Lake: $645CAD +HST (stable income or access to financial support)
River: $545CAD +HST (can afford occasional treats)
Stream: $395CAD +HST (closer to living wage)
Please be mindful that if you purchase a price at the lower ends of the scale when you can truthfully afford the higher ticket prices, you are limiting access to those who truly need the gift of financial flexibility. If the base rate is inaccessible for you, or you need a payment plan, or other methods of payment, contact Helena.

Using the Wheel of Consent®, we develop our capacity to tune into our bodies and our ability to skilfully navigate interactions and dynamics in intimate, professional, and societal contexts.

You will come away from this offering with a deepened ability to navigate consent in all your interactions, including these practical embodied skills:
໑ Create a felt sense of safety in your body and nervous system
໑ Connect to what feels good and brings you joy
໑ Notice, value, and voice what you want, what you are available for, and what you don’t want
໑ Notice your tendency to go along with what is being done and reverse it
໑ Be mindful of others' tendencies to go along with what is being done and respect their limits
໑ Access two ways to receive and two ways to give and feel the joy of each of these four possibilities for interaction
໑ Navigate power dynamics, trauma, and systemic oppression and their impact on our capacity to access choice and uphold boundaries (yours & others)
໑ Make choices that support your well-being and connection with others
໑ Express your desires, limits, preferences, and willingness with more nuance and play

Our increased awareness enables more authentic relationships centered in safety, clarity, and ease. 
Applied professionally, it makes us more effective practitioners, able to affect human change and healing, honouring the dignity of our clients without burning out. 
Applied personally, it allows us to access deeper self-trust and more meaningful connections.