Consent is an ongoing,
dynamic, embodied inquiry into
noticing, trusting, valuing and communicating
our needs and desires,
our boundaries & limits,
what we want & where we are willing
and creating clear agreements with others -
within the level of psychological, physical and personal safety
we have to practice our authentic agency.

It is a practice of cultivating integrity.

A consent practice builds the skills we need to
engage in an increasingly polarized world:
the ability to access our sense of embodied choice,
the knowledge that our choices matter,
the grace to speak/hear Yes and No,
the ability to consider how power, privilege and trauma
affect choice - and how to use what power and privilege we have to create more choices for those who have fewer choices,
and the ability to discern, calibrate & choose
when to advocate for our agency
and when we consciously choose adaptive
survival strategies to create safe spaces to thrive
in an inequitable society.
We learn to stay in consent with ourselves,
and in relationship with others.

Consent is a practice that cultivates self-trust and trustworthiness.

Consent is a practice that cultivates ease, joy, pleasure
and love in relationships.

Consent is a practice of sharing power and creating equity.

Consent is a practice that builds empathy and resilience.

Consent is a practice that heals.

- Carmen Leilani De Jesus