Sex in Dialogue and Action
We’re looking for another 2-3 people to participate in our online sex dialoguing group starting Nov 10th
John Gillespie (UK) and Lena Grigorieva (Belarus/Poland) of NGV invite you to take part in a second cohort of our gestalt sex group “Sex in Dialogue and Action – though not doing it with each other”.
This will be a 6-session monthly Online Exploration Group: 2nd Sunday of each month from November 10th 2024 (3-5 pm CET), 10 participants max.
Full dates
10th November 2024, 12th January 2025, 2nd February 2025, 9th March 2025, 13th April 2025, 11th May 2025
What is it about?
It is about You, Your way of dealing with You as a sexual-being.
Why is it exciting?
Just because we never know what kind of landscapes we will navigate within our joint journey.
Why might you take up our invitation?
Because this is the way to explore yourself in great company with some pretty cool facilitators!! We will create a safe space for brave explorations about you, your sexual power, your fantasies, your body, your attraction to other members of the group... amongst other things.
The 1st cohort of our group got so much out of our explorations, that they didn't want to finish.
Talking about our own relationships to sex and to our sexual bodies and personas can for some be a necessary component of personal development – aspects of shame, isolation, trauma, privilege/oppression dynamics, and spiritual identity can become hived off from everyday personas and encoded in our sexual selves. These parts of us can often stay untouched through therapy training and even through therapy itself because of the combination of taboo, and the degree of trust and personal intimacy that is implicit in sharing our sexual selves. In this six session exploration group we will experiment with creating a safe enough space for sharing, supporting, and holding who we are sexually… Themes to be explored include:
sexual development
reclaiming sexual experience from sexual abuse/trauma
power, culture and sex
relationality versus non-relationality in sex
ageing
how we relate to our sexual bodies & shame
sexual play… playing with sex, sex toys
sex and spirituality
sex and politics/ sex in the times of war and oppression
The group will involve sharing materials (writing, YouTube, art, music, images) that bring to the fore different perspectives on sexual experience. There will be time for breakout group and whole group sharing of your experiences including responding to what fellow members evoke for us sexually. We will pay careful attention to contracting for what is okay for each of us. Participants will be free to share, or not share as much or as little as they feel comfortable. We may ask you to bring art materials to some sessions in order to facilitate different ways of responding to the material and to each other. Our aim is to create a space where sex can be safely spoken about without undue shame or taboo. We believe that this can radically free aspects of your sexual persona. We hope the workshops will enable participants to be more comfortable working with clients’ experience of sex, and/or create an enhanced degree of personal comfort around sex. Cost: €200 for the whole course. To find out more or express interest please contact Lena at Belarus.gestalt@gmail.com or john at gillie2k@gmail.com.
Criteria for participation:
at least basic gestalt education or sufficient experience of therapy.
availability for at least 5 out of 6 sessions
English of speaking level
payment of fee after the online interview with Lena or John