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Pay What You Can $30

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<span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Proxima Nova',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap">An introduction to bodywork led by @hoetry_in_motion. <span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Proxima Nova',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap">Wednesday October 5, 2022 7:00 - 10:00 PM<span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Proxima Nova',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap">$20-30 <span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Arial;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:0.5px;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:pre-wrap;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">(Need-based sliding scale. Please pay the full price if you can afford it; it will help us continue to bring you amazing events!)   <span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Proxima Nova',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap">“Massage is the study of anatomy in braille.” ― Jack Meagher <span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Proxima Nova',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap">Bodywork is an incredible tool for health, connection, and fun. Join us on a journey through the body to see through your palms and learn the fundamentals of bodywork. There will be approximately one hour and fifteen minutes of instruction followed by open practice. <span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Proxima Nova',sans-serif;color:#202020;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap">Come alone, with a partner, or with a group—all are welcome. <span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Proxima Nova',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap">In this workshop we will cover: <span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Proxima Nova',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap">-Recognizing major muscle groups in the neck, shoulders, and back<span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Proxima Nova',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap">-Feeling and identifying different kinds of muscle knots and tension <span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Proxima Nova',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap">-Manipulating and releasing different kinds of knots and tension with your thumbs, palms, elbows, and forearms <span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Proxima Nova',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap">-Maintaining stamina over the course of a massage for bodies of all sizes <span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Proxima Nova',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap">-Negotiating and massage safety <span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Proxima Nova',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap">Come learn and practice the foundation of safe and effective bodywork. Your loved ones (including your own body) will thank you ❤️ <span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:#202020;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap">*Covid/general health protocols: vaccinations are required and rapid tests day of are highly encouraged! If you do test positive or are experiencing any symptoms including fever, aches, swollen lymph nodes, cough, sores, rashes, etc - please stay home and your ticket will be refunded. Thank you for your continued dedication to helping us keep our community safe*<span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;color:#3b3f44;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap">

Hey <span contenteditable="false" data-custom-variable="{{firstname}}" style="background-color:rgb(248, 248, 255);border:1px solid rgb(191, 191, 255);border-radius:4px;color:rgb(42, 42, 196);display:inline-block;margin:0px;padding:1px 8px;font-size:11px;line-height:16px;overflow-wrap:anywhere;user-select:none;box-sizing:inherit">First name! Hello! Thank you for confirming your attendance of The Rub Down Run-Down - A Bodywork Workshop on October 5th. We're so excited to have you join! Here's the information: In this workshop we will cover: -Recognizing major muscle groups in the neck, shoulders, and back-Feeling and identifying different kinds of muscle knots and tension -Manipulating and releasing different kinds of knots and tension with your thumbs, palms, elbows, and forearms -Maintaining stamina over the course of a massage for bodies of all sizes -Negotiating and massage safety Come learn and practice the foundation of safe and effective bodywork. Your loved ones (including your own body) will thank you! -This is a non-playful event, but nudity is allowed to your level of comfort. Date, Time, and Location:Wednesday, October 5th7:00pm-10:00pm The location is in Williamsburg within walking distance of the Lorimer L & G trains. There is one flight of stairs in the building. The exact address will be sent out within 24 hours of the workshop! *Covid/general health protocols: vaccinations are required and rapid tests day of are highly encouraged! If you do test positive or are experiencing any symptoms including fever, aches, swollen lymph nodes, cough, sores, rashes, etc - please stay home and your ticket will be refunded. Thank you for your continued dedication to helping us keep our community safe* We want to build in some shared values, commitments, and boundaries we want us all to be able to share in at The Library:<ol><li>Explicit, enthusiastic, ongoing consent is required—ask before you touch, engage, escalate, or interact in any form! We love boundary setting and “no’s” in this space, so please remember that the only response to “no” is “thank you” and to move on. Pay attention to people’s body language and non-verbal cues they might be communicating to you when negotiating play.</li><li>We encourage you to check in with your partner(s) when playing. Consent is ongoing meaning it can be revoked at any time. What’s ok in this moment might not be ok in the next moment. “How does this feel?” “Would you like to continue?” etc are great ways to check in during play.</li><li>Ask, don’t assume, gender, pronouns, or sexual preference. Pronouns are one way we live our identity, so please try to introduce yourself with your own pronouns and ask politely for others’ pronouns. </li><li>We are working to be an inclusive, diverse, organization where socially marginalized communities are welcomed and centered. Our intentions and priorities are always to create an equitable, safer, and affirming space particularly for those this community often excludes. Please be mindful of the space you inhabit and the inherent power dynamics that continuously shape our interactions. We ask that you consciously work to create space where you are able.  </li><li>If at any point you don't feel comfortable, your consent has been violated, you witness harassment, or you need any type of assistance at all, please approach any of the organizers or volunteers. We are here to listen, love, learn, and support.</li><li>There are no photos allowed without explicit consent from everyone in the photo–that includes those in the background! Be careful where you’re pointing your phone–it’s quite jarring to have a phone pointed towards you, even if a photo isn’t being taken. Additionally, NEVER share any photos in any capacity without explicit consent of all those pictured.</li><li>We want to build space for accountability, feedback, and dialogue, where we can unlearn and relearn together in a space where we feel comfortable being called in and supported in moving forward. We welcome and appreciate feedback, calling out problematic behavior, and the sharing of concerns in this space. We have an anonymous feedback form here for any feedback you’d prefer not to share in person. With this being said, we are a survivor-centered space, and we will not hesitate to remove those causing harm.</li></ol> Please let me know if you have any questions, concerns, ideas, etc! We are a community funded space, so feel free to donate to @faerieb or to ask us about other donation options to help us run events like these if you're able! Best wishes,Rachel (@faerie_bruises_)

An introduction to bodywork led by @hoetry_in_motion. Wednesday October 5, 2022 7:00 - 10:00 PM$20-30 (Need-based sliding scale. Please pay the full price if you can afford it; it will help us continue to bring you amazing events!)   “Massage is the study of anatomy in braille.” ― Jack Meagher Bodywork is an incredible tool for health, connection, and fun. Join us on a journey through the body to see through your palms and learn the fundamentals of bodywork. There will be approximately one hour and fifteen minutes of instruction followed by open practice. Come alone, with a partner, or with a group—all are welcome. In this workshop we will cover: -Recognizing major muscle groups in the neck, shoulders, and back-Feeling and identifying different kinds of muscle knots and tension -Manipulating and releasing different kinds of knots and tension with your thumbs, palms, elbows, and forearms -Maintaining stamina over the course of a massage for bodies of all sizes -Negotiating and massage safety Come learn and practice the foundation of safe and effective bodywork. Your loved ones (including your own body) will thank you ❤️ *Covid/general health protocols: vaccinations are required and rapid tests day of are highly encouraged! If you do test positive or are experiencing any symptoms including fever, aches, swollen lymph nodes, cough, sores, rashes, etc - please stay home and your ticket will be refunded. Thank you for your continued dedication to helping us keep our community safe*

The Library

Bodywork Workshop: A Rub Down Run Down - Oct 5th

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