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Betty Martin

June 1, 2018 by Betty Martin

Ongehoord!

Here’s recent podcast with Marije Janssen – we cover the Wheel, of course, along with trying to define sex, sexuality, consent. Requests, offers and invitations. Also debunking a few consent

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May 31, 2018 by Betty Martin

Can you play with the Wheel by yourself?

This is a question that came up recently and I’d like to answer it. The Wheel of Consent is a diagram of what happens when 2 (or more) people make

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January 12, 2018 by Betty Martin

What is Like a Pro? And What is the Wheel?

Thank you, Carole, for inviting me, and offering this interview. I look forward to being there!

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June 23, 2017 by Betty Martin

A Team of 3: You, Your Client, and their other Helpers

This is a recent webinar, with my friend Dr. Susan Kaye, about the Triadic Model, and the Expanded Triadic Model, in how to work with other professionals in support of

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April 17, 2017 by Betty Martin

Sharing the Wheel of Consent

Thank you for asking about sharing the Wheel of Consent – I am thrilled that so many people are finding it useful. It’s gone around the world ahead of me!

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April 4, 2017 by Betty Martin

‘Thank you for taking care of yourself’

‘Thank you for taking care of yourself’ – That’s a sentence you’re bound to hear if you attend various workshops that have anything to do with touch or consent. However

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October 7, 2016 by Betty Martin

That word, ‘Energy’

Someone recently wrote to me, saying that they are working on their presentation for a conference (in Montreal!) and they had heard that in my classes I prefer people to

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September 16, 2016 by Betty Martin

Sex work, men and women and the Wheel, Trust, Choices and Integrity

A conversation Manuel Harand in Vienna. Manuel asks about, and we talk about, how I started on this path, what sex work means, how men and women differ (in general)

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September 15, 2016 by Betty Martin

Sexual healing – which modality?

Here’s an email from my archives – about why people might choose a surrogate over other forms of help or touch. Hi Betty, I met you at the recent ****

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August 16, 2016 by Betty Martin

2 Hand-outs

Woo-hoo! It took a while but here ya go – A 1-page booklet on the 3 Minute Game … and the shortest possible explanation of the quadrants. To print: Set

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July 24, 2016 by Betty Martin

Webinar Recording: Working with other practitioners

Here’s the recording of the webinar with Dr. Susan Kaye and myself. We talk about the Triadic model – therapist, client, body practitioner-or-surrogate. What the practitioner needs to know and

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May 7, 2016 by Betty Martin

Interviews

Here’s the lovely Charlotte Cronquist, who took Like a Pro last year in Berlin. Most of her podcast is in Swedish, but for us she switched to English. This is

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April 25, 2016 by Betty Martin

Letter to a Christian

This is an exchange from a few years back – name is changed, of course. The inquiry came to me via my companion website, hence the name, ‘Beth’. Dear Beth,

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March 15, 2016 by Betty Martin

The Bossy Massage

(40 min.) I discovered this one somewhat by accident, some years back, and the more I play with it, the more powerful I notice it is. The point of this

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March 14, 2016 by Betty Martin

Joyful Embodiment – another webinar!

Another webinar! A follow up to the previous one, this time with Deej Juventin and Uma Furman. The 3 of us are facilitating In the Field, an advanced training for

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February 16, 2016 by Betty Martin

Joyful Embodiment – a webinar

[Video here – audio is below, which you can download] February 15, 2016, with Betty, Katie Sarra of Dawlish, UK, and Curt Mason of Sydney Australia. Yes, the irony is

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January 7, 2016 by Betty Martin

Teaching your Client to Touch

Here’s the recording of our free teleclass on Jan. 6, 2016. Here you get to hear about the basic principles as well as some steps to take. (Includes bonus topic

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December 4, 2015 by Betty Martin

Thoughts on the Taking Quadrant – with Harry

(5 min.) I love Harry! Here’s a clip (from a longer conversation) in which we ruminate on things related to the Taking Quadrant.

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December 2, 2015 by Betty Martin

Q&A on the G-spot massage

(11 min.) I have a very different view on the G-spot massage than most people. Recorded at Like a Pro, Oakland, 2014.

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December 2, 2015 by Betty Martin

Learning you have a choice

(12 min.) This is somewhat of an extension of the Bossy Massage – same principle. The receiver, or ‘client’ directs every step along the way. Once I started playing with

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December 2, 2015 by Betty Martin

This blog

These posts are in no particular order – they are here because it’s the easiest place to put them! Most are for practitioners, but anyone is welcome. There are a

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December 1, 2015 by Betty Martin

Sex work, healing work (audio)

One of my favorite topics! ~ What is the intersection of sex work and healing work? And what are they, anyway? (1 hour, May 2011) To listen: click the link.

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November 29, 2015 by Betty Martin

How to play the 3-Minute Game

(14 min.) Thank you to all the friends who so generously starred in this video! DOWNLOAD THE BOOKLET:  Letter Size, for US A4 size for Europe, Australia and UK WHERE

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November 20, 2015 by Betty Martin

3 Calls on Consent – for practitioners (audio)

Here’s a series of calls from spring 2015 – Beyond the Basics, for practitioners. This is one long lesson, but in 3 parts. To listen – just click the link.

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November 13, 2015 by Betty Martin

Notes on teaching the Wheel

(20 min) After the Like a Pro class in Berlin, a number of students had questions about teaching the Wheel of Consent to their students and clients. The short answer:

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November 13, 2015 by Betty Martin

What we have backwards

( 6 min.) Here’s a clip about what most of us body workers have backwards. We tend to think the doing is what counts – but there is another piece

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November 13, 2015 by Betty Martin

The moral issue of our time

this is an email i wrote a while back, in response to a question to a group of us (my extended family), by my son, wondering if the climate crisis

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November 8, 2015 by Betty Martin

Notes on becoming an elder

This is not a well formed article – just some notes from last weekend. Might as well put them here as anywhere. Met with a small group of elder women

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November 4, 2015 by Betty Martin

Facilitating Groups (audio)

I love facilitating groups – I love that people learn so much from each other, and both challenge and support each other. I’m part of the teaching team for Foundations

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October 28, 2015 by Betty Martin

For practitioners: on taking turns, receiving and being a client

Harry and me: get on the table, dear!

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October 24, 2015 by Betty Martin

Shame and empowerment in hands-on session work

(24 min.) An overview of basic principles about hands-on session work – what it is that creates awareness and empowerment and why the choosing is more important that the doing.

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October 4, 2015 by Betty Martin

Receiving, giving and one-way touch (audio)

One Way Touch ~ How it works, how to love it, why it feeds you. What you need to know as a professional. This was at the request of a

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October 4, 2015 by Betty Martin

Sacred Sexuality (audio)

Is it a useful concept? Hmmm . . . depends . . . Sacred Sexuality ~ What’s the fuss? How and why it can be helpful and how it might

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August 4, 2015 by Betty Martin

2 more on consent (audio)

A few more from the files . . . Consent, Boundaries and Mentoring professionals ~ I am interviewed by Laurie Handler on her WebTalk Radio Show. (about 45 minutes, June

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June 2, 2015 by Betty Martin

Happy Birthday, Bonny!

My new friends at Angsbacka retreat in Sweden, sang happy birthday to my daughter, back in the USA, who turned 35 that day – thank you all!

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May 28, 2015 by Betty Martin

A conversation with Harry Faddis

(1 hour) Harry Faddis is the inventor of the 3 Minute Game – thank you, Harry! This spring I got to finally meet Harry and we had a nice long

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March 17, 2015 by Betty Martin

Options – what to offer your clients

Here’s the short version – just a definition. Below is the full version, with more questions and discussion with the practitioners there.

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March 24, 2014 by Betty Martin

2 workshops: In the Field – and – Growing in Embodiment

(5 min.) Last year I had the great good fortune of teaching with Uma Furman and Deej Juventin in Australia. Next year we offer the same thing in the U.K.

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March 20, 2012 by Betty Martin

Ethical Practices: Containers, Conversations and Assessment Protocols for Somatic Sex Educators and other Sex Workers

Here is the recording of last week’s [March 2016] webinar, presented by The Somatic Sex Educators Association of Canada. The prevailing theme is – What is best for the client?

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