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    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

    December 2, 2015 by Betty Martin
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  • 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

    June 1, 2018 by Betty Martin
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  • 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

    May 31, 2018 by Betty Martin
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  • 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!

    January 12, 2018 by Betty Martin
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  • 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

    June 23, 2017 by Betty Martin
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  • 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!

    April 17, 2017 by Betty Martin
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  • ‘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

    April 4, 2017 by Betty Martin
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  • 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

    October 7, 2016 by Betty Martin
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  • 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)

    September 16, 2016 by Betty Martin
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  • 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 ****

    September 15, 2016 by Betty Martin
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  • 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

    August 16, 2016 by Betty Martin
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  • 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

    July 24, 2016 by Betty Martin
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  • 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

    May 7, 2016 by Betty Martin
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  • 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,

    April 25, 2016 by Betty Martin
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  • 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

    March 15, 2016 by Betty Martin
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  • 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

    March 14, 2016 by Betty Martin
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  • 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

    February 16, 2016 by Betty Martin
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  • 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

    January 7, 2016 by Betty Martin
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  • 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.

    December 4, 2015 by Betty Martin
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  • 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.

    December 2, 2015 by Betty Martin
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  • 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

    December 2, 2015 by Betty Martin
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  • 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.

    December 1, 2015 by Betty Martin
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  • 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

    November 29, 2015 by Betty Martin
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  • 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.

    November 20, 2015 by Betty Martin
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  • 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:

    November 13, 2015 by Betty Martin
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  • 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

    November 13, 2015 by Betty Martin
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  • 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

    November 13, 2015 by Betty Martin
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  • 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

    November 8, 2015 by Betty Martin
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  • 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

    November 4, 2015 by Betty Martin
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  • For practitioners: on taking turns, receiving and being a client

    Harry and me: get on the table, dear!

    October 28, 2015 by Betty Martin
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  • 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.

    October 24, 2015 by Betty Martin
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  • 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

    October 4, 2015 by Betty Martin
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  • 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

    October 4, 2015 by Betty Martin
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  • 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

    August 4, 2015 by Betty Martin
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  • 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!

    June 2, 2015 by Betty Martin
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  • 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

    May 28, 2015 by Betty Martin
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  • 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.

    March 17, 2015 by Betty Martin
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  • 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.

    March 24, 2014 by Betty Martin
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  • 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?

    March 20, 2012 by Betty Martin
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