Ep. #271: The Wheel of Consent with Britta Love

Britta Love (they/she) weaves between the worlds of conscious sexuality and psychedelic ritual, with a through line of social justice and embodied consent. They became an advocate for sex worker’s rights as an undergraduate at the London School of Economics in 2007 and have been a writer and activist pushing for the decriminalization of drugs and sex work ever since. Britta is a certified somatic sex educator through the Institute for the Study of Somatic Sex Education, has trained with Betty Martin’s School of Consent and is a certified circle keeper with the Planning Change Restorative Justice Certification Program under the tutelage of Kay Pranis. Britta is currently completing a research-based memoir about healing and awakening through altered states induced by sex and drugs, based on her Consciousness Studies thesis at Goddard College, and is in the process of organizing a Sex Strike // Strike for Pleasure in response to the U.S. abortion bans. In this episode, Eryn and Britta talk about: Britta’s journey with healing & sexuality Navigating consent in long term relationships The Betty Martin wheel of consent - “some of the most psychedelic, life changing work” for them Getting clear on what our desires are, what we want to take, what we want to allow Allowing versus enduring Understanding our patterns within the wheel of consent Not assuming people have easy access to their choice & their voice Receiving no’s Cultivating consent in psychedelic spaces Not transferring hierarchies of power Blog for this episode: www.living-open.com/blog/britta-love Connect with Eryn on their Instagram. Book a sliding scale breathwork session with Eryn. Connect with Britta on their website and Instagram. Check out the Strike for Pleasure on Instagram and the website!