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SUMMARY:Community Cuddles
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CATEGORIES:community,wellness
DESCRIPTION:Salem Area Energy & Consciousness Community Calendar\n**Commun
 ity Cuddles**\n\n**An embodied consent and relational skills workshop culm
 inating in optional\, consensual community cuddling**\n**Sunday\, Septembe
 r 20\, 2026**\n1:00-4:00 pm\nDoors open at 12:30 pm\n\n**Wild Roots Medici
 ne On the Creek**\nSilverton\, OR\n\nAfter a warmly received first gatheri
 ng in August\, Community Cuddles is growing-bringing connection\, choice\,
  and consent-centered community to both Portland/Vancouver and Salem/Silve
 rton.\n\n**Get Tickets**\n[https://events.humanitix.com/community-cuddles-
 salem-silverton](https://events.humanitix.com/community-cuddles-salem-silv
 erton)\nYour RSVP does not complete your registration to Community Cuddles
 \n\nCommunity Cuddles is a three-hour experiential workshop where you can 
 practice consent\, boundaries\, authentic communication\, and relational p
 resence while experiencing what can become possible through safe\, respect
 ful human connection.\n\nThrough carefully guided activities\, you will be
  invited to notice and communicate your authentic “yes” and “no\,”
  make clear requests\, receive another person’s response without pressur
 e\, and discover that changing your mind is always welcome.\n\nAlthough th
 e workshop culminates in an opportunity for community cuddling\, cuddling 
 is never required. The heart of Community Cuddles is learning to listen to
  your body\, honor your own boundaries\, and relate to others with clarity
 \, care\, and enthusiastic consent.\n\n**What to expect**\nWe begin withou
 t touch\, allowing each person to arrive in their own physical space and n
 otice what they are experiencing in their body. From that grounded place\,
  we establish our shared agreements and move into facilitated exercises de
 signed to help participants practice asking\, receiving\, declining\, nego
 tiating\, and changing their minds.\n\n**The workshop gradually unfolds th
 rough:**\n\n* Grounding and embodied awareness\n* Shared consent and commu
 nity agreements\n* Guided communication and boundary exercises\n* Practice
  giving and receiving authentic “yes” and “no”\n* Opportunities to
  make clear\, specific requests\n* Optional one-on-one and small-group con
 nection\n* Optional\, consensual community cuddling\n* Closing reflection 
 and integration\n\nEvery activity is an invitation rather than an obligati
 on. You are always encouraged to participate at the level that feels right
  for you.\n\n**Touch is always optional**\nYou never have to touch or be t
 ouched.\nThere is no single “right” way to participate. Meaningful par
 ticipation may include practicing verbal communication\, observing an exer
 cise\, resting in your own space\, connecting without physical contact\, s
 taying close to someone you came with\, or spending time in the Solitude Z
 one.\nSaying no\, changing your mind\, pausing\, and choosing not to parti
 cipate in an activity are all respected and welcomed forms of participatio
 n.\n\n**Our core agreements**\nTo help create a clear and caring container
 \, participants agree that:\n\n* Everything is optional.\n* You never owe 
 anyone a “yes.”\n* We honor the Solitude Zone.\n* Clothes remain on th
 roughout the event.\n* We ask for and receive a clear verbal “yes” bef
 ore touching anyone.\n* A “maybe” is treated as a “no.”\n* Everyon
 e may change their mind at any time.\n* Requests are made clearly and spec
 ifically.\n* Each person’s boundaries\, privacy\, and relationship agree
 ments are respected.\n* Facilitator support is available throughout the wo
 rkshop.\n\nThese agreements will be reviewed together before any partnered
  activities begin.\n\n**Who is Community Cuddles for?**\nCommunity Cuddles
  welcomes people of all genders\, orientations\, relationship statuses\, b
 ody types\, and levels of experience who would like to practice embodied c
 onsent and boundaries\, build confidence communicating their desires and n
 eeds\, explore safe\, nonsexual platonic touch\, and experience greater co
 nnection\, choice\, and belonging in a carefully facilitated environment.\
 n\nYou are welcome to attend alone\, with a friend\, or with a partner.\n\
 nNo previous experience with consent workshops\, somatic practices\, or co
 mmunity cuddling is needed.\nYou do not need to be naturally outgoing\, co
 mfortable with strangers\, or certain that you want to cuddle.\n\nThis is 
 a platonic\, nonsexual environment centered on consent\, communication\, a
 nd respectful human connection. It is not a dating\, hookup\, massage\, or
  therapeutic touch event.\n\n**Arrival**\nDoors open at 12:30 p.m.\, givin
 g you time to check in\, settle into the space\, and become comfortable be
 fore we begin promptly at 1:00 p.m.\nBecause the opening agreements and co
 nsent instruction establish the foundation for the entire workshop\, pleas
 e plan to arrive during the check-in period and be ready to begin together
  at 1:00.\n\nWear comfortable clothing that allows you to move and relax. 
 Additional preparation details will be provided after registration. Feel f
 ree to brink a snack to share.\n\n**About your facilitator**\nRob Patton\,
  MDiv\, is the founder of Heart Man Healing Arts and a spiritual-care prac
 titioner\, ritualist\, Reiki practitioner\, trained mediator\, and consent
 -centered facilitator. He completed professional Cuddlist training and an 
 internship and mentorship with Community Cuddles facilitator Kassandra Bro
 wn. Rob brings a grounded\, compassionate presence to his work and creates
  spaces where participants are encouraged to listen to their bodies\, comm
 unicate authentically\, and honor their own desires\, needs\, edges\, and 
 boundaries.\n\n**Community Cuddles Testimonial**\n“Rob’s calm\, ground
 ed presence and genuine care create an environment where people feel safe\
 , welcomed\, and accepted exactly as they are. I can’t imagine anyone be
 tter to create a safe\, supportive\, and welcoming space for authentic hum
 an connection.”\n— Debbie D.\, Community Cuddles participant\, Boulder
 \, Colorado\n\n**Learn more**\nFor expanded information about the workshop
 \, the Solitude Zone\, community agreements\, frequently asked questions\,
  and Rob’s facilitation approach\, visit:\n[heartmanhealingarts.com/comm
 unity-cuddles](https://heartmanhealingarts.com/community-cuddles)
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