CLASSES & WORKSHOPS
We are delighted to offer a variety of classes and workshops that promote self-care, mindfulness, holistic health, and continuing education. Join our skilled practitioners and Collective Community members for unique and dynamic events designed to meet you where you are on your wellness journey. No matter which you choose, you can expect to leave feeling refreshed, inspired, and empowered to take control of your health and well-being. Check out our upcoming events below and join us on the path to wellness!
Sex-Positive Parenting
How do we raise kids to love and respect their bodies, to enjoy pleasure without shame, and to practice and expect consent in every interaction? How and when do we talk with our kids about sex? How do we help keep them safe and happy as they blossom into sexual beings? This three-part class is a chance for parents to come together, share their questions and struggles, and learn some of the best ways to set our kids up for a fulfilling sexual future with less shame and more pleasure.
Spend your lunch hour with host Sarah Goodrich of Goodrich Sexuality Education. Join her via Zoom on three Thursdays 12:00-1:00pm EST: May 1, 8, and 15.
Registration: https://www.goodrichsex.com/events/p/sex-positive-parenting
Pleasure at the Center
In this workshop, you will explore how prioritizing pleasure can transform your relationship with your body, the relationships with the people you love, and even how you relate with your work and all the things that fill your days.
The workshop will include pleasure practices to weave into all aspects of your life. It will also include specific information about maximizing sexual pleasure, both solo and with partners. There will be opportunities to share and learn from one another in a tightly held container where consent always comes first.
Hosted by Sarah Goodrich of Goodrich Sexuality Education.
Registration: https://www.goodrichsex.com/events/p/pleasure-at-the-center
A Free Fertility Awareness Workshop
Join Lizzie Bogosian of Red Spring Wellness for a FREE Fertility Awareness Workshop!
Are you ready to transition off of hormonal contraception and confidently prevent pregnancy without it? Curious about the rhythms of your menstrual cycle and what your hormones are telling you each month? Or planning to get pregnant in the near future and want to start your preconception journey on the right foot?
Join Lizzie, a certified Fertility Awareness and Sexual Health Educator, for a free workshop on the Fertility Awareness Method (FAM). Whether you're looking to prevent pregnancy naturally, gain a deeper understanding of your fertility, or dive into your hormone health, Fertility Awareness could be an incredible tool for you.
If you aren't ready to jump into a full FAM program, and want a little taste first, this is a great start!
Registration: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdGuI4Zgvtee5_zy5k5g4YrfwAi-xi5v4QYh7nP8sVx7dHiZg/viewform
Humpday Erotica: Bedtime Stories for Grownups
One Wednesday evening per month, Sarah will read you a grown-up bedtime story. By that, we mean some top-shelf feminist patriarchy-smashing erotica. Then you’ll discuss!
Join host Sarah Goodrich of Goodrich Sexuality Education on Wednesday, April 2nd, 8:30-9:15pm EST via Zoom.
Registration: https://www.goodrichsex.com/events/p/bedtime-stories-for-grownups-aka-humpday-erotica-jan-1-lz2br-t4rnz-ksdpg
Decolonize Your Body: Mini Retreat
In this one-day retreat, you will learn about how we are colonized—and colonizing—and how we can actively decolonize our bodies, minds, and spirits. You’ll learn about how our language and culture keep us in prescribed roles based on gender, race, age, ability, and other ways to categorize us. You’ll learn about our body parts that are named after the white men who “discovered” them—and alternative names that empower us. You’ll come home to your body through movement and reimagine yourself through art. This will be a rich day of unlearning, relearning, and embodying.
Hosted by Sarah Goodrich of Goodrich Sexuality Education.
Registration: https://www.goodrichsex.com/events/p/decolonize-your-body
Location: Heart Song Aerial Healing Arts, 270 Battery Street, Burlington, VT
Lunch will be provided.
Sex Ed Book Club: Come As You Are (Chapters 7-9)
Sex Ed Book Club meets monthly on a Wednesday evening 7:30-9:00pm on Zoom. Sarah will choose books with truly helpful sex ed content, and you’ll discuss a manageable chunk so that it’s easy to keep up. The facilitated conversation will include what’s in the book as well as how it applies to our lives. Come nerd out with Sarah!
Come As You Are, by Emily Nagoski, is the most comprehensive book about sex that Sarah has found, particularly for people with vulvas (or people having sex with people with vulvas).
For March 19, you’ll discuss chapters 7-9 and appendices. Themes include:
desire
orgasm
creating a sex-positive context
masturbation & expanding/extending orgasm
Join host Sarah Goodrich of Goodrich Sexuality Education on Wednesday, March 19th, 7:30-9:00pm EST via Zoom.
Registration: https://www.goodrichsex.com/events/p/sex-ed-book-club-come-as-you-are-intro-part-1-3g278-ed2e5
Humpday Erotica: Bedtime Stories for Grownups
One Wednesday evening per month, Sarah will read you a grown-up bedtime story. By that, we mean some top-shelf feminist patriarchy-smashing erotica. Then you’ll discuss!
Join host Sarah Goodrich of Goodrich Sexuality Education on Wednesday, March 12th, 8:30-9:15pm EST via Zoom.
Registration: https://www.goodrichsex.com/events/p/bedtime-stories-for-grownups-aka-humpday-erotica-jan-1-lz2br-t4rnz
Sex Ed Book Club: Come As You Are (Chapters 4-6)
Sex Ed Book Club meets monthly on a Wednesday evening 7:30-9:00pm on Zoom. Sarah will choose books with truly helpful sex ed content, and you’ll discuss a manageable chunk so that it’s easy to keep up. The facilitated conversation will include what’s in the book as well as how it applies to our lives. Come nerd out with Sarah!
Come As You Are, by Emily Nagoski, is the most comprehensive book about sex that Sarah has found, particularly for people with vulvas (or people having sex with people with vulvas).
For February 19, you’ll discuss chapters 4-6. Themes include:
emotional context (stress, attachment style, and more)
cultural context (sex negativity, body image, and more)
arousal (including arousal noncorcordance, which is a super helpful concept!)
Join host Sarah Goodrich of Goodrich Sexuality Education on Wednesday, February 19th, 7:30-9:00pm EST via Zoom.
Registration: https://www.goodrichsex.com/events/p/sex-ed-book-club-come-as-you-are-intro-part-1-3g278
Humpday Erotica: Bedtime Stories for Grownups
One Wednesday evening per month, Sarah will read you a grown-up bedtime story. By that, we mean some top-shelf feminist patriarchy-smashing erotica. Then you’ll discuss!
Join host Sarah Goodrich of Goodrich Sexuality Education on Wednesday, February 5th, 8:30-9:15pm EST via Zoom.
Registration: https://www.goodrichsex.com/classes/p/bedtime-stories-for-grownups-aka-humpday-erotica-jan-1-lz2br
Sex Ed Book Club: Come As You Are (Intro & Part 1)
Sex Ed Book Club meets monthly on a Wednesday evening 7:30-9:00pm on Zoom. Sarah will choose books with truly helpful sex ed content, and you’ll discuss a manageable chunk so that it’s easy to keep up. The facilitated conversation will include what’s in the book as well as how it applies to our lives. Come nerd out with Sarah!
If you’re only going to read one book about sex, Sarah’s recommendation is Come As You Are, by Emily Nagoski, so that’s where we’ll start: just the intro and Part 1 (we’ll save the rest of the book for future months).
Join host Sarah Goodrich of Goodrich Sexuality Education on Wednesday, January 22nd, 7:30-9:00pm EST via Zoom.
Registration: https://www.goodrichsex.com/classes/p/sex-ed-book-club-come-as-you-are-intro-part-1
HOST A WORKSHOP
The Wellness Collective’s beautiful, bright studio room is the perfect venue to host your next workshop or small event. This space is ideal for yoga and other small-group classes, workshops, trainings, support groups, and more!
Members and non-members have the opportunity to reserve space with the option to include your event listing here on our schedule of Classes & Workshops.