Access Intimacy: The Missing Link
Mia Mingus' 2011 essay coining and describing the term access intimacy "Access intimacy is that elusive, hard to describe feeling when someone else “gets” your access needs." Read More
Forced Intimacy: An ableist norm
Mia Mingus is an American writer, educator, and community organizer who focuses on issues of disability justice. She is noted for introducing the concept of and coining the term "access… Read More
Watching touch take you
A journey through bodywork and touch written by a Queer massage therapist about the expereince of going on a touch journey with client who is a trans man; together they… Read More
These 4 Essential Skills Will Help You Practice Trauma-Informed Massage
Article by Sage Hayes on working with trauma as a massage therapist. Read More
TRANSLATION as a method and practice for working with INCLUSIVE and PHYSICALLY INTEGRATED DANCE
TRANSLATION as a method and practice for working with INCLUSIVE and PHYSICALLY INTEGRATED DANCE. The exercises and resources shared here are taken from many different places and peoples, histories and… Read More
Learning Good Consent
Great pdf of zine all about consent in relation to intimacy, sex, accountability. Read More
Consent Checklist
pdf of useful general ideas around consent, accountability etc, lots of which is relevant to bodywork practice. Read More
Enjoy Enthusiastic Consent
Useful article about actively checking in and working with boundaries, and honouring resistance, and fostering consent based care working with and as part of healing trauma. Read More