Private workshops
for Groups

Bring this work to your community — whether you’re a professional cohort, intentional community, book club, friend circle or polycule, ready for deeper conversations and stronger relational skills.

Experiential Workshops for Groups Ready to Relate With Care and Clarity

I’ve taught over a thousand workshops around the world, blending experiential, body-based learning with playful exploration and practical relational skills.

Now you can bring this work to your group.

Private workshops are designed for existing groups who want to explore communication, consent, boundaries, and intimacy together in a structured, supportive environment.

Sessions are interactive and thoughtfully facilitated, giving participants the chance to practice new skills in real time, not just talk about them.

Each workshop is customized to fit the experience level, goals, and culture of your group.

Schedule an Inquiry call
Schedule an Inquiry call

Popular Workshop Topics:

Workshops topics can be fully customized around specific questions or goals your group wants to explore. In your Inquiry Call, share what you’re looking for, and Marcia will work with you to find the right workshop structure.

Most Popular

Wheel of Consent®

A hands-on introduction to the Wheel of Consent® framework. Participants explore the dynamics of giving, receiving, taking and allowing—gaining powerful insights into boundaries, generosity and the flow of desire in everyday relationships.

Embodied Boundary Skills

Boundaries can be hard to understand and feel in the moment. This experiential workshop helps participants recognize their limits in real time and practice expressing them clearly without shutdown, escalation or people-pleasing.

Write Your Erotic Handbook

Most people inherit their understanding of sex from culture, media, and guesswork. In this workshop, participants begin creating their own “erotic handbook” — clarifying desires, boundaries, preferences, and turn-ons so they can communicate about intimacy with greater honesty and confidence.

Asking For It

Talking about sex can feel awkward, indirect, or loaded with expectation. This workshop introduces practical tools for expressing desires, making requests, and negotiating intimacy in ways that feel clear, respectful, and mutually empowering.

Negotiating open or Kink Relationships

For groups exploring polyamory, ethical non-monogamy, kink-aware relationships, or other non-traditional relational structures together or in community. Focuses on communication, consent, and emotional skills that support relational freedom and common pitfalls to avoid.

Who These Workshops Are For

Private workshops work best for existing groups where participants already share some level of trust or connection.

Common groups include:

  • Professional cohorts and leadership groups

  • Personal growth communities

  • Retreat groups and learning collectives

  • Book clubs and friend circles

  • Intentional communities or co-housing groups

  • Polycules and relationship networks

Groups typically include 6–22 participants.

What These Workshops Are Like

Private workshops combine practical learning with experiential exploration.

Participants can expect:

  • Guided exercises

  • Facilitated discussion

  • Ebodied learning practices

  • Opportunities for reflection and integration

All experiences are queer-inclusive, trauma-informed, and facilitated with care and clear boundaries.

Participants are always invited to engage at their own pace.

Sound good?

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Every Group arrives with different questions and challenges, so no two workshops look exactly the same.

While every workshop is different, participants often leave with:

  • Greater clarity about boundaries and consent

  • Practical language for communicating desires and limits

  • Increased confidence navigating difficult conversations

  • Deeper understanding of relational dynamics

  • Tools for creating more conscious relationships

Many groups describe the experience as both eye-opening and surprisingly fun — a chance to explore meaningful topics in a supportive and engaging environment.

  • “I’m so grateful that Marcia was willing to come to the intentional community I live in and craft a special Wheel of Consent weekend long training just for us! Marcia is a stellar facilitator - it’s clearly her zone of genius.  She was able to create an engaging experience that met each person where they were at, give clear examples that were relevant to our community, guide people individually during experiential exercises, and make even the didactic portions exciting and thought provoking. Our community feels more bonded, now has a common language and understanding about how we can use the WOC to help us communicate about what we want, who it’s for, and to have clear consent. The discussion about boundaries was particularly helpful. So grateful for the positive impact this workshop provided for our community!”


    ~ Kerry McKee, Santa Cruz 

  • "I have had the pleasure of inviting Marcia to speak to our graduate students and clinicians, and in participating on a more philosophically-oriented panel on the topic of love with her. She is a gifted speaker making issues clear and relevant but also making sure to make room for the inherent complexity of real relationships and issues. She captivates audiences and is a professional in all communications. She knows her material both from an academic standpoint and from first hand research and is truly curious - involving herself in ongoing inquiry and dialogue. I would be delighted to work with her again and would recommend her without reservation."

    Nicolle Zapien, PhD, San Francisco

  • "Marcia held an impeccable and deep container for healing and empowerment that exceeded my expectations. Her humble and loving guidance and well curated exercises and practices not only provided a deep learning experience but I am walking away embodying the teachings beyond what I had imagined possible in a short time span. I cannot recommend this workshop and this facilitator enough!"

    AJ, Oakland

  • "I wanted to thank you again for a wonderful workshop on open relationships. Your presentation really helped clarify a lot of the issues I've been struggling with lately as I go about rebuilding my personal relationships. Let me also compliment you on your skill at organizing your thoughts and delivering them effectively. Yours was the most informative, well-organized, and well presented workshop I attended at the Con."

    — Kevin R, Washington DC

  • “I can't believe how much I learned during this weekend, you'd think I was just starting out.  It was a marathon of imparting fascinating information, assignments, role playing, and overall expansion in my capacity and imagination for hot play.  Her laser-like focused attention on us as her students as well as the precision of the vast body of material imparted was exquisite.  The result is that I feel substantially up-leveled in my repertoire and ready to play play play! Now I can't wait and am so much looking forward to taking what I've learned and bringing it into my life adventures. Thank you, Marcia, you placed a bomb inside of me that's just waiting to ignite and explode!”

    Anonymous in Brooklyn, NY

How to host a Private Workshop

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How to host a Private Workshop ~

Hosting a private workshop is simple, and it’s designed to make your group’s experience smooth, meaningful, and engaging.

Step 1: Gather your group

Bring together 6–22 participants who are curious and open to exploring relational skills, communication, boundaries, or intimacy.

Step 2: Choose a topic or focus

Select from our suggested workshops — like Embodied Boundary Skills, The Wheel of Consent®, or Write Your Erotic Handbook — or create a custom focus that fits your group’s needs.

Step 3: Secure a comfortable space

Any space that allows for movement, discussion, and small-group exercises works: a living room, community studio, retreat center or coworking space.

Step 4: Reach out to schedule

Fill out the inquiry form with your group size, desired topics, and dates. Marcia will connect with you for a short planning conversation to design a workshop that fits your group’s goals, pace and dynamics.

Step 5: Relax and enjoy

All materials, exercises, and facilitation are provided. Your role is simply to host the space, welcome participants, and let the workshop unfold.

Hosting a workshop is an opportunity to bring learning, connection and playful exploration directly to your community — without needing to plan every detail yourself.

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Pricing and packages

Private workshops are fully customized to your group’s size, interests and goals. Each experience is designed to balance learning, practice and connection, so participants leave with practical skills, embodied insight and shared understanding. There are three options for our work together.

Half-Day
Focus Workshop

(3 hours) - Starting at $1200
A focused, high-impact session designed to explore one or two key topics. Ideal for groups who want to address specific skills, practice communication or dive into a topic in a single, immersive experience.

Full-Day
Deep Dive Workshop

(5–7 hours) – Starting at $2,400
A deeper exploration with multiple topics, experiential exercises, and integration time. This format allows participants to practice skills in real time, reflect, and build shared understanding across the group.

Most Popular!

Multi-Day
Immersive Retreat Faciliation

(2+ days) – Custom Pricing
An immersive, transformational experience designed for groups seeking profound shifts in relational connection and communication. Includes full customization, guided exercises, reflection time, and optional follow-up support. Pricing depends on scope, length, and location.

Always Included:

Private Inquiry call to discuss your group’s goals

Custom-tailored workshop just for your group

Local travel to Bay Area locations (or Zoom option)

Customized handouts + resource guide

Travel and Logistics

Marcia is happy to travel outside of the SF Bay Area for in-person workshops, with travel typically arranged at the group’s expense. This may include transportation, lodging and per diem depending on distance. Travel planning is discussed during the intake conversation to ensure a smooth, high-quality experience.

These intensives are limited to a few sessions per year to ensure high-quality, personalized facilitation. Book early to secure your group’s spot.

Let’s Bring This Work to Your Community!

If your group is interested in hosting a private workshop, the next step is to schedule a short planning conversation along with with a few details about your group and what you’d like to explore.

From there, we’ll meet to design a workshop that supports meaningful learning, connection, and growth.

Schedule an Inquiry Call
Schedule an Inquiry Call

You’ve got questions.

I’ve got answers:

  • I will do workshops with your group either in-person, or online on Zoom.

    Typically you or your group will choose the venue. Any space that allows for movement, discussion and small-group exercises works: a living room, community studio, retreat center or coworking space are all ideal.

  • I will travel to your group, anywhere in the SF Bay Area.

    Outside the Bay Area, travel is subject to availability, and additional fees may apply. If I am already traveling to your area to do an event, coupling up your group’s workshop can save on costs.

    Please check my events calendar to see where I’ll be traveling in the near future, or schedule an Inquiry Call to see if travel is possible to your area.

  • Let’s chat! I can present on a wide range of topics and l have material on a number of subjects not listed here.

    We can design a workshop around your group’s specific questions, challenges, or themes. Schedule an Inquiry Call to discuss what you’re looking for.

  • Nope! Workshops are designed to be accessible and safe for all experience levels. Participants are invited to engage at their own pace, with guidance, clear boundaries and optional participation.

    When you schedule your Inquiry Call, be sure to tell me about your group, and we’ll collaborate to create a tailored experience that fulfills each person’s learning needs.

  • While workshops tend to work better with at least 6 people so we can mix and match on the practices and exercises, I can customize a group workshop for as few as 4 people.

    If you are a couple or triad looking for a private workshop, please inquire via the couples workshop page.

  • Definitely. I have taught to rooms of over 200 people before, and can customize an experience to your group’s needs.

    Just share what you are looking when you book your Inquiry Call and we’ll work together to create the right thing.

  • I sure do! I’ve presented at over 100 conferences and events, and on dozens of telesummits and online events. I also enjoy speaking to students and professional groups on a wide variety of topics.

    Pricing varies for these kinds of talks and presentations and I’m very willing to work with your organization to make it happen. If you are interested in bringing me in for something like this, just indicate that when you schedule an Inquiry Call.