CARNAL NATION

 “Polyamory” -- What does that mean?  How does it work? We'll discuss the basics, including: negotiating with current and potential partner(s), emotional and sexual safety, jealousy, time management, and kids. In this information-packed evening, workshop facilitators Dawn and Akien will share stories, lead simple exercises, and help you figure out if polyamory is right for you, and how to take the first steps along your path.

Instructors: Dawn Davidson and Akien MacIain are co-founders of Mandala Enterprises (www.mandalaenterprises.com). They are Personal and Relationship Coach/Counselors whose primary focus is on alternative relationships and happiness as a learnable skill. Both have been active in the SF Bay Area poly community since 1998, led numerous discussion and research groups, and are past Loving More Board members. They have spoken about polyamory on television in the US and Sweden. They are Kink-aware, sensitive to issues of gender and sexual orientation, and proponents of all forms of loving relationship. Dawn believes that the capacity of the heart to love is infinite, and that the forms love may take are limited only by the imagination. In his current work, Akien is exploring happiness as something we develop within ourselves and bring to our relationships, our work, and our lives.