Mia Schachter
Mia Schachter is a consent educator, writer, speaker, podcaster, artist, and the Intimacy Director in Residence at The Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles. After spending ten years in New York working in theater and visual art, they returned to their hometown of Los Angeles in 2018. Their BA in Philosophy, and their academic background in gender studies, ethics, and neuroscience informs their work. They can be found on Instagram @consent.wizardry
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On the Power of No
This speech addresses the full spectrum of yes to no, recognizing your capacity to prevent burnout, and care for yourself through a ’no’ by planning before, during, and after care in order to prevent trauma.
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On Consent with Yourself
Consent is a practice of deep listening, attuning to oneself and others, and paying attention to nonverbal information beyond the words people say. We’ve mostly been taught to ignore our bodies’ cues because they don’t speak to us in the language that we know. Through repairing the trust between our minds and bodies, we can be in deep reciprocity with them and with each other, which leads to sustainable ways of working, flowing communication, and even greater creativity.
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Practice Saying No
This class will help students get in touch with the embodied sense of yes, maybe, and no, and help them practice saying no. This is a transformative class in embodiment, self-advocacy, and self-care. Students will take away an ability to know where they are on the Yes-to-No Spectrum and recognize when they need care and support before, during, and after choosing to move through a ’no.’
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Nonverbals
Part vocab, part examples from media, part practice, this class will help students recognize their own and others’ nonverbal cues of their emotional states.Students will take away an ability to identify what their fight, flight, and freeze responses look and feel like, and how to recognize these in others.
Consent Educator and Intimacy Coordinator
Mia Schachter is a consent educator, writer, podcaster, artist, and the Intimacy Director in Residence at The Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles. After spending ten years in New York working in theater and visual art, they returned to their hometown of Los Angeles in 2018. Their BA in Philosophy, and their academic background in gender studies, ethics, and neuroscience informs their work.
Mia found the magic of consent through working with and training in various modalities including Non-Violent Communication, multiple consent frameworks, somatic work, and intimacy coordination. They’ve developed a holistic and embodied approach to consent that takes into account the gut-brain axis, polyvagal theory, trauma, and neurodiversity. They are not a mental health professional.
When they learned about consent in a concrete, full-body, integrative way that tapped into their ability to be mindful, present, to listen, be authentic, and find their confidence, it was as though they had been living in black and white and could suddenly see in color. A veil had been lifted, one that had been placed by systems of oppression such as Capitalism (scarcity, urgency, money as the goal), the gender binary, White Supremacy, and Patriarchy, to name a few. Their relationship with their self deepened. Their body began to heal. They had more energy and creativity began to flow out of them. They experienced more synchronicity, more ease in their relationships, and their career became an authentic part of their self-expression. They even began to make more money and feel more resourced.
They use multiple consent frameworks, foundational vocabulary, Polyvagal Theory, Attachment Theory, and practice exercises for feeling your ‘no,’ reflective listening, and emotional attunement. Whether you personally want support in finding, communicating, and maintaining your boundaries, private consent training, or your business could benefit from the mitigation of power dynamics and enhanced communication to foster creative flow, they can craft a program that fits your needs. Their work focuses on both the micro, interpersonal dynamics as well as the macro, systemic forms of oppression that insidiously take hold of our minds and hearts.
Mia can be found on Instagram @consent.wizardry
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Not sure why you say yes when you really mean no? The Consent Wizard is here to help“Consent is all around us,” says Mia Schachter, an intimacy coordinator whose classes on consent expand the concept into every part of our lives.
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Lena Waithe’s Hillman Grad Productions Commits To Use Of Intimacy Coordinators On All ProjectsLena Waithe and her production company, Hillman Grad Productions are known for being mindful of inclusion with their staff and now they are extending this with the safety of their…
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How Lena Waithe’s Hillman Grad Productions plans to keep Black creatives safe on setIn this exclusive interview with theGrio, intimacy coordinator Mia Schachter explains how Hillman Grad Productions plans to safeguard talent
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I Am An On Set Intimacy Coordinator – And It Has Helped Me Embrace My Shy Self In BedYou’d think that training to be an Intimacy Coordinator for TV and Film would be about sexual freedom and kinky shenanigans. For me, I became more careful, more reserved, and…
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Choreographed sex, 6 feet apartHow to be a Hollywood intimacy coordinator during Covid-19, explained.
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Within the bounds of liberty: how setting boundaries can facilitate a re-meeting of libertyI have a hard time taking long showers. When I take one, my body rattles with anxiety. An invisible clock ticks in my head and I feel like I’m running…
