How To Treat Your Favourite Porn Star – Alex Le Compte
Fans, fanbase? What does it mean and what happens if these allies act weird and overstep? Being a public person and influence other people lives can become overwhelming especially with a lack of boundaries. What should you expect from your fans and where is the limit?
Panelists – Kira Noir, Asa Akira, Colton Reece, Natassia Dreams
Anxiety & Depression Management – Kristina Andaya
Universal prevention for Anxiety and Depression
A comprehensive look at anxiety and depression, how it shapes our lives and simple, yet effective tools to reduce symptoms.
Sex Work For Survivors – Alisha Fisher
How to Handle Triggers & Dissociation While Working Experiencing sexual violence is a form of trauma that, no matter what the circumstances were or how long ago it happened, can change the way we experience sex. This form of trauma has a profound impact on sex workers and how they can carry on with their work. In this talk we will examine how our minds process sexual trauma, what are triggers and how they can impact our mental, emotional and physical awareness, and then wrap up with strategies of how we can navigate triggers, such as dissociation, while on the job, and/or in our everyday lives.
Emotional Abuse In Relationships – Moushumi Ghose
Signs You are Being Emotionally Abused and How to Protect Yourself
When it comes to emotional abuse it may feel like there is a lot of gray area. In this workshop I will help you recognize the signs of emotional abuse, explore the long term effects of emotional abuse, and how you can begin to protect yourself, including learning to trust your intuition.
Legal Panel – Corey Silverstein and Larry Walters
2020 Has been a crazy year and will go down in history as a year that many wish they could forget. 2021 will be bringing a new United States President and there is a pile of legislation that everyone in the adult entertainment industry need to be paying attention to. Attorneys Corey Silverstein and Larry Walters will guide you through the legal minefield and give some amazing tips to make 2021 an amazing year. Additionally, the panel will focus on abuse, bullying, stalking and trauma and how to legally deal with these constant threats. When is it time to contact law enforcement? What are your legal options? All will be addressed during this can’t miss panel.
Response to Trauma and Coping Skills – Nicoletta V Heidegger
Trauma is subjective and can be stored in the body even without conscious memories of the traumatic experience(s). Learn more about what trauma looks like in our body and how it affects our functioning as well as what you can do about it! You will leave this talk with some exercises and techniques as well as some different therapy approaches that can help you in your trauma recovery journey.
Resilience Through Trauma – Rachael Wells
Beyond Survival: Maintaining our Humanity in Trauma Description: This presentation will address coping skills, logistical issues experienced with trauma, and maintaining/preserving ourselves through difficult personal and global trauma.
You will learn concrete tools to assist in building and strengthening resilience.
WMA Virtual: Yoga Class with Rachel Spain
Yoga sessions with Rachel are fully integrated, including all aspects of yoga not just ‘the asana’ which has become the main focus for many western practitioners. expect classes to include asana (yoga postures), pranayama (breathwork), Kriya (energy activation) and Meditation (deep inward focus) The asana style varies on the needs of the student and can range from strong vinyasa flow to gentle restorative postures.Classes are fluid, strong and dynamic with a deep belief, trust and personal experience of the positive effects yoga can have, not only physically but energetically, mentally and spiritually.
