When Your No Wasn’t Heard - Sexual Trauma Healing Workshop for Female Bodies 3 dates

May 27
 
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A 4-hour online workshop for women ready to reclaim the safety and sovereignty of their bodies after experiencing sexual trauma

 

There are moments you can’t quite explain.
A tightening in your chest when someone gets too close.

Not being able to speak up even if you want to. 
A sudden numbness or rage in the middle of pleasure.

Being avoidant of pleasure altogether. 

Or secretly judging other people for their sexual behaviour. 

You may be living a full life—working, having fun, showing up—but quietly, something aches.
 

A part of you that feels — far away. Not fully safe in your own body. 
Maybe there is a tenderness or even grief that’s been buried under years of strength.
no that never got to be spoken.

You might not remember exactly when it began.
Or you might remember too much.
 

What we all have in common after experiencing sexual trauma:
 

Our bodies are still holding something.
Maybe this is the sign that you’re ready—gently, bravely—to begin letting it go. With care. With support. With slowness. With others who understand.

Because you are not alone. 

There are officially 1 billion of us, but I believe the numbers are much higher. 

 

This workshop is for all those who can sadly say “me too”. 

It is for those who want to reclaim their bodies instead of holding these memories - consciously or unconsciously - inside or continuing to mistrust both men and life. 

It is for those ready to open to a higher and a deeper love instead of internalising all that rage and shame. 

 

❊ Who this is for

 

This is a sacred space for women who have experienced:

❊  Sexual abuse in childhood or adulthood

❊  Rape, coercion, or “gray zone” consent

❊  Times when your body said no, but sex still happened

❊ Dissociation, shame, rage, fear, or confusion after intimacy 

❊ Blocks around self-pleasure, sex, or intimacy (eg. you might find it hard to find a partner or you choose partners who don't hear your ‘no’) 

❊ Eating disorders or other forms of body-dismorphia and body shame

❊  Longing for healing, but not knowing where to begin or being afraid to face this alone

❊ Physical illness or health issues around the womb or the genitals 

You may have been silent for years.
You may have done therapy, EMDR, TRE, forgiveness rituals, plant medicine, … all the things.
But your body still holds something.

That’s not your fault.

Noboy has taught you how to heal this on a deep somatic level - with care. 

 

🌿 Why this work matters

Sexual trauma is not just an event—it’s a body memory
It lives in the nervous system and in the patterns we carry into love, sex, and relationships. Sexual trauma can have a negative impact on our sex and relationship life for the rest of our lives. Your nervous system learnt that pleasure equals danger. That love equals danger. Imagine the impact of that in regards to your relationship with yourself and others! 
 

“Trauma is not what happens to us, but what we hold inside in the absence of an empathetic witness.”
— Peter Levine, founder of Somatic Experiencing

Healing sexual trauma isn’t just about understanding what happened.
It’s about completing the stress cycle through a loving presence and unlocking the trauma in the parts of your body where it was stored. 

First, we need to understand that trauma isn't bad - it's how your body learned to survive.

When an experience is too overwhelming—especially one involving intimacy, violation, or a lack of choice—the nervous system adapts.
This is biology, not weakness.

In the moment of trauma, your system may have gone into fightflight, or most often, freeze—a shutdown response where the body goes still, the voice disappears, and your inner world contracts to survive what’s unbearable.

You may have experienced any or other of the following: 

❊ Dissociation—feeling like you’re outside your body

❊ Numbness or pain during intimacy

❊ Difficulty saying “no,” even when you mean it

❊ Subconsciously not letting people close because pleasure and love feel like danger 

❊ A body that doesn't relax, trust, or open—no matter how safe the situation seems

These responses are not your fault. They are not signs that you are broken.
They are the after-effects of a highly intelligent nervous system doing its best to keep you safe.

But trauma gets stuck—because in the moment of violation, the body often doesn’t get to complete the response it wanted to have.
The scream. The push. The run. The no.

Without completion, that energy stays frozen—held in the tissues, the breath, the pelvis, the jaw.

Somatic healing is the process of slowly thawing that freeze.
Of giving the body a chance to movebreathe, and speak in the language it needed back then—but never got to use.

 

This workshop doesn’t aim to “fix” you.
It’s an opportunity to begin unwinding the trauma held in your nervous system—
so you can feel more whole, more free, more you.

 

🌀 What we’ll do together:

This workshop is not theoretical. It’s experiential. You will be invited into your body—at your own pace.

The Journey:

Opening Circle – gentle arrival, creating safety, shared intentions

Understanding Sexual Trauma – a brief, trauma-informed teaching on how abuse impacts the nervous system and sexual expression

Somatic Yoni De-armouring Ritual – guided breath, sound, movement, and gentle self-touch to release stuck trauma energy (yoni de-armoring, breathwork, and emotional purging will be included); a 💎 yoni wand💎  is not needed for this practice but highly recommended

Safety & Resourcing – meditation and embodiment to anchor back into goodness, pleasure, and trust

Integration – journaling, reflection, nervous system regulation

Closing Circle – honoring the courage it takes to feel, and the beauty of doing it together

💎 A Note on the Yoni Wand:
During our ritual, you’ll be guided into a self-led practice of reconnecting to your body and womb space. While this will be completely optional and at your own pace, a crystal yoni wand can be a powerful ally in this process.
If you don’t already have one, you may wish to purchase one before the workshop.
Choose a material that feels safe and supportive to you—such as rose quartz, obsidian, or jade.

 

✨ A note from me to you

I’m not a trauma specialist.
I’m a trauma-informed sex and relationship coach.
I’m also someone who has experienced sexual trauma and who is still unwinding from that on a deeper level - many years later.
I know what it’s like to freeze during sex.
To feel like prey.
To not feel like my voice matters. 

This space is not about fixing you.
It’s about creating a container where you get to feel again—safely, slowly, on your terms.
It’s about remembering that your body is not the site of your pain—it can also be the source of your power.

One thing that has enormously helped me on my journey of healing is this: 

The one thing that no one can take from me is my pleasure.

If your body is saying yes—even a small, trembling yes
You are so welcome here.

 

📅 Workshop Details

This is a live, online event offered monthly. 

The call will NOT be RECORDED due to the need to maintain a safe environment. 

Please note that I cannot give you a last-minute refund. Once you sign up, you are in. 


The next session on:
Date: 27th of May 6pm - 9pm 
Time: UK time zone 
Location: Zoom
(Link will be sent upon registration)

Healing is not a one-time event—it’s a return. A devotion. A practice.
While each session is complete in itself, these workshops are designed to support a deeper journey over time.
You are warmly invited to attend regularly if you feel called.
The nervous system heals through repetition, rhythm, and gentleness.
Each month, we will return to the body… again and again… until the body begins to trust that it is safe to return to you.

There is no pressure, only invitation.
You can come once—or come home, month after month.

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