What we’re about
Looking to meet like-minded individuals, make meaningful connections with new friends and possible partners in a fun & interactive way?
Join us at our workshops for a range of authentic relating games, meaningful discussions and intensely connective exercises.
Unlike speed dating, slow dating is not about small talk or about trying to impress others so they will like you. Slow dating recognises that you are a complete and wonderful human being, and asks you to lean into the discomfort of being seen whilst practicing boundary setting and authenticity.
No expectations. No attachment. Only love and appreciation for other human beings.
You may not go home with a new partner but you will definitely go home with new friends, feeling deeply seen, heard and loved, exactly as you are. And that's the point. Why waste your time on anything less than that? And if you DO find a romantic connection, it's a bonus!
What's for you will always find you.
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What is Authentic Relating?
At its simplest, authentic relating is a groundbreaking relational practice that creates profoundly enriching, enlivening, and nourishing relationships in all social domains of life, from the bedroom to the boardroom, with intimate partners and perfect strangers and everyone in between. Authentic relating is both a key and a map that allows people to unlock and explore the vast and extraordinary landscape of human connection that lies beyond the scope of most typical relationships. It is a practice that heals old wounds, softens and settles reactive nervous systems, and allows people to be deeply seen, heard, and accepted for who they are – even in their most edgy moments.
Authentic is being real, honest, revealed, and transparent, allowing others to see, hear, and know our inner world. Relating is recognizing that there is someone else on the other side of the relational field, having a unique experience as rich and complex as our own, and that space and invitation must be given to weave their experience with our own to create a dynamic dance of both authentic human expression and reception. Most people have been conditioned to prioritize their own experience over others, or others’ experience over their own – authentic relating harmonizes this imbalance to create a center of gravity that lives in between each person, where the most aliveness and intimacy can be felt and shared.
