Where to find us in 2024?September
In Leather We Trust September 6th - 8th, Virtual Negotiation - - It’s Not Just for the Dungeon or Boardroom Negotiation is a key communication tool to discuss just about anything. In Power Dynamics, they can help with everything from ensuring everyone gets their needs met to introducing new topics or forms of play, or to even just decide the little things like what’s for dinner or how should the clothes be folded.n this class, we will discuss and share with one another how we use negotiation in our dynamics — What helps? What hinders? What surprises have we learned about our own negotiation styles? Leather - It's Not What You Wear, It's Who You Are! Have you ever wondered what the leather lifestyle is about? Where did it come from? What does it "mean" to be leather? This class brings some light into origins, history and what it means today. For many it is a "calling" and yes, it is hot, dirty leather sex too. From the beginning with the gay sexual rebels to all the gender queer fuckery today, leather is accessible to those who connect with it. Sex in Colour: Kinky and Loving it Screening September 12th, In Person Leather Archives and Museum October
Kinky Kollege October 18th - 20th, In Person Negotiation - - It’s Not Just for the Dungeon or Boardroom Negotiation is a key communication tool to discuss just about anything. In Power Dynamics, they can help with everything from ensuring everyone gets their needs met to introducing new topics or forms of play, or to even just decide the little things like what’s for dinner or how should the clothes be folded.n this class, we will discuss and share with one another how we use negotiation in our dynamics — What helps? What hinders? What surprises have we learned about our own negotiation styles? Playing for Keeps — Active bottoming skills “Bottoms don’t have to do the work”… Bullshit. Active bottoming skills engages safety, endurance, and aftercare to enhance the overall experience during and after play. This class covers personal safety, harnessing your skills, learning to process variable sensations and intensities. We’ll also go over how to improve physical endurance pain processing and how to make adjustments in play for our changing needs. Bouncing Back Faster: Understanding After Care for Heavy Play Everyone gets drop from play, but drop may not be the only thing that effects you. When you engage in heavy physical play such as heavy impact, tough suspension positions, or other physically taxing forms of play you may find that you also have physical markings that require attention. Over time you may also find its more challenging to recover from play. This class will go over some best practices pre, during, and post play. Additionally, we will go over how to move pain through body using some alternative healing practices and best practices in wound care and recovery. "I'M FINE...... but really I'm not." Let's Get Radical About the Truth - Roundtable Being open and honest is essential in a power exchange dynamic, but sometimes it's easier to say "I'm fine" rather than sharing what may be upsetting you. But little white lies have a way of growing into resentment and frustration. How do we foster vulnerability and forgiveness to have the difficult conversations that help us grow in our dynamics? In this round table discussion, we will share challenges and successes with honesty, vulnerability, and acceptance within our power exchange dynamics. In addition, we will discuss how practices and skills that utilize radical honesty and acceptance can heal older wounds around shame and guilt that may be getting in the way of alignment in our dynamics. Mister International Rubber October 18th - 20th, In Person Annual Kink Expo October 26th, In Person Whip It Good! – An Intro To Whips & Safety This class focuses on the kink applications of the single tail whip in BDSM. Basic throws and where to hit safely on the body will be covered. Techniques such as basic whip care and sanitizing will be discussed as well. Bring your whip and learn how to whip it,... whip it good! November
December
Naughty Revival December 6th - 8th, In Person CLASSES TBA Taken a class with us recently?
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