This week at Wicked Grounds: News, Events, Shenanigans! (3/8 - 3/17/24) (Patreon)

Hello Kinksters -

Spring is in the air, and here at WG headquarters, we're hard at work creating new classes, events, and fun for you both in San Francisco and online.

The theme of our week is integrating our kink identities into everything we do, and using our life and wellness tools to improve our kink lives. We're offering a flexibility and stretching class for kinksters in San Francisco, an online tarot class to help negotiate your scenes, and several classes to integrate kink techniques. Read on for more!

I'm thinking a lot this week about mastery. It's one thing to know intellectually what to do, but that doesn't build our skills. We need practice, we need to get creative, and we need to measure what works and what doesn't. I'm particularly excited about our suite of San Francisco playshops -- like last night's Wicked Rope Jam or this week's SpankLab -- as laboratories in which we can safely build our skills, experiment, get feedback, and continually improve our skills in a supportive and fun environment. Look for us to bring more of these types of experimental skills labs to kinksters everywhere online this summer!

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Read on for an update on this week's events!

Events Roundup!

Sunday, March 10

Flexibility is critical to top & bottom effectively. What if you had a stretching & movement class where you could really talk about YOUR specific needs? Now you can! THIS Sunday at 2pm, join us in SF for Flexibility 4 Life. Details & ticketing here.

Wednesday, March 13

Looking for more inspiration for kink scenes? New ways to co-create and communicate when negotiating? Maybe what you need is an unexpected new tool. Join kink-aware witch Diana Rajchel as she explores Tarot for Kinky Folks in our online class this Wednesday at 6pm Pacific. Whether you're an experienced tarot reader or new to the cards, you'll learn practical tips and tricks for using these as a creative-thinking tool for negotiations. Details & ticketing here.

In San Francisco? Want to get hands-on experience topping or bottoming for impact play? Join us for SpankLab -- a monthly impact play laboratory where you can learn the basics of impact play, and refine your skills over time with practice, experimentation, feedback and continual improvement. Our monthly group includes everyone from complete newbies to experienced players, coming together with one goal: to build mastery of impact play techniques through experimentation, feedback, and continual improvement. Join us at 7pm in San Francisco! Details & ticketing here.

Thursday, March 14

Interested in electro play? Want to get more out of your violet wand? Join us online Thursday at 6pm Pacific for First Contact: Electro with Body Contact Cables with Carmen Pandiego. We'll talk about Carmen's favorite violet wand attachment - the body contact cable - and how it can be used for delicate, sensual play; cruel, sadistic play; medical; sexual; and almost everything in between. Details & ticketing here.

Saturday, March 16

Interested in exploring erotic hypnosis? Join us online at 2pm this Saturday for This Mind Intentionally Left Blank with HypnoStory & PandaPet. In this combination of lecture and demo, HypnoStory and PandaPet share how to create the state of blankness and the fun (and hot) ways they can be manipulated. Details & ticketing here.

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Warmly,
Mir & The Wicked Grounds Team

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