We are a queer-centered educational and community building space for sex-positive adult education, including relationships, dating, BDSM, kinky, polyamory and more. Posts mostly written by Mir (that dude in the chair) on behalf of the Wicked Grounds team. Welcome aboard!
June / July Events right here in the San Francisco Bay Area!
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Hi there! You're getting this because our email system thinks you're within a reasonable drive of the SF Bay Area! We have a LOT of in-person events coming up in San Francisco and Oakland, and I wanted to make sure you know where to find us. Most of our in-person events have been selling out hours or days before the event, so we always recommend getting space early if you can! You probably already know that our SF classes are just a small fraction of our total set of events. Find the full (and always growing) list at WickedGrounds.com on our calendar! Leading & Following: Non-Verbal D/s Skills Sunday 6/8 Noon – 3pm: Mukunda Studios, San Francisco This three-hour movement and embodiment workshop from Click Your Heels focuses on somatic and embodied techniques for managing excellent consent and communication for D/s focused scenes. There's really nothing else like this! Plura Kinky Speed Friending Wednesday 6/11 7pm – 9pm: Wicked Grounds at Trellis, San Francisco Brought to you by Wicked Grounds and our friends at Plura, this is a great way to get to know lots of other kinksters, fast! Whether you're looking for friends, allies, mentors, play partners, or something more, you'll meet a lot of people who will quickly become part of your growing community! Diving Deep: Discovering and Voicing Kink Desires Saturday, 6/14 Noon – 2pm: Wicked Grounds at Trellis, San Francisco Miriam Green brings back a rare live version of one of their very favorite kink classes. Whether you are brand new to kink or are facing a periodic reinvention, this two-hour class will teach you strategies and techniques to think more deeply about and better communicate your unique erotic roadmap. Plura Welcome to the SF Bay Area Kink Scene Saturday, 6/14 2:30pm – 4:30pm: Wicked Grounds at Trellis, San Francisco New to navigating the public BDSM scene? Want to figure out how to get started, and which organizations, events, and parties in San Francisco are worth your while? Join Miriam Green to learn all about it in this never-the-same-class-twice exploration of all the things that make the SF Bay Area scene so special. Plura Kinky Queer Speed Friending/ Dating/ Whatever Wednesday 6/25 7pm – 9pm: Wicked Grounds at Trellis, San Francisco Hey queerdos! It's Pride week and the best way to make a great Pride even better is with new friends! Looking for friends? Partners? Someone to get a U-Haul with? Gosh, this is all pretty fluid, isn't it?! We've got you, though! impossiblepain and Miriam Green are teaming up to help you connect to lots of queer folks, fast? (Cat got your tongue? We'll even have some prompts to get you talking, lovely queer introverts!) Plura Getting Started with Rope Bondage: More Ties! Thursday, 6/26 7pm – 9pm: Folsom Street Community Center, San Francisco Relatively new to rope? Want to add some new and easy-to-learn ties to your repertoire? Join Ryan Psychokitty for this two-hour hands-on class. Bring rope if you have it, and a friend if you'd like! (Or make friends at the event and learn to tie one another -- it's all good!) Plura Wicked Grounds Booth at Pride!!! 6/28 and 6/29 at The Root of Pride Fairgrounds, San Francisco Pride! Want to find out more about Wicked Grounds? Win some fun prizes? Just say howdy? Miriam Green, Nick the Events Manager, and some of our local San Francisco instructors will be on hand to answer all your questions about kink education, Wicked Grounds, and the local kink scene. You could even win free admission to some upcoming classes! Wicked Grounds Presents: SpankLab! Wednesday, 7/2 7pm - 9pm: Folsom Street Community Center, San Francisco Join impossiblepain for a night of impact play learning-by-doing! We start with a short demo and consent discussions, and then transition into something like a rope jam or dojo for learning impact play. It's the most fun you can have on a Wednesday night! Plura Increasing Your Impact! A Daylong Impact Play Intensive Saturday, 7/12 10am - 6pm: Folsom Street Community Center, San Francisco Join impossiblepain and Wicked Grounds' Miriam Green for an entire day focused on building impact play skills. We'll focus on consent, ergonomics, toys, hands-on techniques, and how to craft great scenes that incorporate our full bodies, minds, and emotions. The day ends in a capstone exercise to craft and practice in your own hands-on scene with a partner. Come with a friend, or make friends at the event! This workshop welcomes both tops and bottoms with an interest in impact play. Plura (coming soon!) Erotic Movement Daylong Intensive Sunday, 7/13 10:30am - 5pm: East Bay Community Center, Oakland Join embodiment coach Alexandria from Click Your Heels for a full day of getting fully into your body and senses as an erotic adventurer. You'll explore movement, somatic coaching, engagement, and more from a kink-aware dance and embodiment coach. You'll leave with a greater sense of your own erotic potential and how to share it! Plura (coming soon!) Fetish Games Thursday, 7/31 7pm - 9pm: Folsom Street Community Center, San Francisco Join Psychokitty Ryan for an evening of fun, creative games to explore our kinky sides. A little bit silly, a lot of fun, and a great way to loosen up our ideas of play and exploration as kinky people. If you run or plan to run kinky events, these can also be great icebreakers to take home to your own events! Plura (coming soon!) |
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We are a queer-centered educational and community building space for sex-positive adult education, including relationships, dating, BDSM, kinky, polyamory and more. Posts mostly written by Mir (that dude in the chair) on behalf of the Wicked Grounds team. Welcome aboard!
Howdy kinksters - It’s April, and that means it’s time for our annual Scholarship Fundraising Drive and Membership Drive. We are strongly committed to keeping our education as accessible as possible, including offering sliding scale and scholarship seats for our classes. If you’d like to help us keep offering scholarships while taking care of our instructors, you may contribute to the scholarship fund here. We also offer a membership program, and offer significant discounts to our VIP...
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