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!
This Week with Wicked Grounds (12/31 - 1/11)
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Howdy kinksters - A very happy new year to you all! We are headed into the first weekend of the year, and will be running our typical first-weekend live programming in San Francisco. I hope to see some of you there! And of course we’ll have a wide variety of classes online as well. I just did a count, and we have thirty-five total events for January 2026. Wow! Our Boxing Day Sale continues through tomorrow. Now through the end of day January 1st, you can take 20% of anything at all from Wicked Grounds Annex: digital downloads, our 2026 multi-week intensives, event passes, or coaching sessions. Just use code BOXING_2025 at checkout to get your sale price. Now, let’s take a peek at what’s coming at you in the new year! This Week!Wednesday, Dec 31Happy new year!!! Our Boxing Day Sale continues on Wicked Grounds Annex. Just use code BOXING_2025 at checkout for your savings. Thursday, Jan 1Online: Today is our first day of our third annual Month of Mindfulness for Kinksters, facilitated by Miriam Green. Join about three dozen other kinksters and sex-positive in a month of live and pre-recorded meditation, journaling practice, and general self-care in a space where you can really be yourself a lot. Sliding scale options starting at just a dollar a day are designed to keep this work accessible, but please plan to register early. After Jan 2, only the upper pricing tiers will be available for late entry. Our Boxing Day Sale continues on Wicked Grounds Annex. Just use code BOXING_2025 at checkout for your savings. Sale ends at midnight tonight! Friday, Jan 2Online: Our Month of Mindfulness for Kinksters continues, and late registration will remain open till the end of the month. Saturday, Jan 3San Francisco, CA: Ready to get out and get involved this year? Join us in downtown San Francisco at noon for Welcome to the SF Bay Area Scene with Miriam Green. We’ll talk about all the culture, organizations, venues, and parties that make the SF scene so special, and all the know-how you’ll need to make the most of it. Advanced ticketing is recommended – and makes checking in much easier! Get your advanced tickets through Forbidden Tickets or Plura. San Francisco, CA: Like many peak experiences, BDSM and kink can have a profound impact on our state of mind. From ecstasy and frenzy to communications to drop, we can navigate it all better with a basic understanding of what’s going on in our minds. Join Miriam Green in downtown San Francisco today at 3pm to learn all about it in This is Your Brain on Kink. Any Questions? Advanced ticketing is recommended and helps us with check-in. Get your advanced tickets through Forbidden Tickets or Plura. Online: Warm. Creative. Sexy. Wax play is so great for this time of year! Whether you’re brand new to exploring wax play or just want some new inspiration to take your play further, join Laura Boyle online today for Fun with Wax! Advanced ticketing is required to attend either live or through the recording. Get yours through Forbidden Tickets or Plura. Sunday, Jan 4Oakland, CA: Get out of your head and back into your body with two movement classes especially designed for kinksters and erotic adventurers. We’ll start at 10am with Flexibility for Kink: a movement and flexibility class specifically designed to keep our bodies in great working order for kink play. This will also serve as our warm up session for Erotic Movement from noon to 3pm. Join us for one class or both! Advanced ticketing is strongly recommended and space is limited. Please get your advanced tickets from Forbidden Tickets or Plura. Online: Want to have even more fun with Violet Wand play? We’ve got you! Join Electro Girly today online for Violet Wands 102 for more tips, tricks, and scene ideas! Advanced ticketing required to attend either live or through the recording. Get yours through Forbidden Tickets or Plura. Monday, Jan 5Online: Join us online tonight for Chain Bondage For Beginners: In-Line Single Columns with CTW & Fischer Garrett. Advanced ticketing required whether you plan to attend live or through the recording within seven days of the class. Get yours through Forbidden Tickets or Plura. Tuesday, Jan 6Online: Ready to take your kink relationships to the next level? Join Miriam Green online tonight for KINK 201: Advanced BDSM Negotiations - Relationships, Dynamics, and Contracts. We’ll talk about all the ways to structure ongoing D/s dynamics and other long-term kink relationships that work. Advanced ticketing required whether you plan to attend live or through the recording. Get yours through Forbidden Tickets or Plura. Wednesday, Jan 7Online: Want to have some shiny boots to head into the new year right? Perhaps you long to offer bootblacking as a service in your relationship or on the stands? Join us tonight for So Fresh & So Clean: Bootblacking & Leather Care 101 with Lady V. You’ll get all the information you need to take great care of all your leathers! Advanced tickets required to attend live or through the recording. Get yours through Forbidden Tickets or Plura. San Francisco, CA: Join us in San Francisco tonight for SpankLab, hosted by impossiblepain. This is a hands-on playshop to explore impact play in a safe, structured environment. Think of this as a PG-13 play environment where you’ll be able to learn from and share with your peers with experienced instructors on hand for questions and demos. Advanced ticketing is highly recommended, and this event has been known to sell out! Get yours through Forbidden Tickets or Plura. Thursday, Jan 8Online: Scene drop. Conference drop. A case of the Mondays. What the hell is up with the post-play blues, and what can you do about it? Join our Miriam Green online tonight to figure out what’s happening, and strategies to address it. Whether you’re prone to drop or have a partner who is, you’ll learn how to weather these incidents with grace and get past them more easily. Advanced ticketing required to attend live or through the recording. Get yours through Forbidden Tickets or Plura. Friday, Jan 9Online: Our Month of Mindfulness for Kinksters continues, and is our only live programming today. Saturday, Jan 10Online: Curious about the old leather guard and its impact on how we connect with Leather, kink, and BDSM today? You should hear all about it from one of the original OG: Hardy Haberman. Join Hardy online tonight for Old Guard Protocols and Why You Don’t Need Them. We’ll hear about the history of the D/s subculture and demystify some ideas about The One True Way of kink. Whether or not you identify as Leather, you’re certain to get some great new perspectives in a warm and engaging session. Get your tickets through Forbidden Tickets or Plura and you can attend live (recommended!) or through the recording within one week. Online: Open wide! Mel & Memi are back with a class on Vaginal Fisting! You don’t want to miss this. Get your advanced tickets through Forbidden Tickets or Plura. Sunday, Jan 11Online: Interested in integrating punishments into your BDSM dynamics? Join Sarah Butcher online today for Discipline and Punishment! You’ll need advanced tickets to attend live or through the recording, so get yours through Forbidden Tickets or Plura. Online: Join the amazing vahavta online this afternoon for Make Me a Masochist: Changing Your Relationship With Pain. All the ins and outs of basic pain management and mindset shift from a truly excellent bottoms-skills educator. Join us online – and this one is live only, so mark your calendars! Ticketing through Forbidden Tickets or Plura. Intensives!We offer several intensives throughout the year, both in person and online.
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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!
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