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 (7/16 - 7/26)
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Hey there - The summer season can feel so busy! There were a variety of kinky campouts and conferences last weekend, and it’s been wild to keep up with everyone’s afterglow, even as the folks from Dark Odyssey are ramping up for their next two big campouts! If you’re go-go-going the way we have been, be sure to take breaks to rest, breathe, reflect, and relax. While it’s wonderful to have lots of play and connection, it’s equally important in kink to take breaks to integrate all of those peak experiences. This weekend, I’ll be in Los Angeles for a set of weekend classes focused on sacred and magickal sexuality. Interestingly, one of our instructors Electro Girly – who is usually based in LA – will be in San Francisco this weekend! If you’re in the Bay Area, check out her class Spark & Sensation: An Introduction to Violet Wands + Electroplay on Saturday, July 18th, immediately followed by a learning-by-doing electroplay jam. (Not in the Bay Area? Check our listings on Sunday, July 26th for an online class with Electro Girly!) On Saturday, July 25th, I’m bringing my Kink Self-Exploration Deep Dive to San Francisco. This workshop is great for folks who are new, but is best-loved by experienced kinksters who are feeling stuck around getting what they really want out of kink play, relationships, and even events. Space is limited and we have only eight spaces left. You owe this gift of erotic opening to yourself, so grab your space on Forbidden Tickets or Plura! Now, let’s dive into this week’s events: This Week!Thursday, July 16Online: Even if our technical skills are excellent, what we say during scenes or role play might feel awkward at first. Thankfully, dirty talk is a skill like any other, and it can be learned! Join Marla Renee Stewart with us online tonight for The Art of Dirty Talk and learn all about it! Attend live or by recording with your advanced tickets from Forbidden Tickets or Plura. Friday, July 17Los Angeles, CA: Join us for our monthly Play Lab in downtown Los Angeles! This is a monthly learning-by-doing skill share that encourages exploration, experimentation and learning in a collaborative environment. This month, we’ll explore the world of sacred sexuality and sex magick with Miriam BatAsherah Green! Learn some basic techniques of how to work with the energetic body and direct energy for sex and kinky play! Space is limited, and advanced ticketing is required. Get yours through Luma, Forbidden Tickets, or Plura. Saturday, July 18We offer two back-to-back sex magick classes in downtown Los Angeles today. The first focuses on sex magick theory, and the second on practical techniques for sex magick. Coming for both? Hang out between the two classes for more conversation and Q&A on all things magick! Los Angeles, CA: Join us at noon for Sex Magick for Kinksters with Miriam BatAsherah Green. We’ll cover a short history of modern sex magick, the basic theoretical underpinnings sex magick, and talk about how to effectively use sex magick to fuel the art and science of getting the fuck out of our own way in life to accomplish more of our goals. No previous magickal experience required; we’ll leverage the skills you already have but don’t know it yet! Advanced ticketing available through Luma, Forbidden Tickets, or Plura. Los Angeles, CA: At 3pm, we’ll talk about a tool for practical, straightforward sex magick in Put a Sigil On It! You will leave the session having already created a spell that you can charge in your own sex magick rituals at home, and having learned the techniques to create this kind of spell on your own anytime! Advanced ticketing is available through Luma, Forbidden Tickets, or Plura. Sunday, July 19We offer two half-day intensives today – one online and one in Los Angeles! (Want to do both? We’re recording the online session.) Los Angeles, CA: Curious about tarot? Already read and want to learn some new skills with a bunch of sex-positive and kinky folks? Join us in downtown Los Angeles for our Halfday Tarot Intensive with Miriam Green! You’ll learn the basics of tarot as a system so that you can go beyond memorizing a lot of meanings and start thinking about tarot as its own coherent system. No experience required, but advanced readers will still gain a lot of new information! Ticketing available through Luma, Forbidden Tickets, or Plura. Online: Join us online today for Out for Blood: a Sharps Play Intensive with Miss Mackenzee. We’ll spend five and a half hours going through all of it for you. Whether you’re interested in the first poke or a seasoned enthusiast seeking to refine and expand your skills, this intensive is for you! Advanced ticketing allow you to attend live or through the recording. Get yours through Plura or Forbidden Tickets. Monday, July 20Online: Want to explore more sharps & blood play? Join Jamie Joy online tonight for Blood, Sweat, & Fears: The Art and Thrill of Blood Play. From the sharp kiss of spiked implements to the intimate precision of cutting and cupping, we’ll explore how pain, pleasure, and power bleed together. Advanced tickets required to attend either live or through the recording. Get yours through Forbidden Tickets or Plura. Tuesday, July 21Online: Are you called to house top and share your skills, but not sure where to start? Perhaps you’re already house topping but want to have better experiences not just for your bottoms but for yourself! Join us tonight for an advanced class: Tips for House Topping with Miriam Green. Attend live or through the recording with advanced tickets from Plura or Forbidden Tickets. Wednesday, July 22Online: You know, sometimes absence just makes the heart grow mildly annoyed. If you’ve got partners at a distance and want some strategies for making it all work, join H G Wyndell online tonight for Long Distance Polyamory. We’ll help you feel more connected in all your relationships! Attend live or by recording with your advanced tickets from Forbidden Tickets or Plura. Thursday, July 23Online: Our bodies remember what we’ve been through — and sometimes, that history shows up in our intimacy. Pleasure After Trauma tonight with Lilithfoxx offers a compassionate, evidence-informed space to reconnect with your body, rebuild trust, and rediscover joy in your erotic self. Join us! Attend live or watch the recording with your advance tickets from Plura or Forbidden Tickets. Friday, July 24No live programming today, but you can learn more about our video classes, multi-week intensives and coaching program through WickedGroundsAnnex.Teachable.com! Saturday, July 25San Francisco, CA: Whether you’re new to exploring BDSM play or are an experienced player looking to go deeper, we invite you to join us for our Kink Self-Exploration Deep Dive with Miriam Green in San Francisco! A lot of folks turn to this workshop when they’re feeling “stuck” – and we have the the tools to get you unstuck! Advanced ticketing is required, and we only have 8 seats left! Reserve your space on Forbidden Tickets or Plura. Online: Total Power Exchange can involve intimacy, devotion, and surrender. It also involves calendars, budgets, household decisions, health emergencies, disagreements, paperwork, boundaries, and figuring out what happens when life throws chaos your way. Let’s talk TPE in all its facets today in Total Power Exchange: The Unsexy Logistics with Aidan Sunassee. Attend live or through the recording with your advance tickets from Plura or Forbidden Tickets. Sunday, July 26Online: Join us online today for Why We Don’t Speak Up with John Pendal. A lot of discussion about consent relies on being able to speak up. But there are occasions when our voices may leave us, e.g. feeling that everyone has invested too much in the scene and we don’t want to let others down, flooded with endorphins or adrenaline, reliving past trauma, falling in love with your play partner, autistic shutdown - and that’s what this workshop covers. This class is offered live online, so mark your calendars and get your tickets from Forbidden Tickets or Plura. Online: Join us online today for Electro Play 101 with Electro Girly! Step into the charged world of everything electro play— from mesmerizing violet wands that blends sensation, sound, and light into one electrifying experience, to invigorating E-stims, to crackling Tazzappers, and beyond. Attend live or through the recording with your tickets from Plura or Forbidden Tickets. Mendocino, CA: It’s not technically a Wicked Grounds Event, but if you’re in far northern California, join our own Miriam Green for today’s Mendocino Munch at noon, followed by the Mendocino Rope Lab! The fun starts at noon, and you can get all the details at the FetLife event listing. 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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