Hello kinksters -

In the SF Bay Area -- and honestly throughout California -- many kinksters are off at Dark Odyssey: Thornwood, the latest long-weekend campout from the Dark Odyssey Extended Universe. (If any of you folks are on email, hello!)

But we at Wicked Grounds are already busy planning for next week's return, including lots of SF Bay Area classes to give our Thornwood returnees some hair of the leather-pup. We also have some great online classes this week for kinksters everywhere!

If you're ready to check it all out, let's dive in:

This Week!

Thursday, July 30

Online: Looking for a gateway to everything shiny, leathery, and laced up? Join us online tonight for Intro to Fetish Wear: Dressing for Pleasure with Dolly Diatima. Advance tickets allow you to attend live or through the recording. Get yours through Plura or Forbidden Tickets.

Friday, July 31 through Monday, August 3

With many of our Bay Area friends and some of our staff away at Dark Odyssey: Thornwood, we're taking the weekend off! But that doesn't mean you have to. You can find our video classes, multi-week intensives and ways to book with our coaching programs 24/7 online through WickedGroundsAnnex.Teachable.com​

Tuesday, August 4

Online: Awesome scenes! Frenzy! New relationship energy! DROP! What do all of these experiences have in common, and why do they make us feel so . . . weird?! Join Miriam Green online tonight to explore it all in This is Your Brain on Kink. Any Questions?! If you simply can't attend live because you're dropping too hard, no worries -- you can catch it online for seven days with your advance tickets from Forbidden Tickets or Plura.

Wednesday, August 5

San Francisco, CA: Get out, see some friends, and maybe hit one another! The formula for an excellent Wednesday night for five years now!!! Join us tonight in San Francisco, CA for the 5th Anniversary of SpankLab with impossiblepain! Check out San Francisco's original impact play lab and see why we've built a strong culture of friendship and collaboration for half a decade! Advance tickets strongly recommended through Plura or Forbidden Tickets.

Thursday, August 6 and Friday, August 7

No live programming on these days to prepare for the weekend and lots more the following week! You can find our video classes, multi-week intensives and ways to book with our coaching programs 24/7 online through WickedGroundsAnnex.Teachable.com​

Saturday, August 8

We have two back-to-back classes with Atlanta's Marla Renee Stewart today! And we haven't forgotten about our national attendees -- we've got electro play fun for you, too!

San Francisco, CA: We get asked a lot about face slapping in our impact play classes. Face play is very nuanced and there are some important safety considerations with all those precious bits up in our faces and heads. Today, Marla Renee Stewart is here to tell you all about it and get you having fun, safe play in Face Slapping Mastery live from noon - 2pm. Space is limited and advance tickets are recommended from Forbidden Tickets or Plura.

San Francisco, CA: Then, stick around for our 3pm class on Sensual Pussy Torture, also with Marla Renee Stewart! We'll identify tools you can use to torment externally, internally, and through psychological sadism. What fun! Advance tickets are available from Plura and Forbidden Tickets.

Online: Join us online today for Electro Play 101 with LA-based educator Electro Girly! You'll learn all about e-stim, violet wands, zappers and much more in this online class. And we'll be recording it for all ticketholders to watch within seven days, which means you can get all this great information even if you're at our in-person classes today or otherwise tied up. Get your tickets from Forbidden Tickets or Plura.

Sunday, August 9

San Francisco, CA: Join us in person in San Francisco today for our three-hour Erotic Movement workshop with Alexandria from Click Your Heels. Get our of your mind and into your body! No previous experience necessary! Whether or not you consider yourself a "movement person," this class will help you get more deeply in touch with your kinky and erotic nature. Space is limited and advance tickets are strongly recommended from Plura or Forbidden Tickets.

Online: In relationships and scenes, one thing is guaranteed: despite your best intentions, you will mess up sometimes. How we recover is extremely important to keeping and growing trust. Join us online today for Turning Mistakes Into Mastery with Karebear to explore it all. If you can't attend live, we'll record for you as long as you have advance tickets from Forbidden Tickets or Plura.

Online: Ready to start clowning around? Curious about what the heck is going on with clown play? Join our own Killmeat Nick today for Honk! An Intro to Clown Kink. If you can't attend live, we'll record this for all advance ticketholders. Get yours from Plura or Forbidden Tickets.

Intensives!

We offer several intensives throughout the year, both in person and online.

• ​Pentacles of Power: A Six-Week Sex Magick Intensive for Kinky People with Miriam BatAsherah Green. Registration now open for September 8 - October 13. (ONLINE)
• ​Diving Deep: Discovering & Voicing Your Erotic Desires with Miriam Green. Registration now open for November 2 - December 14. (ONLINE)
• ​Month of Mindfulness for Kinksters. Registration now open for January 1 - January 31, 2027. (ONINE)

Warmly,
Mir & The Wicked Grounds Team

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