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 (8/6 - 8/16)
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Hey kinksters - They say it's back to school season, but it's school season all year round at Wicked Grounds. We have lots of online classes this week as well as live classes in San Francisco this weekend into early next week and live classes in Los Angeles next weekend. Check it all out below! We also have some multi-week intensives just around the corner, including Pentacles of Power: A Six-Week Sex Magick Intensive for Kinky People launching September 8th and our annual Diving Deep: Discovering & Voicing Your Erotic Desires launching November 2. Both of these have a registration cap to ensure all attendees get personal attention, so don't hesitate to reach out if you have questions about registering! Now, let's look at this week! This Week!Thursday, August 6 and Friday, August 7No 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 8We 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 9San 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. Monday, August 10No live programming today, but 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 11San Francisco, CA: Join us live downtown at Trellis for one of our favorite live-only classes Improv for Kinksters with Psychokitty Ryan. If you've ever struggled to stay in character or figure out where to go next during a role-play scene, this is your class! We'll loosen up our creative muscles with basic improv techniques then leverage them for kinky purposes. Space is extremely limited and advance tickets are strongly recommended from Forbidden Tickets or Plura. Wednesday, August 12Online: Ready to explore a brand new form of edgy service play? Join Eva Heart online tonight for Sharp Sensations: The Art of Straight Razor Shaves to learn some new skills and really stand out! Advance ticketing allows you to attend live or through the recording within seven days. Get yours through Plura or Forbidden Tickets. Thursday, August 13No live programming today, but you can find our video classes, multi-week intensives and ways to book with our coaching programs 24/7 online through WickedGroundsAnnex.Teachable.com Friday, August 14We have two live classes in downtown Los Angeles tonight! Los Angeles, CA: New to kink? Or perhaps you know a thing or two about kink but you're new to LA and what to get involved in the local scene? Join us live and in person tonight for Welcome to the LA Kink Scene with Wicked Grounds' Killmeat Nick! You'll learn all about the culture, etiquette, organizations, groups, and spaces that make the LA scene so special! Advance tickets are required to attend. You may get yours through Luma, Forbidden Tickets, or Plura. Los Angeles, CA: Ready to get started with electro play, hands on? Join us for Play Lab: Spark! guest hosted by LA's Electro Girly! Play Lab is a learn-by-doing style of learning, similar to a rope jam. We have a different subject each month, facilitated by guest hosts who offer a short demo or mini-workshop and then help participants experiment in a safe, facilitated environment. Advance tickets required to attend. Get yours through Luma, Forbidden Tickets, or Plura. Saturday, August 15We offer two D/s focused classes online today! Online: What good is a long-term D/s dynamics if it doesn't fit with everyday life? Let's learn how to make D/s and real life work well together in Sustainable Dominance: Managing Capacity in Long-Term Leadership with Aidan Sunassee. Attend live or by recording within seven days with your advance tickets from Plura or Forbidden Tickets. Online: Maybe the traditional D/s templates don't feel like they fit for you and your partner(s)? Good news! They don't have to, and you can make authority exchange relationships that work for you! Join Empress Oxblood online today to explore some options in DIY Power Dynamics. You can attend live or by recording within seven days with advance tickets from Forbidden Tickets or Plura Sunday, August 16Online: If you play long enough with BDSM, it's likely that something will go wrong, from a mistake to a full-blown consent injury. Then the question is: what to do about it, from the perspective of those involved and also their affected communities. Join Sir Panda online today to explore it all in What Now? Responding to Consent Injuries. This class is recommended for all players and particularly for folks running community activities ranging from munches and classes to play parties. Advance tickets from Plura or Forbidden Tickets will allow you to watch live or by recording within one week. Intensives!We offer several intensives throughout the year, both in person and online.
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Wicked Musings
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 always back to school season at Wicked Grounds! Whether you're brand new or want to deepen your kinky skills, we've got you covered. This week's class lineup has a big focus on various aspects of power-exchange and D/s, and we also have a lot of gear and skills based classes for you. If you're in the Los Angeles area, check out our newcomer's orientation and impact play lab tomorrow in DTLA! And if you've been meaning to join our sex magick intensive Pentacles of Power,...
Hello kinksters - Given the upcoming last big holiday weekend of the summer, you're getting this week's newsletter slightly early! There are a few things we're excited about this week. First is the launch of Rebecca Blanton's new book Kinky & Complicated: Navigating BDSM with Mental Illness or Neurodivergence coming up on September 8th. Rebecca (aka Auntie Vice) has taught for us for several years, including some excellent classes about BDSM and mental health based on her years of research....
Howdy kinksters - September, Quarterly, and Annual event passes are now available! Sept 2026 Quarterly 202609 to 202611 Annual 202609 to 202708 It’s like binge watching, but for kink! Quarterly event passes also include the option to add discounted coaching with Miriam Green and annual event passes also include the ability to add our Diving Deep intensive at a significant discount. Thank you for your continued support! Warmly Mir