Howdy kinksters - We have lots of great online workshops this week, including material on safer sex practices, staying connected with other kinksters, dark scenes and dynamics, sex magick, and more! Are you in the San Francisco Bay Area? We also have three live and in-person workshops this week, including our monthly SpankLab and a special day of learning how to get the most of high heels in a kinky context. Before we dig into this week’s events, a reminder that we are coming to Los Angeles...
8 days ago • 4 min read
Howdy kinksters - We have a lot of great classes coming for you this week. Every once in a while, I get a class pitch that gives me chills. Tonight’s class is one of those. Dr. Marie Thouin sent us a quick email back in December last year, saying she’s become intrigued at the idea of dating as a kind of shadow work psychologically, and asked if I’d be interested. My hair stood up. It was an immediate yes. Even though I wasn’t sure how much interest there would be for a wider audience, I just...
15 days ago • 4 min read
We have added several new classes and events to the roster for you, including lots of online classes and live classes in San Francisco and Los Angeles. Whether you’re looking for regular classes, daylong deep dives, or even multi-week intensives, we’ve got you! We could really use your help shoring up our scholarship fund. The Wicked Grounds scholarship fund allows us to make space- and funds-available seats to kinksters who might otherwise be priced out of kink education, while compensating...
20 days ago • 4 min read
Howdy kinksters - As of this week, I’ve been part of Wicked Grounds for a dozen years. Twelve years ago was the first week I got behind the counter and started slinging espresso for my first munches in preparation to take over at the helm. As we head toward this Valentine’s Day every year, I reflect on how much I’m in love with all the folks that make our little kink education business possible. Yes, you! We love your creativity, curiosity, engagement, and enthusiasm for all things...
22 days ago • 3 min read
Check out our latest classes & events below – including individual classes, daylong and multi-week intensives, and more! The new roster includes all our upcoming live classes in Los Angeles 3/20 - 3/22! Love us? Make a monthly membership contribution. (VIPs get great benefits, discounts, and some free classes!) Or, make a contribution to our scholarship fund to pay it forward to other kinksters! Need personal coaching & guidance for questions around sex, kink, and relationships? Reach out for...
about 1 month ago • 4 min read
Howdy kinksters - I hope you’re being gentle with yourselves and one another this week. I continue to believe that honoring our erotic selves and building resilient communities is critical. We’re going to keep making lots of space for that. I’m particularly happy this week to announce that we’re launching our first weekend of live programming in Los Angeles in late March! We’ll start with a third Friday Play Lab, and then I’m hosting two short classes and one daylong intensive over the...
about 1 month ago • 6 min read
Howdy kinksters - I hope you’re doing well this week. Several times this week I’ve seen kinksters come together in San Francisco or online and I am encouraged by the many ways I see folks building community right now. We have some great classes coming up for you this year: whether you’re in the San Francisco Bay Area, online, or now in other parts of the western US! If you are in Los Angeles, mark your calendars: Wicked Grounds is launching our first in what will be a regular series of LA...
about 1 month ago • 5 min read
Check out our latest classes & events below – including individual classes, daylong and multi-week intensives, and more! Love us? Make a monthly membership contribution. (VIPs get great benefits, discounts, and some free classes!) Need personal coaching & guidance for questions around sex, kink, and relationships? Reach out for one-time or ongoing coaching sessions at WickedGroundsAnnex.com. Not sure if coaching is the right fit for you? We offer 10-15 minute exploration sessions to learn...
about 2 months ago • 3 min read
Howdy kinksters - Dan Savage is not a perfect commentator, but he had one of the best descriptions of keeping balance in challenging political times that I’ve ever read. He said: “During the darkest days of the AIDS crisis, we buried our friends in the morning, we protested in the afternoon, and we danced all night. The dance kept us in the fight because it was the dance we were fighting for. It didn’t look like we were going to win then and we did. It doesn’t feel like we’re going to win now...
about 2 months ago • 5 min read