The play with needles and sharps is super exciting and titillating but there are a few things to know before your first poke for pleasure. In this class MxAnnix will share some of the risks when playing with sharps and blood, while also covering safer station setup, basics of piercing, wound care, and cleanliness. They will also share more detailed medical risks, procedures, and information to…
Physics is in all of our play, whether we know it or not and whether we understand it or not. From the forces involved in rope suspensions, to the difference of elastic and inelastic collision in impact play, from the torque of a fucking machine, to the thermodynamics of body fluids: why not use these principles to our advantage? Can we use them to enhance our experiences? Of course we can! In…
Entering summer, the time of hope and action, you are invited to slow and enter this season with consent from yourself in how you go about that. With the Sun as our ally, we will magic and play with pace, momentum and illuminating (what the Sun does best!) our desires. A guided rope or alternative play/movement practice will be a part of this ritual. This ritual is experiential. Everything is…
We are hosting our monthly BIPOC rope jam! Masks are mandatory for this event and please do not come if you are feeling ill. The jam is for talking with people, tying with people, tying alone or tying around people. The facilitator will go over some intro rope skills if anyone wants to go over that and will be there to answer any questions rope newbies have. Just a reminder this rope jam is for…
The event will begin with a circle and introduction with Annix to outline safety and procedural expectations within the space. Following intro’s, Annix will demo their latest needle technique or obsession. This segment may be filmed and photographed with only Annix and their piercing partner in the footage. After the intro and demo you’re encouraged to play, skill share, and innovate new…
Many of us are familiar with the concept of consensual nonconsent (CNC): a scenario where the folks involved agree to play that may appear nonconsensual. This can look like anything from using a safeword so “no” doesn’t mean “stop,” to roleplaying being made to do things you “don’t want,” to scenes with enacted violence like forced entry or kidnapping. With such a wide range of…
While a lot of thought and energy and practice and so on and so forth can be put into tying, we are also all facing challenges in our everyday lives that are less and less bearable. Ropes can also be used to forget about all that shit out there, all the fascism, the economy, the obliteration of human rights, the climate, and everything else that is bleak. It’s not a failure to just want to stop…
Most of us can't think the erotic without also hearing the noises and sounds that accompany our encounters. What if we focus for a bit on that sound and combine our desires and fantasies with the tonality, rhythm, and temporality of music. This class is about music making with hot open discussions on music, kink, and intimacy, followed by a music production session, using toys of your choice…
In this presentation, Dax is showing us everything we always wanted to know about fantasy sex toys: how they are made, what stiffness means for different makers, how to care for them, and what they might be able to signify for people who don't want just a cheap (and still overpriced) copy of yet another penis. After a presentation and discussion, participants are invited to check out Dax's…
Not a workshop but a laboratory. Playful experimenting with all kinds of things and materials that could be put together into hand-made fucking machines. There will be motors, hand cranks, rods, connectors, joints, sliders, and tools for us all to make a functional machine together. And the best part: after making it, we need to see if it actually works.* Team work makes the dream work! You don't…
Curious about hypnosis in kink and erotic contexts? This introductory session explores the psychology and practice of hypnosis, and its application in erotic and kink contexts. Participants will learn about the theory of the mind, how the subconscious operates, how hypnotic states are induced, and what actually happens during hypnosis. We will clear up common myths, discuss the applications and…
Have you ever found it exciting, that thought of examining someone or being examined, immersing into Medical Play? This 2 part class encompasses a vast range of possibilities, from "real" looking role play to actual methods used by health care professionals. This class is taught by a health care professional and includes real methods and tools. Topics include: Safety stuff! Body fluids, barriers,…