A monthly exploration of technique, aesthetics, and embodied experience in rope Join us for our monthly Rope Study with Dasniya, an intermediate level rope study session that blends intuitive movement, systematic rope management, and deepened awareness of body handling and safety. Throughout the session, participants will have the opportunity to switch roles between tying and...
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Our senses are an abundant source of experience, pleasure, pain, and emotion. This sensory play workshop helps you explore paying with them, both stimulating and depriving. We will explore different kinds of touch, temperature, taste, smell, and sound. You will get a menu of things to try, we will do exercises together, and you will...
IT'S QUEER ROPE JAM TIME! Queer Rope Jams are spaces to meet people who love to tie or be tied (or both) and/or bring your tying partner(s) to have a wonderful session together in a space with like-minded people. All roles, levels, styles, etc. are welcome. In the last hour of the jam, we...
This is a space for all socially hungry introverts, anxious extroverts, activity queers, and people who want sober contexts for connection. Bring your board games and knitting. Or maybe make a harness out of bike tires? Cross stitching, comic drawing, zine making, tarot reading, face painting, cake baking, friendship bracelets...whatever your craft, bring it! We’ll...
In this workshop, we will explore the psychological impact of teasing, discuss how to discover your own teasing style, and demonstrate ways to incorporate it into scenes. We’ll also provide examples of how these elements can be used effectively in play. Together, we’ll examine how lingering on the edge of pleasure can shape our desires,...
Curious about the possible intersections between kink and spirituality? Wondering how to integrate the sacred into the profane? In this interactive session, Caritia explores what happens when we bring intention and invite spirit into our play, and why we might want to do so. They will be breaking down their definitions of "conscious kink", and...
The view of submission is often one that depicts it as weakness. Someone who has no spine to stand for themselves. Caritia sees it very differently and wish to share this perspective with all who wish to embrace the power that lies within submission and surrender. Join Caritia in a three-part series to break down...
This series allows rope facilitators to show participants how they approach intimate sessions, away from modes of teaching or performing. Come and witness an improvised intimate moment amongst people who do rope (pretty well). We will blur the lines of the private and the public, the curated and the improvised. After the session, there is...
Arms-behind-the-back positions are common in bondage but many people find them difficult to get into or uncomfortable to maintain for a number of reasons: tight shoulders, rotator cuff issues, muscle or fat density, hypermobility, spine or shoulder alignment, blood flow, etc. This class explores two shoulder-friendly techniques for bringing the arms behind the back, working...
Inventing suspension harnesses is the workshop that will make you understand how easy tying actually is. Or at least that’s the most frequent feedback Ceci gets for it. Ceci will give you tools for inventing and building your own suspendable harnesses that fit the person you are tying and your own personal tying style. You...
So little space is gifted to sadness and grief; frequently, these emotions are bypassed and sidelined. Caritia believes honoring, acknowledging, and releasing grief can be liberating for all aspects of your body and life. How can the practices of kink intentionally support opening up of self? Supported by the ritual container of collective gathering. Caritia...
Come celebrate two years of the new house with us at our first-ever queer summer party! This is a sober event for socializing, dancing, enjoying the garden, and enjoying each other. We welcome all people from extroverts to introverts, and will offer ways to participate for everyone. Weather you want to be a social butterfly...