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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, you’ll want to get on that. The six-week course is already in session, and ​late registration closes on Monday 9/14​. We only offer this course every two years, so we’ll be aiming for 2028 for the next one. Now, let’s dive into this week! This Week! Thursday, September 10 Online: The last time we offered Dating as Shadow Work: Turning Emotional Triggers into Pathways of Growth with Marie Thouin PhD, it was one of the most popular classes of 2026. Come find out why! Through guided reflection, dialogue, and practical tools, we’ll look at the emotions we most want to avoid — abandonment, disappointment, shame, embarrassment, insecurity, grandiosity — and learn how to work with them skillfully. Join live or through the recording within one week with your advance tickets from ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. Friday, September 11 Tonight, we offer two classes back to back in downtown Los Angeles! Los Angeles, CA: Wondering what awaits you in the mysterious land of kink and BDSM? Looking to explore, but not quite sure where to start? Join our own Killmeat Nick for Back to School! Bring your questions and queries to this judgement-free space. Let’s unpack our perverse desires with care and curiosity. Learn all the basics in this orientation style class! Advance tickets required to attend this live class at 6pm Pacific. Get yours through ​Luma​, ​Forbidden Tickets​, or ​Plura​. Los Angeles, CA: Join us at 8pm in downtown LA for our monthly Play Lab! This week, we’ll cover impact play with Killmeat Nick. We start with a short demo or discussion, then consent discussions, and then you’ll have plenty of time for learning-by-doing in a structured environment. Bring your toys and bring your curiosity to this live, hands-on playshop! Advance tickets required through ​Luma​, ​Forbidden Tickets​, or ​Plura​, and please be on time — late arrivals more than 15 minutes past start time cannot be admitted. Saturday, September 12 Online: Kinky with more than one partner, or want to be? Join us online today for Polyamory and Power Exchange Relationships with Laura Boyle of Ready for Polyamory. This class breaks down some common problems encountered when combining D/s dynamics and polyamorous relationship styles, and offers strategies for working through those pitfalls. Join live online or by recording within one week with your advance tickets from ​Plura​ or ​Forbidden Tickets​. Online: Join Mel & Memi online this afternoon for Bratting and Brat Taming. We will be talking about roles, care, consent and tips for a good bratting and brat taming scene! Attend live or through the recording with your advance tickets from ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. Sunday, September 13 Online: Join us online today for Autism and Kink, a look at the neurodivergent experience in kink with UK kink educator and coach John Pendal. In this workshop we look at the overlap of autism and kink, and to a lesser degree other forms of neurodivergence and kink. This workshop isn’t just for autistic folk, it can help anyone who feels like an outsider or would like to create a more inclusive environment. Please note that this class will not be recorded, so mark your calendars for 11am Pacific time/ 2pm Eastern and get your advance tickets from ​Plura​ or ​Forbidden Tickets​. Monday, September 14 Online: Active engaged negotiation is a critical skill for everyone in a scene! If you’re an s-type and have faced challenges speaking up, you’ll want to join us tonight for Negotiation for Subs and Bottoms with Faun. In this workshop, we’ll examine the do’s and don’ts of effective negotiating communication, how to navigate the kink scene, ways to identify important traits in compatible play partners, & guide kinksters of all levels! Join live or by recording with your advance tickets from ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. Online: Today is the last day to join late registration for ​Pentacles of Power: A Six-Week Sex Magick Intensive for Kinky People​ with Miriam BatAsherah Green, and the date of our second live session. Tuesday, September 15 Online: Let’s talk about D/s as spiritual and magickal people! Whether you identify as kinky or not, consciously shaping the dynamics between people can open doors to life force, intimacy, and the energetic dance that lives between individuals or groups. Tonight, join author and educator Lee Harrington for Arcane D/s: Energetic Feeding and Conscious Inequality. Attend live or through the recording with advance tickets from ​Plura​ or ​Forbidden Tickets​. Wednesday, September 16 Online: Have you ever wanted to smack your partners balls around like a speed bag? Then you’ll want to join Lady V online tonight for Ballbusting & Testicle Play! Your advance tickets will let you attend live or within one week through the recording. Get yours from ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. Thursday, September 17 Online: Interested in rubber or latex? Join Dolly Diatima online tonight for Latex 101. You’ll learn about the history of latex as a fetish, how to care for latex and rubber gear, and fun idea for scenes. Attend live or through the recording with advance tickets from ​Plura​ or ​Forbidden Tickets​. Friday, September 18 No live programming today, but check out all of our digital downloads and other resources at ​WickedGroundsAnnex.Teacahble.com​! Saturday, September 19 Our whole weekend is about D/s and power exchange dynamics! Online: Join us online today for Receiving Service Well: Is This Meaningful to You? with Aidan Sunassee. This class is for anyone who wants to better understand what service actually means to them. We

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. She was kind enough to send me an early paperback version of the book, since I told her I plan to return to this one frequently and need a version that I can mark up with all my notes!​ You can pre-order your copy here​! And keep an eye out for some new classes with her this fall. Our next six-week intensive launches next week, and I’ve already posted the first week of homework a bit early for those who are excited to dive in. If you’d still like to join us, we’ll have regular registration until the class starts Tuesday 9/8, and then we’ll have late registration for a slightly higher price for the first week of the course. Find out more by clicking through to ​Pentacles of Power: A Six-Week Sex Magick Intensive for Kinky People​. We only offer this intensive every other year, so grab your spot if you’re interested in deepening your power through intention and attention! And finally, it’s the start of a new month, so it’s the best time to take advantage of monthly, quarterly, or annual event passes. Get a month, three months, or a full twelve months of all our regular 90-120 minute classes at one low price, plus big discounts on intensives: ​​Sept 2026​​ ​​Quarterly 202609 to 202611​​ ​​Annual 202609 to 202708​​ Now, let’s get into what’s on offer over the next week or so in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and online! This Week! Wednesday, September 2 San Francisco, CA: Join us live and in-person in San Francisco for this month’s SpankLab hosted by impossiblepain. Learn all about impact play in this learning-by-doing environment. We start with a short demo or conversation, have consent discussions to keep everyone safe and comfortable, and then practice hands on in a peer-to-peer learning style for 90 minutes! Advance tickets are highly recommended through ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. Thursday, September 3 through Monday, September 7 No live programming today, but check out all our digital downloads and other resources on ​WickedGroundsAnnex.Teachable.com​ Tuesday, September 8 Online: Today is the launch of our next six-week intensive: ​Pentacles of Power: A Six-Week Sex Magick Intensive for Kinky People​ with Miriam BatAsherah Green. Our first live session for this intensive will be held tonight, and today is also the last day of pre-registration. We’ll allow late registration for one more week, through September 15th, with a $50 increase for late registrations. Get your seat early to have the chance to attend all sessions live and get the best price! Online: Into blood play? Want to learn how to have fun while being safe and risk-aware? Join Jamie Joy online tonight for Blood, Sweat, & Fears: The Art and Thrill of Blood Play. Advance tickets are required to attend either live online — our recommendation! — or within one week through the class recording. Get your tickets from ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. Wednesday, September 9 Online: Whether you’re into bootblacking for practical leather care, service, devotion, or all of the above, join Lady V online tonight for So Fresh & So Clean: Bootblacking & Leather Care 101. Your advance tickets will allow you to attend live, or you can watch through the recording within one week of the class. Get your advance tickets through ​Plura​ or ​Forbidden Tickets​. San Francisco, CA: Want to make a lot of new kinky friends (and potential partners?) fast! Join us tonight in downtown San Francisco for Kinky Speed Friending, hosted by Psychokitty Ryan. We’ll match up tops and bottoms, and you’ll meet a couple dozen new folks in a safe, moderated environment. You’re a switch? Of course you’re welcome!!! Just let us know at ticketing and you’ll have the option to choose who you’d most like to meet on arrival. Advance ticketing is strongly recommended, and we usually sell out. ​Get your tickets exclusively through Plura​. Thursday, September 10 Online: The last time we offered Dating as Shadow Work: Turning Emotional Triggers into Pathways of Growth with Marie Thouin PhD, it was one of the most popular classes of 2026. Come find out why! Through guided reflection, dialogue, and practical tools, we’ll look at the emotions we most want to avoid — abandonment, disappointment, shame, embarrassment, insecurity, grandiosity — and learn how to work with them skillfully. Join live or through the recording within one week with your advance tickets from ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. Friday, September 11 Tonight, we offer two classes back to back in downtown Los Angeles! Los Angeles, CA: Wondering what awaits you in the mysterious land of kink and BDSM? Looking to explore, but not quite sure where to start? Join our own Killmeat Nick for Back to School! Bring your questions and queries to this judgement-free space. Let’s unpack our perverse desires with care and curiosity. Learn all the basics in this orientation style class! Advance tickets required to attend this live class at 6pm Pacific. Get yours through ​Luma​, ​Forbidden Tickets​, or ​Plura​. Los Angeles, CA: Join us at 8pm in downtown LA for our monthly Play Lab! This week, we’ll cover impact play with Killmeat Nick. We start with a short demo or discussion, then consent discussions, and then you’ll have plenty of time for learning-by-doing in a structured environment. Bring your toys and bring your curiosity to this live, hands-on playshop! Advance tickets required through ​Luma​, ​Forbidden Tickets​, or ​Plura​, and please be on time — late arrivals more than 15 minutes past start time cannot be admitted. Saturday, September 12 Online: Kinky with

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. Or, if you’re already a Wicked Grounds VIP, you already get free access to Miriam Green’s classes and substantial discounts to everything else. (Want to get VIP access? Just support us for at least $45/month here on Patreon.) Thank you for your continued support! Warmly Mir

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Howdy kinksters – We’re heading into high Leather Season in the San Francisco Bay Area. If you’re based there or just heading in for Folsom, be sure to check out the many events surrounding the Folsom Street Fair. There are a wide variety of BDSM art and play events in the lead-up to the Fair, but many of them sell out quickly, so don’t dally on getting your spot. And yes, we’ll of course have a booth at Folsom Street Fair so that you can get to know us, meet some of our educators, and maybe win a fabulous prize! I’m also delighted to note that we’re less than two weeks away from the launch of our next intensive: ​Pentacles of Power: A Six-Week Sex Magick Intensive for Kinky People​ with Miriam BatAsherah Green. Registration is now open for September 8 – October 13. We only offer this intensive every other year, so grab your spot if you’re interested in deepening your power through intention and attention! Now let’s take a look at this week’s events. This Week! Thursday, August 27 Online: Neurospicy? Playing with or dating other neurospicy folks? Want to learn better ways to communicate with everyone? Join Lilithfoxx online tonight for Double the Spectrum: Navigating Relationships Between Neurodivergent Partners! Join us live online or through the recording with your advance tickets from ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. Friday, August 28 No live programming today, but check out all our digital downloads and other resources on ​WickedGroundsAnnex.Teachable.com​ Saturday, August 29 Mendocino, CA: It’s not technically a Wicked Grounds event, but our own Miriam Green will be hosting the monthly Mendocino Munch + Mendocino Rope Lab today. Find out more at the ​FetLife event listing​. Online: Want to create better play for the trans folks in your life? Join Lee Harrington online today for Trans Awareness & Playing With Trans Folks. Let’s get thoughtful, get embodied, and open our hearts as we rethink what gender and hot play can be. Join live online or through the recording with advance tickets from ​Plura​ or ​Forbidden Tickets​. Sunday, August 30 Online: Looking for new creative ways to explore D/s? Join MF Dom online with us today for Ass to Grass: Fitness as a Tool of Domination. This class explores how to integrate fitness principles with kink play. We will use the gym, free weights, bodyweight training, conditioning, and mobility work to prepare both doms and subs to experience kink through a heightened physical, emotional, and erotic lens. Join live or by recording with advance tickets from ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. Monday, August 31 No live programming today, but check out our upcoming multi-week intensives and coaching options on ​WickedGroundsAnnex.Teachable.com​ Tuesday, September 1 Online: Join us online tonight for Hoe With Purpose: Erotic Strategy for the Emotionally Unavailable & Sensually Aware with Sarai. This class is for aromantic folks, casual players, and intentional pleasure-seekers who want a system for their erotic life, not just vibes. Advance tickets required to attend live or through the recording. Get yours through ​Plura​ or ​Forbidden Tickets​. Wednesday, September 2 San Francisco, CA: Join us live and in-person in San Francisco for this month’s SpankLab hosted by impossiblepain. Learn all about impact play in this learning-by-doing environment. We start with a short demo or conversation, have consent discussions to keep everyone safe and comfortable, and then practice hands on in a peer-to-peer learning style for 90 minutes! Advance tickets are highly recommended through ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. Thursday, September 3 through Sunday, September 6 No live programming today, but check out all our digital downloads and other resources on ​WickedGroundsAnnex.Teachable.com​ 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 Support. Follow. Share. Join our ​Patreon​ for personal benefits and to stabilize our long-term trajectory. Book ​with us​ for coaching and consulting time with Mir. Do you find this weekly roundup helpful? If this newsletter has saved you time, or given you a great idea, feel free to leave a little something ​in our tip jar​)

It’s back to school season, and we have a wide range of kinky and sexy classes for you, ranging from introductions for complete beginners to classes for event organizers and educators. Can’t attend live? Many of our online classes are recorded for viewing within seven days of the class. Just check the “ACCESS” section at the bottom of each listing to see if the class is recorded. Read on for an assortment of classes in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and online! Want to go deeper? Our next sex magick intensive Pentacles of Power launches in just two weeks on September 8th. ​Find out more and register here​! The Roundup! Daylong & Multi-week Intensives September – October 2026. ​Pentacles of Power 2026: A Sex-Magick Intensive for Kinky People​ (ONLINE) November – December 2026. ​Diving Deep: Discovering & Voicing Your Erotic Desires​ (ONLINE) January 2027. ​Month of Mindfulness (for Kinksters)​ 2027 (ONLINE) S/m & the physical side of play 9/2 7pm PDT: Wicked Grounds Presents: SpankLab! with impossiblepain. ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. (San Francisco, CA) 9/8 6pm PDT: Blood, Sweat, & Fears: The Art and Thrill of Blood Play with Jamie Joy.​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. (ONLINE) 9/11 6pm PDT: Wicked Grounds Play Lab: Impact with Killmeat Nick. ​Luma​, ​Forbidden Tickets​, or ​Plura​. (Los Angeles, CA) 9/16 6pm PDT: Ballbusting for Beginners (& Bedroom Bullies) with Lady V. ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. (ONLINE) Fetish 9/157 6pm PDT: Latex 101 with Dolly Diatima. ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. (ONLINE) D/s, role play & the mental side of play 8/30 2pm PDT: Ass to Grass: Fitness as a Tool of Domination with MF Dom. ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. (ONLINE) 9/12 2pm PDT: Bratting and Brat Taming with Mel and Memi. ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. (ONLINE) 9/15 6pm PDT: Arcane D/s: Energetic Feeding and Conscious Inequality with Lee Harrington. ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. (ONLINE) 9/19 11am PDT: Receiving Service Well: Is This Meaningful to You? with Aidan Sunassee. ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. (ONLINE) 9/19 6:45pm PDT: Ownership Dynamics with Ancilla L. ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. (ONLINE) 9/20 11am PDT: Power Points: Power vs. Authority in BDSM Relationships with Sir Panda. ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. (ONLINE) 9/20 2pm PDT: Is it Hypervigilance or Anticipatory Service with Oak. ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. (ONLINE) 9/21 6pm PDT: When No Means Yes: Exploring Consensual Non-Consent with Jamie Joy. ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. (ONLINE) 9/22 6pm PDT: Daddy 101: Build the Foundation with Sinclair Sexsmith. ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. (ONLINE) Service 9/9 6pm PDT: So Fresh & So Clean: Bootblacking & Leather Care 101 with Lady V. ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. (ONLINE) Sexy Times This class is being rescheduled. New date soon!: How To Bake a Sex Party (And Other Delicious Experiences) with Laura Boyle of Ready for Polyamory. ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. (ONLINE) 8/25 6pm PDT: Make It Yours: Embodying Your Strap On with Sinclair Sexsmith. ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. (ONLINE) 8/29 3pm PDT: Trans Awareness & Playing With Trans Folks* with Lee Harrington.​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. (ONLINE) 9/1 6pm PDT: Hoe With Purpose: Erotic Strategy for the Emotionally Unavailable & Sensually Aware with Sarai. ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. (ONLINE) 9/24 6pm PDT: Edging and Tease Techniques: How to Build Anticipation and Prolong Pleasure for Maximum Satisfaction with Lilithfoxx. ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. (ONLINE) Polyamory and Nonmonogamy 9/12 11am PDT: Polyamory and Power Exchange Relationships with Laura Boyle. ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. (ONLINE) Self-knowledge, negotiation & consent 8/26 6pm PDT: BDSM Negotiation: From Awkward to Awesome with Miriam Green.​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. (ONLINE) 9/10 6pm PDT: Dating as Shadow Work with Marie Thouin PhD. ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. (ONLINE) 9/11 7pm PDT: Back to School with Wicked Grounds with Killmeat Nick. ​Luma​, ​Forbidden Tickets​, or ​Plura​. (Los Angeles, CA) 9/13 11am PDT: Autism and Kink with John Pendal. ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. (ONLINE, LIVE ONLY) 9/13 2pm PDT: KINK 201: Advanced BDSM Negotiations – Relationships, Dynamics, and Contracts with Miriam Green. ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. (ONLINE) 9/14 6pm PDT: Negotiation for Subs and Bottoms with Faun. ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. (ONLINE) 9/23 6pm PDT: Invisible Toybox with HG Wyndell. ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. (ONLINE) Community: Friends, dating, relationships & kink culture! This class is being rescheduled. New date soon!: How To Bake a Sex Party (And Other Delicious Experiences) with Laura Boyle of Ready for Polyamory. ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. (ONLINE) 8/27 6pm PDT: Double the Spectrum: Navigating Relationships Between Neurodivergent Partners with Lilithfoxx. ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. (ONLINE) 9/9 7pm PDT: Wicked Grounds + Plura Present: Kinky Speed Friending with Psychokitty. ​Plura​. (San Francisco, CA) 9/10 6pm PDT: Dating as Shadow Work with Marie Thouin PhD. ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. (ONLINE) 9/13 2pm PDT: KINK 201: Advanced BDSM Negotiations – Relationships, Dynamics, and Contracts with Miriam Green. ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. (ONLINE) 11/9 6pm PDT: Tips for House Topping with Miriam Green. ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. (ONLINE) Spirituality, Magick, and Occult (with Magickal Crossroads) September 8 – October 2026. ​Pentacles of Power 2026: A Sex-Magick Intensive for Kinky People​ (SIX WEEK INTENSIVE ONLINE) 9/15 6pm PDT: Arcane D/s: Energetic Feeding and Conscious Inequality with Lee Harrington. ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. (ONLINE) 9/23 6pm PDT: Invisible Toybox with HG Wyndell. ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. (ONLINE) Self-Directed Digital Downloads ​Diving Deep (video class)​ ​KINK 101: BDSM Negotiation Basics (video class)​ ​KINK 202: Advanced Negotiation for Dynamics & Relationships (video class)​ ​Private Joy: Sadomasochism for Solo & Distance Play (video class)​ ​Dealing with Drop (video class)​ ​Kink Self-Discovery Workbook (self-directed template)​ ​Aftercare Kit Checklist​ Go deeper! Need personal coaching & guidance for questions around sex, kink, and relationships? Reach out for one-time or ongoing coaching sessions at ​WickedGroundsAnnex.com​. If you love what we do and want to help us expand our access, please contribute to our annual ​Scholarship Fund Drive​ or ​become a supporting member of Wicked Grounds​. Both of these programs help us provide classes with the greatest access as well as provide more specialty and niche education that you won’t find anywhere else!

Howdy kinksters – We have some great events coming up for you this week, exploring the kinky mind and body alike. We have classes this week ranging from negotiation skills for complete beginners to workshops on how to improve parties, events, and spaces for folks looking to create community. This Sunday, I’ll be offering house topping with canes and paddles at ​Play Party Called Milkshake​. The host has a vaguely Wicked Grounds milkshake theme for the event, and you can get a taste of nostalgia with their Stabby Unicorn milkshakes while they last! All proceeds from the party will benefit San Francisco AIDSWalk. (Yes you read that right — not all profits, all proceeds!) I also want to give a shout out to long-time friend of the Grounds and kink author/ educator Rebecca Blanton, whose new book Kinky & Complicated: Navigating BDSM with Mental Illness or Neurodivergence was released this week. I got the chance to read an advance copy of the book, and it’s truly an excellent resource. This book answers many of the questions I hear regularly in my classes, and I know I’ll be recommending it frequently. ​Check out a Kindle version here.​ Let’s take a look at this week’s events! This Week! Thursday, August 20 and Friday, August 21 No 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​ Saturday, August 22 Online: Calling all community leaders, party hosts, venue owners, and others who want to great great experiences for all kinksters! Join us today online (or by recording within the week) for Actionable Access – Creating Accessible Kink Spaces with Eva Heart. Advance tickets are available through ​Plura​ or ​Forbidden Tickets​. Online: Ready to create parties of your own? Maybe have a few friends over for sex or kinky play? Join us online today for How To Bake a Sex Party (And Other Delicious Experiences) with Laura Boyle of Ready for Polyamory. Laura talks about how to create a fun, safe and intimate space, pick out themes, set intention and learn what tools you need for a successful play party. Attend live or through the recording with advance tickets from ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. Sunday, August 23 San Francisco, CA: It’s not technically a Wicked Grounds event, but it’s not far from one. A Play Party Called Milkshake takes San Francisco back in time to a virtual Wicked Grounds cafe where Stabby Unicorn milkshakes are served and you might even get a caning from Miriam Green. All proceeds from this party benefit San Francisco AIDSWalk! ​Find out more here!​ Monday, August 24 No live programming today, but check out one of our growing collection of video classes online through ​WickedGroundsAnnex.Teachable.com​ Tuesday, August 25 Online: Join us online tonight for Make It Yours: Embodying Your Strap On with Sinclair Sexsmith. You’ll learn everything you need to wear it well for everyone’s pleasure and connection! This class will not be recorded, so grab your tickets and mark your calendar to attend live online. Tickets are available through ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. Wednesday, August 26 Online: Good negotiation and consent practices are critical for having the scenes and dynamics you want, but most of us aren’t brought up knowing how to really talk about sex and pleasure, much less kink! Thankfully, great communication is a skill you can learn. Join Miriam Green online tonight for BDSM Negotiation: From Awkward to Awesome. You’ll learn lots of best practices to feel comfortable talking about what you want (and don’t). Attend live or through the recording with your advance tickets from ​Plura​ or ​Forbidden Tickets​. Thursday, August 27 Online: Neurospicy? Playing with or dating other neurospicy folks? Want to learn better ways to communicate with everyone? Join Lilithfoxx online tonight for Double the Spectrum: Navigating Relationships Between Neurodivergent Partners! Join us live online or through the recording with your advance tickets from ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. Friday, August 28 No live programming today, but check out all our digital downloads and other resources on ​WickedGroundsAnnex.Teachable.com​ Saturday, August 29 Mendocino, CA: It’s not technically a Wicked Grounds event, but our own Miriam Green will be hosting the monthly Mendocino Munch + Mendocino Rope Lab today. Find out more at the ​FetLife event listing​. Online: Want to create better play for the trans folks in your life? Join Lee Harrington online today for Trans Awareness & Playing With Trans Folks. Let’s get thoughtful, get embodied, and open our hearts as we rethink what gender and hot play can be. Join live online or through the recording with advance tickets from ​Plura​ or ​Forbidden Tickets​. Sunday, August 30 Online: Looking for new creative ways to explore D/s? Join MF Dom online with us today for Ass to Grass: Fitness as a Tool of Domination. This class explores how to integrate fitness principles with kink play. We will use the gym, free weights, bodyweight training, conditioning, and mobility work to prepare both doms and subs to experience kink through a heightened physical, emotional, and erotic lens. Join live or by recording with advance tickets from ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. 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 Support. Follow. Share. Join our ​Patreon​ for personal benefits and to stabilize our long-term trajectory. Book ​with us​ for coaching and consulting time with Mir. Do you find this weekly roundup helpful? If this newsletter has saved you time, or given you a great idea, feel free to leave a little something ​in our tip jar​)

Hey kinksters – It’s that time of year when folks start asking what I want for my birthday, and I generally never want anything for me. (Although I am planning a little birthday getaway this weekend!) I appreciate the folks who have reached out. If you’re interested in doing something, I’d suggest that you help Wicked Grounds help our community with a contribution to the ​Wicked Grounds Scholarship Fund​. These funds help us make our sliding scale and scholarship seats available as well as allowing us to provide discounted seating for longer intensives. If you’re in the Los Angeles area, check out our live in-person programming for this Friday. (Not in LA? Maybe forward this newsletter to your LA-area friends to let them know about us!) We don’t have any live programming in San Francisco this week, but there’s a very sweet ​Play Party Called Milkshake​ happening in the city Sunday, August 23rd that you’ll catch me caning at. The host has a vaguely Wicked Grounds milkshake theme for the event, and you can get a taste of nostalgia with their Stabby Unicorn milkshakes while they last! All proceeds from the party will benefit San Francisco AIDSWalk, so it’s a good time for a good cause. Now, let’s look at this week! This Week! Thursday, August 13 No 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 14 We 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 15 We 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 16 Online: 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. Monday, August 17 Online: Curious about erotic hypnosis and hypnotic kink? Join us online tonight for Hypnokink 101 with Faun. Among other things, hypnokink can help you bring to life some fully fantastical scenes that might be hard to pull off in day-to-day reality. Learn more by joining live or through the recording with your advance tickets from ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. Tuesday, August 18 Online: Bottoming is not passive, and submission is not a waiver. Get ready to co-create excellent scenes while keeping excellent boundaries! Join us online tonight for Bottom Responsibility: Agency, Accountability, and Risk Literacy in Kink with Sarai. Advance tickets from ​Plura​ or ​Forbidden Tickets​ will allow you to attend live or through the recording within one week. Wednesday, August 19 Online: Staying grounded and present during scenes leads to deeper play, but how do we do that? Join H G Wyndell online tonight to learn all the basics in Grounding and Centering for Kinksters: An Introduction to Defining Space and Self. Attend live or by recording with your advance tickets from ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura.​ Thursday, August 20 and Friday, August 21 No 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​ Saturday, August 22 Online: Calling all community leaders, party hosts, venue owners, and others who want to great great experiences for all kinksters! Join us today online (or by recording within the week) for Actionable Access – Creating Accessible Kink Spaces with Eva Heart. Advance tickets are available through ​Plura​ or ​Forbidden Tickets​. Online: Ready to create parties of your own? Maybe have a few friends over for sex or kinky play? Join us online today for How To Bake a Sex Party (And Other Delicious Experiences) with Laura Boyle of Ready for Polyamory. Laura talks about how to create a fun, safe and intimate space, pick out themes, set intention and learn what tools you need for a successful play party. Attend live or through the recording with advance tickets from ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. Sunday, August

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 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​. Monday, August 10 No 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 11 San 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 12 Online: 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 13 No 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 14 We 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 15 We 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:

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. 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