This Week with Wicked Grounds (6/5 – 6/15)

Hello kinksters –

We had a full house at SpankLab! last night. It’s great to see people taking time to be creative, deepen their skills, and make new friends. SpankLab is coming up on its fourth anniversary later this summer, and has been wonderful to see the idea of these kinds of playshops taking root all over the country!

We are heading deeper into Pride month, and we have a lot of fun in-person and online classes for you over the coming weeks.

Upcoming Intensives!

We offer several intensives throughout the year, both in person and ​online​. Here are a few that have just been opened for registration that you might want to check out.

• ​Stepping Into Pride​: A five week workshop to discover your own pride in your LGBTQ+ identity. Live and self-directed coursework from July 1 – August 5, 2025.

• ​Increasing Your Impact! A Daylong Impact Play Intensive with Miriam Green and impossiblepain​: Saturday, July 12 10am – 6pm.

• ​Erotic Movement Daylong Intensive with Alexandria​: Sunday, July 13 10:30 am – 5pm.

• ​The Pentacle Path: A Six-Week Intensive Tarot Training​: August 10 – September 20, 2025.

This Week!

Thursday, June 5 through Saturday, June 7

We’re moving our typical first Saturday programming to next week so that Mir can attend their local Pride celebrations!

Looking for an online class? Check out our ​BDSM Negotiation Basics​!

Sunday, June 8

Join us in San Francisco for a unique live movement workshop today: Leading and Following: Nonverbal D/s Communication with Alexandria from Click Your Heels. Learn how to enhance the embodied and somatic elements of consent and negotiation for BDSM play! Space is very limited and advanced ticketing is required. Get yours through ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​.

Monday, June 9

No live classes tonight, but check out our video classes, workbooks, and more at ​Wicked Grounds Annex​

Tuesday, June 10

Maybe you’re curious about polyamory. Maybe you’re new to polyamory and facing typical early struggles. Or maybe you’re an experienced polyamorist, and you want a class to send friends and family to so that you can get a break from the constant questions. No matter your reason, you’re warmly welcomed to join Laura Boyle for Polyamory 101 online tonight starting at 6pm (or you may watch the recording later in the week). Advanced ticketing required. Get yours through ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​.

Wednesday, June 11

Everybody can use some new friends! Whether you’re seeking friends, mentors, play partners, wingpersons, or maybe even love, join us in San Francisco tonight for Kinky Speed Friending with Psychokitty Ryan! We’ll do our best to help you connect with lots of cool kinksters, fast! Tickets available exclusively through ​Plura​ for this 7pm live event. (We start right after the top of the hour, so please don’t be late!)

Thursday, June 12 and Friday, June 13

No live classes on these days, but check out our video classes, workbooks, and more at ​Wicked Grounds Annex​

Saturday, June 14

We offer three classes today – one online and two in person!

Join UK sex educator Sarah Butcher online at 11am Pacific for Wax Play 101, and learn all of the sensual, pleasurable, and sadomasochistic ways you can incorporate safe wax and candle play into your scenes. This class will be offered live, or you can watch the recording later, but you need advanced tickets for either. Get yours through ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​.

If you’re in the SF Bay Area, join us for two in-person classes at our home in downtown San Francisco!

At Noon Pacific, join us for Diving Deep: Discovering and Voicing Your Erotic Desires. This is the original two-hour class that launched the core ideas behind our annual six-week intensive. You’ll learn a variety of strategies for uncovering your own unique erotic roadmap and how to build your voice to ask for what you want from partners and lovers. Advanced ticketing is recommended. Get yours through ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​.

And then at 2:30pm, join us from our bimonthly class Welcome to the SF Bay Area Kink Scene! Miriam Green will help you understand the culture, organizations, venues, and other resources that make the SF Bay Area scene so remarkable, and let you know everything you need to make the most of it safely and enjoyably. Advanced ticketing is recommended! Get yours through ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​.

Sunday, June 15

Join us online at 11am today for Daddy Issues: Daddy Dynamics & You with Lady V. This class is for all genders, all roles, and all orientations of people who are interested in any type of Daddy-oriented play! This class will be recorded for later viewing, but it’s so much more fun live! Either way, you’ll need advanced ticketing through ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​.

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Warmly, Mir & The Wicked Grounds Team

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