Month: October 2024

Howdy kinksters – We are so delighted to travel into this autumn with you! I always find that this time of year invites slowing down, turning inward, self-discovery, and connecting with the people and things that really matter. If you’re at Dark Odyssey: Surrender this weekend, come say howdy! Nick and I will be running the Wicked Grounds booth and we need every single book to get rehomed! I’m also bringing bits of my personal book collection to upcycle. If you’ve ever heard me say, “Oh, X would be perfect for you, but it’s been out of print for years . . . ” you might be in luck! Catch us early for the widest selection. I’ll also be coordinating the opening and closing rituals, facilitating daily morning meditation, and teaching two classes to bookend your weekend: BDSM Negotiation Basics on Friday afternoon and Dealing with Drop on Sunday morning. Keep your eyes on the schedule for exact times and places. My consulting schedule has been filling up lately, but we’re always happy to make time for you. If you’d like some personal coaching after Dark Odyssey (or anytime), please don’t hesitate to reach out. Now, let’s see what’s going on this week! This week! Thursday 10/24 Our taboos are often immediately next to some of our strongest desires. Join Lilithfoxx tonight to explore these powerful urges in Beyond Taboo: Embracing Hidden Desires and Shedding Kink Shame at 6pm Pacific. Advance ticketing required. Get yours through Forbidden Tickets or Plura. Friday 10/24 Wicked Grounds will be at Dark Odyssey: Surrender. Today, come see us in the vending room during Vending Hours. Miriam Green will also be teaching BDSM Negotiation Basics this afternoon at 2:30pm, and facilitating the opening ritual tonight at 7:30pm! The schedule is always subject to change, so check yours for exact times and locations. Saturday 10/25 Wicked Grounds will be at Dark Odyssey: Surrender. Miriam Green will facilitate the morning meditation today from 8:45am – 9:30am. See the schedule for location and to confirm the time. Sunday 10/26 Wicked Grounds will be at Dark Odyssey: Surrender. It’s going to be a big day in the vendor room. We need to sell literally every book that Wicked Grounds has. Come by the booth Sunday for some great deals on books and hand-crafted toys. Miriam Green will facilitate the morning meditation today, will be teaching Dealing with Drop at 9:45am, and will facilitate the closing ritual tonight at 6:30pm. Whew! The schedule is always subject to change. Check yours onsite for the latest details. Wednesday 10/30 Join Jamie Joy at 6pm Pacific online for Booty Basics: Anal for Anyone. Get your advance tickets through Forbidden Tickets or Plura. If you’re one of the members of our fall Diving Deep cohort, we’ll have our second live meeting tonight at 6pm Pacific. Check the Wicked Grounds Annex class portal for details. Saturday 11/2 Join us online at Noon Pacific for our online version of Welcome to the Scene with Miriam Green. We’ll go over all the etiquette, culture, and norms you need to help you navigate the public BDSM scene, wherever you live and travel. Get your tickets through Forbidden Tickets or Plura. (Are you looking for specific resources in the San Francisco Bay Area? You can also choose to join us Saturday, 12/7 at Noon in San Francisco. Plan ahead and get your tickets now through Forbidden Ticketsd or Plura.) Support. Follow. Share. Join our Patreon for personal benefits and to stabilize our long-term trajectory. Annual memberships now available! Use our Venmo for one-time donations toward our sustainability, and to help specifically with scholarship tickets. Book with us for coaching and consulting time with Mir. Warmly,Mir & The Wicked Grounds Team (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)

Howdy kinksters! If you’re at Dark Odyssey: Surrender this coming weekend, come say howdy! Our own Miriam Green will be teaching two classes, leading two meditations, and facilitating the opening and closing rituals. Oh, and we’ll be selling books and gear in the vendor room, too! We’ve listed the DO classes for this weekend below, but please note that you have to be registered for the conference to attend these. Find more information on the conference here. Want to take a lot of classes? Get a monthly or annual event pass! Need personal coaching & guidance for those sticky issues around sex, kink, and relationships? Reach out for one-time or ongoing coaching sessions at WickedGroundsAnnex.com Links below are to our primary ticketing via Forbidden Tickets. If you’re a Plura member, check the Plura app for ticketing there as well. The Roundup! Multi-week Intensives Want to bring in the new year right? We’ll bring back our mindfulness month in January 2025. Interested in sex magick? Keep your eyes peeled for a new intensive launching in February! 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) Kink Self-Discovery Workbook (self-directed template) Aftercare Kit Checklist S/m & the physical side of play NEW 11/12 7pm PST: Ignite the Spark: The Art of Wax and Electro Play with Jamie Joy (ONLINE) 11/18 6pm PST: Flogging With Style: From Basics to Brilliance with Miss Mackenzee (ONLINE) 1/25 6pm PDT: Beginner Sharps Play: Staples Edition with Miss Mackenzee (ONLINE) Bondage 11/19 6:30 pm PST: Getting Started with Rope Part 1 with Psychokitty (SF) NEW 12/14 2pm PDT: Entangled Desires: Exploring Rope for Sex and Intimacy with Jamie Joy (ONLINE) 12/17 6:30 pm PST: Getting Started with Rope Part 2 with Psychokitty (SF) D/s & the mental side of play 11/9 2pm PST: Productivity for Service with HannahtheScribe (ONLINE) 11/17 2pm PST: Dark Roleplaying with Lee Harrington (ONLINE) NEW 12/15 2pm PST: Holy Cow! – Intro to Hucow & Bovine Play w/ Lady V (ONLINE) 12/16 6pm PST: Exploring Little Space: A Caregiver’s Guide with Miss Mackenzee (ONLINE) Movement workshops NEW 12/8 2pm PST: Stripping 101 with Alexandria (San Francisco, CA) Sexy Times 10/30 6pm PDT: Booty Basics: Anal for Anyone with Jamie Joy (ONLINE) NEW: 11/20 6pm PST: Gender Affirming Intimacy with Lady V & Jamie Love (ONLINE) 11/21 6pm PST: Voyeurism and Exhibitionism: Thrill of the Spotlight and Shadows with Lilith Foxx (ONLINE) 12/19 6pm PST: Pleasure Mapping for Couples: Discovering New Pathways to Intimacy with Lilith Foxx (ONLINE) Polyamory & ethical non-monogamy 11/6 6pm PST: Anarchy! In Your Relationships with Laura Boyle (ONLINE) 12/3 6pm PST: Polyamory and Parenting with Laura Boyle (ONLINE) Self-knowledge, negotiation & consent 10/24 6pm PDT: Beyond Taboo: Embracing Hidden Desires and Shedding Kink Shame with Lilith Foxx (ONLINE) NEW 10/25 2:30 pm PDT: KINK 101: BDSM Negotiation Basics with Miriam Green (Live at Dark Odyssey/ Surrender in San Jose, CA) NEW 10/27 9:45 am PDT: Dealing with Drop with Miriam Green (Live at Dark Odyssey/ Surrender in San Jose, CA) 11/25 6pm PST: KINK 101: BDSM Negotiation Basics with Miriam Green (ONLINE) 11/30 2pm PST: Consent, Accountability, and Neurodivergence with Adam and Draven (ONLINE) NEW 12/7 2:30 PST: Negotiation Improv with Wiley Elote (San Francisco, CA) NEW 12/8 11:30am PST: Submissives in Solidarity with Miriam Green (San Francisco, CA) NEW 12/18 6pm PST: Close the Doors You Open: Rituals for Endings and Transitions with HG Wyndell (ONLINE) Community: Friends, dating, relationships & kink culture! 10/23 6pm PDT: Breathing for Connection with HG Wyndell (ONLINE) 11/2 11am PDT: Welcome to the Kink Scene (National Version) (ONLINE) 11/5 6pm PST: Tips for House Topping with Miriam Green (ONLINE) 11/13 7pm PST: Wicked Grounds + Plura Present: Kinky Speed Friending with Psychokitty Ryan (SF) 11/27 6pm PST: Boundaries: Mapping the Self in Community with HG Wyndell (ONLINE) NEW 12/7 Noon PDT: Welcome to the SF Bay Area Scene (San Francisco, CA) Spirituality, Magick, and Occult (with Magickal Crossroads) 10/23 6pm PDT: Breathing for Connection with HG Wyndell (ONLINE) 11/27 6pm PST: Boundaries: Mapping the Self in Community with HG Wyndell (ONLINE) NEW 12/18 6pm PST: Close the Doors You Open: Rituals for Endings and Transitions with HG Wyndell (ONLINE) NEW 12/22 2pm PST: Sex Magick for Kinksters with Miriam Green (ONLINE)

Howdy kinksters – Happy late fall and imminent Spooky Season! If you’re at Dark Odyssey: Surrender next weekend, come say howdy! Mir and Nick will be running the Wicked Grounds booth and we need every single book to get rehomed!!! Mir will also be coordinating the opening and closing rituals, facilitating daily morning meditation, and teaching two classes to bookend your weekend: BDSM Negotiation Basics on Friday afternoon and Dealing with Drop on Sunday morning. Keep your eyes on the schedule for exact times and places. Mir’s consulting schedule has been filling up lately, but we’re always happy to make time for you. If you’d like some personal coaching after Dark Odyssey (or anytime), please don’t hesitate to reach out. Now, let’s see what’s going on this week! This week! Saturday 10/19 It’s not a Wicked Grounds event per se, but Miriam Green will be hosting a munch for coastal Mendocino county residents today at noon in Mendocino, California. If you’re in the area, stop by for a great day of meeting fellow coastal kinksters! Details on FetLife here. Sunday 10/20 Interested in age play? Whether you’re a big, a little, or just curious, join Draven for Age (Play) Theory at 11am Pacific. Advance tickets and more information are available through Forbidden Tickets. Monday 10/21 Foot play can be a unique and intimate thrill, but there aren’t many classes on it. That’s a shame, because there are so very many directions you can take this fetish! We’ll do our part on Monday to help you step onto this interesting path! Join us at 6pm Pacific for Step by Step Foot Play: From Sensual to Sadistic with Miss Mackenzee to learn the wide range of how feet can be part of our play! Get your advance tickets through Forbidden Tickets or Plura. Tuesday 10/22 No live classes today, but check out one of our many digital downloads to view at your own pace! Wednesday 10/23 Staying connected with your partner throughout a scene is often about getting out of your head and into your body. The breath can be a powerful tool to accomplish this. Join HG Wyndell tonight at 6pm for Breathing for Connection. Can’t make it live? This will be recorded for later viewing. Get your advance tickets through Forbidden Tickets or Plura. Thursday 10/24 Our taboos are often immediately next to some of our strongest desires. Join Lilithfoxx tonight to explore these powerful urges in Beyond Taboo: Embracing Hidden Desires and Shedding Kink Shame at 6pm Pacific. Advance ticketing required. Get yours through Forbidden Tickets or Plura. Friday 10/24 Wicked Grounds will be at Dark Odyssey: Surrender. Today, come see us in the vending room during Vending Hours. Miriam Green will also be teaching BDSM Negotiation Basics this afternoon, and facilitating the opening ritual tonight! See the schedule for exact finalized times. Saturday 10/25 Wicked Grounds will be at Dark Odyssey: Surrender. Miriam Green will facilitate the morning meditation today from 8:45am – 9:30am. See the schedule for location and to confirm the time. Sunday 10/26 Wicked Grounds will be at Dark Odyssey: Surrender. It’s going to be a big day in the vendor room. We need to sell literally every book that Wicked Grounds has. Come by the booth Sunday for some great deals on books and hand-crafted toys. Miriam Green will facilitate the morning meditation today, will be teaching Dealing with Drop in the late morning, and will facilitate the closing ritual tonight. Whew! Check the schedule for locations and details. Support. Follow. Share. Join our Patreon for personal benefits and to stabilize our long-term trajectory. Annual memberships now available! Use our Venmo for one-time donations toward our sustainability, and to help specifically with scholarship tickets. Book with us for coaching and consulting time with Mir. Warmly,Mir & The Wicked Grounds Team (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)

Howdy kinksters – I hope everyone is doing well and recovering from Folsom shenanigans if you went! There’s a lot going on at Wicked Grounds as we sail into our first week of Diving Deep and prepare for the Dark Odyssey: Surrender conference at the end of the month. If you’d like to join us for late registration in Diving Deep, this is your last week! We still have two live sessions and your personal consult(s), as well as the regular weekly homework and our recording from the first live session held earlier this week. You may find the late registration link here. Now, let’s see what’s going on this week! This week! Thursday 10/10 Sometimes it’s a scene we feel low after. It might be a weekend of fun. Heck, it might be Folsom Street Fair! Drop is a very real phenomenon that can catch us off guard after a wide variety of kink experiences. It’s not just “sub drop,” but can happen to all kinds of kink and edge players. Join us at 6pm Pacific tonight online for Dealing with Drop with Miriam Green to find out what drop is, why it happens, and ways to mitigate it. Get your advance tickets on Forbidden Tickets or Plura. Tuesday 10/15 Want to make your scenes truly immersive? Add theatrical tools to enhance your scene play! Join us at 6:30pm tonight in San Francisco for Setting the Scene with Psychokitty Ryan. We will dissect key elements from the stage and show how those can be used. With audience demos and examples, we will show how simple to complex things can be done for improvement like: the effects of lighting; from decorations to set design; the psychological power of props and costuming. This is geared for those with an interest in expanding on role play scenes. Some of the examples to be covered are School scenes, animal play, and interrogation. Advance ticketing strongly recommended. Get yours through Forbidden Tickets or Plura. Wednesday 10/16 What are the joys and complications of living in households with more than two adults? Learn about the practical side of sharing space as a polycule in Monogamy? In this Economy? Polyamorous Cohabitation with polyamory author and educator Laura Boyle. This online class starts at 6pm Pacific, and you can get advance ticketing through Forbidden Tickets or Plura. Saturday 10/19 It’s not a Wicked Grounds event per se, but Miriam Green will be hosting a munch for coastal Mendocino county residents today at noon in Mendocino, California. If you’re in the area, stop by for a great day of meeting fellow coastal kinksters! Details on FetLife here. Sunday 10/20 Interested in age play? Whether you’re a big, a little, or just curious, join Draven for Age (Play) Theory at 11am Pacific. Advance tickets and more information are available through Forbidden Tickets. Support. Follow. Share. Join our Patreon for personal benefits and to stabilize our long-term trajectory. Annual memberships now available! Use our Venmo for one-time donations toward our sustainability, and to help specifically with scholarship tickets. Book with us for coaching and consulting time with Mir. Warmly,Mir & The Wicked Grounds Team (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)

Howdy kinksters – This is truly the harvest time of year for West Coast kinksters. Last week, we celebrated the Folsom Street Fair — a huge outdoor celebration of all things kink and leather. Toward the end of October, many of us (Wicked Grounds included) will be at Dark Odyssey: Surrender in San Jose. It feels very festive, indeed! This week we also celebrate our first Saturday of the month, so if you’re in the SF Bay Area, join us for a big weekend of in-person classes! (And of course we’ll have online classes all week, too!) Now is also the time to join the fall cohort of our six-week intensive Diving Deep: Discovering and Voicing Your Erotic Desires. Read on for this week’s events, and plan ahead by checking out all our ticketed events. This week! Thursday 10/3 Polyam folks are often advised to cultivate compersion in relationships. But what is it, and how does it work, anyway? Join us only at 6pm Pacific for The Art & Science of Compersion with Marie Thouin. Marie will discuss her “compersion roadmap”, which will help every attendee understand what promotes and hinders compersion for them. She will also demystify some of the main myths you might have heard around compersion, and tackle some controversial questions regarding the topic. Get advance ticketing through Forbidden Tickets or Plura. Saturday 10/5 It’s first Saturday! This month, we’ll be live in San Francisco at Noon for our Welcome to the SF Scene class live at our space in Trellis! If you just got curious about the SF kink scene at Folsom, now is the time to learn about all the spaces, organizations, events, and culture that make San Francisco extraordinary! This is a live class with Miriam Green. Get your advanced tickets through Forbidden Tickets or Plura. Door ticketing is available, but please arrive by 11:55am to ticket on site. Then stick around for Negotiation Improv with Wiley Elote at 2:30pm to learn the basics of Negotiation and how to find your voice in different realistic negotiation scenarios. This live workshop is the best way to develop confidence in negotiations — fast. Get advance tickets through Forbidden Tickets or Plura. Sunday 10/6 Our Diving Deep: Discovering and Voicing Your Erotic Desires six-week workshop officially goes live today! If you’d like to go really, really deep in your kink journey, please commit to yourself and sign up for our fall cohort. If you’ve ever felt like you’re the only one experiencing what you feel in submission, we assure you — you are NOT alone. Often it’s helpful to talk with other folks on the same side of the slash to share experiences and ideas. Join us live in San Francisco at 11:30am for Submissives in Solidarity, a discussion group facilitated by Miriam Green. We’ll meet in the cozy Mukunda Studios in SOMA. Advance ticketing recommended. Get yours on Forbidden Tickets or Plura. Then join us at 2pm in San Francisco for Erotic Movement with Alexandria from Click Your Heels. ALL bodies, ALL genders, all orientations, all ages, all ethnicities! YOU are welcome as you are for this dance and movement class to express your own erotic identity. Advance ticketing strongly recommended, as space is limited. Get your tickets on Forbidden Tickets or Plura. (As of this exact moment, we have five spaces left.) Monday 10/7 All relationships are valid as long as they meet the needs of those in them. Relationships don’t all need to lead to the same place, and when we have many relationships, that’s particularly critical to know! Join polyamory educator Laura Boyle to think about all the many models of successful relationships in Non-Escalator Relationships: Strategies and Challenges at 6pm Pacific online. Get your advance tickets through Forbidden Tickets or Plura. Tuesday 10/8 Want to add more structure to your D/s dynamics? Learn from power-slave Hannah the Scribe tonight online and find a few that might fit your life in How to Learn Protocols. Get your advance tickets through Forbidden Tickets or Plura. Wednesday 10/9 If you’re in the San Francisco Bay Area and want to meet new people, come join us at 7pm for Kinky Speed Friending + Dating at our offices near 5th and Mission in downtown SF. You’ll need advance tickets for this one, and Plura is the place to get them! Thursday 10/10 Sometimes it’s a scene we feel low after. It might be a weekend of fun. Heck, it might be Folsom Street Fair! Drop is a very real phenomenon that can catch us off guard after a wide variety of kink experiences. It’s not just “sub drop,” but can happen to all kinds of kink and edge players. Join us at 6pm Pacific tonight online for Dealing with Drop with Miriam Green to find out what drop is, why it happens, and ways to mitigate it. Get your advance tickets on Forbidden Tickets or Plura. Support. Follow. Share. Join our Patreon for personal benefits and to stabilize our long-term trajectory. Annual memberships now available! Use our Venmo for one-time donations toward our sustainability, and to help specifically with scholarship tickets. Book with us for coaching and consulting time with Mir. Warmly,Mir & The Wicked Grounds Team (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)