Month: January 2026

Check out our latest classes & events below – including individual classes, daylong and multi-week intensives, and more! Love us? Make a ​monthly membership contribution​. (VIPs get great benefits, discounts, and some free classes!) Need personal coaching & guidance for questions around sex, kink, and relationships? Reach out for one-time or ongoing coaching sessions at ​WickedGroundsAnnex.com​. Not sure if coaching is the right fit for you? We offer ​10-15 minute exploration sessions​ to learn more and ensure we’re a good fit. The Roundup! Daylong & Multi-week Intensives February – March 2026: ​All the Kabbalah You Really Need to Know​ (ONLINE) May 2026: ​Kink Class Incubator​ (ONLINE) November – December 2026. ​Diving Deep: Discovering & Voicing Your Erotic Desires​ (ONLINE) S/m & the physical side of play 1/25 11am PST: Feel The Impact with Sarah Butcher​Forbidden Tickets​​Plura​ (ONLINE) 2/2 6pm PST: The Edge of Desire: Knife Play with Jamie Joy​Forbidden Tickets​​Plura​ (ONLINE) 2/4 6pm PST: Fatal Follicles: Hair Pulling for Harlots! with Lady V​Forbidden Tickets​​Plura​ (ONLINE) 2/4 7pm PST: Wicked Grounds Presents: SpankLab!​Forbidden Tickets​​Plura​ (San Francisco, CA) 2/8 11am PST: Wax Play 101 with Sarah Butcher​Forbidden Tickets​​Plura​ (ONLINE) 2/23 6pm PST: Sinking Your Teeth In: Erotic Biting with Miss Mackenzee​Forbidden Tickets​​Plura​ (ONLINE) Bondage & Fetish 1/25 2pm PST: Latex 101 with Dolly Diatima​Forbidden Tickets​​Plura​ (ONLINE) 2/21 6pm PST: Twisted Ties: Sadististic Rope Play with Jamie Joy​Forbidden Tickets​​Plura​ (ONLINE) 2/9 6pm PST: Wrapped & Strapped: Body, Chest, and Hip Harnesses with Jamie Joy​Forbidden Tickets​​Plura​ (ONLINE) D/s, role play & the mental side of play 1/17 11am PST: Ass to Grass: Fitness as a Tool of Domination with MF Dom​Forbidden Tickets​​Plura​ (ONLINE) 1/17 2pm PST: Busting the Binary In Your Energy Play with Keiden Bren​Forbidden Tickets​​Plura​ (ONLINE) 1/18 11am PST: Rules and Rituals for Power Play with Sarah Butcher​Forbidden Tickets​​Plura​ (ONLINE) 1/18 2pm PST and 1/29 6pm PST: The Archetypes of Power & Surrender: A Two Part Series with Sacred Fire Kink​Forbidden Tickets​​Plura​ (ONLINE) 1/20 7pm PST: Improv for Naughty Play with Psychokitty Ryan​Forbidden Tickets​​Plura​ (San Francisco, CA) 1/21 6pm PST: Switchinatrix with Lady V​Forbidden Tickets​​Plura​ (ONLINE) 1/24 2pm PDT: Protocols in the Vanilla World with Rio and Marilyn​Forbidden Tickets​​Plura​ (ONLINE) 1/26 6pm PST: Creating Paw-sitive Experiences: Puppy Play 101 with Miss Mackenzee​Forbidden Tickets​​Plura​ (ONLINE) 1/27 6pm PST: High Protocol For D/s with Sinclair Sexsmith​Forbidden Tickets​​Plura​ (ONLINE) 1/31 2pm PST: Used & Abused: The Art of Erotic Objectification with Jamie Joy​Forbidden Tickets​​Plura​ (ONLINE) 2/8 2pm PST: Negotiating and Communicating for Emotional S/m with vahavta​Forbidden Tickets​​Plura​ (ONLINE) 2/12 6pm PST: Let’s Play with Age Play! with Lee Harrington​Forbidden Tickets​​Plura​ (ONLINE) 2/14 11am PST: Dirty Talking Instead of Dirty Dancing: A Playtalk Workshop with Mel and Memi​Forbidden Tickets​​Plura​ (ONLINE) 2/15 2pm PST: ESM 102: Resilience Skills for Emotional S/m with vahavta​Forbidden Tickets​​Plura​ (ONLINE) 2/22 11am PST: Consensual Non-Consent: When No Means Yes with Sarah Butcher​Forbidden Tickets​​Plura​ (ONLINE) Polyamory 1/15 6pm PST: WTF is Relationship Anarchy? with Laura Boyle of Ready For Polyamory​Forbidden Tickets​​Plura​ (ONLINE) 2/17 6pm PST: Boundary Expression and Enforcement with Laura Boyle of Ready for Polyamory​Forbidden Tickets​​Plura​ (ONLINE) Hypnokink 1/24 11am PST: Hypnokink 101 with Faun​Forbidden Tickets​​Plura​ (ONLINE) 2/5 6pm PST: Trance Work 101 with Keiden Bren​Forbidden Tickets​​Plura​ (ONLINE) Movement 2/8 11am PST: Lap Dancing Intensive with Click Your Heels​Forbidden Tickets​​Plura​ (Oakland, CA) Sexy Times 1/22 6pm PST: Squirting Secrets: Techniques for Discovering and Enhancing Pleasure Through Ejaculation with Lilith Foxx​Forbidden Tickets​​Plura​ (ONLINE) 2/8 11am PST: Lap Dancing Intensive with Click Your Heels​Forbidden Tickets​​Plura​ (Oakland, CA) Self-knowledge, negotiation & consent 1/28 6pm PST: Grounding and Centering for Kinksters: An Introduction to Defining Space and Self with HG Wyndell​Forbidden Tickets​​Plura​ (ONLINE) 2/1 11am PST: Curiosity to Connoisseur: A Newbie Intensive with Miss Mackenzee​Forbidden Tickets​​Plura​ (ONLINE, 4.5 hours) 2/10 6pm PST: KINK 101: BDSM Negotiation Basics with Miriam Green​Forbidden Tickets​​Plura​ (ONLINE) 2/11 6pm PST and 2/16 6pm PST: Energy Persona Mastery: A 2 Part Series with Sir Scott​Forbidden Tickets​​Plura​ (ONLINE) 2/17 6pm PST: Boundary Expression and Enforcement with Laura Boyle of Ready for Polyamory​Forbidden Tickets​​Plura​ (ONLINE) Community: Friends, dating, relationships & kink culture! 1/21 7pm PST: Kinky Speed Friending with Psychokitty​Only on Plura​ (San Francisco, CA) 2/3 6pm PST: Tips for House Topping with Miriam Green​Forbidden Tickets​​Plura​ (ONLINE) 2/5 7pm PST: Kinky Queer Speed Friending with Miriam Green & impossiblepain​Forbidden Tickets​​Plura​ (San Francisco, CA) 2/7 Noon PST: Welcome to the SF Scene with Miriam Green​Forbidden Tickets​​Plura​ (San Francisco, CA) 2/7 3pm PST: “What’s Your FetlLife?” Managing Social Media Profiles for Kinksters with Miriam Green​Forbidden Tickets​​Plura​ (San Francisco, CA) 2/19 6pm PST: Dating as Shadow Work with Marie Thouin PhD​Forbidden Tickets​​Plura​ (ONLINE) Spirituality, Magick, and Occult (with Magickal Crossroads) 1/19 6pm PST: Put A Sigil On It! with Miriam Green​Forbidden Tickets​​Plura​ (ONLINE) February – March 2026: All the Kabbalah You Really Need to Know​Teachable​ (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)​ ​Kink Self-Discovery Workbook (self-directed template)​ ​Aftercare Kit Checklist​

Howdy kinksters – Dan Savage is not a perfect commentator, but he had one of the best descriptions of keeping balance in challenging political times that I’ve ever read. He said: “During the darkest days of the AIDS crisis, we buried our friends in the morning, we protested in the afternoon, and we danced all night. The dance kept us in the fight because it was the dance we were fighting for. It didn’t look like we were going to win then and we did. It doesn’t feel like we’re going to win now but we could. Keep fighting, keep dancing.” I’ll add: “Keep playing.” That’s been my mantra for most of the last year, to be honest. I find it encouraging that kinksters keep making play central to their lives, even in some very weird times. Last fall, our local kink conference have record attendance and epically hot play. Let’s keep that going! Our erotic life force is absolutely critical to everything else we do, and everything we can do. So, we keep going. And, the world of roses needs bread, too. Yesterday in my personal FetLife I encouraged a little action that I’ll also bring here: Feeling hopeless? Want to do something? Just love Prince? StandWithMinnesota.org Your homework: Put on your favorite Prince song. I’ll wait. Open ​the link​. Pick one small thing to do. Bigger if you can. One. Small. Thing. Do the thing. You can have a second Prince song if you like. This week we’re going to keep playing all night and helping you play all night. If you’re in San Francisco this weekend, check out the ​Savor​ party. I’ll be swinging canes from 5-7:30pm, so come by to get some stripes! This Week! Thursday, Jan 15 Online: Nonmonogamy has several different styles, and they’re not one size fits all. Perhaps you’ve heard of relationship anarchy but don’t know that much about it. Perhaps someone you’re flirting with or friends with practices relationship anarchy and you’d like to understand more. Let’s sort it all out tonight in WTF is Relationship Anarchy? with Laura Boyle of Ready For Polyamory. What’s not anarchic? Ticketing! Get yours through ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​ and you can watch live or anytime in the next week through the recording. Friday, Jan 16 Online: Our ​Month of Mindfulness for Kinksters​ continues, and is our only live programming today. Late registration will be available all month. Saturday, Jan 17 Online: Looking for some new protocols for D/s? Maybe it’s time for some new year/ new you? Join us today to explore Ass to Grass: Fitness as a Tool of Domination with MF Dom. You can watch live or through the recording all week with your advanced tickets. Get yours through ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. Online: There are a lot of ways to explore energetic polarity, but sometimes we need to get beyond conventional models. Join us online today for Busting the Binary In Your Energy Play with Keiden Bren to explore other modes! Advanced ticketing required to attend live or through the recording. Get yours through ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. San Francisco, CA: You might have heard us recommend sampler parties before, and ​Savor​ is your next chance to check one out! This 5pm – 9pm party from AfterDark Events provides opportunities to try a wide variety of play. Our own Miriam Green will be dishing out canings from 5pm – 7:30pm. Come say howdy and maybe collect a few stripes of your own! Sunday, Jan 18 Online: Join UK kink educator Sarah Butcher online today to explore Rules and Rituals for Power Play. Advanced ticketing required to attend live or through the recording. Get yours through ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. Online: Want to go really deep into understanding your own and others’ motivations and styles in kink? Join Sir Scott online today for the first in a two-part series The Archetypes of Power & Surrender. We’ll meet both this afternoon and again on Thursday, Jan 29th, and both sessions will be recorded if you can’t attend live. Get your advanced tickets before the first session through ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. Monday, Jan 19 Online: Curious about sex magick? Maybe you’ve come to Miriam Green’sSex Magick for Kinksters, but you want more practical advice on how to actually do the thing? Tonight is your night! Sigils are one of the most tangible and practical ways to direct energy for sex magick, and tonight Miriam Green will teach you how to create and charge one step-by-step in Put a Sigil On It! Advanced ticketing is required to attend either live or through the recording, so get yours through ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. Tuesday, Jan 20 Online: Join Miss Mackenzee online tonight for The Ultimate Guide for Teasing and Orgasm Control! Advanced ticketing required whether you plan to attend live or watch the recording at your convenience. Get yours through ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. San Francisco, CA: Want to get into role play but not always sure where to start? Feeling self-conscious about what to say and do to create narrative scenes? Psychokitty Ryan can help! Join us live in San Francisco tonight for Improv for Naughty Play. Space is very limited for this learning-by-doing workshop, so get your advanced ticketing through ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. Wednesday, Jan 21 Online: Being switchy or versatile allows us to have so many different roles & experiences! Why be just a Top when you can be EVERYTHING (or whatever you want to be)? Join Lady V online tonight to explore it all in Switchinatrix: Harnessing Your Power as a Switch. Advanced ticketing is required to attend live or through the recording. Get yours through ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. San Francisco, CA: Ready to make some new friends and connections in the kink community, including potential new partners? Join us live in San Francisco tonight for Kinky Speed Friending, a coproduction of Wicked Grounds and Plura. Advanced ticketing is required, and is available exclusively through ​Plura​. Thursday, Jan

Howdy kinksters – I hope that this week is finding you as much as possible in your full power: resilient, fierce, and fully here for yourself and those you love. I have a firmly held life-long belief that being true to our creative and erotic selves brings power and presence to everything we do, and I’m committed to keep showing up for the ways that Wicked Grounds and I can help in your own erotic and creative journeys. We have a large and growing calendar of events. I’ll get out a new full roster of classes in the next few days, but let’s start by taking a look at the week ahead. This Week! Friday, Jan 9 Online: Our ​Month of Mindfulness for Kinksters​ continues, and is our only live programming today. Late registration will be available all month. Saturday, Jan 10 Online: Curious about the old leather guard and its impact on how we connect with Leather, kink, and BDSM today? You should hear all about it from one of the original OG: Hardy Haberman. Join Hardy online tonight for Old Guard Protocols and Why You Don’t Need Them. We’ll hear about the history of the D/s subculture and demystify some ideas about The One True Way of kink. Whether or not you identify as Leather, you’re certain to get some great new perspectives in a warm and engaging session. Get your tickets through ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​ and you can attend live (recommended!) or through the recording within one week. Online: Open wide! Mel & Memi are back with a class on Vaginal Fisting! You don’t want to miss this. Get your advanced tickets through ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. Sunday, Jan 11 Online: Interested in integrating punishments into your BDSM dynamics? Join Sarah Butcher online today for Discipline and Punishment! You’ll need advanced tickets to attend live or through the recording, so get yours through ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. Online: Join the amazing vahavta online this afternoon for Make Me a Masochist: Changing Your Relationship With Pain. All the ins and outs of basic pain management and mindset shift from a truly excellent bottoms-skills educator. Join us online – and this one is live only, so mark your calendars! Ticketing through ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. Monday, Jan 12 Online: Think rope always needs to be quiet, artful, meditative? Think again! Join professional pervert Jamie Joy online tonight to learn all about Twisted Ties: Sadistic Rope Play. Advanced ticketing required whether you plan to attend live or catch up later with the recording. Get your tickets through ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. Tuesday, Jan 13 Online: The best way to improve your play is to improve your planning and communication. Negotiation and consent are skills we can learn, and they’re just as important as how to tie bondage knots or throw a flogger. Join Miriam Green online tonight for BDSM Negotiation Basics to learn best practices for awesome scenes. Advanced ticketing will allow you to attend live or through the recording. Get yours through ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. Wednesday, Jan 14 Online: A tarot class from an excellent kink educator? Yes, please! Join Lee Harrington online tonight as he shares his other love with you in Choosing and Connecting with Tarot and Oracle Decks. Find a great new deck for the new year! Advanced ticketing allows you to attend live or at your convenience all week. Get yours through ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. Thursday, Jan 15 Online: Nonmonogamy has several different styles, and they’re not one size fits all. Perhaps you’ve heard of relationship anarchy but don’t know that much about it. Perhaps someone you’re flirting with or friends with practices relationship anarchy and you’d like to understand more. Let’s sort it all out tonight in WTF is Relationship Anarchy? with Laura Boyle of Ready For Polyamory. What’s not anarchic? Ticketing! Get yours through ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​ and you can watch live or anytime in the next week through the recording. Friday, Jan 16 Online: Our ​Month of Mindfulness for Kinksters​ continues, and is our only live programming today. Late registration will be available all month. Saturday, Jan 17 Online: Looking for some new protocols for D/s? Maybe it’s time for some new year/ new you? Join us today to explore Ass to Grass: Fitness as a Tool of Domination with MF Dom. You can watch live or through the recording all week with your advanced tickets. Get yours through ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. Online: There are a lot of ways to explore energetic polarity, but sometimes we need to get beyond conventional models. Join us online today for Busting the Binary In Your Energy Play with Keiden Bren to explore other modes! Advanced ticketing required to attend live or through the recording. Get yours through ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. Sunday, Jan 18 Online: Join UK kink educator Sarah Butcher online today to explore Rules and Rituals for Power Play. Advanced ticketing required to attend live or through the recording. Get yours through ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. Online: Want to go really deep into understanding your own and others’ motivations and styles in kink? Join Sir Scott online today for the first in a two-part series The Archetypes of Power & Surrender. We’ll meet both this afternoon and again on Thursday, Jan 29th, and both sessions will be recorded if you can’t attend live. Get your advanced tickets before the first session through ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. Intensives! We offer several intensives throughout the year, both in person and ​online​. ​Month of Mindfulness for Kinksters 2026​: Late registration now open for this group continuing through January 31, 2026. (ONLINE) ​Movement Day with Click Your Heels​: Sunday, Jan 4th in Oakland, CA! ​All the Kabbalah You Really Need to Know​ Registration now open for February 1 – March 14. (ONLINE) ​Kink Class Incubator​ Registration now open for April 27 – May 26. (ONLINE) ​Diving Deep: Discovering & Voicing Your Erotic Desires​. Registration now open for November 2 – December

Howdy all – A very happy new year from your friends at Wicked Grounds! We hope that whatever your journey looks like this year, we can be of service in helping you find the next steps on your own erotic roadmap. I firmly believe that kink and erotic pleasure are two parts of being fully ourselves. These can be part of a larger path of self-awareness and presence. Kink isn’t separate from the rest of our lives! A strong erotic presence can fuel our creativity, passions, and relationships. It’s in this spirit that Wicked Grounds offers an annual Month of Mindfulness to restart each year. Yes, there are a lot of other places that you can practice meditation, journaling, and mindfulness. But — as I discovered almost 15 years ago when co-founding East Bay Meditation Center’s Queer Leather Meditation deep refuge group — few of those spaces allow us to come to the table full as who we are. ​If you’d like to join us this year, it’s not too late. Our first live session is today at 11am Pacific, and early registration (and the chance to use our Boxing Day discount) end tonight. However, we’ll still have our two higher registration tiers available till end of month and everything is recorded — so if you decide to join us late, the doors will be open! However you choose to spend this first day of the new year, I hope it’s a great one! Warmly Mir ​ PS: It’s the last day to get in on our Boxing Day Sale, which applies to all digital downloads, events passes, coaching, and multi-week intensives at Wicked Grounds Annex. Just use code BOXING_2025 for 20% off at checkout now through midnight Pacific. PPS: Another great way to get the most out of your year? Become a Wicked Grounds VIP! VIPs get discounts on classes, coaching, intensives, and more! Our VIPs literally make all our operations possible, so you also get the satisfaction of knowing you keep the kink knowledge flowing!