Author: Miriam Green

Hello kinksters – Happy back to school season from your friendly kink educators at Wicked Grounds! It’s also Mir’s birthday week, and we have a present for you! Now through midnight on Sunday, August 24th, you can get 20% off all digital downloads, video classes, multi-week intensives, and coaching sessions from ​Wicked Grounds Annex​! Just use code ELVIS at checkout. (The last time I offered a sale like this, one clever person booked monthly coaching sessions and locked in that discount indefinitely. We have smart customers!) For some of you, it’s camp season, too! We’re sending wishes for a great camp to our friends headed to ​Dark Odyssey: Thornwood​ this weekend! Whether you’re one of our friends around the world, or one of our Bay Area locals having a bit of FOMO this week, we’ve got you covered. We have three live classes in San Francisco this weekend, and lots of fun stuff coming up online too! Let’s take a look at this coming week: This Week! Thursday, August 14 In the kink community, your reputation is everything! But how do you manage that? Join Princess Rara online tonight to learn all the basics (and some not-so-basics!) in Navigating Your Reputation in BDSM. Whether you plan to attend live or through the recording, you’ll need a ticket! Get yours through ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. Friday, August 15 No live classes today. But check out our video classes and other digital downloads at ​WickedGroundsAnnex.Teachable.com​ And don’t forget to use code ELVIS to get 20% off all purchases through our Wicked Grounds Annex site this week. And hey, it’s Mir’s birthday tomorrow! They are turning :: mumble mumble :: You know what would make an excellent gift? Pay it forward to some other kinksters by donating to our ​scholarship fund​! Saturday, August 16 We have some great classes in San Francisco and online this weekend! Online, join UK kink educator Sarah Butcher for a class on Consensual Non-Consent. We’ve timed this one to run live at 11am Pacific and 7pm in the UK so that folks (almost) everywhere can watch live, but we’ll also record this for later watching – so long as you have an advanced ticket. You can get yours through ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. Are you in the San Francisco Bay Area? Have you been meaning to learn the basics of shibari & rope bondage? Join us in SOMA from noon – 2pm for Let’s Get Knotty: Rope Bondage for Beginners with Jaime Joy! Space is limited, so it’s a good idea to get tickets in advanced (although we’re happy to sell space-available tickets at the door). Get your advanced tickets through ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. Sunday, August 17 Join Lee Harrington online today for Getting Freaky & Spicy: BDSM & Kink Basics. This legendary teacher will help you get your bearings in the world of kink play! We’ll launch at 11am Pacific / 7pm UK time, so most folks can attend live, but everyone will also have the option to watch a recorded version later. Get your tickets through ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. In the SF Bay Area? We have two classes for you today. Join us from noon – 2pm for our in-person class Rope for Sex and Intimacy with Jamie Joy. If your goals for rope bondage include sexual play, you’re going to want this class. Learn all the positions and ties that work best for your goals! Space is limited, so we recommend ticketing in advance through ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. Door tickets will be available on a space-available basis. Then at 4pm, join Psychokitty Ryan for Improv for Naughty Play live in San Francisco. Learn basic techniques for improv, and how to leverage them to innovate creative and connective BDSM scenes in real time. Space for this one is very limited – we can only accommodate up to 22 people. We strongly recommend advanced tickets through ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. Monday, August 18 and Tuesday, August 19 No live classes today. But check out our video classes and other digital downloads at ​WickedGroundsAnnex.Teachable.com​ And don’t forget to use code ELVIS to get 20% off all purchases through our Wicked Grounds Annex site this week. Wednesday, August 20 BDSM scenes can raise a lot of energy! But to stay closely connected and make the most of that energy, our scenes need a container formed from our intentions, actions, and consistency throughout the scene. Want to learn more? Join us online this evening for Creating Containers for Kink with H G Wyndell. You’ll need advanced ticketing whether you plan to attend live or through the recording later. Get your tickets through ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. Thursday, August 21 There is no one size fits all in D/s or BDSM. Instead, there are many dynamics and paradigms that might work for you – and many others that simply aren’t going to be your style. Explore these deeply in our two-part online workshop starting tonight, The Archetypes of Power & Surrender: A Two Part Series with FireOnTheMtnTop / Sir Scott and Lecee. You’ll need advanced ticketing to participate, whether you plan to attend live or through the recording. Get yours through ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. Friday, August 22 No live classes today. But check out our video classes and other digital downloads at ​WickedGroundsAnnex.Teachable.com​ And don’t forget to use code ELVIS to get 20% off all purchases through our Wicked Grounds Annex site this week. Saturday, August 23 Are you in very northern California? Our Miriam Green hosts the Mendocino Munch in coastal Mendocino county every month. This month, we’ll be hanging out in Fort Bragg from 1-3 (often longer – we like each other!). It’s not technically a Wicked Grounds event, but it’s not not a Wicked Grounds event. You can find out more and ​RSVP here on FetLife​. Sunday, August 24 Want to get deeply into your creative sense of bondage? Join Miss Mackenzee online today at 2pm Pacific for Boundless Creativity: Innovative Ways to

Hello kinksters – We have a lot going on this week, both in San Francisco and online! I’ll tell you all about it in a moment. One quick request first. We’ve been shaking the trees this week to try to get our ​scholarship fund replenished​ going into this fall. We know that a lot of people are going through it right now, but if you are able to sustainably give a few bucks (or several) to help other kinksters have financial accessibility, we’d sure appreciate your help! My goal is to stop actively shaking the trees by Sunday, but we are very far behind our targets. Everything helps! Our ​six-week tarot intensive​ launches on August 10th. We’ll have our first live online class on Monday, August 11th. It’s a great time to grab your spot! This weekend, Wicked Grounds is proud to be part of the Saturday, August 9th ​Camp Unity: Fireside Edition​ party at Stopgap, along with Dark Odyssey, AfterDark Events, Society of Janus, Nocturnal Events, and more. Wicked Grounds will present a SpankLab demo on bottoming skills from impossiblepain, and offer an Ask Us Anything coaching booth. Fun! And the ​San Francisco Fetish Flea​ is coming up on Sunday, August 10th! This is a great way to get new, handcrafted, and upcycled kink gear. We hosted the event for years and always recommend it! Let’s take a look at this coming week: This Week! Thursday, August 7 – Friday, August 8 No live classes today. But check out our video classes and other digital downloads at ​WickedGroundsAnnex.Teachable.com​ Saturday, August 9 Join Sarah Butcher online today for Rules and Rituals for Power Play. This D/s class will be offered live, or you can watch through the recording later. Either way, you’ll need advanced tickets. You may get yours through ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. Join Wicked Grounds and several other Bay Area kink organizations for Camp Unity: Fireside Edition, hosted by Kink Community, starting at 8pm. Wicked Grounds will be hosting a K.I.N.K. Ranger Station for Kinky Info, Navigation & Knowledge! The knowledgeable rangers from Wicked Grounds are ready to help guide your journey! And our SpankLab host impossiblepain will be hosting a bottoming skills class with the assistance of Miriam Green. Advanced ticketing required. Get yours through ​Forbidden Tickets​. Sunday, August 10 Join us online today for The Spark Between Us: Energy, Presence & Power in BDSM from Fire on the Mountain. You’ll learn new ways to show up completely for your scenes and engage fully with your partners. This online class will be recorded but you’ll need advanced tickets to either attend live or through the recording. Get yours through ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. Today is also the official launch day of our six-week tarot intensive The Pentacle Path with Miriam Green, with our first live Zoom session on Monday, 8/11. ​Reserve your spot here on Teachable!​ If you’re in the SF Bay Area, head over to the ​SF Fetish Flea​ today from 11am – 5pm to see the best in handcrafted and upcycled kink gear. Admission is only $5 and you’re sure to find great new toys. Monday, August 11 Tonight is our first live online class for The Pentacle Path with Miriam Green. If you’d like the ability to attend all of our Zoom sessions live rather than through the recording, this is also your last day to register for the course. ​Reserve your spot here on Teachable!​ Tuesday, August 12 Dating is already hard enough! Add being kinky into the mix, and it gets even more complicated. If you’re facing challenges, you are not alone – and we can offer you some tips, tricks, and considerations to make it a little easier. Join Miriam Green online tonight for Dating While Kinky, and we’ll do our best to help! Advanced ticketing required whether you plan to attend live or watch through the recording. Get yours through ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. Wednesday, August 13 Want some new friends, lovers, play partners, maybe something more? You’ll need to get out and meet some people! If you are in the San Francisco area, join us in SF tonight for Wicked Grounds + Plura Present: Kinky Speed Friending and let’s help you meet a lot of very cool people, fast! ​Learn more about the event and reserve your spot here!​ Thursday, August 14 In the kink community, your reputation is everything! But how do you manage that? Join Princess Rara online tonight to learn all the basics (and some not-so-basics!) in Navigating Your Reputation in BDSM. Whether you plan to attend live or through the recording, you’ll need a ticket! Get yours through ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. Friday, August 15 No live classes today. But check out our video classes and other digital downloads at ​WickedGroundsAnnex.Teachable.com​ And hey, it’s Mir’s birthday tomorrow! They are turning :: mumble mumble :: You know what would make an excellent gift? Pay it forward to some other kinksters by donating to our ​scholarship fund​! Saturday, August 16 We have some great classes in San Francisco and online this weekend! Online, join UK kink educator Sarah Butcher for a class on Consensual Non-Consent. We’ve timed this one to run live at 11am Pacific and 7pm in the UK so that folks (almost) everywhere can watch live, but we’ll also record this for later watching – so long as you have an advanced ticket. You can get yours through ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. Are you in the San Francisco Bay Area? Have you been meaning to learn the basics of shibari & rope bondage? Join us in SOMA from noon – 2pm for Let’s Get Knotty: Rope Bondage for Beginners with Jaime Joy! Space is limited, so it’s a good idea to get tickets in advanced (although we’re happy to sell space-available tickets at the door). Get your advanced tickets through ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. Sunday, August 17 Join Lee Harrington online today for Getting Freaky & Spicy: BDSM & Kink Basics. This legendary teacher

Hello kinksters – It might be the end of summer, but Leather season is just starting to kick off in the Bay Area, as many of us turn our minds toward the ​Folsom Street Fair​ coming up the last Sunday in September. We’re marking our calendars for ​LeatherWalk 2025​, the annual kick-off of leather week. This year’s LeatherWalk is calling for a wide range of kinksters to show up and take pride in their leather, kinky & queer histories and futures in San Francisco, and you’ll be hearing a lot more about them here in the weeks to come. Wicked Grounds is proud to be part of the Saturday, August 9th ​Camp Unity: Fireside Edition​ party at Stopgap, along with Dark Odyssey, AfterDark Events, Society of Janus, Nocturnal Events, and more. Wicked Grounds will present a demo and offer an Ask Us Anything coaching booth. Fun! Also that weekend in San Francisco, longtime friends of the Grounds are presenting the first-ever ​Mr. TMK Leather​ contest for transmasc kinksters. They’ll have a meet & greet at the Eagle Saturday, August 9th ahead of the contest at the Powerhouse Sunday, August 10th. If you think it’s cool to have this contest, you can also help support their efforts ​here​. And: The ​San Francisco Fetish Flea​ is coming up on Sunday, August 10th! This is a great way to get new, handcrafted, and upcycled kink gear. We hosted the event for years and think the world of it. Another thing to plan ahead for: I’m teaching a ​six-week tarot intensive​ starting on August 10th! We are approaching the last full week of registration, so if you see yourself being part of it, grab your spot! Let’s take a look at this coming week: This Week! Thursday, July 31 – Sunday, August 3 No live classes today. But check out our video classes and other digital downloads at ​WickedGroundsAnnex.Teachable.com​ Monday, August 4 Join us online tonight for KINK 201: Advanced BDSM Negotiations – Relationships & Dynamics with Miriam Green. We’ll take what we know about the best practices for negotiating scenes and play sessions, then think much more deeply about how to negotiate for ongoing dynamics and relationships, including our priorities, protocols, roles, and rituals. Advanced ticketing required to attend live or later through the recording. Get your tickets through ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. Tuesday, August 5 Want more inspiration for rope scenes? Join us online tonight for Boundless Creativity: Innovative Ways to Use Rope in Play with Miss Mackenzee. Whether you’re relatively new to rope or have been rigging or bottoming for a while, you’re certain to walk away with lots of new ideas for great scenes! You’ll need advanced tickets whether you plan to attend live or later through the recording. You may get those through ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. Wednesday, August 6 If you are in the San Francisco Bay Area, Spanklab with impossiblepain is the most fun you can have on a Wednesday night! Spanklab is a hands-on peer skillshare to learn new techniques or just have fun with light play. Bring some toys if you have them, your curiosity, and your sense of adventure! Advanced ticketing is strongly recommended. Get yours through ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. If you’d like to make the night of it, you might want to head to PlayXLand at the Cat Club afterward. This fetish dance night is just two blocks from where we meet. Thursday, August 7 – Friday, August 8 No live classes today. But check out our video classes and other digital downloads at ​WickedGroundsAnnex.Teachable.com​ Saturday, August 9 Join Sarah Butcher online today for Rules and Rituals for Power Play. This D/s class will be offered live, or you can watch through the recording later. Either way, you’ll need advanced tickets. You may get yours through ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. Join Wicked Grounds and several other Bay Area kink organizations for Camp Unity: Fireside Edition, hosted by Kink Community, starting at 8pm. Wicked Grounds will be hosting a K.I.N.K. Ranger Station for Kinky Info, Navigation & Knowledge! The knowledgeable rangers from Wicked Grounds are ready to help guide your journey! And our SpankLab host impossiblepain will be hosting a bottoming skills class with the assistance of Miriam Green. Advanced ticketing required. Get yours through ​Forbidden Tickets​. Sunday, August 10 Join us online today for The Spark Between Us: Energy, Presence & Power in BDSM from Fire on the Mountain. You’ll learn new ways to show up completely for your scenes and engage fully with your partners. This online class will be recorded but you’ll need advanced tickets to either attend live or through the recording. Get yours through ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. Today is also the official launch day of our six-week tarot intensive The Pentacle Path with Miriam Green, with our first live session on Monday, 8/11. ​Reserve your spot here on Teachable!​ If you’re in the SF Bay Area, head over to the ​SF Fetish Flea​ today from 11am – 5pm to see the best in handcrafted and upcycled kink gear. Admission is only $5 and you’re sure to find great new toys. 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. ​The Pentacle Path: A Six-Week Intensive Tarot Training​: August 10 – September 20, 2025. ​Diving Deep: Discovering & Voicing Your Kink Desires​: Registration now open for November 2 – December 13, 2025 Warmly, Mir & The Wicked Grounds Team Support. Follow. Share. Join our ​Patreon​ for personal benefits and to stabilize our long-term trajectory. Annual memberships now available! 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Howdy kinksters! We add new classes frequently, both for online classes and events in the SF Bay Area. 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. We usually have Plura ticketing available 2-4 weeks before each event. Would you like to indulge in personal coaching & guidance for those sticky issues 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 now offer ​10-15 minute exploration sessions​ to learn more or answer the quickest of questions. A huge thank-you to our Patreon supporters!!! We <3 you and salute your efforts to keep us going and growing. If you value what we do, please make a ​monthly membership contribution​. (VIPs get some particularly sweet benefits, like discounts and even some free classes!) The Roundup! Multi-week Intensives 8/10 – 9/20: ​The Pentacle Path: A Six-Week Online Tarot Intensive with Miriam Batasherah Green​ 11/2/2025 – 12/13/25: ​Diving Deep: Discovering and Voicing Erotic Desires – November – December 2025​ 1/1/26 – 1/31/26: ​Month of Mindfulness for Kinksters 2026​ S/m & the physical side of play 8/6 7pm PDT: ​Wicked Grounds Presents: SpankLab! with impossiblepain​ (San Francisco, CA) 8/17 11am PDT: ​Getting Freaky & Spicy: BDSM & Kink Basics with Lee Harrington​ (ONLINE) NEW 9/22 6pm PDT: ​Passionate Entanglement: The Dynamics of Rough Body Play with Miss Mackenzee​ (ONLINE) NEW 9/3 7pm PDT: ​Wicked Grounds Presents: SpankLab! with impossiblepain​ (San Francisco, CA) Gear 9/21 11am PDT: ​So Fresh & So Clean: Bootblacking & Leather Care 101 with Lady V​ (ONLINE) Bondage & Fetish 8/5 6pm PDT: ​Boundless Creativity: Innovative Ways to Use Rope in Play with Miss Mackenzee​ (ONLINE) 8/16 Noon PDT: ​Let’s Get Knotty: Rope Bondage for Beginners with Jamie Joy​ (San Francisco, CA) 8/17 Noon PDT: ​Rope for Sex and Intimacy with Jamie Joy​ (San Francisco, CA) 9/18 6pm PDT: ​Bedroom Bondage for Beginners with Jamie Joy​ (ONLINE) D/s, role play & the mental side of play 8/4 6pm PDT: ​KINK 201: Advanced BDSM Negotiations – Relationships & Dynamics with Miriam Green​ (ONLINE) 8/9 11am PDT: ​Rules and Rituals for Power Play with Sarah Butcher​ (ONLINE) 8/16 11am PDT: ​Consensual Non-Consent with Sarah Butcher​ (ONLINE) 8/17 4pm PDT: ​Improv for Kinksters with Psychokitty Ryan​ (San Francisco, CA) 8/20 6pm PDT: ​Creating Containers for Kink with HG Wyndell​ (ONLINE) 8/30 2pm PDT: ​Bratting and Brat Taming with Mel and Memi​ (ONLINE) 8/31 11am PDT: ​Switchinatrix: Harnessing Your Power as a Switch with Lady V​ (ONLINE) NEW 9/7 10am – 5:30pm PDT: ​Leading & Following: a Daylong D/s Intensive (by Click Your Heels)​ (Oakland, CA) NEW 9/24 6pm PDT: ​Invisible Toybox: The Energy of Kink with HG Wyndell​ (ONLINE) Movement & Creativity NEW 9/7 10am – 5:30pm PDT: ​Leading & Following: a Daylong D/s Intensive (by Click Your Heels)​ (Oakland, CA) NEW 9/23 and 9/30 6pm PDT: ​Writing Spicy with Sinclair Sexsmith​ (ONLINE) Sexy Times 8/17 Noon PDT: ​Rope for Sex and Intimacy with Jamie Joy​ (San Francisco, CA) 8/26 6pm PDT: ​Cock Confidence with Sinclair Sexsmith​ (ONLINE) 8/28 6pm PDT: ​The Art of Pussy Eating with Lilith Foxx​ (ONLINE) NEW 9/18 6pm PDT: ​Bedroom Bondage for Beginners with Jamie Joy​ (ONLINE) NEW 9/23 and 9/30 6pm PDT: ​Writing Spicy with Sinclair Sexsmith​ (ONLINE) NEW 9/25 6pm PDT: ​Backdoor Basics: A Guide to Anal Play with Lilith Foxx​ (ONLINE) Self-knowledge, negotiation & consent 8/14 6pm PDT: ​Navigating Your Reputation in BDSM with Princess Rara​ (ONLINE) 8/17 11am PDT: ​Getting Freaky & Spicy: BDSM & Kink Basics with Lee Harrington​ (ONLINE) 8/21 6pm PDT and 8/30 11am: ​The Archetypes of Power & Surrender: A Two Part Series with FireOnTheMtnTop / Sir Scott and Lecee​ (ONLINE) 8/25 6pm PDT: ​The Introvert’s Toolkit: Gear Up for Kinky Adventures with Miss Mackenzee​ (ONLINE) NEW 9/6 2:30 PDT: ​Kink 101: BDSM Negotiation Basics Pre Folsom Edition with Miriam Green​ (San Francisco, CA) 9/17 6pm PDT: ​Determining Your Risk Profile with Lee Harrington​ (ONLINE) Community: Friends, dating, relationships & kink culture! 8/4 6pm PDT: ​KINK 201: Advanced BDSM Negotiations – Relationships & Dynamics with Miriam Green​ (ONLINE) 8/12 6pm PDT: ​Dating While Kinky with Miriam Green​ (ONLINE) NEW 8/13 7pm PDT: ​Wicked Grounds + Plura Present: Kinky Speed Friending with Psychokitty Ryan​ (San Francisco, CA) 9/6 Noon PDT: ​Welcome to the SF Bay Area Scene – Folsom Street Fair Edition with Miriam Green​ (San Francisco, CA) NEW 9/10 7pm PDT: ​Wicked Grounds + Plura Present: Kinky Speed Friending with Psychokitty Ryan​ (San Francisco, CA) 9/11 6pm PDT: ​Mindful Swiping with Marie Thouin​ (ONLINE) Spirituality, Magick, and Occult (with Magickal Crossroads) 8/10 – 9/20: ​The Pentacle Path: A Six-Week Online Tarot Intensive with Miriam Batasherah Green​ 8/20 6pm PDT: ​Creating Containers for Kink with HG Wyndell​ (ONLINE) 8/21 6pm PDT and 8/30 11am: ​The Archetypes of Power & Surrender: A Two Part Series with FireOnTheMtnTop / Sir Scott and Lecee​ (ONLINE) NEW 9/24 6pm PDT: ​Invisible Toybox: The Energy of Kink with HG Wyndell​ (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​

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Hello kinksters – It was great to connect with many of you during last week’s teaching marathon and at KinkedIn Konnect. Those of you in San Francisco might be planning for ​Up Your Alley​. Have fun! There are a couple of other SF events coming up for which you might want to mark the date. Wicked Grounds is proud to be part of the Saturday, August 9th ​Camp Unity: Fireside Edition​ party at Stopgap, along with Dark Odyssey, AfterDark Events, Society of Janus, Nocturnal Events, and more. Wicked Grounds will present a demo and offer an Ask Us Anything coaching booth. Fun! Also that weekend in San Francisco, longtime friends of the Grounds are presenting the first-ever ​Mr. TMK Leather​ contest for transmasc kinksters. They’ll have a meet & greet at the Eagle Saturday, August 9th ahead of the contest at the Powerhouse Sunday, August 10th. If you think it’s cool to have this contest, you can also help support their efforts ​here​. Another thing to plan ahead for: I’m teaching a ​six-week tarot intensive​ starting on August 10th! It’s not technically a kink class, but you’re definitely welcome to explore all the great ways we can use tarot as a self-knowledge and even scene-planning tool for play, and you’ll learn lots of useful tech that applies to sex magick throughout the course. But we’re getting ahead of ourselves. Let’s take a look at this coming week: This Week! Thursday, July 24 A true story: when Mir and Nick were tabling for Wicked Grounds at San Francisco Pride and offering free “Kinky Advice,” most of the questions we got were about oral sex! Not what we expected, but certainly a mood! If you’d like to up your skills, join Lilithfoxx tonight for The Art of the Blowjob. We’ll cover all the skills you need to give (or receive) a great one! Advanced ticketing required. Get yours through ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. Friday, July 25 No live classes today. But check out our video classes and other digital downloads at ​WickedGroundsAnnex.Teachable.com​ Saturday, July 26 Join UK kink educator Sarah Butcher online today for a class on Discipline & Punishment. This class will be offered live, or you can watch the recording later. You’ll need advanced ticketing either way, so get those through ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. Calling all littles and those who love them! Join us online this afternoon for Stories We Can Play: Narrative Age Play with Laura Boyle, and learn some new ways to create engaging scenes and dynamics for adult age players. Advanced ticketing required, whether you plan to attend live or watch the recording later. Get yours from ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. It’s not technically a Wicked Grounds event, but our Miriam Green will be hosting a munch for kinksters in coastal Mendocino county in Mendocino, California today from 1-3pm! Find out more on FetLife. Sunday, July 27 Loads of love to our SF Bay Area friends going to Up Your Alley today! What can we do when bad things happen in the scene? How do we address issues ranging from crappy behavior to explicit consent violations? Join Adam and Ash from Consent Academy today for a critical workshop From Harm to Healing: A Guide to Community Accountability. Advanced ticketing required. Get yours through ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. Solo? At a distance from your partner? Just want to explore some new kinds of play and sensation on your own? Join us at 3pm Pacific online for Private Joy: Sadomasochism for Solo and Distance Play with Miriam Green. This class will be recorded, but you need advanced tickets to attend live or get the recording. Get yours through ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. Monday, July 28 If we want kink to be a “lifestyle,” we need ways to show up in challenging times. Chronic illness is among the most challenging for many kinksters. Join us online this evening as Miss Mackenzee presents Thriving Together: Relationships and Chronic Illness. This live online class will be recorded, but you’ll need advanced tickets. Get yours through ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. Tuesday, July 29 No live classes today. But check out our video classes and other digital downloads at ​WickedGroundsAnnex.Teachable.com​ Wednesday, July 30 Join us online this evening for a great class from Lee Harrington: What’s Your Fetish: Objects, Body Parts, and Materials of Desire. Whether it’s a special outfit, a particular kind of toy, or a part of ourselves or others, let’s explore all the ways we elevate, reify, and cherish our kink fetishes! Advanced ticketing required whether you plan to attend live or via the recording. Get yours through ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. Thursday, July 31 Join us tonight in San Francisco for Fetish Games with Psychokitty Ryan. This fun workshop explores lots of lighthearted approaches to kinky play which would help liven up any play party, mixer, or kink events. And, it’s just a great way to have fun on a Thursday night! Join us at the Folsom Street Community Center at 7pm, but advanced ticketing is recommended for this space-limited workshop. Get yours through ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. Friday, August 1 – Sunday, August 3 No live classes today. But check out our video classes and other digital downloads at ​WickedGroundsAnnex.Teachable.com​ 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. ​The Pentacle Path: A Six-Week Intensive Tarot Training​: August 10 – September 20, 2025. ​Diving Deep: Discovering & Voicing Your Kink Desires​: Registration now open for November 2 – December 13, 2025 Warmly, Mir & The Wicked Grounds Team Support. Follow. Share. Join our ​Patreon​ for personal benefits and to stabilize our long-term trajectory. Annual memberships now available! 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

Hello kinksters – We hope you’re having a great summer! ‘Tis the season for lots of kinky campouts, and we’re getting great stories back from folks all over the country packing up for and decompressing from various kinky outings. Here in drizzly coastal northern California, we’ve prepared a long weekend of several kink classes. Most of our online classes are recorded (check the listings!) so if you’re out and about, you can rest assured that your advanced ticket will get you a copy of the recording after the fact. Speaking of those classes, let’s dive in! This Week! Thursday, July 17 New to kink? You’ll want to check out munches! Those are the fun, lighthearted social events where kinksters get to know one another, explore resources, and build community. Learn everything about how to navigate the world of munches and start building your kink reputation in our online class Starting Out in Kink: Navigating Your First Munch with Princess Rara. Can’t attend live? We will record this one. Just be sure to get advanced tickets to get the recording. Advanced ticketing through ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. Friday, July 18 No live classes today. But check out our video classes and other digital downloads at ​WickedGroundsAnnex.Teachable.com​ And check out Saturday and Sunday for a “Mir’s Brain-a-thon”! Saturday, July 19 Miriam Green is teaching four classes in three days! When dealing with sex magick, theory is important – but practice is where the magick literally happens. If you’d like a practical, hands-on approach to working sex magick, join us at 11am Pacific online for Put a Sigil On It! with Miriam BatAsherah Green. You’ll learn how to create, design, and charge a practical object for directing your energy. Whether you plan to attend live or watch the recording, you’ll need advance tickets. Invoke yours through ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. Then join us at 2pm Pacific for This is Your Brain on Kink with Miriam Green. Learn about the factors that drive everything from newbie frenzy to new relationship energy to drop, not to mention many of the fun physical and emotional sensations from play. You’ll need advanced ticketing to either attend live or watch the recording. Get yours through ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. Sunday, July 20 If you are planning to attend KinkedIn Konnect: The Worldwide Kinky Educator and Presenter Virtual Summit and Social, we will be there! Find the listing on FetLife to learn more (we’re RSVPed, if that helps your breadcrumbs!) Then join Miriam Green online at 3pm Pacific for Private Joy: Sadomasochism for Solo & Distance Play. Whether you’re solo, between partners, or in a long-distance relationship, there’s no reason to miss out on kinky play! Learn some considerations to have safety, depth, and fun in your personal play in this online and recorded class. Be sure to get advanced tickets through ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. Monday, July 21 Join us for our core class BDSM Negotiation Basics online tonight starting at 6pm Pacific. Miriam Green will cover all the basics about what to ask – and why – when negotiating for BDSM play. We’ll cover the basics of consent, key negotiation questions, and how to stay in great communication throughout a BDSM scene. Get advanced tickets through ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. Tuesday, July 22 Join Sinclair Sexsmith online at 6pm Pacific for a workshop and discussion on High Protocol for D/s. Please note that this session will not be recorded for later viewing; you must attend live to get the value from this interactive session. Get your advanced tickets through ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. Wednesday, July 23 Staying present, grounded, and connected are key skills for tops and bottoms alike. But how do we do that, exactly? Join us tonight online for Grounding and Centering for Kinksters: An Introduction to Defining Space and Self with HG Wyndell to learn practical techniques to make the most of presence in scenes. Advanced ticketing required. Get yours through ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. Thursday, July 24 A true story: when Mir and Nick were tabling for Wicked Grounds at San Francisco Pride and offering free “Kinky Advice,” most of the questions we got were about oral sex! Not what we expected, but certainly a mood! If you’d like to up your skills, join Lilithfoxx tonight for The Art of the Blowjob. We’ll cover all the skills you need to give (or receive) a great one! Advanced ticketing required. Get yours through ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. Friday, July 25 No live classes today. But check out our video classes and other digital downloads at ​WickedGroundsAnnex.Teachable.com​ Saturday, July 26 Join UK kink educator Sarah Butcher online today for a class on Discipline & Punishment. This class will be offered live, or you can watch the recording later. You’ll need advanced ticketing either way, so get those through ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. Calling all littles and those who love them! Join us online this afternoon for Stories We Can Play: Narrative Age Play with Laura Boyle, and learn some new ways to create engaging scenes and dynamics for adult age players. Advanced ticketing required, whether you plan to attend live or watch the recording later. Get yours from ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. It’s not technically a Wicked Grounds event, but our Miriam Green will be hosting a munch for kinksters in coastal Mendocino county in Mendocino, California today from 1-3pm! Find out more on FetLife. Sunday, July 27 What can we do when bad things happen in the scene? How do we address issues ranging from crappy behavior to explicit consent violations? Join Adam and Ash from Consent Academy today for a critical workshop From Harm to Healing: A Guide to Community Accountability. Advanced ticketing required. Get yours through ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. 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. ​The Pentacle Path: A Six-Week Intensive Tarot Training​: August

Howdy kinksters! We have lots of new classes listed for you, including single sessions, daylong intensives, and multi-week intensives for people at every level of their personal kink journeys. From bondage to bootblacking, from planning to playing, we’ve got you covered! 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. We usually have Plura ticketing available 2-4 weeks before each event. 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​. Not sure if coaching is the right fit for you? We now offer ​10-15 minute exploration sessions​ to learn more or answer the quickest of questions. A huge thank-you to our Patreon supporters!!! We <3 you and salute your efforts to keep us going and growing. If you value what we do, please make a ​monthly membership contribution​. (VIPs get some particularly sweet benefits, like discounts and even some free classes!) The Roundup! Multi-week Intensives 8/10 – 9/20: ​The Pentacle Path: A Six-Week Online Tarot Intensive with Miriam Batasherah Green​ ​Diving Deep: Discovering and Voicing Erotic Desires – November – December 2025​ ​Month of Mindfulness for Kinksters 2026​ S/m & the physical side of play 7/20 3pm PDT: ​Private Joy: Sadomasochism for Solo & Distance Play with Miriam Green​ (ONLINE) 7/31 7pm PDT: ​Fetish Games with Psychokitty​ (San Francisco, CA) 8/6 7pm PDT: ​Wicked Grounds Presents: SpankLab! with impossiblepain​ (San Francisco, CA) 8/17 11am PDT: ​Getting Freaky & Spicy: BDSM & Kink Basics with Lee Harrington​ (ONLINE) Gear 9/21 11am PDT: ​So Fresh & So Clean: Bootblacking & Leather Care 101 with Lady V​ (ONLINE) Bondage & Fetish 7/30 6pm PDT: ​What’s Your Fetish: Objects, Body Parts, and Materials of Desire with Lee Harrington​ (ONLINE) 8/5 6pm PDT: ​Boundless Creativity: Innovative Ways to Use Rope in Play with Miss Mackenzee​ (ONLINE) 8/16 Noon PDT: ​Let’s Get Knotty: Rope Bondage for Beginners with Jamie Joy​ (San Francisco, CA) 8/17 Noon PDT: ​Rope for Sex and Intimacy with Jamie Joy​ (San Francisco, CA) NEW 9/18 6pm PDT: ​Bedroom Bondage for Beginners with Jamie Joy​ (ONLINE) D/s, role play & the mental side of play 7/16 6pm PDT: ​Holy Cow! – Intro to Hucow & Bovine Play with Lady V​ (ONLINE) 7/22 6pm PDT: ​High Protocol for D/s with Sinclair Sexsmith​ (ONLINE) 7/26 11am PDT: ​Discipline & Punishment with Sarah Butcher​ (ONLINE) 7/26 2pm PDT: ​Stories We Can Play: Narrative Age Play with Laura Boyle​ (ONLINE) NEW 8/4 6pm PDT: ​KINK 201: Advanced BDSM Negotiations – Relationships & Dynamics with Miriam Green​ (ONLINE) 8/9 11am PDT: ​Rules and Rituals for Power Play with Sarah Butcher​ (ONLINE) 8/16 11am PDT: ​Consensual Non-Consent with Sarah Butcher​ (ONLINE) 8/17 4pm PDT: ​Improv for Kinksters with Psychokitty Ryan​ (San Francisco, CA) 8/20 6pm PDT: ​Creating Containers for Kink with HG Wyndell​ (ONLINE) 8/30 2pm PDT: ​Bratting and Brat Taming with Mel and Memi​ (ONLINE) 8/31 11am PDT: ​Switchinatrix: Harnessing Your Power as a Switch with Lady V​ (ONLINE) Movement workshops More coming soon! We are putting the finishing touches on new classes with Alexandria on 9/6 and 9/13! Sexy Times 7/24 6pm PDT: ​The Art of the Blowjob with Lilith Foxx​ (ONLINE) 8/17 Noon PDT: ​Rope for Sex and Intimacy with Jamie Joy​ (San Francisco, CA) 8/26 6pm PDT: ​Cock Confidence with Sinclair Sexsmith​ (ONLINE) 8/28 6pm PDT: ​The Art of Pussy Eating with Lilith Foxx​ (ONLINE) NEW 9/18 6pm PDT: ​Bedroom Bondage for Beginners with Jamie Joy​ (ONLINE) Self-knowledge, negotiation & consent 7/19 2pm PDT: ​This Is Your Brain On Kink! Any Questions? With Miriam Green​ (ONLINE) 7/21 6pm PDT: ​KINK 101: BDSM Negotiation Basics with Miriam Green​ (ONLINE) 7/23 6pm PDT: ​Grounding and Centering for Kinksters: An Introduction to Defining Space and Self with HG Wyndell​ (ONLINE) 7/27 11am PDT: ​From Harm to Healing: A Guide to Community Accountability with Adam and Ash​ (ONLINE) 7/28 6pm PDT: ​Thriving Together: Relationships and Chronic Illness with Miss Mackenzee​ (ONLINE) 7/30 6pm PDT: ​What’s Your Fetish: Objects, Body Parts, and Materials of Desire with Lee Harrington​ (ONLINE) 8/14 6pm PDT: ​Navigating Your Reputation in BDSM with Princess Rara​ (ONLINE) 8/17 11am PDT: ​Getting Freaky & Spicy: BDSM & Kink Basics with Lee Harrington​ (ONLINE) 8/21 6pm PDT and 8/30 11am: ​The Archetypes of Power & Surrender: A Two Part Series with FireOnTheMtnTop / Sir Scott and Lecee​ (ONLINE) 8/25 6pm PDT: ​The Introvert’s Toolkit: Gear Up for Kinky Adventures with Miss Mackenzee​ (ONLINE) NEW 9/17 6pm PDT: ​Determining Your Risk Profile with Lee Harrington​ (ONLINE) Community: Friends, dating, relationships & kink culture! 7/17 6pm PDT: ​Starting Out in Kink: Navigating Your First Munch with Princess Rara​ (ONLINE) 7/27 11am PDT: ​From Harm to Healing: A Guide to Community Accountability with Adam and Ash​ (ONLINE) 7/28 6pm PDT: ​Thriving Together: Relationships and Chronic Illness with Miss Mackenzee​ (ONLINE) NEW 8/4 6pm PDT: ​KINK 201: Advanced BDSM Negotiations – Relationships & Dynamics with Miriam Green​ (ONLINE) NEW 8/12 6pm PDT: ​Dating While Kinky with Miriam Green​ (ONLINE) NEW 9/6 Noon PDT: ​Welcome to the SF Bay Area Scene – Folsom Street Fair Edition with Miriam Green​ (San Francisco, CA) NEW 9/11 6pm PDT: ​Mindful Swiping with Marie Thouin​ (ONLINE) Spirituality, Magick, and Occult (with Magickal Crossroads) 7/19 11am PDT: ​Put a Sigil On It! With Miriam BatAsherah Green​ (ONLINE) 8/10 – 9/20: ​The Pentacle Path: A Six-Week Online Tarot Intensive with Miriam Batasherah Green​ 8/20 6pm PDT: ​Creating Containers for Kink with HG Wyndell​ (ONLINE) 8/21 6pm PDT and 8/30 11am: ​The Archetypes of Power & Surrender: A Two Part Series with FireOnTheMtnTop / Sir Scott and Lecee​ (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​

Hello kinksters – The San Francisco community got hit yesterday by news that our beloved local community space Stopgap is under attack, and a lot of community energy is being taken up by that. It’s certain that more information will be coming out – especially how to help – but if you are already a Stopgap fan and want to help, they are running some emergency fundraising through ​Venmo​, and you can find out more about the situation on ​Fetlife​. (If you want to be cheeky about it, put “Wicked Grounds sent me” in your payment memo.) We recommend this space frequently to local folks in our classes, and I feel strongly committed to having this space as the San Francisco community clubhouse, just as we were privileged to be for many years. As fundraising and action becomes more solidified, we’ll keep you posted. One quick administrative note: We did some major cleanup to our mailing list last week. If you normally get our newsletter through email and you’re not seeing it there this week – or you see this content elsewhere and want to sign up – you can ​sign up here​. Social networks are not completely stable, even custom ones like FetLife. Staying on our mailing list is the best way to guarantee you always get the information you need about our classes, events, and urgent news. We’ll keep the kink flowing this week. Wicked Grounds is offering some excellent classes this week, including two daylong intensives this weekend in the SF Bay Area. We’d love to see you, so please read on for details. This Week! Thursday, July 10 And all players can use a good toolkit for Dealing with Drop. What the heck is this crashout that we have after great scenes (or kinky camps, or Pride . . . ) and what can be done to prevent and manage it? Join us for an online class with Miriam Green to explore just that! Advanced ticketing required. Get yours through ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. Friday, July 11 No live classes today. But check out our video classes and other digital downloads at ​WickedGroundsAnnex.Teachable.com​ Saturday, July 12 Join us live in San Francisco today for a full daylong impact play workshop: Increasing Your Impact! A Daylong Impact Play Intensive with Miriam Green and impossiblepain. We’ll explore the practical, emotional, engaged, and somatic sides of impact play, including spanking, paddling, caning, and other (non-flogging) impact techniques, capping the day with a practical capstone exercise. You are welcome to get tickets with a partner, or come alone (and pair with a new friend for the capstone). There are only 11 seats left as we write this! Get your space through ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. Speaking of Stopgap, they’ll be hosting the Society of Janus Ignite party tonight. This is not our event, and we are not affiliated with it, but it is one of the events we recommend most frequently. You can find out more ​here​. Sunday, July 13 Get out of your head in into your body! Join us in Oakland, California for a daylong Erotic Movement workshop with Alexandria from Click Your Heels. We’ll explore a full range of somatic, dance, and movement techniques to connect deeply with our erotic sense of ourselves. All bodies, genders, orientations, and experience levels are warmly welcomed! Advanced ticketing is required. Get yours through ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. Monday, July 14 Join us online at 6pm to explore kink Beyond the Basics with Jamie Joy. This class is intended for more advanced players, but anyone is welcome to learn some of the more intense styles of BDSM and kink play available. We will discuss heavy impact, predicament bondage, and intense sensation play. Prepare to explore the edges with demos on punching, kicking, sensory deprivation, orgasm control, knife play, electro stimulation, and more! Advanced ticketing required, whether you plan to attend live or watch the recording. You can get yours through ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. Tuesday, July 15 No live classes today. But check out our video classes and other digital downloads at ​WickedGroundsAnnex.Teachable.com​ Wednesday, July 16 Looking to mooooove into some new play? Chewing the cud on what your next kinky roleplay might be? Just want to be outstanding in your field by gaining knowledge into a wider range of kinky play? Join us Lady V online Wednesday 7/16 for Holy Cow! – Intro to Hucow & Bovine Play. You are welcome to either attend live or watch the recording later, but you’ll need advanced tickets to get the recording. Get yours through ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. Thursday, July 17 New to kink? You’ll want to check out munches! Those are the fun, lighthearted social events where kinksters get to know one another, explore resources, and build community. Learn everything about how to navigate the world of munches and start building your kink reputation in our online class Starting Out in Kink: Navigating Your First Munch with Princess Rara. Can’t attend live? We will record this one. Just be sure to get advanced tickets to get the recording. Advanced ticketing through ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. Friday, July 18 No live classes today. But check out our video classes and other digital downloads at ​WickedGroundsAnnex.Teachable.com​ And check out Saturday and Sunday for a “Mir’s Brain-a-thon”! Saturday, July 19 Miriam Green is teaching four classes in three days. Let’s dive in! When dealing with sex magick, theory is important – but practice is where the magick literally happens. If you’d like a practical, hands-on approach to working sex magick, join us at 11am Pacific online for Put a Sigil On It! with Miriam BatAsherah Green. You’ll learn how to create, design, and charge a practical object for directing your energy. Whether you plan to attend live or watch the recording, you’ll need advance tickets. Invoke yours through ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. Then join us at 2pm Pacific for This is Your Brain on Kink with Miriam Green. Learn about the factors that

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