Author: Miriam Green

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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. 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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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Hello kinksters – I personally moderated our class on Pedi Pain last night, and learned a lot of great new material. I laughed, I winced, and you bet I took notes for my own creatively sadistic scenes! That’s the thing about the world of kink: no matter how long you’ve been around, there’s always something new to learn! I’ve been in the public kink scene for thirty years, but there is always a new idea, new technique, or different perspective that changes the way I see myself, my play, and my community. This is part of why Wicked Grounds is committed to be with kinksters every step of the way, whether that’s initial negotiation and consent classes or stepping into a multi-week journey of discovery. Speaking of journeys, we have several daylong and multi-week intensives coming up in the near future. Look for a special section of the newsletter after this week’s events, because we launch a five-week queer identities intensive at the start of July and also have two daylong practicums in the SF bay area midmonth for impact play and embodied erotic movement! I’ve also just added the first registration links for our fall Diving Deep six-week intensive, if you’re the type who really likes to think ahead!!! Happy upcoming Pride week! Let’s take a look at it! This Week! Thursday, June 19 through Sunday, June 29 Thursday, June 19 and Friday, June 20 No live classes on these days, but check out our video classes, workbooks, and more at ​Wicked Grounds Annex​ If you’re in the SF Bay Area, you might also want to check out the Dirty Talk Game Show with Wicked Grounds founder Psychokitty Ryan on Thursday, June 19th. You can find out more at the ​FetLife listing for the event​, if you’re on FetLife. Saturday, June 21 If you are in the Mendocino county area, we’ll have a table at the first-ever ​Fort Bragg Pride Celebration​. Come say hello! Join UK kink educator Sarah Butcher online today at 11am Pacific today for Feel the Impact, an online class to explore all the nuances of impact play! This class is available live, or you may watch the recording later. Either way, you’ll need advanced ticketing through ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. Sunday, June 22 We have two online classes today! Join us online at 11am Pacific for Dungeon Disasters with John Pendal. No matter how skilled you are as a BDSM player things can and will always go wrong. This class examines both emotional and physical pitfalls of kinky scenes with tips for warning signs you should look out for, ways to avoid a disaster, and coping strategies when the worst situations seem to occur. Advanced ticketing required, whether you plan to attend live or watch the recording later. Get yours through ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. Whether you believe in magick, want to believe in magick, or think it’s all just a big metaphor for how the brain works, join us at 2pm Pacific for Sex Magick for Kinksters with Miriam Green. You’ll learn the basics of sex magick: what it is, where it comes from, and some underpinning ideas of how to engage with it from our own kinky witch Miriam BatAsherah Green. Whether you plan to watch live or attend using the recording later, you’ll need to invoke advanced tickets through ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. Monday, June 23 Consensual non-consent is one of kink’s most prevalent and sometimes misunderstood forms of edgeplay. Done well, it can be safe, connective, and hot for all involved – but it takes skill to do well. Join Miss Mackenzee online tonight for Blurring the Lines: Consensual Non-Consent, and learn safety tips, scene ideas, and much more for getting the most out of mutually-satisfying edge play. Advanced ticketing required, whether it’s to attend live or watch the recording later. Get yours through ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. Tuesday, June 24 Tonight, registered attendees of Writing Spicy will attend part two! This session is closed to new attendees. Wednesday, June 25 Safer sex protocols are critical, but the need to play safe goes beyond the basics when you’re doing kink! Socially transmitted pathogens also effect our toys, our play stations, and a lot of the tools we use in kinky play. Let’s learn about how to play safe(r) and hotter tonight online in Safe(r) Play: Navigating STI/STD Safety in BDSM with Lillith Foxx. Advanced tickets are required either to attend live or get the playback recording. Please get yours through ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. In San Francisco? Queer? Kinky? It’s time to make some new friends! Join impossiblepain and Miriam Green tonight for Kinky Queer Speed Friending/ Dating/ Whatever+ and make a whole lot of new queerdo friends – fast! Space is limited, and we strongly recommend advanced ticketing! You may get yours through ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. Thursday, June 26 New-ish to rope? Want to build up your rope repertoire? Join Psychokitty Ryan tonight to learn some new floorwork ties in Getting Started with Rope Bondage: More Ties!. This class is live-only in San Francisco, CA. Advanced ticketing strongly recommended, as this class often sells out! Get your advanced tickets through ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. Friday, June 27 It’s Pride weekend!!! We don’t have anything planned tonight as an organization. You’ll probably see our staff out there having some fun! Saturday, June 28 If you’re at SF Pride today, come say hi! We’ll be in the Root of Pride 18+ area run by our friends at Folsom Street Events. Sunday, June 29 If you’re at SF Pride today, come say hi! We’ll be in the Root of Pride 18+ area run by our friends at Folsom Street Events. 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

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. 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 ​Stepping into Pride: A five week workshop to discover your own pride in your LGBTQ+ identity – July 2025​ 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 6/18 6pm PDT: ​Pedi Pain: Impact and Pressure Points for Feet with HG Wyndell​ (ONLINE) 6/21 11am PDT: ​Feel the Impact with Sarah Butcher​ (ONLINE) 6/22 11am PDT: ​Dungeon Disasters with John Pendal​ (ONLINE) 7/2 7pm PDT: ​Wicked Grounds Presents: SpankLab!​ (San Francisco, CA) 7/3 6pm PDT: ​Impact Play 101: A Blind Top’s Perspective with Mistress Jaiyde​ (ONLINE) 7/12 10am – 6pm PDT: ​Increasing Your Impact! A Daylong Impact Play Intensive with impossiblepain and Miriam Green​ (San Francisco, CA) NEW 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) Bondage & Fetish 6/26 7pm PDT: ​Getting Started with Rope Part 2 with Psychokitty​ (San Francisco, CA) 7/10 6pm PDT: ​Boundless Creativity: Innovative Ways to Use Rope in Play with Miss Mackenzee​ (ONLINE) 7/30 6pm PDT: ​What’s Your Fetish: Objects, Body Parts, and Materials of Desire with Lee Harrington​ (ONLINE) NEW 8/16 Noon PDT: ​Let’s Get Knotty: Rope Bondage for Beginners with Jamie Joy​ (San Francisco, CA) NEW 8/17 Noon PDT: ​Rope for Sex and Intimacy with Jamie Joy​ (San Francisco, CA) D/s, role play & the mental side of play 6/15 11am PDT: ​Daddy Issues: Daddy Dynamics & You with Lady V​ (ONLINE) 6/16 6-9pm PDT: ​Erotic Humiliation with Mel and Memi​ (ONLINE) 6/23 6pm PDT: ​Blurring the Lines: Consensual Non-Consent with Miss Mackenzee​ (ONLINE) 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) 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) NEW 8/17 4pm PDT: ​Improv for Kinksters with Psychokitty Ryan​ (San Francisco, CA) NEW 8/20 6pm PDT: ​Creating Containers for Kink with HG Wyndell​ (ONLINE) NEW 8/30 2pm PDT: ​Bratting and Brat Taming with Mel and Memi​ (ONLINE) NEW 8/31 11am PDT: ​Switchinatrix: Harnessing Your Power as a Switch with Lady V​ (ONLINE) Movement workshops 7/13 10:30 am – 5pm PDT: ​Erotic Movement Daylong Intensive with Alexandria​ (Oakland, CA) Sexy Times 6/17 & 6/24 6pm PDT: ​Writing Spicy: A Two-Part Workshop with Sinclair Sexsmith​ (ONLINE) 6/26 6pm PDT: ​Safe(r) Play: Navigating STI/STD Safety in BDSM with Lillith Foxx​ (ONLINE) 7/24 6pm PDT: ​The Art of the Blowjob with Lilith Foxx​ (ONLINE) 8/26 6pm PDT: ​Cock Confidence with Sinclair Sexsmith​ (ONLINE) NEW 8/28 6pm PDT: ​The Art of Pussy Eating with Lilith Foxx​ (ONLINE) Self-knowledge, negotiation & consent 6/16 6pm PDT: ​KINK 101: BDSM Negotiation Basics with Miriam Green​ (ONLINE) 6/26 6pm PDT: ​Safe(r) Play: Navigating STI/STD Safety in BDSM with Lillith Foxx​ (ONLINE) 7/7 6pm PDT: ​Risk Profile with Mel and Memi​ (ONLINE) 7/10 6pm PDT: ​Dealing with Drop with Miriam Green​ (ONLINE) NEW 7/19 2pm PDT: ​This Is Your Brain On Kink! Any Questions? With Miriam Green​ (ONLINE) NEW 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) NEW 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 8/25 6pm PDT: ​The Introvert’s Toolkit: Gear Up for Kinky Adventures with Miss Mackenzee​ (ONLINE) Community: Friends, dating, relationships & kink culture! 6/25 7pm PDT: ​Kinky Queer Speed Friending/ Dating/ Whatever with Miriam Green and impossiblepain​ (San Francisco, CA) 6/28 & 6/29 all day: Wicked Grounds will be hosting a booth in The Root of Pride at San Francisco Pride. Come say howdy! (San Francisco, CA) NEW 7/9 7pm PDT: ​Wicked Grounds + Plura Present: Kinky Speed Friending with Psychokitty Ryan​ (San Francisco, CA) 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​

Hello kinksters – We talk about Pride Month, but I’m really getting into it this year! Last weekend, I attended Pride celebrations in my very rural northern California town. There were several bands, lots of helpful support and information, and my town’s first ever – totally packed!!! – drag celebration in our downtown movie theater. It was a very long day (and night), and I left feeling very grateful for it. I love the huge celebrations we have in San Francisco, but there is something very tender and precious about seeing LGBTQIA+ folks of all ages making a party together in a zero-stoplight town. I do it all again in a couple of weeks! Wicked Grounds will be hosting a small information booth at the ​first ever Pride celebrations in Fort Bragg​, one of the largest towns in coastal Mendocino county. If you’re in northern California (or just like taking long scenic drives), come up and support the event! And yes, of course, you’ll see us at SF Pride on June 28th and 29th. You’ll find us in The Root of Pride area, run by Folsom Street Events. We wouldn’t miss it for the world. But I’m getting ahead of myself! First, let’s take a look at what’s on the calendar for you. This Week! Thursday, June 12 through Sunday, June 22 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​. Monday, June 16 We have two classes tonight! Join us online tonight for Erotic Humiliation, a three-hour online class with Mel and Memi from 6pm – 9pm Pacific. In this workshop we will offer guidance, ideas, and tips on how to start playing with shame, humiliation, embarrassment and degradation/ objectification. We will cover several kinks through the lens of trauma-informed practices and queer politics, looking into the complexities of the intersection between the sexual politics of shame and pleasure. Advanced ticketing required! Get yours through ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. Brand new to kink and need to build some foundations? Or perhaps you’ve had some challenges with communication and negotiation? Join Miriam Green online from 6pm – 8pm Pacific for our core Kink 101 class BDSM Negotiation Basics. Attending live is the best way to engage, but you can also sign up in advance to watch the recording later. Ticketing available through ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. Tuesday, June 17 Join us online tonight for the first session in a two-part Writing Spicy workshop from erotica writer and editor Sinclair Sexsmith. Whether you’re writing for your own enjoyment or for publication, go deeper into your spicy writing skills with this two-part class, from 6-8pm Pacific both 6/17 and 6/24. Advanced ticketing is required, and this class will not be recorded. Get your ticketing through ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. Wednesday, June 18 Looking for some new ways to explore impact and sensation play? Join us online tonight for Pedi Pain: Impact and Pressure Points for Feet with HG Wyndell. We’ll help you tread carefully into this new kind of play, whether topping or bottoming! Advanced ticketing required. Get yours through ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. Thursday, June 19 and Friday, June 20 No live classes on these days, but check out our video classes, workbooks, and more at ​Wicked Grounds Annex​ Saturday, June 21 Join UK kink educator Sarah Butcher online today at 11am Pacific today for Feel the Impact, an online class to explore all the nuances of impact play! This class is available live, or you may watch the recording later. Either way, you’ll need advanced ticketing through ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. Sunday, June 22 We have two online classes today! Join us online at 11am Pacific for Dungeon Disasters with John Pendal. No matter how skilled you are as a BDSM player things can and will always go wrong. This class examines both emotional and physical pitfalls of kinky scenes with tips for warning signs you should look out for, ways to avoid a disaster, and coping strategies when the worst situations seem to occur. Advanced ticketing required, whether you plan to attend live or watch the recording later. Get yours