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Howdy kinksters – A reminder that elections are coming up in the US, and we are in critical times to make decisions about the directions of this country. Think that has nothing to do with the sexy things we do? Think again! Politics has a direct impact on the ability to freely express sexuality and especially outside-the-lines forms of sexual expression. We know it’s overwhelming, particularly for our West coast people who tend to face a wall of referenda and initiatives. But please, check your registrations, get those ballots, and get active. Heck, even running a kinky business, we keep running into frustrating little downstream effects of the ​SESTA/ FOSTA​ legislation ten years back, which make it increasingly difficult for even a kink education business to interact with the traditional banking industry. (So frustrating!) Because of this, Wicked Grounds is facing some organizational pushback this week that might cause frustrating setbacks to our winter growth plans. If you love the fact that we’re growing and evolving, and particularly if you want to see us regrow some of our live events in the SF Bay Area, I want to strongly encourage you to ​join our Patreon​, ​contribute to our scholarship fund​, or reach out for other ways you can support us. Now, let’s look at all the cool things going on this week, both online and in San Francisco! This Week! Thursday, October 8 Online: Sub drop. Top drop. Event drop! What is this dreadful feeling that we sometime have after play, and what can we do about it? Miriam Green has been researching the neuropsychology of drop for most of this decade, and has the context to help you understand why drop happens, a variety of ways it might manifest, and strategies to use both before and after play to make it a little better. Join us live online or through the recording within seven days with your advance tickets from ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. Friday, October 9 No live programming today, but it might be the perfect day to explore all of the great memberships that come with our ​Patreon VIP program​! Saturday, October 10 Online: Join Faun DeSylva online today for Monster Fucking in a Mundane World. Humans have always had a fascination with the monstrous. Whether you’re playing by yourself or with a partner, this class will help you create the monsterfucking scene of your dreams. Attend live or within seven days through the recording with your advance tickets from ​Plura​ or ​Forbidden Tickets​. San Francisco, CA: Join us live in San Francisco for one of the very best D/s classes we offer! Alexandria from Click Your Heels is going to help you get out of your head and into your body with techniques for great embodied communication for D/s play in Leading and Following: D/s Body Language. We’ll meet live in San Francisco from 1-4pm to explore it all. Space is extremely limited, so advance tickets from ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​ are highly recommended. We have a hard limit of 26 attendees, and there are only eight spaces left as I write this. Sunday, October 11 Online: Join Oak online today to explore Long Distance D/s 101: Presence without Proximity. The absence of shared physical space can change how authority is communicated, service is rendered, and the maintenance of intimacy, and how repair looks. We will talk about what authority exchange looks like at a distance. We recommend attending live for the best experience, but we’ll record for viewing within seven days if you can’t make it. Get your advance tickets from ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. Monday, October 12 Online: Self-awareness, consent, and great negotiation skills are critical to great BDSM scenes — but you’re not alone if you didn’t grow up with these as part of your basic sex education. Let’s learn all about consent, communication, and awesome scenes tonight in BDSM Negotiation: From Awkward to Awesome with Miriam Green. Advance tickets allow you to attend either live or within seven days through the recording. Get yours from ​Plura​ or ​Forbidden Tickets​. Tuesday, October 13 No live programming today, but check out all of our digital downloads and other resources at ​WickedGroundsAnnex.Teacahble.com​. Wednesday, October 14 San Francisco, CA: Want to meet a lot of new kinksters, fast? Whether you’re seeking friends, potential play partners, mentors, or long-term love, we can help you meet a lot of kinksters in a safe environment in our monthly Kinky Speed Friending in San Francisco. ​Ticketing for this event is exclusively through Plura.​ Thursday, October 15 Online: Join us online tonight for Ethical Self Harm with The Lady V. This class aims to instead redirect real physical self harm into using our tools of BDSM for temporary playful pain. Join former “cutter” turned self sadomasochist, Lady V, in redirecting that negative energy into something cathartic, fun, & potentially healing. Join us live or through the recording with your advance tickets from ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. Friday, October 16 No live programming today, but check out all of our digital downloads and other resources at ​WickedGroundsAnnex.Teacahble.com​. Saturday, October 17 Online: Whether you’re new to kink or fairly experienced, you’re going to see some things as you navigate the kink world that are off-putting, not your style, or perhaps even disturbing. How do you make the distinction between what’s not your thing and what to actually worry about? Join Sir Panda online with us today to explore it all in Your Kink Is Not My Kink – But Is Your Kink OK?. Attend live online or through the recording within seven days with your advance tickets from ​Plura​ or ​Forbidden Tickets​. Online: If you’re a kinkster and also interested in astrology, we have a couple of very interesting classes on kink archetypes for you today and tomorrow. This afternoon, join Lila Hades of The Unconventional Plutonian online for Astrokink 101: Discovering Your Erotic Archetypes. This isn’t a one-size-fits-all archetype class, but one that fits you in several aspects of your life.

Diving Deep: Discovering & Voicing Your Erotic Desires with Miriam Green a six-week online intensive via Teachable and Zoom November 1 – December 14, 2026 ​Advance ticketing required. Get yours here!​ Please note: these workshops sell out in advance, and space is limited. To ensure your seat, please sign up as soon as you feel committed to this work. We typically close the four-session premium seating before general seating, so if you feel called to the advanced premium seating, you will want to act early. The first step in negotiating is voicing what we want. But many of us run into immediate challenges: What do I want? As I figure that out, how do I feel safe talking out loud about my desires? This six-week online intensive is designed to help kinksters and other erotic adventurers get un-stuck around our evolving desires and how to ask for them. Since 2023, we’ve been helping kinksters just like you create their own erotic roadmaps and advocate for their needs and wants. This work is perfect for anyone launching a new phase in their erotic journeys (or feeling stuck in an old phase). Is this course for you?​ Do you get stuck when asked “what do you want in intimate relationships?” Are you uncomfortable telling partners about your desires and kinks? Have you been doing the same thing for a long time and want to find new routes to eroticism? Do you want a deep understanding of the physical and psychological responses you have to kink? Do you want to connect deeply with others? Then yes: this course is for you! Together, we’ll explore: Discovering and honoring what turns you on Safely exploring kink and other edgy forms of eroticism Trying new skills in the bedroom and beyond Deepening your insights into your own desires Disentangling from others’ erotic projections Finding your voice and speaking freely Sharing the desires you’re afraid to voice How we’ll engage The six week course will run live from November 1 to December 14, 2025. This class will include six total weeks of content and homework, three 90-minute live online group sessions (recorded for later participation if needed), and at least one half-hour individual consult with instructor Miriam Green. (Our class tiers include the option to add more consulting for your own journey.) Our three 90-minute live group sessions will be offered via Zoom on Monday, November 2; Monday, November 23; and Monday, December 7 – all at 6pm Pacific time. Sessions will be recorded for later viewing or for those who cannot attend the sessions live. Ticketed participants will have access to the course materials weekly as they are provided and will have the ability to participate at their own pace, attending the live sessions in real time or online at their convenience. ​Tickets are available here, and space is limited.​​ Pricing plans are available for additional accessibility.

Howdy kinksters – We are settling into the fall now, and it’s conference season! Our Killmeat Nick is at DomCon in New Orleans this weekend — if you see them around, please say hello! And then October 23 – 25, Miriam Green will be presenting at Dark Odyssey: Surrender, debuting a brand new class as well as co-presenting impact play shenanigans with impossiblepain. Ticketing is still open to join us at the conference, and you can ​get yours here​! This week, we’re reflecting on how blessed we are to practice kink in the US, and particularly in the relatively progressive parts of California. Not everyone has the privilege that we do here. Fellow kinksters running Shibari Turkey are at this moment under house arrest for simply promoting shibari and queer culture. The idea that people should be wearing ankle bracelets just for practicing kink is unacceptable. If you agree, one way to support this group would be to attend the Let It Reign online fundraiser this Saturday ​Kink Myths Busted: A Fundraiser Panel in Support of ShibariTurkey​. Miriam Green will join other world-class educators in this live online event, and every dollar raised goes to support Shibari Turkey. Oh, and as we start a new month, don’t forget that it’s the best time to get an event pass to attend lots of Wicked Grounds events at a flat price. You may get your ​October​, ​quarterly​, or ​annual​ passes now! Now, let’s look at all the other cool things going on this week! This Week! Thursday, October 1 Online: Interested in creating D/s contracts that really work for you and your relationships? Join Hannah the Scribe online with us tonight for Contract Systems. We’ll cover how to create and maintain a customizable contract system for power exchange dynamics. You may attend live or through the recording within seven days with your advance tickets from ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. Friday, October 2 No live programming today, but check out all of our digital downloads and other resources at ​WickedGroundsAnnex.Teacahble.com​. This is also where you can purchase our monthly, quarterly, or annual event passes to make the most of our kink journey! Saturday, October 3 Online: Our own Miriam Green will be taking part in ​Kink Myths Busted: A Fundraiser Panel in Support of ShibariTurkey​. This online panel — hosted by our friends at Let It Reign — brings together Miriam Green, Rain DeGrey, Ancilla L and more to discuss and disentangle the myths these educators frequently encounter in the kink world. 100% of the class proceeds go to the members of Shibari Turkey, who are currently under house arrest for their promotion and acceptance of kink and queer culture in Turkey. ​Get your tickets here!​ And donate extra to Shibari Turkey if you’re able. This event will not be recorded, so get your tickets and mark your calendars! Sunday, October 4 Online: Join our own Miriam Green online today for KINK 201: Advanced BDSM Negotiations – Relationships, Dynamics, and Contracts. We’ll leverage all our skills that we use in negotiating for scenes and level up to longer-term rituals, protocols, dynamics, and agreements that will serve all kinds of long-term play relationships, including but not limited to D/s. Come live to get in all your questions, or you’ll be able to watch the recording all week with your advance tickets from ​Plura​ or ​Forbidden Tickets​. Monday, October 5 Online: Join Jamie Joy online tonight for Blood, Sweat, & Fears: The Art and Thrill of Blood Play. Learn safety essentials, techniques, and the dark delicious creativity of drawing blood with intention. Whether you’re a seasoned player or a curious explorer, come ready to revel in the exquisite agony of broken flesh. Please note: this class is not for the faint of heart! Attend live or within seven days through the recording with your advance tickets from ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. Tuesday, October 6 No live programming today, but check out all of our digital downloads and other resources at ​WickedGroundsAnnex.Teacahble.com​. Wednesday, October 7 San Francisco, CA: Whether you’re brand new to impact play, or you’d like to take your skills to the next level, you are warmly invited to join us for our next SpankLab live in San Francisco. We always start with a quick talk or demo, make consent agreements to keep the space safe, and then have 90 minutes of learning-by-doing hands on play. (Observers are always welcome, too!) We often sell out, so get your advance tickets now from ​Plura​ or ​Forbidden Tickets​. Thursday, October 8 Online: Sub drop. Top drop. Event drop! What is this dreadful feeling that we sometime have after play, and what can we do about it? Miriam Green has been researching the neuropsychology of drop for most of this decade, and has the context to help you understand why drop happens, a variety of ways it might manifest, and strategies to use both before and after play to make it a little better. Join us live online or through the recording within seven days with your advance tickets from ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. Friday, October 9 No live programming today, but check out all of our digital downloads and other resources at ​WickedGroundsAnnex.Teacahble.com​. Saturday, October 10 Online: Join Faun DeSylva online today for Monster Fucking in a Mundane World. Humans have always had a fascination with the monstrous. Whether you’re playing by yourself or with a partner, this class will help you create the monsterfucking scene of your dreams. Attend live or within seven days through the recording with your advance tickets from ​Plura​ or ​Forbidden Tickets​. San Francisco, CA: Join us live in San Francisco for one of the very best D/s classes we offer! Alexandria from Click Your Heels is going to help you get out of your head and into your body with techniques for great embodied communication for D/s play in Leading and Following: D/s Body Language. We’ll meet live in San Francisco from 1-4pm to explore it all. Space is

It was great to meet many new folks at yesterday’s Folsom Street Fair. If you’re new here, welcome aboard! It’s the end of the month, which means it’s the best possible time to get event passes with us! Want to lock in lots of classes at one flat price? Click the best pass for you below! Our ​Patreon VIP+ members​ also get significant discounts on classes. ​October pass​ ​Quarterly pass (Oct – Dec)​ ​Annual pass (Oct – Sept)​ Can’t attend a class you’re interested in live? The vast majority of our online classes are recorded for viewing within seven days of the class. Just check the “ACCESS” section at the bottom of each listing to see if the class is recorded. Want to go deeper? Our next kink intensive Diving Deep launches in just six weeks in early November. ​Find out more and register here​​!​ The Roundup! Daylong & Multi-week Intensives November – December 2026. ​Diving Deep: Discovering & Voicing Your Erotic Desires​ (ONLINE) January 2027. ​Month of Mindfulness (for Kinksters)​ 2027 (ONLINE) New 2027 intensives to be listed soon! S/m & the physical side of play 10/5 6pm PDT: Blood, Sweat, & Fears: The Art and Thrill of Blood Play with Jamie Joy. ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. (ONLINE) 10/7 7pm PDT: Wicked Grounds Presents: SpankLab! with impossiblepain. ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. (San Francisco, CA) 10/11 11am PDT: Knife Play: Fear and Sensation with Laura Boyle. ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. (ONLINE) 10/15 6pm PDT: Ethical Self-Harm with Lady V. ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. (ONLINE) 10/26 6pm PDT: Safe and Sexy Impact Play with Blood with Miss Mackenzee. ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. (ONLINE) 11/4 6pm PST: Burn Baby Burn: Sensual and Sadistic Fire Play with Jamie Joy. ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. (ONLINE) 11/4 7pm PST: Wicked Grounds Presents: Spanklab! with impossiblepain. ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. (San Francisco, CA) 11/7 3pm PST: Electro Play from the Bottom with pangressive and Addy. ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. (San Francisco, CA) Fetish 10/10 11am PDT: Monster Fucking in a Mundane World with Faun. ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. (ONLINE) 10/17 2pm PDT: Feel the Burn: Smoke, Ash, & Power Play with Jamie Joy. ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura.​ (ONLINE) 10/21 6pm PDT: Energetic & Fluid Vampirism with Lady V. ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. (ONLINE) D/s, role play & the mental side of play 9/28 6pm PDT: Mind Games and Predicament Play with Miss Mackenzee. ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. (ONLINE) 10/1 6pm PDT: Contract Systems with HannahtheScribe. ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. (ONLINE) 10/4 2pm PDT: KINK 201: Advanced BDSM Negotiations – Relationships, Dynamics, and Contracts with Miriam Green. ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. (ONLINE) 10/10 11am PDT: Monster Fucking in a Mundane World with Faun. ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. (ONLINE) 10/10 Noon PDT: Leading and Following: D/s Body Language with Alexandria. ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. (San Francisco, CA, 3 hr class) 10/11 2pm PDT: Long Distance D/s 101: Presence without Proximity with Oak. ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. (ONLINE) 10/27 6pm PDT: High Protocol for D/s with Sinclair Sexsmith. ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. (ONLINE, NOT RECORDED) 10/28 6pm PDT: Power Exchange with Rope with Lee Harrington. ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. (San Francisco, CA) 10/29 6pm PDT: Dark Roleplaying with Lee Harrington. ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. (ONLINE) 11/8 PST: Trickster at the Crossroads: Myth and Mischief in Kinky Roleplay with Lila Hades. ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. (ONLINE) Bondage 10/28 6pm PDT: Power Exchange with Rope with Lee Harrington. ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. (San Francisco, CA) Movement and creativity 10/10 1pm PDT: Leading and Following: D/s Body Language with Alexandria. ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. (San Francisco, CA, 3 hr class) Sexy Times 10/18 2pm PDT: Pleasure on the Edge: Tease, Denial, & Orgasm Control with Jamie Joy. ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. (ONLINE) 10/22 6pm PDT: Backdoor Basics: A Guide to Anal Play with Lilithfoxx. ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. (ONLINE) Polyamory 11/5 6pm PST: The Polyhearted Guide to Understanding Compersion with Marie Thouin PhD. ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. (ONLINE) Hypnosis 11/7 2pm PST: Hypnokink 101 with Faun. ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. (ONLINE) Self-knowledge, negotiation & consent 10/8 6pm PDT: Dealing with Drop with Miriam Green. ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. (ONLINE) 10/12 6pm PDT: BDSM Negotiation: From Awkward to Awesome with Miriam Green. ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. (ONLINE) 10/19 6:30pm PDT: Grief and Kink with pangressive. ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. (ONLINE) 10/20 6pm PDT: Are You Sure You Want To Do That? Risk Profile: An Introduction! with Mel and Memi. ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​.(ONLINE, 3 hr class) 10/31 11am PDT: Kink, Trauma Play, and Healing: A Research-Informed Deep Dive with Aidan Sunassee. ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. (ONLINE) 11/1 11am PST and 11/7 11am PST: Consent, Accountability, and Neurodivergence: A Two Part Series with Adam. ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. (ONLINE) Community: Friends, dating, relationships & kink culture! 10/4 2pm PDT: KINK 201: Advanced BDSM Negotiations – Relationships, Dynamics, and Contracts with Miriam Green. ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. (ONLINE) 10/14 7pm PDT: Wicked Grounds + Plura Present: Kinky Speed Friending. ​Tickets exclusively through Plura​. (San Francisco, CA) 10/17 11am PDT: Your Kink Is Not My Kink – But Is Your Kink OK? with Sir Panda. ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. (ONLINE) 11/5 6pm PST: The Polyhearted Guide to Understanding Compersion with Marie Thouin PhD. ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. (ONLINE) 11/7 Noon PST: Welcome to the SF Bay Area Scene with Miriam Green. ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. (San Fransisco, CA) 11/9 6pm PST: Tips for House Topping with Miriam Green. ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. (ONLINE) Spirituality, Magick, and Occult (with Magickal Crossroads) 10/17 2pm PDT: Astrokink 101: Discovering Your Erotic Archetypes with Lila Hades. ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. (ONLINE) 10/18 11am PDT: Astrokink 201: Mapping Your Erotic Ecosystem with Lila Hades. ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. (ONLINE) 10/28 6pm PDT: Spicy Tarot: Introduction to Tarot for Kinksters with HG Wyndell. ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. (ONLINE) 11/18 6pm PST: Invisible Toybox with HG Wyndell. ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. (ONLINE) Self-Directed Digital Downloads ​Diving Deep (video class)​ ​KINK 101: BDSM Negotiation Basics (video class)​ ​KINK 202: Advanced Negotiation for Dynamics

It’s the end of the month, and that means it’s time to get ready for October just around the corner. Feeling inspired to jumpstart your kink education with live classes from Wicked Grounds? Our events passes are a great way to get a LOT of classes, fast. On average, we offer 20+ online classes and 3-4 San Francisco classes in an average month. Your pass gets you access to all of ’em at one low price! You’ll get a discount code to use for any event ticketed through Forbidden Tickets + access to our monthly Kinky Speed Friending in San Francisco. ​October Monthly Pass​ ​Oct – Dec Quarterly Pass​ ​Oct – Sept Annual Pass​ FAQ Q: How do I use it? A: Your event pass has a discount code for each month you purchase. When you see a class you like, just go to Forbidden Tickets to sign up, then you’ll see your ticket price is $0 for that class. The only exception is Kinky Speed Friending, which is only ticketed on Plura. For that one, literally just email us at the email listed on the pass and we’ll get your seat set up! Q: What classes and events are included? A: All regular 90-120 minute classes and events are included automatically. Q: What about longer classes? A: Classes of 3+ hours are not fully included, but you’ll always get a substantial discount with your pass. Just enter your code in Forbidden Tickets to see the discounted price. Q: Can I attend through the recording for online classes? A: Absolutely, for all recorded classes. To see which classes are recorded, just check the ACCESS section in our ticketing and events listings. 85% or more of our online classes are recorded, so even if you can’t attend live, we’ve got you covered. All class recordings are available to view within seven days of the class.

Howdy kinksters – Happy Leather Week to all who celebrate! The San Francisco Bay Area is a flurry of activity right now as everyone prepares for this Sunday’s ​Folsom Street Fair​. The fair is an enormous street fair spanning several city blocks of San Francisco’s ​Leather & LGBTQ Cultural District​. Several hundred thousand kinksters and curious will come out for a full day of booths, performances, and some of the best kinky shopping anywhere. If you’re coming to the fair, come say howdy! We’ll be talking about the kinky, queer revolution, giving out fabulous prizes, and hosting meet and greets with several Wicked Grounds instructors throughout the day. Not in town for the fair? Don’t sweat it. There’s lots in store for you this week. Read on! This Week! Thursday, September 24 Online: Join us online tonight for Edging and Tease Techniques: How to Build Anticipation and Prolong Pleasure for Maximum Satisfaction with Lilithfoxx. This class dives into the tantalizing world of edging, a technique that brings partners to the edge of climax, only to pull back for heightened arousal and stronger release. Attend live online, or within one week through the recording with your advance tickets from ​Plura​ or ​Forbidden Tickets​. Friday, September 25 and Saturday, September 26 No live programming today, but check out all of our digital downloads and other resources at ​WickedGroundsAnnex.Teacahble.com​. Sunday, September 27 San Francisco, CA: Join us out on the streets of San Francisco for this year’s ​Folsom Street Fair​! We’ll be on hand to help you connect with great kink education and coaching resources, as well as chances to meet some of our west coast educators and win great prizes! We don’t have the exact location yet, but expect to be between 12th and 13th Street on Folsom. Monday, September 28 Online: Join Miss Mackenzee online today for Mind Games and Predicament Play. Within this workshop, we’ll go from soft and gentle to more extreme scenarios to mess with your partner and mess with their reality in such a deliciously deviant way. Attend live online or through the recording within seven days with your advance tickets from ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. Tuesday, September 29 Online: Whether you’re curious about having sexy get togethers with a few close friends or want to throw a party for your organization or group, please join Laura Boyle online tonight for How To Bake a Sex Party (And Other Delicious Experiences). We’ll cover a range of sizes, styles, and approaches to making your party one to remember. Attend live online or through the recording with your advance tickets from ​Plura​ or ​Forbidden Tickets​. Wednesday, September 30 No live programming today, but check out all of our digital downloads and other resources at ​WickedGroundsAnnex.Teacahble.com​. Thursday, October 1 Online: Interested in creating D/s contracts that really work for you and your relationships? Join Hannah the Scribe online with us tonight for Contract Systems. We’ll cover how to create and maintain a customizable contract system for power exchange dynamics. You may attend live or through the recording within seven days with your advance tickets from ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. Friday, October 2 and Saturday, October 3 No live programming today, but check out all of our digital downloads and other resources at ​WickedGroundsAnnex.Teacahble.com​. Sunday, October 4 Online: Join our own Miriam Green online today for KINK 201: Advanced BDSM Negotiations – Relationships, Dynamics, and Contracts. We’ll leverage all our skills that we use in negotiating for scenes and level up to longer-term rituals, protocols, dynamics, and agreements that will serve all kinds of long-term play relationships, including but not limited to D/s. Come live to get in all your questions, or you’ll be able to watch the recording all week with your advance tickets from ​Plura​ or ​Forbidden Tickets​. Intensives! We offer several intensives throughout the year, both in person and ​online​. ​Diving Deep: Discovering & Voicing Your Erotic Desires​ with Miriam Green. Registration now open for November 2 – December 14. (ONLINE) ​Month of Mindfulness for Kinksters​. Registration now open for January 1 – January 31, 2027. (ONINE) Warmly, Mir & The Wicked Grounds Team Support. Follow. Share. Join our ​Patreon​ for personal benefits and to stabilize our long-term trajectory. 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 ​in our tip jar​)

Enrollment for ​The Kink Bundle​ ends tonight at 11:59pm PT. First, a huge thank you to those who have already joined. You’re helping yourself, but you’re also keeping Wicked Grounds strong so we can keep investing in all our programming. Haven’t joined yet? When you join, you not only get access to our video class Diving Deep for support onyour kink journey, but you also get… 37+ total BDSM, kink, and D/s classes, courses, apps, and books Over $2,000 worth of content from instructors and authors we love — including several of your favorites from Wicked Grounds plus many that might be new to you A whopping 95% discount — $2,000 in value for $99 Over 30 resources might feel like more than you need right now — and that’s okay. If you use even a fraction of these, you’ll level up your kink skills fast. We’ve been in touch a lot this week, but if you still have questions, I’ve put a little FAQ below. But don’t wait too long — time’s almost up to join! If you’re ready to invest in your relationships and sex life, then The Kink Bundle is the best way to jump-start the kinky life you want. ​Enroll in The Kink Bundle by tonight at 11:59 PT​ FAQ: If you haven’t already joined us, you might still have some questions. So, let’s answer some of the biggest questions we’ve been getting about the bundle right here, right now. ********** Q. What if I’m new to BDSM, kink, or D/s relationships? What a great way to start! So many of us spend the first few years of living the lifestyle taking shots in the dark and hoping something will magically work out. By starting your journey with the ​Kink Bundle​, you’re likely to hit the ground running faster than the average kinkster, because you will have all of the resources you need. Might as well make sure that you do it right the first time. Plus, there are plenty of newbies joining too — you’re not alone! Q. How does this work exactly? Our ​bundle​ is quite simple. It is a well curated pack of digital products that we are able to sell for the duration of a week at a 95% discount off the original price, thanks to a deal we’re a part of with each of the creators. After the purchase, you will receive an email with a link to your private landing page explaining how to access each of the products for free. It’s really easy and you’ll be able to do this straight away! Q. I’m super busy. What if I don’t have time for all 30+ offers? I totally get it! Once you buy the ​bundle​, you have a full 30 days to enroll into the different offers and create a login. However, once this step is completed, you will be able to access them indefinitely! Once you’ve signed up for each of the offers, you will be able to access them on your own time whenever you want and go at your own pace! Q. What’s the catch? There’s absolutely no catch. The amazing creators that put together each of these offers in the bundle are all very smart people and believe in the power of collaboration. We realized that together, we can reach thousands of people, so many more than we could on our own. We accepted this crazy deal to gain exposure and reach a new audience. It is an investment for us, while you get a sweet 95% discount. In any case, we only accepted this deal because it only lasts for a week, so ​hurry​! ********** ​Ready to sign up? ​Click here to enroll in the bundle​!​ Got a different question about the bundle? Just email me: Mir@WickedGrounds.com See you there! And a major WELCOME to all the amazing people who have taken the plunge.

This July, while in the midst of recovering from a colossal case of drop after presenting at the Boundless Retreat, I assigned myself a bit of homework. Could I distill everything I’ve studied about the phenomenon of drop from my half-decade of classes on the topic into one quick actionable set of strategies? I could, and I did! The twelve tips below circulated widely after I shared them online. If you’re having drop today, you might want to take a peek. If not, bookmark this for the next time you’re in drop — perhaps next Monday after Folsom Street Fair! Want to go deeper? My full class on Dealing with Drop is part of this year’s ​Kink Bundle, which also includes over $2,000 in other educational resources in kink for only $99 for the whole set. You can check it all out and get yours here!​ Now, let’s look at A dozen things you could do for drop, today! This list brought to you by Miriam Green who is side-eyeing the drop saddling up to their own righthand side, but who thankfully teaches whole classes just on why drop happens and what to do about it. First things first, repeat after me: Drop is a neurochemical response. I didn’t “do anything to deserve this” except for having a peak experience. The only reliable way to ensure you never have drop is to generally stay in the boring zone, and who wants that? Triage your schedule. Does it really, truly need to get done today? Do it first and get it over with. Can it happen later? Good, do that. Think you want to have a Big Discussion? Not today, my friend. When we’re in drop, we’re facing an imbalance of dopamine (motivation), oxytocin (connection), serotonin (self-esteem), and endorphins (endurance). None of this bodes well for processing. That scene or interaction you really want to process with someone else? Schedule it. For maybe five days from now. Hydrate. Our bodies are big meat sacks made mostly of water. Hydration is critical to the rest-and-digest systems that will help you bounce back. Without overdoing it, drink maybe one-and-a-half times as much water as you think you need. If you’ve sweated a lot from play or a kink campout, electrolytes are your friends. Eat healthy meals, and maybe some extra calories.​The gut plays a critical role in rebuilding our natural balance of hormones and neurotransmitters​, and getting your DOSE neurotransmitters back to baseline is exactly what you need right now. Get a little bit of sunlight. It’s likely that in addition to everything else, you were up late or didn’t get enough sleep. Sunlight has a strong role in producing Vitamin D and improving mood, but also helps us reset our circadian rhythms. Stretch. Among more serious benefits, it feels good and gets your soul a little bit back in your body. Take a nap. Just a 26 minute or so power nap; don’t overdo it or you can feel groggy which makes it all worse. Recently, I’ve discovered yoga nidra, which is also called non-sleep deep rest. As someone who is not great at napping, I find this practice deeply restorative. You can find recorded yoga nidra sessions on your favorite mindfulness app. Speaking of which, keep up your mindfulness practices. If you have a regular meditation, journaling, or other self-care practice, today is not the day to skip it. Which might slightly suck, because today is probably the day you want to skip it. Cut yourself some slack. Everything might feel twice as hard today. You might feel more prone to sluggishness, sadness, longing, detachment, irritation, or other emotions that don’t feel great. Let those emotions be present, without letting them take the drivers seat. We can acknowledge what we’re feeling without suppressing it but also without giving into it. Be your own best authority. You know some practices that work for you that aren’t on my list. Use them! A hot bath, a favorite tea, a bit of hair of the dog in the form of your lover or toy. Honor your inner wisdom. Remember: this too shall pass. Drop typically lasts 24-72 hours after onset. Put on some good music, be nice to yourself, and know that this isn’t going to last forever. You’ll be back to great memories and hot feelings soon. Promise. If you want more tips and tricks, we offer a whole class on Dealing with Drop, and ​you can even get it as a digital download​ as part of this year’s Kink Bundle! But maybe wait till you’re not actively in drop to watch it. Who needs to try to learn about neurotransmitters while you’re already in drop?!? This post brought to you by the human fingers of Miriam Green, who was experiencing the onset of drop as they wrote this. No, you don’t outgrow this stuff, either. Sorry. No AI was employed in the course of this writing, because why would you want that instead of human opinions forged in the fires of thirty years of experience? Warmly Mir

When I was a baby submissive back in the early 2000s, I was eager to learn. I’d read a few books about BDSM over the previous decade, and as I entered my first serious D/s dynamic, I was starving for more. Unfortunately, I did something pretty stupid. Because I was in an ongoing dynamic (with, it turned out, an extremely inexperienced dominant), I let my dominant guide not just our relationship but my education. I read the books she wanted me to read, and she forbade me from reading others. I avoided local classes because of her anxieties. I was young, I didn’t know better, and I truly believed that her authority in our dynamic extended to my whole relationship with BDSM and kink. That was a profound mistake. One of the first things I did after leaving that relationship was demolish the funhouse-mirror image of kink I’d built and start over. Ever since, one of my core approaches has been to listen to as many voices as I can. Voices I agree with, voices that challenge me, voices I respectfully disagree with, and maybe even a few I judge a bit in my head. I’ve very intentionally used my own experiences and journey in kink as a sounding board to figure out what’s right for me — and what might be right for others but not for me. I’ve taken the same approach as we’ve built education at Wicked Grounds. I never wanted this to be the “Miriam Green show.” I wanted a showcase for the best minds in kink education, all working to figure this out together. That’s one of the reasons we’re so proud to be part of this year’s ​Kink Bundle from Dom/Sub Dynamics​. Like us, Dom/Sub Dynamics works hard — through their conferences, bundles, and other resources — to bring a wide variety of voices to the table. You get all those perspectives, and that’s just the start of plotting your own journey. When I finally got serious about building my own kink roadmap, I probably spent hundreds of dollars in the first year alone building a library, taking classes, going to events, and attending my first conferences. This week, the ​Kink Bundle from Dom/Sub Dynamics​ gives you a far bigger set of resources — valued at over two thousand dollars — for just $99. Whether you’re new to your journey or just looking for a transformation, I urge you to check it out. The offer is live through next Wednesday, but ​why not take a look now​ and see how you might broaden your horizons? Warmly, Mir

At Wicked Grounds, our goal is always to help kinksters find their next step on their journey. Sometimes that means classes with us. Often, it means that we recommend other books, classes, or resources to help people along. That’s why we’re so excited to be featured in this year’s ​Kink Bundle from Dom/ Sub Dynamics​. You can learn absolutely everything you’d ever want to know about the bundle ​over here​, but as a quick overview: It includes over $2,000 worth of courses, trainings, and products You pay only $99 for access to all of it The bundle is only available until this coming Wednesday at midnight PT It’s packed with 39 offers from experts who are ready to help you live kinkier lives and improve your relationships This includes resources from several of your favorite Wicked Grounds educators such as Miriam Green, Miss Mackenzee, LilithFoxx, Princess Rara, and Auntie Vice as well as dozens of other educators and authors. The ​Kink Bundle​ currently has a 95% discount, but it will disappear for good once the sale is over. Are you excited?! (We are!) Get your kink bundle now! ​Head over to the website to learn more and grab your bundle​. More information will be sent straight to your inbox afterwards. Warmly, Mir and the Wicked Grounds team