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Howdy kinksters – What a fantastic week we’ve had! Deep thanks to everyone at Dark Odyssey for making a great Surrender conference this last weekend. If you’re already hankering for their next event, ​WinterFire​ is coming up February 13 – 16th in Baltimore. Still fighting off a touch of drop? Don’t forget we have a prerecorded version of our ​Dealing With Drop​ class available for download and viewing at any time! One thing that Surrender reminded me this year is that it’s never too late to go deeper into your journey, and we are always evolving. I honestly did a lot of my own homework this last weekend. If you’d like to commit to your next phase of exploration, vulnerability, and personal reinvention, our annual Diving Deep: Discovering & Voicing Your Erotic and Kink Desires six-week intensive launches Sunday, Nov 1 with our first live session on Monday, Nov 2. Mark your calendars and ​reserve your spot​! Now, let’s look at all the cool things going on this week: This Week! Thursday, October 29 Online: You want it darker? Join us online tonight for Dark Roleplaying with Lee Harrington. Advance tickets will allow you to attend live with us online or watch the recording within one week of the class. Get yours from ​Plura​ or ​Forbidden Tickets​! Friday, October 30 No live programming today, but check out all of our digital downloads, video classes and other on-demand educational resources at ​WickedGroundsAnnex.Teachable.com​. Saturday, October 31 Online: Join us online today for Kink, Trauma Play, and Healing: A Research-Informed Deep Dive with Aidan Sunassee. This class brings together community insight and current research tidbits to offer a clearer picture of the patterns, mechanics, and meanings people often find in trauma play. Advance tickets allow you to attend live online to ask all your questions, or to watch the recording within one week of the class. Get yours through ​Plura​ or ​Forbidden TIckets​. Sunday, November 1 Online: Join us online today for the first class in a two-class series on Consent, Accountability, and Neurodivergence with Adam. We’ll meet today and on Sunday, Nov 8th, and you can attend either session online or through the recording within seven days. Get your advance tickets from ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. Online: Today is launch day for our next six-week intensive ​Diving Deep: Discovering & Voicing Your Erotic Desires​ with Miriam Green, and our first live session will be tomorrow, Monday, November 2! This is a full six weeks — about thirty hours total — of live instruction, coaching, and lots and lots of individual homework. It’s time to lock down those tickets with us for this life-changing intensive. You may do that through our site on ​Teachable​. Monday, November 2 Online: Tonight is our first live online session for our six-week intensive ​Diving Deep: Discovering & Voicing Your Erotic Desires​ with Miriam Green. It’s time to lock down those tickets with us for this life-changing intensive. You may do that through our site on ​Teachable​. We will allow late registration for one week, however, those registering after today will only be able to attend the first session through the recording. Tuesday, November 3 No live programming today, but check out all of our digital downloads, video classes and other on-demand educational resources at ​WickedGroundsAnnex.Teachable.com​. Wednesday, November 4 Online: Curious about fire play? Want to take yours to the next level? Join us online tonight for Burn Baby Burn: Sensual and Sadistic Fire Play with Jamie Joy! You’ll learn all about safety, sensual fire massage, sadistic fire techniques, fire impact, and more! Attend live online or within one week through the recording with your advance tickets from ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. San Francisco, CA: Want to get hands-on to learn all about various forms of impact play? Join us tonight for Wicked Grounds Presents: SpankLab! Here in San Francisco’s original impact play lab you’ll learn through brief tutorials, observation, and getting hands on to try our various forms of play. Bring your toys and your creativity — and be on time, please! Advance tickets are strongly recommended and are available from ​Plura​ or ​Forbidden Tickets​. Thursday, November 5 Online: How can we access more joy and support for our partner(s) and loved ones? Is compersion necessary for successful non-monogamous relationships? How do we ditch toxic positivity to make room for who we really are in our relationships? Join Dr. Marie Thouin online tonight for The Polyhearted Guide to Understanding Compersion. Attend live online or within one week through the recording with your advance tickets from ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. Friday, November 6 No live programming today, but check out all of our digital downloads, video classes and other on-demand educational resources at ​WickedGroundsAnnex.Teachable.com​. Saturday, November 7 San Francisco, CA: Curious about all the wonderful classes, social events, organizations and parties in the San Francisco kink scene? Want to figure out the safe and fun places to go, and how to make the most of them? Join our own Miriam Green today from noon – 2pm live in San Francisco to learn all about it! Advance tickets are strongly recommended, and please plan to arrive on time — arrivals more than 15 minutes late may not be admitted. Advance tickets can be yours through ​Plura​ or ​Forbidden Tickets​. Online: Join us online today to discover the kink that is limited only by your imagination, hypnosis! Faun will take you through it all in our online class today, Hypnosis 101! You may attend live or through the recording at 2pm Pacific with your advance tickets from ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. San Francisco, CA: We love a good class from the bottom’s perspective around here! Electro Play from the Bottom is an exploration of the wide variety of sensations and pain that can be inflicted using electricity. The instructor, pangressive (he/they), will be bottoming, assisted by demo top Addy (she/her). pangressive will explain the similarities and differences of a wide range of electro toys, and will describe what they

Howdy kinksters – If you’re at ​Dark Odyssey: Surrender​, you’ll see a lot of us! We’ll be offering several classes and events there, which you’ll find in this week’s roundup below. Day passes have just become available, so if you see something of ours you’d really like to attend, ​sign up for that day or the weekend​! Registration ends any day now, so get those tickets lined up if you’ve been on the fence! We also have a lot of great programming for you kinksters all over the place and online. And don’t forget: our annual Diving Deep: Discovering & Voicing Your Erotic and Kink Desires six-week intensive launches Sunday, Nov 1 with our first live session on Monday, Nov 2. Now is the time to mark your calendars and ​reserve your spot​! Now, let’s look at all the cool things going on this week: This Week! Online: Backdoor Basics: A Guide to Anal Play Thursday, October 22 Want to start exploring anal in your play? Let’s find all the ways to incorporate pleasure from a variety of positions with Lilithfoxx.​​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. GoogleAppleOutlookOffice 365 San Jose, CA: Ecstasy for Asexuals Friday, October 23 ​Join us live this weekend at the ​Dark Odyssey: Surrender​ conference in San Jose, CA for the debut of brand new class Ecstasy for Asexuals. We’ve conducted extensive research on how to get the most of non-sexual BDSM play. GoogleAppleOutlookOffice 365 San Jose, CA: SpankLab! on the road at Dark Odyssey Saturday, October 24 Spanklab! Our monthly impact work shop, a Dark Odyssey special edition​. Plus, meet for Morning Meditation at 8:30am before the Lab. The time is unlikely to change, but double-check your schedule for the location. ​More information here.​​ GoogleAppleOutlookOffice 365 ​A Full Day of Dark Odyssey: Surrender​ Sunday, October 25 Join us live this weekend at the ​Dark Odyssey: Surrender​ conference in San Jose, CA! This morning is packed with activities! 8:30am: join Miriam Green for our daily Morning Meditation. The time is unlikely to change, but double-check your schedule for the location. ​More information here.​​ 9:30am: our Miriam Green will be one of the members of Midori’s panel “Glory or Gone? We Need to Talk About Age. ​Find out more here​. 11:30am: join impossiblepain for their new class “Bottoming for Pain and Pleasure in Impact Play, with demo topping by Miriam Green. ​Find out more here​. Online: Safe and Sexy Impact Play with Blood Monday, October 26 Make an impact that positively spatters! Join Miss Mackenzee for Safe and Sexy Impact Play with Blood. You may attend this online class with us live, or watch the recording within seven days Tickets via Plura​ or ​Forbidden Tickets​ GoogleAppleOutlookOffice 365 Online: High Protocol for D/s Tuesday, October 27 Want to take your D/s relationships to the next level? Join Sinclair Sexsmith for High Protocol for D/s. Please note that Sinclair’s classes with us are not recorded, so you’ll need to both get advance tickets and mark your calendars to join us live at 6pm Pacific / 9pm Eastern. Tickets are available from ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​​ GoogleAppleOutlookOffice 365 Online: Spicy Tarot: Introduction to Tarot for Kinksters Wednesday, October 28 Want some new inspiration for your kinky scenes? Join H G Wyndell and discover creative new tools for unearthing your desires and new forms of immersive narrative scenes! Tickets via Plura​ or ​Forbidden Tickets​. GoogleAppleOutlookOffice 365 SF: Power Exchange with Rope Wednesday, October 28 Curious about mixing D/s with your rope play? Join us live with legendary rope artist Lee Harrington. Please bring one length of 25′ – 30′ rope and your safety shears, and plan to arrive between 6:30 – 7pm, as late arrivals may not be accommodated.Tickets from ​Forbidden Tickets​ orPlura​. GoogleAppleOutlookOffice 365 Online: Dark Roleplaying Thursday, October 29 You want it darker? Join us online for Dark Roleplaying with Lee Harrington. Advance tickets will allow you to attend live with us online or watch the recording within one week of the class. Get yours from ​Plura​ or ​Forbidden Tickets​! GoogleAppleOutlookOffice 365 Online: Kink, Trauma Play, and Healing: A Research-Informed Deep Dive Saturday, October 31 This class brings together community insight and current research tidbits to offer a clearer picture of the patterns, mechanics, and meanings people often find in trauma play. Advance tickets allow you to attend live online to ask all your questions, or to watch the recording within one week of the class. Get yours through Plura​ or ​Forbidden Tickets​. GoogleAppleOutlookOffice 365 Online: Consent, Accountability, and Neurodivergence Sunday, November 1 Join us online for the first class in a two-class series on Consent, Accountability, and Neurodivergence with Adam. We’ll meet today and on Saturday, Nov 7th, and you can attend either session online or through the recording within seven days. Get your advance tickets fromForbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. GoogleAppleOutlookOffice 365 Online: Diving Deep: Discovering & Voicing Your Erotic Desires Sunday, November 1 Today is launch day for our next six-week intensive ​Diving Deep: Discovering & Voicing Your Erotic Desires​ with Miriam Green, and our first live session will be tomorrow, Monday, November 2! This is a full six weeks — about thirty hours total — of live instruction, coaching, and lots and lots of individual homework. It’s time to lock down those tickets with us for this life-changing intensive. You may do that through our site onTeachable​ 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. (ONLINE) 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

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Howdy kinksters – Happy spooky season, and for those of you in California it might be happy ​Dark Odyssey: Surrender​ time! This annual Bay Area conference brings together over one thousand kinksters and educators from all over the Bay Area and beyond. We’ll be offering several classes and events there, which you’ll find in this week’s roundup below. Day passes have just become available, so if you see something of ours you’d really like to attend, ​sign up for that day or the weekend​! (These events are not open to the general public.) We also have a lot of great programming for you kinksters all over the place and online. And don’t forget: our annual Diving Deep: Discovering & Voicing Your Erotic and Kink Desires six-week intensive launches at the start of November. Now is the time to mark your calendars and ​reserve your spot​! Now, let’s look at all the cool things going on this week: This Week! 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. Attend live or by recording with your advance tickets from ​Plura​ or ​Forbidden Tickets​. Sunday, October 18 Online: Join us online today for a second class with Lila Hades of The Unconventional Plutonian as we explore Astrokink 201: Mapping Your Erotic Ecosystem. This class invites you to explore your birth chart as an interconnected erotic ecosystem. We will examine how your planetary placements, houses, and aspects interact to create layers of desire, conflict, curiosity, power, and possibility. Attend live or through the recording with your advance tickets from ​Plura​ or ​Forbidden Tickets​. Online: The irony of orgasm: the more you delay and deny it, the harder it can get. Join us online today to explore all the arts of tease and denial with Jamie Joy in Pleasure on the Edge: Tease, Denial, & Orgasm Control. Attend the class live online or through the recording within seven days with your advance tickets from ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. Monday, October 19 Online: Join us online tonight for Grief and Kink with pangressive. We’ll examine the many ways that grief and loss (including breakups and other losses transitions) can impact our relationships and kinks. Join us live online or through the recording within seven days with your advance tickets from ​Plura​ or ​Forbidden Tickets​. Tuesday, October 20 Online: Creating a personal risk profile is one of the best ways to be prepared for BDSM & kink negotiations. Taking some time to think about risks and boundaries in advance actually allows you to have better negotiations in the moment. But what is a risk profile and how do you create one? Join us online tonight as Mel & Memi lead a three-hour online workshop Are You Sure You Want To Do That? Risk Profile: An Introduction! Attend live with us online or watch the recording within seven days as long as you have advance tickets from ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. Wednesday, October 21 Online: Want to suck someone’s fluids, or perhaps take energy exchange to a different new level? Join The Lady V online tonight for an introduction to Energetic & Fluid Vampirism. Advance tickets will allow you to attend the class live with all your questions, or sip on its goodness all week through the class recording. Get your advance tickets from ​Plura​ or ​Forbidden Tickets​. Thursday, October 22 Online: Want to start exploring anal in your play? Let’s find all the ways to incorporate pleasure from a variety of positions with Lilithfoxx. You may attend Backdoor Basics: A Guide to Anal Play live online or within seven days through the recording with your advance tickets from ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. Friday, October 23 San Jose, CA: Join us live this weekend at the ​Dark Odyssey: Surrender​ conference in San Jose, CA! At 4:30 pm, join Miriam Green for their brand new class Ecstasy for Asexuals. We’ve conducted extensive research on how to get the most of of non-sexual BDSM play, whether you’re on the ace spectrum, want to play with ace partners, or you just don’t want to include sex in this particular scene or scenes. ​This workshop is currently scheduled for 4:30 pm​, but the DO schedule is always subject to change, so double-check your schedule and conference updates! Saturday, October 24 San Jose, CA: Join us live this weekend at the ​Dark Odyssey: Surrender​ conference in San Jose, CA! At 8:30am this morning, join Miriam Green for our daily Morning Meditation. The time is unlikely to change, but double-check your schedule for the location. ​More information here.​ At 4:30pm, join us for a ​special

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​)