This Week with Wicked Grounds (8/14 – 8/24)

Hello kinksters –

Happy back to school season from your friendly kink educators at Wicked Grounds!

It’s also Mir’s birthday week, and we have a present for you! Now through midnight on Sunday, August 24th, you can get 20% off all digital downloads, video classes, multi-week intensives, and coaching sessions from ​Wicked Grounds Annex​! Just use code ELVIS at checkout. (The last time I offered a sale like this, one clever person booked monthly coaching sessions and locked in that discount indefinitely. We have smart customers!)

For some of you, it’s camp season, too! We’re sending wishes for a great camp to our friends headed to ​Dark Odyssey: Thornwood​ this weekend!

Whether you’re one of our friends around the world, or one of our Bay Area locals having a bit of FOMO this week, we’ve got you covered. We have three live classes in San Francisco this weekend, and lots of fun stuff coming up online too!

Let’s take a look at this coming week:

This Week!

Thursday, August 14

In the kink community, your reputation is everything! But how do you manage that? Join Princess Rara online tonight to learn all the basics (and some not-so-basics!) in Navigating Your Reputation in BDSM. Whether you plan to attend live or through the recording, you’ll need a ticket! Get yours through ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​.

Friday, August 15

No live classes today. But check out our video classes and other digital downloads at ​WickedGroundsAnnex.Teachable.com​

And don’t forget to use code ELVIS to get 20% off all purchases through our Wicked Grounds Annex site this week.

And hey, it’s Mir’s birthday tomorrow! They are turning :: mumble mumble ::

You know what would make an excellent gift? Pay it forward to some other kinksters by donating to our ​scholarship fund​!

Saturday, August 16

We have some great classes in San Francisco and online this weekend!

Online, join UK kink educator Sarah Butcher for a class on Consensual Non-Consent. We’ve timed this one to run live at 11am Pacific and 7pm in the UK so that folks (almost) everywhere can watch live, but we’ll also record this for later watching – so long as you have an advanced ticket. You can get yours through ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​.

Are you in the San Francisco Bay Area? Have you been meaning to learn the basics of shibari & rope bondage? Join us in SOMA from noon – 2pm for Let’s Get Knotty: Rope Bondage for Beginners with Jaime Joy! Space is limited, so it’s a good idea to get tickets in advanced (although we’re happy to sell space-available tickets at the door). Get your advanced tickets through ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​.

Sunday, August 17

Join Lee Harrington online today for Getting Freaky & Spicy: BDSM & Kink Basics. This legendary teacher will help you get your bearings in the world of kink play! We’ll launch at 11am Pacific / 7pm UK time, so most folks can attend live, but everyone will also have the option to watch a recorded version later. Get your tickets through ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​.

In the SF Bay Area? We have two classes for you today.

Join us from noon – 2pm for our in-person class Rope for Sex and Intimacy with Jamie Joy. If your goals for rope bondage include sexual play, you’re going to want this class. Learn all the positions and ties that work best for your goals! Space is limited, so we recommend ticketing in advance through ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​. Door tickets will be available on a space-available basis.

Then at 4pm, join Psychokitty Ryan for Improv for Naughty Play live in San Francisco. Learn basic techniques for improv, and how to leverage them to innovate creative and connective BDSM scenes in real time. Space for this one is very limited – we can only accommodate up to 22 people. We strongly recommend advanced tickets through ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​.

Monday, August 18 and Tuesday, August 19

No live classes today. But check out our video classes and other digital downloads at ​WickedGroundsAnnex.Teachable.com​

And don’t forget to use code ELVIS to get 20% off all purchases through our Wicked Grounds Annex site this week.

Wednesday, August 20

BDSM scenes can raise a lot of energy! But to stay closely connected and make the most of that energy, our scenes need a container formed from our intentions, actions, and consistency throughout the scene. Want to learn more? Join us online this evening for Creating Containers for Kink with H G Wyndell. You’ll need advanced ticketing whether you plan to attend live or through the recording later. Get your tickets through ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​.

Thursday, August 21

There is no one size fits all in D/s or BDSM. Instead, there are many dynamics and paradigms that might work for you – and many others that simply aren’t going to be your style. Explore these deeply in our two-part online workshop starting tonight, The Archetypes of Power & Surrender: A Two Part Series with FireOnTheMtnTop / Sir Scott and Lecee. You’ll need advanced ticketing to participate, whether you plan to attend live or through the recording. Get yours through ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​.

Friday, August 22

No live classes today. But check out our video classes and other digital downloads at ​WickedGroundsAnnex.Teachable.com​

And don’t forget to use code ELVIS to get 20% off all purchases through our Wicked Grounds Annex site this week.

Saturday, August 23

Are you in very northern California? Our Miriam Green hosts the Mendocino Munch in coastal Mendocino county every month. This month, we’ll be hanging out in Fort Bragg from 1-3 (often longer – we like each other!). It’s not technically a Wicked Grounds event, but it’s not not a Wicked Grounds event. You can find out more and ​RSVP here on FetLife​.

Sunday, August 24

Want to get deeply into your creative sense of bondage? Join Miss Mackenzee online today at 2pm Pacific for Boundless Creativity: Innovative Ways to Use Rope in Play. Can’t attend live? No worries – we’ll provide a recording to all attendees with advanced tickets. 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 10 – September 20, 2025. Late registration available!

• Lap Dancing Daylong Intensive (by Click Your Heels): In Person, Oakland, California, Saturday, September 13 10:30 am – 5pm. Ticketing through ​Forbidden Tickets​ or ​Plura​.

• ​Diving Deep: Discovering & Voicing Your Kink Desires​: Registration now open for November 2 – December 13, 2025

Warmly, Mir & The Wicked Grounds Team

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