Howdy kinksters - This is truly the harvest time of year for West Coast kinksters. Last week, we celebrated the Folsom Street Fair -- a huge outdoor celebration of all things kink and leather. Toward the end of October, many of us (Wicked Grounds included) will be at Dark Odyssey: Surrender in San Jose. It feels very festive, indeed! This week we also celebrate our first Saturday of the month, so if you're in the SF Bay Area, join us for a big weekend of in-person classes! (And of course...
14 days ago • 3 min read
Diving Deep: Discovering & Voicing Your Erotic Desires with Miriam Green a six-week online intensive via Teachable and Zoom October 6th - November 16th Advance ticketing required. Get yours here! And RSVP on FetLife to let friends know about this. Please note: these workshops sell out well in advance, and space is limited. To ensure your seat, please sign up as soon as you feel committed to this work. The first step in negotiating is voicing what we want. But many of us run into challenges:...
15 days ago • 1 min read
Hi everyone! If you're in the San Francisco Bay Area today, I hope we will see you for Folsom Street Fair. This unique outdoor celebration of all things kink has a bit of everything: educational groups, opportunities to try hands-on play with demo tops, top-notch bondage performances, tons of kinky vendors, and much more! You can find us at the Wicked Grounds booth (#77) between 10th and 11th on Folsom Street. We will mostly be out to talk about classes, coaching, and intensives. We'll also...
18 days ago • 1 min read
Howdy kinksters - It's a big week for everyone in the greater Bay Area kink community, and we're no exception. We've been spiffing up for Folsom week, and we're excited to see some of your faces this weekend. If you are at Folsom, please swing by Wicked Grounds Booth at Folsom Street Fair -- we will be between 10th and 11th on Folsom, at lucky space 77. Rough Cut Leather will have new goodies for you! This is also our big fundraising time for our scholarship fund. Wicked Grounds offers...
21 days ago • 4 min read
Happy Leather week!!! If you're in SF, come see Wicked Grounds at Folsom Street Fair on Sunday, Sept 29th - we'll be on Folsom between 10th and 11th. Want to take a lot of classes? Get a monthly or annual event pass! Need personal coaching & guidance for those sticky issues around sex, kink, and relationships? Reach out for one-time or ongoing coaching sessions at WickedGroundsAnnex.com Links below are to our primary ticketing via Forbidden Tickets. If you're a Plura member, check the Plura...
22 days ago • 3 min read
Hi all - I'm delighted to advise that we've added two new core classes to our suite of video classes for digital download at WickedGroundsAnnex.com. Kink 101: BDSM Negotiation Basics is the core soft skills class I've offered monthly for over ten years! This is where it all started. You'll learn the basics of consent and negotiation, key negotiation questions for scenes, and even what's going on in your brain that makes communicating during a scene more complex. Kink 201: Advanced Negotiation...
22 days ago • 1 min read
Hi all - Our next Diving Deep six-week intensive launches in two weeks! If you've been interested in going much deeper into your kink self-exploration, now is the time! We have two tiers of participation available: the deep dive and the "Oh, my god! Extra custom homework!" deeper dive. Every registered student will have at least one private half-hour consult with me, but you have the option to go even deeper and book four half-hour consults. This takes a fair amount of scheduling. Because of...
24 days ago • 1 min read
Hi all - I'm getting very excited about our upcoming Diving Deep six-week intensive! As you might know, we have two tiers of participation available. Every registered student will have at least one private half-hour consult with me, but you have the option to go even deeper and book four half-hour consults. As you can imagine, this takes a fair amount of scheduling, so I work carefully to ensure I have enough time blocked out. Because of this, we close registration for this premium tier...
26 days ago • 1 min read
Howdy kinksters - If you are neurodivergent, love friends and partners who are, or just want to create more inclusive community, I hope you'll join us for two special classes on neurodivergence and kink this weekend. Today, we host Consent, Accountability, and Neurodivergence with Adam and Draven and tomorrow we host Autism & Kink with London-based BDSM educator John Pendal. Oh, and if you're in far northern California, make a trek out to Mendocino today! I'm hosting a coastal Mendocino...
26 days ago • 3 min read