Class List

Lord Percival
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Level: All
Duration: 30 to 90 minutes
Format: Hands-On
Partnered: Not necessary
Bring_With: Any rope you wish to share
Clothing: Anything desired with some skin exposed.  If there is a specific texture of clothing often worn under rope, please wear that

Like a wine tasting, this is a rope tasting. There are many different things that can be considered rope out there. Why did you choose to have what you have in your kit? What else might you wish in your kit? A large variety of ropes, and the reasons they might be chosen are the goals for this class. This will be a tactile class, so it is useful to know if you have any allergies before the class begins.

Level: All
Duration: 1 hour to 90 minutes
Format: Lecture and Discussion
Partnered: Not necessary
Bring_With: Any safety questions, and something to take notes with
Clothing: Comfortable to sit in

This is a basic rope safety course. It presumes no previous knowledge of rope, and talks about edge-play, safer choices, possible paths, and approaches to rope. Mostly for those who are curious, but never actually have touched rope before. Anatomy and interactions covered. Note-taking devices recommended. Highly recommended for both sides of the rope-exchange.

Level: Foundational
Duration: 1 hour to 90 minutes
Format: Lecture and Hands-On
Partnered: Not necessary, but pre-negotiated suggested if possible
Bring_With: Rope at least a meter long, but no longer than 8 meters, at least 4mm in thickness, but no thicker than 10mm
Clothing: Comfortable to move in

This is a very introductory view into rope intended to be applied to people. We look at what knots you can start with, why those knots are chosen, how to tie them, and how to apply them. If you have been a boy-scout, gone camping, have tied something to the roof of your car, or already enjoy rope bondage, this class might be too basic for you. While you don't need a partner or partners, almost all of these knots can be done on a chair, or in the air, or on yourself, it is sometimes useful to have someone else's eyes to help you learn your way through.

Level: Foundational
Duration: 1 to 3 hours
Format: Lecture, Discussion and Hands-On, if the time allows.
Partnered: Preferable for the Hands-On sections, but not necessary
Bring_With: Rope, as large and varied a set that you have
Clothing: Comfortable, able to move in

Rope may be many different things to many different people. One of the main complaints about rope is that often those receiving it feel like it is just an engineering problem to be solved. Many rope slingers go through this stage, when learning. Others learn kata style, or other paths. For this class we are embracing that engineering approach, and looking at how and why the various ties are built they way they are. This doesn't have to be an endpoint in your exploration, of course. Come and dig into the whys and wherefores of rope and bodies, on a practical level.

Level: All
Duration: 1 to 3 hours
Format: Lectue, Discussion, Demo, and Hands-On (if the timeslot is long enough)
Partnered: Preferably pre-negotiated partners before class for the optional Hands-On sections
Bring_With: Rope
Clothing: Comfortable to move in

So, you've heard a number of things about this hot stuff called rope bondage (or Shibari, or Kinbaku, or DiD, and so on) or you might have seen someone do something hot with rope in a play space, and thought that was cool, or interesting. Maybe you've tied some knots before, and want to know how to make them all sexy. This is a basic, introductory class on how to take what you know, and how to safely use it in the bedroom, or play-space, as a beginner. There is a lot of philosophy and an exploration of your own personal "why" to this class, more than a basic rope skills class. You will come out of this with more of an understanding of how to begin exploring with your partner or partners.

Level: Foundational
Duration: 1 to 3 hours
Format: Lecture and Hands On (if time allows)
Partnered: Preferable, please pre-negotiate before class
Bring_With: A totem or small object that has significance
Clothing: Comfortable clothing you can sit in

Most of BDSM play is with the body - your tools are floggers, whips, impact toys, rope, your own body, and so on. Erotic Hypnosis is playing with the mind - your tools are inductions, triggers, and illusions. Learn to enhance top & sub space, play beyond the possible, explore behavior modification and more. We will look at the whole path from negotiations through to aftercare, with all the ethical considerations. We will explore several possible scenarios, come, find out if this is for you. Please bring a totem or small object that has significance to you. All levels of participation welcome.

Level: All
Duration: 1 to 3 hours
Format: Lecture and Hands On (if time allows)
Partnered: Preferable, please pre-negotiate before class
Bring_With: An open mind and a willingness to learn
Clothing: Comfortable clothing that embodies who you are

So you have an interest in doing hypnosis in an erotic contexts with other people, and want to explore where to begin? This class provides you with some philosophy, insight into why you would want to do such a thing from the Operator's side of the watch, what some of the common tropes and useful tools might be, and where to start digging in to build your toolbox to be able to usefully interact with willing and interested Subjects. All levels of participation welcome.

Level: All
Duration: 1 to 3 hours
Format: Lecture and Hands On (if time allows)
Partnered: Preferable, please pre-negotiate before class
Bring_With: An open mind and a willingness to learn
Clothing: Comfortable clothing that embodies who you are

So you have an interest in receiving hypnosis in an erotic contexts with other people, and want to explore where to begin? This class provides you with some philosophy, insight into why you would want to receive such a thing from a Subject's side of the watch, what some of the common tropes and useful tools might be, understanding your agency, building your skills, (yes, Subjects need skills, too) and help in negotiating the exploration steps you want, so you are able to usefully interact with willing and interested Operators. All levels of participation welcome.

Level: All
Duration: 30 minutes to 2 hours
Format: Lecture, Discussion, and Hands-On, if time allows
Bring_With: A totem or small object that has significance
Clothing: Comfortable clothing that embodies who you are

The induction is the first step down the path of hypnosis. It is how we set expectations, limits, safety nets, and make sure all that was negotiated for, can be reached. Just as in learning, different styles of inductions work well with different people. Some of the variations include visual, auditory, kinesthetics, relaxing, engaging, confusing, and challenging, and we will look at these, and other possible methods as ways to get to the space.

Level: All
Duration: 30 to 90 minutes
Format: Lecture and Workshop
Partnered: Useful but not necessary, if it exists, please pre-negotiate before class
Bring_With: Notebook/paper and various writing implements
Clothing: Comfortable clothing that embodies who you are

Sometimes it is useful to set pre-negotiated things up inside an erotic hypnotic session for use outside of, or to begin the next session. The tool to achieve this is often called a trigger. Come and learn about the hows, whys, and appropriate times to use post-hypnotic elements and triggers, and some ways of building and constraining them. Combining this with the concepts of fractionation can go a long way toward some wonderful and delightful results.

Level: All
Duration: 1 to 3 hours
Format: Lecture and Workshop
Partnered: Preferable, please pre-negotiate before class
Bring_With: Notebook/paper and various writing implements
Clothing: Comfortable clothing

Ever wonder how those erotic hypnotists seem to know exactly what to say, and when to say it, how they have such a smooth delivery? Well one of the ways to be able to achieve such ease is through pre-written and pre-practiced scripts. This workshop is to help the beginning hypnotist develop their patter, and write the words that will be the building blocks of their craft.

Level: All
Duration: 1 to 3 hours
Format: Lecture and Workshop
Partnered: Preferable, please pre-negotiate before class
Bring_With: Notebook/paper and various writing implements
Clothing: Comfortable clothing that embodies who you are

Using scripts is an excellent beginning, but, dealing with all sorts of branches to the possibilities, with feedback from your erotic hypnotic partner, can have you writing a variation on a choose-your-own-adventure novel. Yet, having a solid idea of the general shape and direction of a session is also a good thing. Building patter, the skeleton of the session, the repeated phrases, the keywords, the important messages that is desired to be shared and communicated is an important tool to have in your toolbox. We will explore ways to build your patter, and to practice it, so it becomes a smooth part of your experience.

Level: Beginner
Duration: 90 minutes to 3 hours
Format: Lecture, Demo, and Workshop if the time allows
Partnered: Pre-negotiated before class, for the Workshop sections, otheriwse unnecessary
Bring_With: A totem or small object that has significance and notebook/paper and various writing implements
Clothing: Comfortable to sit in

Illusions are a form of magic that draws many people to hypnosis in the first place. It is a way to experience that magic in one's everyday life. Illusions can be many things, as mundane as adding a bit of sparkle to the world, or as world-changing as an isekai adventure. Done well, they can be as real as any other experience in one's lives. Come, learn about this art, and maybe even learn how to spin one or two yourself.

Level: Beginner
Duration: 90 minutes to 3 hours
Format: Lecture, Discussion and Workshop if there is time
Partnered: Pre-negotiated before class, for the Workshop sections, otheriwse unnecessary
Bring_With: An open mind, and some humility
Clothing: Comfortable to sit in

As you begin to work with hypnosis, more regularly with the same person or set of people, being able to not have to start from scratch every time adds to the enjoyment of the experience. Using the metaphor of a bridge, we will look at ways to create and enhance that rapport you are building together. Come learn about bridge building and why many folks find it quite the enhancement to their experience.

Level: Beginner
Duration: 30 minutes to 3 hours
Format: Lecture, Participation, and Hands-On (if longer class)
Partnered: Preferable, please pre-negotiate before class
Bring_With: A totem or small object that has significance and notebook/paper and various writing implements
Clothing: Comfortable to sit in

Fractionation is one of the many methods used to deepen and strengthen trance and trance effects. Closer to fracking then fractions, it can be seen to have both in it's ancestry. This class will help with understanding and crafting this tool in your toolbox. Pre-negotiation is very important when using this particular tool. Remember Spiderman's uncle.

Level: All
Duration: 90 minutes to 3 hours
Format: Lecture and Discussion
Partnered: Not necessary
Bring_With: Something to take notes with
Clothing: Comfortable to sit in

Aging happens to us all. If it doesn't happen to you, you should probably keep that a secret, otherwise you might have Juan Ponce de León, the first "Florida Man", knocking at your door. There are many benefits and some drawbacks to the whole aging process and erotic hypnosis. Many folks have discovered a number of those benefits as they age. This class looks as some of those benefits and drawbacks, and strategies to make what it is that we do more successful, overall. Come and dive into your future-planning, and share some insights with us.

Level: All
Duration: 90 minutes to 3 hours
Format: Lecture and Discussion
Partnered: Not necessary
Bring_With: Something to take notes with
Clothing: Comfortable to sit in

In many areas of kink the "Kink is not, and should never be therapy" is axiomatic. Yet, in many ways erotic hypnosis can blur that line, either intentionally or unintentionally. So being able to break down what is actual therapy and what is simply therapeutic use and where (if anywhere) there are differences in such for you, and why those differences might be important, is what this class is about exploring. For some people neither of these categories are acceptable, but knowing the difference and knowing how to negotiate for what you actually want and are willing to provide can be very useful. This class is designed to pull out some of those nebulous ideas and help you have a more concrete understanding of what you might or might not be touching on, in your erotic hypnosis play.

Level: All
Duration: 1 to 3 hours
Format: Lecture and Hands On (if time allows)
Partnered: Not necessary
Bring_With: Notebook or other writing materials
Clothing: Comfortable clothing that embodies who you are

As a Subject there are a lot of things that can go wrong, and having a tool box available to help protect yourself from inadvertent or deliberate changes that you do not wish to happen to you, or slipping into spaces you didn't want to go are very useful. This class is focused on building some of the tools in that toolbox with you, so you might be able to deal with, avoid, or have the ability to constrain that which you do not wish to have put in your mind. Also it helps with circumstances where you are in a place you don't want to be, and how to deal with the fallout of that, as well.

Level: Intermediate
Duration: 1 to 3 hours
Format: Lecture and Workshop
Partnered: Preferable, please pre-negotiate, if you want someone to test on
Bring_With: Notebook and writing implement, or other means of note taking
Clothing: Nothing too distracting

There are a lot of tools useful in and around the world of hypnosis, for both sides of the watch. This class explores some of the more linguistic based elements that can be used both inside of, and outside of direct hypnotic contexts. This can bring about operant programming, set mindsets, initiate trance, ground, focus, or several other things that are useful to have in your toolbox. Design and understanding of the underlying elements and the ability to build useful tools along these lines goes a long way for those who enjoy this particular type of interaction. Tools like this can be used for self-hypnosis as well as instructing or being instructed from the outside. Having something to write on and with would be a really good idea in this class.

Level: Foundational
Duration: 1 hour to 90 minutes
Format: Lecture and Hands-On
Partnered: Not necessary, but pre-negotiated suggested if possible
Bring_With: Rope at least a meter long, but no longer than 8 meters, at least 4mm in thickness, but no thicker than 10mm
Clothing: Comfortable to move in

Rope is a fun variation to add to your practices, but it can be considered edge-play as well. This hands-on introductory class will give you enough tools to add rope more safely into your sexual and sensual practices. No previous rope experience necessary, just an interest in rope, and a desire to learn. If you don't have a partner or partners to bring to the class, arranging for one (or several) before-hand, or at the beginning of class is usually easy. This is mostly for rope-tops, but there are definitely things in it for the rope-bottoms, as well.

Level: Advanced Beginner
Duration: 1 to 3 hours
Format: Hands-On
Partnered: Pre-negotiated suggested
Bring_With: Rope
Clothing: Comfortable to move in

Sometimes the tools in our toolbox are quite simple, and yet have a thousand uses. These basic ties, and their theory, can get you safely through many a rope scene. There are quite experieced riggers out there who do no more than these ties, and variations on them, and are quite happy with the results. Come and learn a few of them, and some applications.

Level: Advanced Beginner
Duration: 30 minutes to 2 hours
Format: Workshop
Partnered: Preferable, please pre-negotiate before class
Bring_With: Rope
Clothing: Comfortable, able to move in

In many rope instances, you aren't so much looking to bind, as to just offer the feeling of rope on the body. It might be a step toward binding, giving a surface to tie to, or simply because the sensation of being in, or giving rope is enjoyable. The lightning tie and variants are in the class of non-restrictive body harness, or "club rope". (Rope you can be in and still be in a club environment.)

Level: Advanced Beginner
Duration: 30 minutes to 2 hours
Format: Demo or Hands-On (if the longer length of class)
Partnered: For the Hands-On, preferable, please pre-negotiate before class
Bring_With: Rope, several pieces, perhaps of varying colors approximately 8m (26 feet)
Clothing: Comfortable, able to move in (or be stopped from moving in)

The Karada is one of the common body harnesses that are tied. This class will look at the history, whys and wherefores for use, and how to tie several variants of this tie. There is also a picture guide attached for reference.

Level: Advanced Beginner
Duration: 30 minutes to 2 hours
Format: Demo or Hands-On if the longer version
Partnered: Pre-negotiated suggested for the Hands-On version
Bring_With: Rope, several pieces, perhaps of varying colors approximately 8m (26 feet)
Clothing: Comfortable to move in (or be stopped from moving in)

THe figure 8 tie is a very versitile tie, easy to self-tie, has multiple purposes, and is one of the possibilities for suspension. This class looks at both the upper and lower figure 8 ties, helps you get them solid, and, if tiem allows, shows how it can be used for suspension or other movement-limiting play, without taking away the agency of the hands or legs. Which meands they work for leashing, or in addtion to other forms of restraint as well. They are also long-term wear, they can be worn for things like a club night or the like without difficulty. These body harnesses can go a long way to bringing you fun and joy.

Level: Advanced Beginner
Duration: 1 to 4 hours
Format: Demo or Hands-On if the longer version
Partnered: Pre-negotiated suggested for the Hands-On version
Bring_With: Rope, several pieces, perhaps of varying colors approximately 8m (26 feet)
Clothing: Comfortable to move in (or be stopped from moving in)

This basic rope class will explore the whys and wherefores of a few different body-harnesses, their uses, and how to tie them. This hands-on class will help you along the path of rope.

Level: Advanced Beginner
Duration: 1 to 4 hours
Format: Lecture, Demo, and Hands-On (for the longer version)
Partnered: Preferable, pre-negotiated before class for the Hands-on section
Bring_With: Rope, four or more sets of rope suitable for single column ties
Clothing: Person doing - comfortable to move in; Person receiving - comfortable to be tied in

Now that you have your single column ties solid in your toolbox, how does that go from being able to tie them to all the other fun parts of bondage? This class explores a plethora of applications for those single-column times, and shows how many different ways just using those and wraps give you so many possibilities, that you can bring to your activities. Come and learn many ways to apply your knowledge to have lots of fun times. This is mostly an engineering class, but there is some philosophy involved as well.

Level: Advanced Beginner
Duration: 1 to 3 hours
Format: Lecture, Demo, and Hands-On (for the longer version of the class)
Partnered: Pre-negotiated suggested for the Hands-On section of the class
Bring_With: Rope, and feet willing to be in rope.  Useful other things: pegs/chopsticks, rubber bands, pebbles, bottle-caps, and other small objects.
Clothing: Person doing - can move in; Person receiving - can have bare foot skin exposed

Feet are marvelous things, and don't always get the attention they deserve. We will be focusing on the occasionally neglected peds, and combining our focus with, of course, rope. It can be sadistic, delightful, tickling, predicament-causing, decorative, or many other things. Please, if you are foot-shy, or foot-phobic, this is probably not the class for you.

Level: Advanced Beginner
Duration: 1 to 3 hours
Format: Lecture, Demo, and Hands-On (if the longer version of this class)
Partnered: Preferable, pre-negotiated before class, for the optional hands-on section
Bring_With: Several lengths of rope, of various diameters, from 4mm to 8mm
Clothing: Comfortable to move in, or be stopped from moving in

Ever hear folks saying "Rope is so hard/takes so long, I'd rather just slap some cuffs on them, and start flogging." Well … rope can be fast, and still establish that dominance that Velcro and buckles just don't seem do manage. In this class you will learn ways to put rope on fast, in a controlling manner, and set the tone for the scene to come.

Level: Advanced Beginner
Duration: 1 to 3 hours
Format: Lecture, Demo, and Hands-On
Partnered: Preference: pre-negotiated before class
Bring_With: Thin rope, string, or ribbon, and hair long enough to be tied.
Clothing: No hair covers.  Fetish wear encouraged.

Hair. Most people have some. Most people object to it being tugged on, or pulled out. Tying to hair can be simple, with excellent results. Here you will learn several different hair-ties, and some applications of them, how to incorporate the ties into your fashion, and how to use the ties effectively.

Level: Advanced_Beginner
Duration: 1 to 3 hours
Format: Lecture, Demo, and Hands-On (for the longer version)
Partnered: Preferable, pre-negotiated before class for the Hands-on section
Bring_With: Rope, two or more sets of rope suitable for Japanese style bondage
Clothing: Person doing - comfortable to move in; Person receiving - comfortable to be tied in

The Tengu tie is, in many ways similar in spirit to the futomomo tie. Named for the bird-like demons inspired by the Chinese tiangou, this is also similar, in ways to the Chicken Wing tie. Come and learn about some of the forms and applications of this tie.

Level: All
Duration: 30 minutes to 1 hour
Format: Hands-On
Partnered: Not necessary
Bring_With: Thin (4mm) Rope, preferably hemp, but paracord will do
Clothing: Comfortable to move in

Hojojutsu is one of the martial art forms, from which the erotic art of tying has its roots. It is the antithesis to all that is gentle, nice, and sweet about rope. This class teaches how to actually build your rope bundle(s) that are used in the Hojojutsu activities. It also looks really cool when both bundling and using the rope. It might have other applications for other forms of rope you might do. So, come and learn yet another fiber art.

Level: Intermediate
Duration: 90 minutes to 4 hours
Format: Lecture and Demo, and Hands-On (if the longer timeslot)
Partnered: Preferably pre-negotiated for the optional Hands-on section
Bring_With: thin, nasty rope (coconut rope, paracord, 4mm or 3mm hemp or leather)
Clothing: Comfortable to move in, to be tied in, or dungeon-wear

Hojojutsu is the opposite, in many ways, of the nice, happy rope arts that are taught and practiced by many rope artists. There are ways to make Hojo bedroom/play acceptable for those who don't want to potentially damage their partners. Some knowledge of Hojo is useful to have, for this class. This is not a take-down class.

Level: Intermediate
Duration: 1 to 3 hours
Format: Lecture, Discussion, and Hands-On
Partnered: Pre-negotiated suggested for the Hands-On version
Bring_With: Rope, and anything you might wish to add to your rope, small or large
Clothing: Comfortable, able to move in

Rope, in and of itself is a wonderful thing, but, sometimes you want to add just that little bit more to your interaction. This class looks into props small and large that you can add to your rope experience, and why you might want to. Come and explore the world of "Rope and …" with us, and find inspirations in some of the simplest things.

Level: Intermediate
Duration: 30 minutes to 3 hours
Format: Hands-On
Partnered: Pre-negotiated suggested
Bring_With: Rope, and anything you have to activeate pressure points
Clothing: Comfortable to move in, possibly to expose areas that the pressure points are on, as well

Pressure points are a lazy-dom's friend! Combining that safely with rope is a set of skills that often differs from most people's standard roping style. This class is in two parts, the first on pressure points, and the second on how to apply it to your rope-work. Having a partner or partners for this class is good, if you aren't bringing in an existing partnership to the class, arranging for one (or several) just before, or during the start of class should not be hard. Please wear clothing that allows comfort and access to the body. Naked is fine, corset, complex boots, etc are less than optimal. Bring a "pokey-thingy" - anything from an evil stick through a chop-stick or hotel pen tends to work. If you have a favorite pokey-toy, please bring it and share with the class!

Level: Intermediate
Duration: 1 to 4 hours
Format: Lecture, Demo, Discussion, and Hands-On if the longer version
Partnered: Pre-negotiated necessary for the Hands-On version
Bring_With: Rope (at least 180 feet, at 6mm, and at least 2 feet at paracord thickness), chopsticks, pens, forks, rubber bands and other evil things you wish to use
Clothing: Person doing - comfortable to move in; Person receiving - comfortable to be tied and tortured in

This class shares many of the nasty, evil, sadistic things that I've collected over the years that can be done to someone once bound. Many folks on the receiving end of this class get to ride that endorphin rush to great heights. Pre-negotiation is paramount before coming to this class. Warning, this class has been known to get quite noisy, and sometimes somewhat damp.

Level: Rope: Intermediate, Sadism - Fundamental
Duration: 90 minutes to 4 hours
Format: Lecture, Discussion, Demo, and Hands-On (for the longer timeslot)
Partnered: Preferably, pre-negotiated partners before class for the optional Hands-On section
Bring_With: at least 7 7 meter x 6mm rope bundles and at least 2 meters ot paracord thickness, chopsticks, pens, forks, rubber bands and other evil things you wish to use.
Clothing: Person doing - comfortable to move in; Person receiving - comfortable to be tied and tortured in.

Rope can be used in many different ways, sometimes as the means, sometimes as an end unto itself. Semenawa, the sadistic path of rope, is no exception. For those folks who have an interest in or a fascination with giving or receiving attention along the sadistic axis, this class explores how to negotiate for and bring to the surface those inclinations. Come explore the beginnings of your interest, and how to express sadism with rope. We will be focusing on both sides of the interaction, giving and receiving, both or either.

Level: Intermediate
Duration: 90 minutes to 4 hours
Format: Lecture, Discussion, Demo, and Hands-On (for the longer timeslot)
Partnered: Preferably, pre-negotiated partners before class
Bring_With: at least 7 7 meter x 6mm rope bundles, 2 meters paracord thickness, chopsticks, pens, forks, rubber bands and other evil things you wish to use
Clothing: Person doing - comfortable to move in; Person receiving - comfortable to be tied and tortured in

This class shares many of the nasty, evil, sadistic things that I've collected over the years that can be done to someone once bound, and some very evil ways to bind and unbind people. Some of the sadism will be in the ties or the positions of the body, some change over time, and some promote interactions that can increase the sadism. Many folks on the receiving end of this class get to ride that endorphin rush to great heights. Pre-negotiation is paramount before coming to this class. Warning, this class has been known to get quite noisy, and sometimes somewhat damp.

Level: Intermediate
Duration: 1 to 3 hours
Format: Lecture, Discussion, and Hands-On (if long enough class)
Partnered: Pre-negotiated suggested for the Hands-On section for those that wish to participate
Bring_With: Rope
Clothing: Comfortable, able to move in, and hide rope under

There are occasions that one can get away with rope, in public spaces. Kink events, certain pagan events, and Halloween. There are other times, that some hidden rope can also be done in public. Come, and explore how you can sneak in your favorite forms of bondage and still get them under the radar as it were, even if they aren't hidden behind the bedroom (or dungeon) door.

Level: Intermediate
Duration: 90 minutes to 4 hours
Format: Lecture, Discussion, and Hands-On (if the longer time-slot)
Partnered: Preferable, Pre-negotiated before class for the optional Hands-On part
Bring_With: Rope, insertables, safer-sex supplies
Clothing: Optional, within the rules of the greater circumstance

Some folks view rope as a journey, others think of a rope scene as a destination. In this class, rope is simply a means to an end. How to get your rope and your sex all at the same time. We will probably try to define what "rope" and what "sex" is for the purpose of this class, so think on what those concepts mean to you. Both sex and rope are fun, so double your pleasure!

Level: Intermediate
Duration: 1 to 4 hours
Format: Lecture, Demo, and Hands-On (if the longer time slot)
Partnered: Preferable, pre-negotiated before class
Bring_With: rope of various lengths and thicknesses from 4mm through 8mm
Clothing: whatever allows access to the whole head

The head is often called our seat of awareness. Four of the five senses are seated on the head and the largest sexual organ we have is just behind that thin wall of bone. Playing with rope on the head can be one of the most sensuous or breath-taking activities you can do. The level of dominance and control a few twists of rope can give you, when dealing with the head is quite impressive. We will be playing with giving good head-rope, and giving harsh head-rope, and other variants, as time allows.

Level: Intermediate
Duration: 1 to 3 hours
Format: Lecture and Discussion
Partnered: Not necessary
Bring_With: Creative problem solving, and an open mind
Clothing: Comfortable, able to sit in

Not everyone is the "perfect picture of health" at all times, and yet, we still want to do rope. Funny that. Some folks might have more challenges with their life interface than others. Sometimes that manifests in disability aids of one sort or another. This class will explore how they can be incorporated into one's rope practice, from both sides of the slash. Come and dig into some of the things that become possible with just a little bit of creativity.

Level: Intermediate
Duration: 1 to 6 hours
Format: Lecture, Demo, and Hands-On (for the longer timeslot)
Partnered: Preferable, pre-negotiated before class for the optional Hands-On portion of the class
Bring_With: 6mm Hemp or Jute rope, in 7 to 8 meter lengths, at least 7 of them
Clothing: Loose clothing, Japanese traditional style preferred for the rope flower, movable clothing preferred for the one who ties

This is not so much of a general class, but an in-depth exploration of one or several of the Shibari forms. The forms most often taught are the Takate-Kote (1-2 hours) (upper body box tie), Ebi (1-2 hours) (both forward and backward, and variants of the folded cross-legged tie), Hishi and Kikkou Karada (1-2 hours) (woven body harness), Hashira Ushirodaki (2-3 hours) (pole and bamboo bondage), and Tsuri (2-3 hours) (partial suspension). This class is benefited by people being partnered beforehand, and being familiar with the forms, before the in-depth study takes place. Stretching (for both partners) is highly recommended. Information is important to both sides of the rope-exchange, communications skills are very important for this class, so if the rope-bottom has a tendency to loose words in rope, this might not be the best class for them. This also pays attention to the artistic sense, so has been known to be held in combination with those who draw, to improve their skills as well.

Level: Intermediate
Duration: 1 to 3 hours
Format: Lecture, Demo and Hands-On (if the longer timeslot)
Partnered: Preferable, pre-negotiated before class for the optional Hands-On section
Bring_With: rope, perhaps a peg or two
Clothing: Comfortable to move in, or dungeon-wear

Dominance, control, mastery, however you express your power exchange, it's what gets you hot. Rope can be used to set that tone, maintain that tone, or enhance that tone of your interactions, sometimes in subtle ways, sometimes in very graphic ways. Come and expand your language of dominance, with rope, or your language of rope, with dominance.

Level: Intermediate
Duration: 90 minutes to 4 hours
Format: Lecture, Demo, and Hands On (for the longer timeslot)
Partnered: Preferably, pre-negotiated before class for the optional Hands-On portion
Bring_With: rope and whatever toys or tools you think would add to your particular predicament
Clothing: Comfortable to move in or dungeon-wear

A predicament is often a choice between failure modes. Given that choice, many folks who enjoy receiving predicament play, put off the failure choice as long as they can, hoping that their efforts will please those inflicting said circumstance, and they don't have to fail at all. Rope is excellent for creating or enhancing that interaction. We will (talk about/experiment with) various possibilities, working with the needs and wants of the people in the class.

Level: Intermediate
Duration: 1 to 3 hours
Format: Lecture and Discussion
Partnered: Not necessary
Bring_With: Something to take notes with
Clothing: Comfortable, able to sit in

This class delves into the whys and wherefores of water bondage, and some successful paths to add it into your play. We delve into the physical concerns, practical concerns, and mental approaches to the topic. Water bondage can be a fun addition to your activities, but it does add a little more to your efforts and scenarios, and when it goes wrong, it can really go wrong. Come and join us to learn and discuss.

Level: Intermediate
Duration: 1 to 3 hours
Format: Hands-On
Partnered: Not necessary
Bring_With: Rope
Clothing: Comfortable to tie yourself in

Bondage is edge play. Self-bondage doubly so. Come and learn some of the cautions and some of the delights of why this particular form of bodnage is so popular, especially for those who are not partnered, or not locally partnered enough to get their rope fix on a regular enough basis. We explore ways of making it more safe, and why you might want to do it in various ways. We also look at some of the reasons one might want to do this, beyond just getting a rope-fix on. Note: this is more of a western style bondage than a Japanese isnpired bondage class.

Level: Intermediate
Duration: 1 hours
Format: Hands-On
Partnered: Not necessary, but if desired, please pre-negotiate before class
Bring_With: Rope
Clothing: Comfortable to move in

You've been doing rope for a while now and desire to spice it up with hot shit rope tricks. Come and learn some tricks and tips to make your rope more exciting, both for those in the scene, and for those watching. If you don't have an existing partner or partners, finding one (or several) just before or during the start of class should not be hard.

Level: Intermediate
Duration: 1 to 3 hours
Format: Lecture, Discussion, and Hands-On
Partnered: Not necessary
Bring_With: Rope, and whatever objects are available you want to learn to tie on
Clothing: Comfortable, able to move in

So many times in our life people look at us and say "You tie people, how do I tie this thing?" This class goes into a number of ways to tie up the things around you

Level: Intermediate
Duration: 90 minutes to 3 hours
Format: Hands-On
Partnered: Pre-negotiated suggested
Bring_With: Bamboo (whatever lengths you have) or bamboo-like substances and your favoirite rope
Clothing: Comfortable and able to move in

Rope is a marvelous tool to enhance one's pleasure in interpersonal interactions, as those who have been doing rope for a while, well know. Adding bamboo to the combination adds many new dimensions to the possibilities. Be it a short length, like a piece a 10cm by a 6mm, or a long length like a piece 2m by 3cm, or anything in between, we will explore the various possibilities the addition opens up. We will explore how to enhance the ties you know with the bamboo you have.

Level: Intermediate
Duration: Varies, depends on the tie
Format: Lecture, Demo, and Hands-On
Partnered: Preferred, pre-negotiated before class for the optional Hands-On portion
Bring_With: Rope
Clothing: Comfortable to move in, and a partner to tie for the Hands-On portion

Each tie is constructed the way it is for a reason, or several reasons. This class is an in-depth study of (tie) during this class expect to tie it several times, and really get to know the structure, the reasoning behind the design of the tie, and variations as people's bodies are different, even the same person, from day to day.

Level: Intermediate
Duration: 1 to 3 hours
Format: Lecture and Hands On
Partnered: Preferable, for the Hands-On portion, please pre-negotiate before class
Bring_With: An open mind and a willingness to learn
Clothing: Comfortable clothing, or something that inspires your illusions

Interactively customizing the illusions that you spin, the feedback loop and a focus on certain paths makes the illusion all that much more real in the hands of an expert. Learn how to bring depth and breadth to your hypnotic play. If you do not have a partner, you can pair up, during the class, for the hands-on section.

Level: Intermediate
Duration: 30 minutes to 2 hours
Format: Lecture with exercises
Partnered: Not Necessary
Bring_With: A totem or small object that has significance to you
Clothing: Comfortable clothing that embodies who you are or want to be

One of the delights, and possible drawbacks, of enjoying hypnosis as part of your kink, is sometimes there are things left behind. Some of them are gifts, left to be opened at a later time, occasionally they are just unintentional side effects, and sometimes they are things you no longer want to have around. This class looks at how to clear the spider webs that need to go, and still keep the ones you want. While this class does have exercises, that will help to achieve the goal of the class, participation is not required.

Level: Intermediate
Duration: 1 to 3 hours
Format: Lecture and Hands-On
Partnered: Preferable, please pre-negotiate before class
Bring_With: A totem or small object that has significance to you
Clothing: Comfortable clothing to sit in

When most people begin to fold hypnosis into their various kinky activities, the induction is very prominent. It has been found, though, that as hypnosis becomes part of your regular fare, many people who play with it want to get right to the main course without enjoying the appetizers first. In this class we explore ways to minimize or eliminate the overt induction, for those who are already familiar with it. If you do not have a partner, you can pair up, during the class, for the hands-on section.

Level: Intermediate
Duration: 1 to 3 hours
Format: Lecture and Hands-On
Partnered: Preferable, please pre-negotiate before class
Bring_With: A totem or small object that has significance
Clothing: Comfortable clothing to sit in

In hypnosis, a fascination is an out-of-the-ordinary attraction, or attention to an object or action. One of the tools of hypnosis is known as NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) which is described as the dynamics between the mind and our language, and how their interplay affects our behavior. One can use NLP to create and program fascinations into a willing mind. Come and explore how to build and use some simple fascinations in this class.

Level: Intermediate
Duration: 1 to 3 hours
Format: Lecture and Hands-On
Partnered: Preferable, please pre-negotiate before class
Bring_With: A totem or small object that has significance to you or your geekdom
Clothing: Comfortable clothing or something that is relevant to your geekdom

In hypnosis, a fascination is an out-of-the-ordinary attraction, or attention to an object or action. This can be used to focus one down in one's particular area of expertise, sometimes to an obsessive level. One of the tools of hypnosis is known as NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) which is described as the dynamics between the mind and our language, and how their interplay affects our behavior. One can use NLP to create and program fascinations into a willing mind. This helps with someone being able to share in a geekdom, that they might otherwise not have been interested in. Come and explore how to build and use some simple fascinations in this class.

Level: Intermediate
Duration: 90 minutes to 3 hours
Format: Lecture and Discussion
Partnered: Unnecessary
Bring_With: Something to take notes with
Clothing: Comfortable to sit in

To be or not to be. That is often an interesting queston, not in the sense of the original quote, but more in terms of the difference between Winnie the Pooh and Rabbit. To avoid confusion I've renamed this class Doing and Not Doing. These are two very different mindsets and approaches to lots of things in life, but especially hypnotic practices. Many people turn to hypnosis to change their normal patterns from one to the other, in either direction. Come and learn and discuss the difference, and find what about either state is attractive to you, and how you might bring that state about more effectively.

Level: Intermdiate
Duration: 90 minutes to 3 hours
Format: Lecture, Discussion, or Workshop, if the time allows.
Partnered: Preferable, and pre-negotiated for the Workshop sections
Bring_With: A totem or small object that has significance to you
Clothing: Comfortable clothing that embodies who you are or what you hope to be.

In many ways, having someone become less than they are is usually easier than most other illusions or interactions. This class will explore different ways to drop the level of the subject's humanity, a form of dehumanization or depersonalization, in as safe a way as we can manage. We will examine some of the pitfalls of this path, why so many people enjoy it, and how to get someone back up to themselves successfully. Of the ages we would be looking at, usually is either young enough to not be considered an adult, or old enough to need other adults around to provide care. The range of animals is usually quite limitless, including of course the cryptozoolological catalogues. Some of the objects we might look at include dolls, robots, bimbos, furniture, and puddles.

Level: Intermediate
Duration: 1 to 3 hours
Format: Lecture, Workshop, and Hands-On
Partnered: Not necessary
Bring_With: An open mind and a willingness to learn
Clothing: Comfortable clothing to sit in

Rituals inform our life in many ways. Some we have created, some we have inherited and some we have just fallen into. Rituals tend to increase our focus and our ability to be present, to be in the moment. Designing rituals to interface with hypnosis, and using some of our kinesthetic and auditory hypnotic techniques to enhance our rituals is the goal of this class. We will look at seeing how each of these can fold into the other to help inform your practice and connection. We will collaboratively build a road-map to at least one ritual during the class.

White board or flip chart if possible would be really useful.

Level: Intermediate
Duration: 1 to 3 hours
Format: Lecture, Demo, and Hands On
Partnered: Preferable, for optional Hands-On participation, please pre-negotiate before class
Bring_With: An open mind and a willingness to learn
Clothing: Comfortable clothing to sit in

Hypnosis allows for a limitless possibility of interactions. If you can imagine it, you can bring it about. This class is to help an Operator with the pre-planning and customization of the illusions that you spin, the worlds that you build and the weave of different modalities into them to nourish the feedback loop. Build a focus on the various paths that helps make the illusion all that much more real in the mind of your Subject. It helps you with the ability to lay the base, build the environment, and set the stage for the mind-play to have the impact you desire. Learn some ways to bring more depth and breadth to your hypnotic play. It assists you in being able to spin out the tale as the narrator, setting the tone, and expectations, and how to help make it a cohesive whole, familiar enough that you can explore the breadth and depth of the worlds you create.This class has hands-on elements, if you wish to take part in them, please pre-negotiate a partner or partners to work with, and something acceptable for you to take notes on.

Level: Intermediate
Duration: 1 to 3 hours
Format: Lecture, Workshop, and Hands-On (if time allows)
Partnered: Pre-negotiated suggested
Bring_With: Brushes, combs, tactile toys and the like if desired
Clothing: Comfortable to move in

There are many modalities that can be used within the delights of Erotic Hypnosis. In this class we will be looking at what kinesthetics brings to the table, what it is, some ways to use it in various scenarios, and where it can be used either as an enhancement of, or as the means to provide the interactions desired. Being that this is breaching not just the mind-barrier but the body barrier as well, clear negotiations are very important for using these interactions from both sides, so this class will focus on both sides of the watch, so you know what you like to give and receive, and can add and/or ask for what will give this dimension to your interactions.

Level: Intermediate
Duration: 30 minutes to 3 hours
Format: Lecture and Workshop
Partnered: Preferable, please pre-negotiate, if you have one
Bring_With: A fidget toy or object
Clothing: Comfortable, non-distracting clothing

Conversational hypnosis is a non-trance-based set of techniques that allow hypnotic interactions that are perhaps outside the traditional tropes of hypnosis in media. It is a way to build and influence actions, activities, and mind-sets without necessarily dropping into a trance-state. This is definitely an intermediate to advanced class, since it deals with a lot of the underlying elements that inform more traditional erotic hypnosis. Being aware of how it works and what the possibilities are, is useful to both sides of the watch. For example, a statement like: "Wouldn't it be nice to have this in your toolbox?" would begin to fall into that category.

Level: Intermediate
Duration: 90 minutes to 3 hours
Format: Lecture, Discussion and Demo
Partnered: Not necessary
Bring_With: Something to take notes with
Clothing: Comfortable to sit in

For many people in the hypnokink world, hypnosis is their drug of choice. Sometimes there is an interest in mixing hypnosis with other alterants, in various ways. In this class we will explore some of the possibilities, risks inherent, and ethical questions around bluring those lines and making those choices. Come and learn a bit more about drugs play with us.

Level: Intermediate
Duration: 30 minutes to 3 hours
Format: Lecture, Workshop, and Hands-On (if time allows)
Partnered: Preferable, please pre-negoitate, small groups also works, if Hands-On
Bring_With: Anything that inspires you, or you want to have hypnotic weight
Clothing: Anything that inspires you

In many cases, hypnotic scenes are quiet things, two people possibly whispering to each-other, possibly touching or even gently moving a bit. In this class we will explore a larger field of play, where we fold other objects or media into our hypnotic play. From spirals through rope there are a lot of different things that can add to the whole experience. It also explores stepping beyond what is even physical into the normally unreachable, and giving anchors for such to become more real.

Level: Intermediate
Duration: 1 to 3 hours
Format: Lecture and Demos
Partnered: Not necessary
Bring_With: Somethint to take notes with
Clothing: Comfortable to sit in

Much of they hypnosis play that happens in and around public Erotic Hypnosis is very much either pick-up play, on the fly improvisation, or pre-recorded scripts. This class starts to look at building long-term connections and the tools and traps that come with such. Bridges are the metaphor I use for building such connections, and fireballs are the metaphor I use for some of the other or outside effects that are, desired or not, often a side-effect of unintentional bridges. Since such buildings are of interest to both sides of the watch, this class will talk about it from both sides, and help with the skill building for both sides.

Level: Intermediate
Duration: 30 minutes to 3 hours
Format: Lecture and Demo
Partnered: Not necessary
Bring_With: Something to take notes with
Clothing: Comfortable to sit in

Loops are a tool, usually, but not always linguistic, that can be used to reinforce or create a state of being. This class explores some of the creation and application of loops of various types to influence desired, or undesired behaviors. This can be used for self hypnosis or partnered hypnosis just as easily. Loops are quite powerful, so a spoon full of advertency is always suggested.

Level: Intermediate
Duration: 90 minutes to 3 hours
Format: Lecture, Discussion and Demo
Partnered: Not necessary
Bring_With: Something to take notes with
Clothing: Comfortable to sit in

Conditioning and Operant programming happen all the time in our world inadvertently. With certain choices in our lives we can be advertent about our application of conditioning. With hypnosis we can really put weight behind said conditioning. This is not something for pick-up play. There are a lot of positive benefits to conditioning from both sides of the slash. Conditioning can also very much pull up ethical, negotiations, and relationship questions. We will look at all of these, and more, in the class.

Level: Intermediate
Duration: 1 to 3 hours
Format: Lecture, Demo, and a bit of personal exploration
Partnered: Not necessary
Bring_With: Something to take notes with
Clothing: Whatever is comfortable to breath in

Breath is a fundamental human function. Hypnosis is a fun human interaction. Combining the two of them in many different ways can be both useful and lots of fun. This class explores a number of different ways that the two intersect and interact, all across the hypnotic experience. It can add some very interesting dimensions to your interactions. This class mostly focuses on the narrator side of the watch, including for self-hypnosis, so someone who is just a Subject might not get a lot out of this class.

Level: Intermediate
Duration: 30 minutes to 3 hours
Format: Lecture and Workshop
Partnered: Preferable, please pre-negotiate, if participating in the workshop section
Bring_With: A fidget toy or object
Clothing: Comfortable, non-distracting clothing

It is nice, sometimes, to have remote controls installed in either your or someone else's body and/or mind for Erotic Hypnosis purposes. This class looks at some of the whys, hows, and wheres to build them and the whens for activating them. This dips a bit into depersonalization, simple controls, and complex controls, as well as longer term connections. It also takes a brief look at why these work so well, and are an excellent metaphor for a bunch of different "stupid human tricks" as well as some very interesting effects.

Level: Intermediate
Duration: 90 minutes to 3 hours
Format: Lecture and Discussion
Partnered: Not necessary
Bring_With: Something to take notes with, since remembering sometimes blurs
Clothing: Comfortable to sit in, or your drone gear

Dronification is a delightful rung on the depersonalization ladder. Many folks who want to explore alternatives, give over control, control a host of drones, or become one, accepted in a group, all might find droneinfication play fascinating and desirous. There are many different ways that dronification happens, and yet, there are common and similar threads and themes across all of them. This can be fun, it can be abused, and it has, at times, been a negative example within the erotic hypnosis community. Come, learn, explore and demystify some of these elements. This class presumes a level of skill and literacy in erotic hypnosis to begin with.

Level: Intermediate
Duration: 1 to 3 hours
Format: Lecture, Demo, and Workshop
Partnered: Unnecessary
Bring_With: A soupcon of caution
Clothing: As comfortable or uncomfortable as you enjoy

Fear is a primal force in human beings, and yet, humans seem to like playing with the things that are very primal to our lives. This class looks at fear, and fear play, focusing on the differences and tools to bring appropriate fear play and other darker elements into the hypnotic interaction as safely as possible. This is edge play. There is a larger chance for abreactions in fear play than most other hypnotic play. This class is tailored more to the narrator side of the watch, although a Subject might be able to get ideas, and things to specifically negotiate for or against, from this class, so, hopefully, you won't be entirely bored.

Level: Intermediate
Duration: 90 minutes to 3 hours
Format: Lecture and Discussion, with possibly some Demo if there is time
Partnered: Not necessary
Bring_With: Something to take notes with
Clothing: Comfortable to sit in

Xenophilia, giving or receiving, becomes much easier within a erotic hypnotic context. It allows for things that would otherwise be unavailable or unethical to become within reach, as the illusions are spun. Come and take a walk through the wild side, in many definitions of such, from both sides of the Xenophilia and both sides of the slash.

Level: Intermediate
Duration: 90 minutes to 3 hours
Format: Lecture and Discussion, with possibly some Demo if there is time
Partnered: Not necessary
Bring_With: Something to take notes with
Clothing: Comfortable to sit in

One of the extensions to the Xenophilia class is to be able to change yourself or another, or be changed by another, into whatever is being desired within the philia. A polymorph might also be a rung on the depersonalization ladder, as well, but not all shifts modify your person-hood, some just change your person. There are many facets to this class, not all are examined here, some are included in the deep-dive class. We will be looking at this from a number of perspectives within the illusion. Come and explore the fluidity of shape and purpose with us.

Level: Intermediate
Duration: 90 minutes to 3 hours
Format: Lecture, Discussion, and Workshop, with numerous Demos
Partnered: Preferred, pre-negotiated before the class, please
Bring_With: An avid interest in major changes to physical bodies
Clothing: Comfortable to sit in, or representing your goal-state

This is the third in the trilogy of the Xenophilia and Polymorph exploration classes. In this class we will be taking a deep dive into long-term effects, deep desires, and elements that might continue to exist outside the hypnotic boundary. Some of this walks the therapeutic line for some people. Some of this allows for a greater expression of self or other, when it doesn't align with one's current body shape, due to age, genetics, or any other combination of factors. The tools in this class could easily be exploited in unethical ways, so we will be talking a lot about the ethics of this. This is not a pick-up play focused class. But come and learn, from both sides of the slash, about some of the deeper ways and implications of the polymorphic possibilities.

Level: Advanced
Duration: 1 to 4 hours
Format: Hands-On
Partnered: Pre-negotiated partners before class
Bring_With: thin (4mm is good, natural fiber is preferred, but paracord works) rope, several 4 meter or 8 meter pieces
Clothing: loose clothing in which you can move, to tie and be tied

Hojojutsu is one of the martial art forms of capture rope, from which the erotic art of tying has its roots. It is the antithesis to all that is gentle, nice, and sweet about rope. This hands-on class will focus on the application and implication of rope in this style, as a follow-up to the Hojojutsu take-down class. An understanding (and shameless exploitation) of body mechanics is at the root of this class. What is taught here breaks many of the strictures about safe, kind, and comfortable rope, so it is very much edge-play.

Level: Advanced
Duration: 1 to 4 hours
Format: Lecture, Demo, and Hands-On (if in a longer timeslot)
Partnered: Preferably, pre-negotiated partners before class for the option Hands-On section
Bring_With: Rope, rings, and pegs
Clothing: Rigger - Comfortable to move in; Rigged - comfortable to be repeatedly tied in, and patence for experiments

Rope, on its own is quite enjoyable, but sometimes, you want to do a bit more or have a different aesthetic. Rings and pegs can be nice additions to your floor work, help expand in one of the many directions you can take. This hands-on class will combine rings, pegs, or both into your various designs to modify them on the fly, make them tighter, or just give a different visual feel to your rope. This class is not about the ties themselves, you are expected to know how to tie the basic ties, but about the Jazz of the rope, as you add your rings and pegs. It is good to know your partner, or partners well, before-hand, for some of this can get quite painful.

When I don't have Jack Elfrink's KinkyRopes.com available to me, I get my rings from:

http://www.mcmaster.com/#chain-rings/=dxsxvs

and I prefer 1/4" diameter of the steel, with an outer-diameter of the ring being 2". Carabiners can be used in a pinch. I get my dowels from:

http://www.mcmaster.com/#wood-dowels/=dxt28n

somewhere between 1/4" to 1/2" widths, and cut the length down to 6", giving me 6 or 8 per stick, or go to a garden supply store, and get some of the bamboo tomato stakes, and cut them down to length. Chop sticks, pens, hair-sticks, silverware, et al can be used in a pinch.

Level: Advanced
Duration: 90 minutes to 4 hours
Format: Lecture, Discussion, Demo, and Hands-On (if the timeslot allows)
Partnered: Pre-negotiated partners before class for the optional Hands-On part
Bring_With: Note-taking tools, and, for the Hands-On version 4mm or 6mm rope
Clothing: Rigger - Comfortable to move in; Rigged - clothing that does not obscure the neck, and patence for experiments

Neck rope is often considered a taboo subject. There are more safe ways and less safe ways to approach the combination of that most fragile and damageable single-column tie with rope that will lead to your recruitment into the ranks of the neck-ropephiliacs, but not the sound-alike kink.

(Hands-On) We will be trying out some of the techniques in this class, so, please, be partnered with someone you trust, before the class begins. Please bring some 4mm or 6mm load-rated rope. Yes, para-cord will work. No, most yarn will not work. You are not required to participate in the Hands-On section of the class, if you just want to take notes during the lecture section.

Level: Advanced
Duration: 1 to 3 hours
Format: Discussion and Workshop
Partnered: Depends on the picture reference
Bring_With: Analitical mind, and rope to try and recreate
Clothing: Comfortable, able to move in

Given a picture reference, trace the way it is constructed, and try to build a recreation of it. Figure out its structural elements, design elements, and applications. Test the build. Repeat and iterate as necessary until success is declared.

Level: Advanced
Duration: 90 minutes to Day Long
Format: Workshop and Highly Interactive Hands-On
Partnered: Pre-negotiated partners before class, couples, triples, quads ...
Bring_With: Lots of Rope, and other toys and tools to spice things up with
Clothing: Whatever floats your boat

This class is all about feeding your creativity and working those ideas into reality. Jazz is about the moment, the feeling, the flow, the interaction with the others around you. Come, have fun, and perhaps compose something you'll want to play again, later.

Level: Communications
Duration: 1 to 2 hours
Format: Hands-On
Partnered: Preferably, pre-negotiated paired partners before class
Bring_With: Comfortable rope, at least 7 meters in length
Clothing: Comfortable to move in

This class helps build connection between partners. It is better done with partners that are familiar with one another, but it is also a good way to get to know your partner. The active person can be either side of the power exchange, and, of course, there is no reason why both partners can't take their turn on the active side of the activity. No heavy rope skills necessary for this class, it just begins to build the connection, through the rope, between the people sharing it. Inspired by a piece of Midori's Rope Dojo, and crossing over into kinesthetic erotic hypnosis this sharing is both mind-expanding, and designed to build connections between people about to start playing.

Level: Communications
Duration: 90 minutes to 4 hours
Format: Interactive Lecture, and some Hands-On
Partnered: Pre-negotiated suggested for the Hands-On portion
Bring_With: Rope that has meaning to you
Clothing: Comfortable to move in (or be stopped from moving in)

Rituals, Protocols, and habits all have places in our lives. They are used to deepen our experiences, build connection, and increase our awareness and stimulation of our senses. Learning to build on the ritual, protocol, and habitual elements in a mindful manner and exploring their shape in terms of rope, hypnosis, and kink can be a beautiful and powerful addition to your play and possibly your life patterns. Together we explore ways to add new and augment exiting ones in your life and play, to help them to be more meaningful.

Level: Communication
Duration: 1 to 4 hours
Format: Lecture, Workshop, and Hands-On
Partnered: Preferable, pre-negotiated partners before class
Bring_With: Rope that you are comfortable with
Clothing: Comfortable to move in

Connecting with your partner or partners is sexy! Using rope to do so can be even more so. Connection is one of the basic building blocks of a good relationship. This hands-on class explores several techniques to help build and improve connections between partners using rope, so bringing the person or people you are in a pre-existing partnership with is a good idea, whenever possible.

Level: Communications
Duration: 98 minutes to 4 hours
Format: Hands-On
Partnered: Preferable, pre-negotiated partners before class
Bring_With: Rope, candles (if the site allows), something for between you and the floor, familiar totems to the partners, etc
Clothing: Whatever the partners can interact comfortably in

If you can't make them fly on the floor, adding suspension might not make them fly in the air. Learn how to help your floor-work become much more than simple prep for a suspension. Some different styles and intents will be focused on to both increase your skill-set and all the partnered people's pleasure in rope. This class is mostly focused on existing partners, not pick-up partners, while the same skills can be used in pick-up play, the skills in reading and negotiations for such to succeed are usually not part of this class¹, so please come to class with your partner or partners, and bring things that help you connect, be they candles, tactile things, totems of your relationship, flowers, or what-have you. Please wear clothing that is both comfortable to move in, and nice on your skin. Also please bring something you would want between you and the floor, for your comfort. A blindfold might also be nice, to help with the connection. Depending on the skill of the rope-top, two blindfolds might be a nice touch.

Level: Communications
Duration: 90 minutes to 4 hours
Format: Lecture, Demo, and Hands-On (for the longer timeslot)
Partnered: Pre-negotiated partners before class for the optional Hands-On section
Bring_With: Rope (at least 6 bundles of 7 meter x 6mm, and at least 7 meters at paracord thickness), chopsticks, pens, forks, rubber bands, bottle caps and other evil things you wish to use
Clothing: Person doing - comfortable to move in; Person receiving - comfortable to be tied and tortured in.

Interrogation works marvelously, just not for getting honest information out of your subject. Role-play around such can be very powerful and transformative. The mind-fuck combined with the sadistic interactions with the body, can bring about quite an interesting state. Come watch, learn some techniques, and what the experience is like from both sides or the interaction, and then work through some of the techniques, if the class slot is long enough.

Level: Suspension
Duration: 2 to 4 hours
Format: Very Hands-On
Partnered: Pre-negotiated partners before class starts
Bring_With: at least 7 7 meter x 6mm rope bundles (more if the person being tied is larger), suspension ring
Clothing: Rigger - Comfortable to move in; Rigged - comfortable to be repeatedly tied in, and patence for experiments

This is your introduction to Suspension. We go over safety, the whys and wherefores, and an understanding that suspensions are often unique to the individual being suspended. We will work out and execute a good beginning suspension for each of the folks in the room, and examine why those suspensions were chosen, and how to make them workable. Suspensions can be comfortable, sadistic, or life-changing. Please, have strong floor-rope skills before joining this class.

Level: Suspension
Duration: 2 to 4 hours
Format: Very Hands-On
Partnered: Pre-negotiated partners before class
Bring_With: at least 7 7 meter x 6mm rope bundles (more if the person being tied is larger), suspension ring
Clothing: Rigger - Comfortable to move in; Rigged - comfortable to be repeatedly tied in, and patence for experiments

This class looks at the possibilities of partial suspension. Ofttimes a partial will turn into a full suspension, so we will be tying with that in mind. Partials are often more stressful on the body of the one being bound, so this can also be a form of predicament bondage as well. There is time in this class for both variation, and individual focus.

Level: Suspension
Duration: 1 to 3 hours
Format: Lecture, Discussion, and Hands-On (if longer class and rig-space is avaialable)
Partnered: Not necessary
Bring_With: Rope, rings, swivels, whetever else you would be using for your upline
Clothing: Comfortable, able to move in

When doing suspension, your up-lines, your connection begween who (or what) is being suspended and the rest of the world is a very important consideration. This class goes into the engineering and artistic understancing of what you might want of your up-lins, your hard-points, and how you might evaluate them and work with them in and around your rope activities.

Level: Suspension
Duration: 1 to 4 hours
Format: Lecture, Discussion, Demo and Hands-On (If in a longer timeslot)
Partnered: Preferably pre-negotiated partners before class for the optional Hands-On section
Bring_With: at least 3 (preferably 7) 7 meter x 6mm rope bundles (more if the person being tied is larger), suspension ring for the optional Hands-On section
Clothing: Rigger - Comfortable to move in; Rigged - comfortable to be repeatedly tied in, and patence for experiments for the optional Hands-On section

Suspension isn't just about getting someone safely up and down in the air, but that is an important part of it. This class is designed to bring the concepts of suspension into your rope vocabulary, looking at the basic building blocks, the hows and whys of your choices and an understanding of the mechanics of suspension. We will not be doing suspensions in this class but giving you the groundwork, so to speak, so that when you are ready to bring someone up, you are doing it both from comfortable knowledge and a solid foundation.

Level: Suspension
Duration: 1 to 4 hours
Format: Very Hands-On
Partnered: Not necessary
Bring_With: at least 8 7 meter x 6mm rope bundles (more is perfectly acceptable), suspension ring/biners if possible
Clothing: comfortable to be repeatedly tied in

While it is edge-play to do rope all by yourself, there are a number of times and places that one might want to enjoy a self-suspension, from aerial yoga to meditation, from getting into head space to joining someone you suspended, in the air. This class will teach and then practice some of the fundamentals and variations that can be done to enjoy the pleasure of putting yourself up.

Level: Suspension
Duration: 1 to 4 hours
Format: Very Hands-On
Partnered: Pre-negotiated partners before class
Bring_With: a minimum of half-again your standard suspension kit
Clothing: Rigger - Comfortable to move in; Rigged - comfortable to be repeatedly tied in, and patence for experiments

Suspensions are often looked at like the holy grail of rope. Folks who do suspensions often look at dynamic changes as their holy grail. This hands-on class will look at your suspensions and help you make them more easily modified on the fly, both for the excitement of it, and for the ability to keep someone in the air, longer, with varied intent. You must not only know how to suspend someone, but be comfortable with suspending and experimenting within the partnering you arrive with. Come and explore this variation of suspension.

Level: Suspension
Duration: 2 to 4 hours
Format: Lecture, Discussion, and Demo
Partnered: Not necessary
Bring_With: Something to take notes with
Clothing: Comfortable to sit in

This lecture/demo class is for both sides of the rope. It will take a look at several different ways to tie someone so they might be dynamic in your rope, and ways to dynamically be in rope that allows for it. The class covers spinning, gymnastics, yoga, stretching, rotating, and dancing. We will look at giving them the latitude to move, and change, and how to take advantage of that given latitude to move and change. Also it looks at how to keep those interactions safer from both sides. It is recommended, for those expecting to be in the rope to also take the companion class "Bottoms Up" that Bendyogagirl offers. Please be somewhat familiar with suspensions before attending this class. It helps.

Level: Suspension
Duration: 1 to 4 hours
Format: Very Hands-On
Partnered: Pre-negotiated partners before class
Bring_With: lots and lots of rope, poles, rings, straps, and any other up-line assistance
Clothing: Rigger - Comfortable to move in; Rigged - comfortable to be repeatedly tied in, and patence for experiments

Many folks don't have the luxury of having hard-points available to them, under all the circumstances that they would wish it. A number of events are just not put together with the rope-artist in mind. This class explores alternate ways to get similar effects when you have to get quite creative in what you wish to do, with a lack or limited availability of points.

Level: All
Duration: 1 to 2 hours
Format: Lecture and Demonstration
Partnered: Not neceessary
Bring_With: An open mind
Clothing: Comfortable to sit in

Are you baffled by flirting? Don’t know where to start? Flirting, like any skill, can be learned and gets better with practice. This class will discuss the basics of the language of flirting. Even if you feel awkward in social situations, you can learn to be open, inviting and even charming in your interactions, and have fun while you’re at it! Gain confidence in interacting with possible romantic partners and others!

Level: Beginner - Intermediate (depending on the panelists)
Duration: 90 minutes
Format: Panel discussion - six to eight panelists (optimally) spread across all the spectra and a moderator/facilitator
Partnered: Not necessary
Bring_With: An open mind
Clothing: Comfortable to sit in

This is a panel discussion on some of the general types of consent that happen in and around our communities. There will be and exploration of a variety of the longer-term forms of consent within relationships, why that is interesting, how to get it to work, who is involved in such, and some of the safety around arranging for it. Come, listen, and bring your questions.

Level: Foundational
Duration: 60 minutes to 3 hours
Format: Lecture
Partnered: Unnecessary
Bring_With: Something to take notes with
Clothing: Comfortable to sit in

Negotiations make the basis of what it is that we do possible, reasonable and achievable. Those negotiations have to be communicated well, and with intent. Without the negotiations there can't be any form of consent, much less informed consent. This foundational class will help you understand how to communicate the beginnings of your negotiations, and how to find at least one path to success.

Level: All
Duration: 1 to 4 hours
Format: Lecture, Discussion, and Workshop
Partnered: Not Necessary
Bring_With: Something to take notes with
Clothing: Comfortable to sit in

This class goes into each of ten differet types or styles of listening, and how they interact with other people's communications, and especially negotiations in and around what it is that we do. We will be taking some time delving into each of them, what styles people reasonate best with within themselves, and what styles they reasonate best with when interacting with others. This is a judgement free zone, so no style is considered inherently good or bad, just, some styles might succeed where others might fail under various circumstances.

Level: All
Duration: 90 minutes to 3 hours
Format: Lecture and Discussion
Partnered: Not necessary
Bring_With: An open mind, and your poly collaboration questions
Clothing: Comfortable to sit in

There are many different approaches to poly in the world from the star model (one central person as the hub, and all the others attached) to a number of different shapes, and layers. From kitchen table (or gaming table) poly to strict hierarchical strutures to leather families. Platonic to overtly sexual. But the one thing that ties them all together is the communications. This class looks at the collaborative style of communications to work out how poly works for those who wish to use it. Come and look at the edges and designs of this style of poly, and maybe, improve your collaborative efforsts, ss well.

Level: Intermediate
Duration: 90 minutes to 2.5 hours
Format: Lecture, or Workshop (the longer version)
Partnered: Unnecessary
Bring_With: Something to take notes on/with
Clothing: Comfortable to sit in

What is Catharsis? Why would you want to spend your play time working toward it? Why is the ecstatic experience often confused for a cathartic experience, and why focus on achieving such, instead? Come and learn about (and if this is workshop-length, start to build your own) the possibilities, differences, whys and wherefores of each. We also will be going into some of the pitfals, and circumstances around such, and why both of these paths take extra care, even within long-established relationships.

Level: All
Duration: 60 Minutes to 2 Hours
Format: Facilitated Discussion
Partnered: Not necessary
Bring_With: An open mind and your questions and suggestons
Clothing: Comfortable to sit in

A facilitated discussion of how catharsis can be a powerful way to heal and transform, how it differs from ecstatic play, and other scenes. We will explore definitions of terms, contexts in which they might occur, and discuss contraindications. Cone with an open mind and your stories of how your play has transformed you. If you haven't yet had such an experience, this will be a safe space to ask questions and learn from others. This is a judgment-free zone.

Level: Foundational
Duration: 1 to 3 hours
Format: Lecture and Discussion
Partnered: Not necessary
Bring_With: An open mind and your questions
Clothing: Comfortable to sit in

This class is about coming to terms with the desires to do consensual things to other people that go against the social conventions of the society you move through. The interactive class helps explore what difficulties you and others might encounter both within yourself, and when interacting with the society in a greater sense. This class doesn't have one right, true way, but will help explore a number of paths that might help in the conflict.

Level: All
Duration: 1 to 2 hours
Format: Lecture, Discussion, and Hands On
Partnered: Pre-negotiated suggested
Bring_With: Your favorite impact toys of all varieties
Clothing: Person doing - can move in; Person receiving - can have bare skin exposed

This class is all about how to build better connection and communication by getting physical with your partner or partners in an impactful way. Single tails, canes, floggers, and even just your hands can be your tools to build better relationships through better communications and even, sometimes, a different level of consciousness. Ecstatic and Cathartic play will be explored.

Level: All
Duration: 90 minutes to 4 hours
Format: Lecture and Discussion, and Workshop if the longer version
Partnered: Not necessary, but helpful and useful
Bring_With: An pen mind
Clothing: Appropriate clothing for your D/s or M/s expression

Folks who enjoy the M/s and D/s dynamic and other Power Exchange or Authority Exchange dynamics often do so to various levels. Some flip a coin to see who gets to be the one making the decisions for the evening. Others find a deeper, more consistent level of control in one direction or another to be desirable. Weaving the M/s or D/s dynamic as a continuous thread through everything you do is a challenge, and often a somewhat daunting thought. This class explores how to make it a bigger part of your life, how to incorporate pieces, and still keep them meaningful. You don't have to be partnered to wish to have this throughout your life, but it is the more common path.

Level: Foundational
Duration: 90 minutes to 2 hours
Format: Lecture
Partnered: Unnecessary
Bring_With: Something to take notes with and on
Clothing: Comfortable to sit in

Some folks use these terms interchangably, but that does tend to annoy the folks who specifically identify as either or both of the two categories. Breaking down the differences might bring some enlightenment, and, hopefully clear up some linguistic difficulties in expressing what you want, so you are more liely to be able to get it. This class is for both sides of the slash.

Level: All
Duration: 60 minutes to 3 hours
Format: Lecture and Discussion
Partnered: Unnecessary
Bring_With: Something to take notes with
Clothing: Comfortable to sit in

Negotiation should already be a strong skill in your toolbox. This class takes the particular focus of M/s, D/s, O/p (pet/property), Sempai/kohai, et al relationships and how that effects your negotiations. Come and explore how that unfolds differently and the ramifications of such for this deeper dynamic or lifestyle approach to what it is that we do.

Level: All
Duration: 90 minutes to 4 hours
Format: Lecture, Discussion, and Hands-On
Partnered: Preferable, but not necessary, except for the Hands-On section
Bring_With: Your favorite, or a variety of impact toys
Clothing: Comfortable to move in, and expose skin in

Not always does the person doing the beating have to be the dominant in a relationship. Especially in ritual, cathartic or ecstatic circumstances. This class will explore ways to perform or provide this service. It will look at ways to focus it for oneself, another person, one's target of worship, one's sacrifice, or even to the pleasure and hunger of the gathered crowd. We will explore how to set expectations, useful mindsets, and how to push to reach or exceed the desired barriers without pushing or exceeding the abilities, limits, or health of the individuals involved.

Level: All
Duration: 1 to 3 hours
Format: Lecture and Discussion or Workshop for the longer time block
Partnered: Not necessary
Bring_With: An open mind and your questions
Clothing: Comfortable to sit in

The rituals we do, define our daily interactions with those we exchange power and authority. Understanding and designing those rituals around intentional interactions is the goal of this class. We communicate our mastery and submission through many things, including the protocols we accept or prescript. Building protocols in a ritualized fashion can be quite powerful. Come and learn about this basic building block, and see how to interweave it through your dynamics and relationships.

Level: All
Duration: 1 to 3 hours
Format: Lecture and Discussion
Partnered: Unnecessary
Bring_With: Something to take notes with
Clothing: Comfortable to sit in

A high protocol dinner is a delight and a joy, it allows for a very deliberate, sometimes ritualistic presentation of food, service, and hospitality, in one magnificent package. This class is full of possibilities and elmentes for your own version of this, should you decide to host or be part of one. Come and learn about many of the ways protocol dinners have happened, some of the rituals and protocols adopted, and the reasoning behind them.

Level: All
Duration: 1 to 2 hours
Format: Lecture and Discussion (with the slight possibility of Hands-On)
Partnered: Unnecessary
Bring_With: Your Imagination
Clothing: Anything you wish, bonus points for being obviously one of the Roles.

Role-playing with a Damsel in Distress flavour as a scene (or series of scenes) is quite a bit of fun. Learn about what it is and some new ways to bring some of the Damsel in Distress (regardless of the gender of said Damsel) mindset to your kink-play and your role-play.

Level: All
Duration: 60 to 90 minutes
Format: Lecture and discussion, with perhaps some self-exploration
Partnered: Not necessary
Bring_With: A totem or talisman
Clothing: Comfortable to move in

Stepping away from one's adult self into someone or something not responsible, someone or something that looks to others for limits, controls, and responsibilities is very common in our scene world. Often called depersonalization, this class will explore both sides of these ways of relinquishing control, giving over one's adult humanity into an others hands, or accepting such from another. We will explore successful strategies for both sides, negotiation tools, and positive ways to encourage interactions. We will also possibly explore, for those who are interested, what roles might suit, and how to get there.

Level: All
Duration: 1 to 3 hours
Format: Lecture, discussion and demonstration
Partnered: Not necessary
Bring_With: An open mind
Clothing: Comfortable to sit in

This class will look at these three powerful tools, and their uses both together and individually, as ways to move away from the humanity of the individual focused upon. We will look at why one might want to move away, where some of the turn-on is (from both sides) and the difference and similarities between these three paths. We will explore the depersonalization ladder as how it relates. We will take a brief look at how "The Rules" and "The Game" in general society are a non-consensual use of some of these tools.

Level: Advanced Beginner
Duration: 90 minutes to 3 hours
Format: Lecture or Workshop
Partnered: Unnecessary
Bring_With: Something to take notes with
Clothing: Comfortable to sit in, or not, depending on where you are on the slash

Humiliation and Degredation. Two different but very parallel topics. Come and explore these staples of play, see where they converge, and differentiation between them. We will be using the depersonalization framework hang these elements on, and therefore will go into that just a bit to be able to hang the framework on. For the Workshop version of this class, we will be building scenarios and tailored possibilites.

Level: Advanced
Duration: 90 minutes to 2.5 hours
Format: Lecture or Workshop
Partnered: Unnecessary
Bring_With: Something to take notes with
Clothing: Comfortable to sit in

In the media that has helped shape a lot of our kinky inclinations across the years, a lot of people have found that the idea of and fantasy of kidnapping or being kidnapped has quite a bit of appeal. If such reasonates or fasinates you from either side of the van, come and explore the whys and wherefores of this growning kink, and dig into the roots of why it is so hot. Maybe even workshop how to attract, or plan one of your own.

Level: Intermediate
Duration: 90 minutes to 3 hours
Format: Lecture or Workshop
Partnered: Unnecessary
Bring_With: Something to take notes with
Clothing: Comfortable to sit in

We have ways of making you talk. Interrogation play is a very powerful interation, especially when augmented by kidnapping as the introduction of it. The interplay, the clash of wills. The growing helplessness of the victim, and the power in the interrogator. The creativity from both sides striving for their own path to success. One of the beautiful brat and sadist playgrounds. A canvas for a very intimate or wildly pubilc and multi-person scene.

Level: Foundational
Duration: 90 minutes to 2 hours
Format: Lecture
Partnered: Unnecessary
Bring_With: Something to take notes with and on
Clothing: Comfortable to sit in

Consensual Non-Consent (CNC) is very much a form of edge play. Some claim it can never happen, because, in a consensual relationship, one can always just walk away. The reality of the circumstance is often very much different. We look at ways the fantasy of CNC can be fun. We examine red-flags for when CNC becomes abuse, and how to check in with yourself and your partner around it. We look at ways to structure it, within long-term and short term relationships. If you are wondering about how to do CNC well, from either side of the slash, or have question about existing CNC or potential CNC relationships, this class might very well be for you.

Level: All
Duration: 60 minutes to 3 hours
Format: Lecture and Discussion
Partnered: Unnecessary
Bring_With: Something to take notes with
Clothing: Comfortable to sit in

For many folks playing with religion is (literally) sacrosanct. For others it is an exploration or an exercise of control over what they never had control over. For others, it is about the pomp and circumstance, or the rituals, or even the sartorial elements. The draw of it comes from many places. We will be exploring a variety of pieces of religion play, and how that can effect not just your kink, but the folks around you, as well.

Level: Intermediate
Duration: 1 to 2 hours
Format: Highly interactive
Partnered: Pre-negotiated suggested
Bring_With: A creative mind, and a willingness to learn
Clothing: Loose clothing easy to move in, or your costume, to protect your secret identity, but no capes!

Rough body play is the delightful art of using your own, and your partner's body as your primary toy bag for your favorite scene encounter. Superheros are the costumed individuals who have somehow acquired powers beyond the human norm. This class explores the combination of these two ideas, trying to bring a sense of Role Play and practical application to the hot Superhero scene that you've been fantasizing about. Some of these techniques can cause damage, cause permanent damage, cause an origin, or actually kill your partner if mistakes are made, so this is, by definition edge-play. Come and explore where your imagination and some body skills can take us.

Level: Intermediate
Duration: 90 minutes to 3 hours
Format: Lecture or Workshop
Partnered: Unnecessary
Bring_With: Something to take notes with
Clothing: Comfortable to sit or be posed in

The delights of Doll Play, a partilucar rung on the deperonalization ladder, can be quite a bit of fun. Doll play can enhance the exchange experience on many different levels. Come and find out the delights, and possibly the variations and layers around the play from both sides of the slash. If the class is worshop lenght, we will go into building a few doll-play scenarios with and around the interestes of the people in the class.

Level: All
Duration: 90 minutes to 4 hours
Format: Lecture and discussion
Partnered: Not necessary
Bring_With: Your fertile imagination
Clothing: Comfortable to sit in, or uncomfortable, if that is your kink

Do you masturbate to movies like Hostel or Saw? Do you mine the Amnesty International Atrocities letter for things that turn you on? Do you worry that you are alone in this? Many folks find those dark and twisted corners of humanity's psyche to be exciting, possibly because they are so dark or forbidden. Things that, were they not consensual, would be quite heinous. From witch trials, to torture, from forced medical procedures, through drowning, many folks have fantasies from the edges. This class will explore ways to more safely role-play within some of those edges of what our culture considers sanity, how to negotiate for such, or even bring it up (although just expressing interest in this class is a good start) and tools to help you succeed.

Level: Intermediate
Duration: 60 minutes to 3 hours
Format: Lecture or Workshop, if longer class
Partnered: Unnecessary
Bring_With: Something to take notes with
Clothing: Comfortable or gothicly uncomfortable

Death has a great effect on life, and all things that happen in the cycle of life. So of course kinksters are going to play with and around it. Come and explore the fascination with it, what drives people to play with it, and learn how some folks play with, or flirt with death in, perhaps, safer ways.

Level: Strong Roleplayers (not hack-n-slash)
Duration: 1 to 2 Hours
Format: Lecture and Discussion
Partnered: Having your gaming group not present is OK
Bring_With: Your fertile imagination
Clothing: As You Wish

Many times a good role-play campaign fades to black, or develops "three stars across the page" syndrome whenever it turns to sex, much less actual kink interactions. This class talks about negotiations, seeds, and how to allow for explorations of such, within the role-play world, without causing your campaign to go completely off the rails. Remember, one character's kink, might be another's history. Those half-elf/half-orcs weren't magically delivered by the stork … or were they? How does a pervy hobbit fancier actually go about fulfilling their desires? Are Vampire/Human sex scenes the equivalent of Human/Sheep sex scenes? Are you allowed to get excited when torturing the necessary information out of the Opposition, or them torturing you for the same? Let's explore these questions and more.

Level: Intermediate Role play gamer or more advanced
Duration: 4-6 hours
Format: Table Top Role Playing Game (TTRPG), See GM beforehand For character creation/integration.
Partnered: N/A
Bring_With: Percentile dice, D20, standard gaming supplies and snacks
Clothing: Comfortable to sit in

NOTE: This class takes pre-con prep/sign-up. If your con isn't designed for such, this might not be a good addition. Omega is a fantasy/sci-fi role-playing game, heavy on the role-play set in a cross-universal intersection. Most of the characters are self-based, although with all the activities and possibilities and origins that happen in the game, one does not necessarily stay self-based for long. (If you want an exception to that, talk to the GM before-hand, he is open to really great ideas …) The basic structure is a reform school, with some fascinating classes (and teachers, and fellow students) around to be a backdrop to all the possibilities of interactions. This game, which doesn't have to be BDSM-based, tends to move in that direction, mostly because the structure of the environment, and the fact that, while your brain is not touched, your body (and therefore, of course, your hormones) has been de-aged to 18, and so has everyone else's. Your GM has had some experience in that world, so … the chances are you will not come up with something shocking. Yes, that is a challenge. If you want to take a look at the website for another instance of the run of the game, it is at http://www.omega16.org feel free to log in as "guest" with no password to move around and get familiar with the circumstances before things begin. Bonus points for getting things set up with the GM before-hand, so that at the table, we are more focused on run-time than on prep-time. The intent for this game is to run regularly, but be accommodating to walk-on characters as well.

Level: Basic Role play gamer and up
Duration: 2 to 3 hours
Format: Table Top Role Playing Game (TTRPG)
Partnered: N/A
Bring_With: Percentile dice, D20, standard gaming supplies
Clothing: Comfortable to sit in

Arena is a fantasy/sci-fi role-playing game, somewhat light on the role-play, set in a cross-universal intersection. Most of the characters are self-based, with augmentation. (If you want an exception to that, talk to the GM before-hand, he is open to really great ideas …) The basic structure is a combat field in what might be the inside of a space-station, or pan-dimensional universe that operates under different rules of physics as ours does. This is a best-your-opponent style of game, although death happens, it is not necessarily a goal. You (and they) will be back for next round anyway. There is team play/competition. Walk-on characters welcome.

Level: Introduction to Intermediate
Duration: 1 to 4 hours
Format: Highly interactive
Partnered: Pre-negotiated strongly suggested
Bring_With: A creative mind, and a willingness to learn
Clothing: Loose clothing easy to move in

Rough body play is the delightful art of using your own, and your partner's body as your primary toybag for your favorite scene encounter. This class explores things that can cause damage, permanently damage, or actually kill your partner if mistakes are made, so this is, by definition edge-play. With that in mind, if activities from punching and slapping to kicking and take-downs, from hair-pulling and pinching, to face-slapping and pressure points, and all sorts of other intimate things you can do to (and with) your partner's body, get you all excited, then come to this class, learn the safer ways to try this, and what some of the basic techniques are.

Level: All
Duration: 1 to 3 hours
Format: Lecture and Discussion
Partnered: Unnecessary
Bring_With: Something to take notes with
Clothing: Comfortable to sit in

Rough body play. Thug play. Primal play. Some folks use those lables interchangably, but, there is a lot of difference in the approach to all three. In this class we will explore the similarities and the differences, and help guide you to which if any are right for you. Remember, circumstances change, and so do environments, so being able to know which one you are negotiating for, under what circumstance is important.

Level: All
Duration: 1 to 3 hours
Format: Lecture and Workshop (for the longer class)
Partnered: Unnecessary
Bring_With: Something to take notes with
Clothing: Comfortable to sit in

Rituals are often formal markers of singinficant events. Primal activities are often the opposite of formal in many ways. Yet, the desire to mix the two, to have ritual elements to your primal play, and to have primal elements in your rituals can both be powerful combinations. We will explore some of the ways this often comes about and look into some of the different textures produced along the way. Coma and contribute your insights, and learn how others might combine these two disparate elements.

Level: All
Duration: 1 to 3 hours
Format: Lecture and Workshop (for the longer class)
Partnered: Unnecessary
Bring_With: Something to take notes with
Clothing: Comfortable to sit in

"The most dangerous game." And yet, there are a whole variety of media around hunting other humans, so why wouldn't we fetishize it? In this class we don't just look at a normal human hunt (if there could be said to be such a thing) we look at setting up one or several of the varieties of a primal hunt. Come and explore where this takes you, and excites you.

Level: Advanced
Duration: 90 minutes to 3 hours
Format: Hands-On
Partnered: Pre-negotiated, please
Bring_With: thin (4mm is good, natural fiber is preferred, but paracord works) rope, several 4 meter or 8 meter pieces
Clothing: loose clothing in which you can move, to tie and be tied.

Hojojutsu is one of the martial art forms, from which the erotic art of tying has its roots. It is the antithesis to all that is gentle, nice, and sweet about rope. This hands-on class will focus on how to get your (willing, consentual) partner into a fairly helpless position so you might apply the rope as taught in a different class. This is a take-down class. An understanding (and shameless exploitation) of body mechanics is at the root of this class. What is taught here breaks many of the strictures about safe, kind, and comfortable play, so it is very much edge-play. Depending on time and timing, we might get to the start of the application of rope.

Level: Advanced Beginner
Duration: 90 minutes to 2.5 hours
Format: Lecture, Workshop, or Hands On
Partnered: Pre-negotiated suggested for the hands-on class
Bring_With: Favorite or collection of edged tools for the hands-on class
Clothing: Comfortable, skin accessable, or removable layers for accessability

Sharp and shiny. Secret and subtle. Threats or treats. Knife (or other sharp and pointies) play has long been a fascination for many people. From the ritualistic to the hedonistic pleasures, there is a wide range of possibilities when adding the delights of this interaction to your toy bag. Come and explore the attration, application, and the ins and outs of knife play with us. If this is the hands-on version, please negotiate with a partner or partners before the class, and bring your faovrite sharp and shinies to be worked with, or at least shown off.

Level: Advanced Beginner
Duration: 90 minutes to 2.5 hours
Format: Lecture, Creative Space, or Hands On, if the time allows.
Partnered: Preferable for the Hands On sections
Bring_With: If hands-on, anything you would want to work with, temperature-wise
Clothing: Comfortable, able to expose various bits of anatomy

Temperature play can be quite interesting, because the way human nerves tend to respond to variation as well as comparison can be a fascinating set of tools to play with. It can be used either alone or in combination with most other forms of play. It can be the goal, or an enhancement to the scene. It can set all sorts of moods from serious to fun, from torturous to sensuous. Creative additions are encouraged.

Level: Advanced
Duration: 90 minutes to 2.5 hours
Format: Lecture, Creative Space, or Hands On, if the time allows.
Partnered: Preferable for the Hands On sections
Bring_With: If hands-on, anything you would want to work with, temperature-wise
Clothing: Comfortable, able to move in, and access the focus of the class

This is a class that should not be taught, and yet, here I am, teaching it. This is not a Groff or Yogic breathing class (which is a really good class, but it is not this class). Instead this class looks at controling or regulating the way people breath and bring oxygen to their brains in other ways. So, this is extreme edge play. It is also very triggering for many different people in many different ways. Please keep that in mind, that this minefield is quite unknown, until you are tapdancing across it.

Level: Foundational
Duration: 90 minutes to 3.5 hours
Format: Lecture, Workshop, or Hands On class
Partnered: Pre-negotiated suggested for the hands-on class
Bring_With: Your favorite impact toys and recipients
Clothing: Top: Comfortable to move in, Bottom, allows for access to the anticipated areas

For many folks, the art and delight of impact play, is the bread and butter of the scene. For others, it is that sharp spice that makes all the other flavors that much more intense. This class looks at the hows and whys of providing some forms of impact play in a safer and more focused way. Learn some modifications and some skills that you, too, can use to spice up your interactions. If this is the longer, hands-on version, you might be able to experiment with some of the tricks and tips, so come prepared with your favorite impact toys, and partners.

Level: All
Duration: 1 to 3 hours
Format: Lecture, discussion, and Hands-On if the longer classtime
Partnered: Preferred but not necessary, pre-negotiated for the Hands-On section
Bring_With: Your favorite cane
Clothing: Person doing - can move in; Person receiving - can have bare skin exposed

Canes can bring up all kinds of images, from the harsh and brutal, as is done in Singapore for littering, to the schoolroom punishment, or Mama reaching for that peach switch hanging by the back door. They can come in all shapes and sizes, made of all sorts of materials. We will be looking at a variety of canes and how to use them to the best effect, why it can be used as a focus to bring one's awareness to the present moment, how to use it to induce a trance-like state, and as a means of connection.

Level: Beginner through Intermediate
Duration: 30 Minutes to 3 hours
Format: Highly interactive, Hands-On
Partnered: Pre-negotiated suggested, multiple people, in multiple directions works
Bring_With: Anything with a small surface area to poke with
Clothing: Comfortable, easy to move in, and allowes easy access to the body

Pressure points are a lazy-dom's friend, allowing the control and pain to be fast-on and fast-off. It allows for the level of pain a good flogging or caning might produce, with much less effort. Pressure points are also very up-close, and intimate, so it adds to the viceral connection between you and your partner. Having a partner or partners for this class is good, if you aren't bringing in an existing partnership to the class, arranging for one (or several) just before, or during the start of class should not be hard. Please wear clothing that allows comfort and access to the body. Naked is fine, corset, complex boots, etc are less than optimal. A "pokey-thingy" anything from an evil stick through a chop-stick or hotel pen tends to work. If you have a favorite pokey-toy, please bring it and share with the class!

Level: All
Duration: 60 minutes to 2 hours
Format: Lecture
Partnered: Unnecessary
Bring_With: Something to take notes with and on
Clothing: Comfortable to sit in

Food is a fundametal part of the human experience. Playing with it often is restricted by authority figures when growing up. This, of course, makes the forbidden fruit (if you will excuse the analogy) all that more tasty. We will look at a variety of forms food-play has been used, and ways you can incorporate it into your delights and desires. This covers a wide range of possibilities, but is not exhaustive, so, bring your creative ideas to share as well.

Level: Advanced Beginner
Duration: 90 minutes to 3 hours
Format: Lecture or Workshop
Partnered: Unnecessary
Bring_With: Favorite chastity toy
Clothing: Comfortable or confining

Not everyone is into instant gratification, no matter what the media seems to be pushing. In this class, we will explore the ins and outs of short, long, or maybe even permenant delays in and around giving and recieving gratification. Sometimes the anticipation makes the flavors that much more intense.

Level: Advanced Beginner
Duration: 1 to 3 hours
Format: Hands On
Partnered: Pre-negotiated suggested
Bring_With: Rope
Clothing: Comfortable to move in

A beginners introduction to BDSM. This is a brief introduction to get people somewhat familiar with some of the basics of What It Is That We Do.

Level: All
Duration: 60 minutes to 3 hours
Format: Lecture and Discussion
Partnered: Unnecessary
Bring_With: Something to take notes with
Clothing: Comfortable to sit in

Drop happens. Not into space, but after a scene, after an event, after a con. Acknowledging it, managing it, and working it into your expected patterns and rituals can go a long way toward a happier and healthier life.

Level: Advanced Beginner
Duration: 90 Minutes to 2 Hours
Format: Hands-On
Partnered: Pre-negotiated suggested
Bring_With: An open mind, a token that has meaning for you
Clothing: Comfortable to move in

On the scale of 1 to 10, where 1 is Western Medicine and 10 is Very Woo, this class would rate a 9. Join us as we look at things that have been known to mystics for years, but are just starting to penetrate into the mechanistic view of the world.

Level: Advanced Beginner
Duration: 90 minutes to 2 hours
Format: Hands On
Partnered: Please
Bring_With: An open mind, a token that has meaning for you
Clothing: Comfortable to move in

What is energy play, you might ask? It is the interaction with that intangible force, that ether that surrounds us, the kundalini energy that is all around us, every day. On the scale of 1 to 10, where 1 is Western Medicine and 10 is telekinesis, this class would rate a 9. Join us as we look at things that have been known to mystics and authors for years, but are just starting to penetrate into our more mechanistic view of the world.

Level: Advanced
Duration: 90 miunutes to 3 hours
Format: Hands On
Partnered: For existing partners
Bring_With: Open mind, water, possibly a snack
Clothing: Whatever the partners can interact comfortably in

Reaching beyond the envelope of your flesh to connect with your partner or partners on many levels. This class will explore foundational practices in cultivating and sharing energy intentionally. As this class is interactive, please come with one or more people to practice with. If you are solo, we will do our best to pair you with someone. Sharing energy with someone you don't know can feel strange; you may just find out why. Please come with an open mind, comfy clothes, and water.

Level: Foundational
Duration: 90 minutes to 2 hours
Format: Lecture
Partnered: Unnecessary
Bring_With: Something to take notes with and on
Clothing: Comfortable to sit in

The human mind has a number of fascinating possibilities that can be played with and unlocked, if such is desired. Sometimes being able to create whole new individuals within the mental landscape can be a desirous path. This class is not about building, providing therapy for, or playing with folks who have trauma-based separation, but about deliberately creating a non-trauma based differentiation within someone's (yourself or another's) mind.

Level: All
Duration: 30 to 90 minutes
Format: Lecture and Discussion
Partnered: Not necessary
Bring_With: A desire to lead the dance
Clothing: Comfortable to move in

The Maypole has lots of interesting history and cultural meaning. We are going to look at some of that, and also look at creating some of our very own Beltane rituals around our use of the Maypole. This also includes some dance instruction, as well.

Level: All
Duration: 1 hour
Format: Dance, Hands-On
Partnered: Not necessary
Bring_With: Any festive accouterments you wish
Clothing: Comfortable shoes (or bare feet) and clothing you can dance in

Learn a traditional Maypole dance! When you take ribbon in hand and dance around the pole, you will know when to move and where to put your feet.

Level: Foundational
Duration: 90 minutes to 2.5 hours
Format: Lecture, or Creative Space
Partnered: Unnecessary
Bring_With: Something to take notes on/with
Clothing: Comfortable to sit in

A lot of elements within WIITWD (and other walks of life) have a tendency toward picking up rituals along the way. For some rituals are even a central part of WIITWD and why some are attracted to it in the first place. Rituals can shape a moment, shape an evening, or shape a lifetime. They come from many places, some intentional and some not. This class is an introduction to rituals and their parts. This is not a class on creating them, or adding them to your life, just an exploration of what they are, and understanding, hopefully, why they are done.

Level: All
Duration: 1 to 4 hours
Format: Lecture and Discussion, or Workshop if the 4 hour version
Partnered: Not necessary
Bring_With: An open mind, your questions, and something to take notes with
Clothing: Comfortable to sit in

The core of spirituality and the core of sceening both involve reaching beyond oneself to that which is outside. The parallels and ways to draw each activity closer to the other will be explored in this class. Percival has had experience with mysticisms and spirituality from many different structured and unstructured paths and will help you craft experiences that suit your particular path.

Level: Advanced Beginner
Duration: 30 minutes to 2 hours
Format: Lecture or Workshop
Partnered: Unnecessary
Bring_With: Something to take notes with
Clothing: Comfortable to sit in

Life has a sound-track, or at least, it should, as we were taught by movies and television shows. It can add to, change, focus, ease or weave into the feel of your scene. Come and explore the delights of the auditory layers and possibilities for agumenting or shifting your experiences.

Level: All
Duration: 60 minutes to 3 hours
Format: Lecture and Discussion
Partnered: Unnecessary
Bring_With: Something to take notes with
Clothing: Comfortable to sit in

In a perfect world nothing would ever fail. Fortunately, (or unfortunately as the case may be) we do not live in a perfect world. So failures happen. Understanding where they might happen, planning for such, and learning from them when they do happen is important. Thankfully humans have the ability to learn not just from their own failures, but from the experience of others. Come and learn from some of other people's failures, how to identify them, and, how some planning helped mitigate those experiences. Bring your own, as well, so the others in class can grow from your experience as well.