Ritual Play with Marina Kronkvist

Ritual Play with Marina Kronkvist

Ritual Play is a sensory based session inviting an interactive play dynamic. The Ritual Play dynamic was created as an alternative to the traditional giver-receiver dynamic used in touch-based sessions, like in a Tantra massage. A Ritual Play session includes aspects of Tantra massage but is so much more by inviting a person in for a non-verbal encounter without a goal.

So far, the Ritual Play structure has been used in work connected to Tantra, Sexsibility and Eros, in Community Building projects and in Contemporary Art practices and research.

Trembling Open: Ritual of Grief & Eros with Zahava Griss and Bernadette Pleasant

Trembling Open: Ritual of Grief & Eros with Zahava Griss and Bernadette Pleasant

Join us for a group ritual to heal, to open our hearts, and to free up energy so we can respond in wise and loving ways. Our bodies are instruments of energy and love. Many of us are experiencing trauma, outrage, fear, grief, despair, numbness… all of these are natural human responses to our racial crisis and pandemic. This ritual is an invitation to release what is eating at our soul.

Conscious Uncoupling with Maya Krasna

Conscious Uncoupling with Maya Krasna

Chances are, you have been there, breaking up, leaving, divorcing. How did it make you feel? Do you think you did well? Did your partner do well? In the workshop, I would like to offer you a few simple tools on how to navigate separation. It doesn’t matter if it was your childhood boyfriend or your long term partner. If you carry a residual pain, there are ways to assist in letting go. Don’t take me wrong, I can’t offer you a magic pill that would heal the pain of long term abusive relationship, betrayal, or any other deep trauma. But I will offer you the tools you can use to find peace and reclaim the space within yourself that will be available for future relationships.

My Tie / Rigger-bunny with Luke George

My Tie / Rigger-bunny with Luke George

Rope is sensitive and dynamic. It can act as a conductor of energy and tactile information. When we involve rope in our play, we work with different types of touch; from the light gliding of rope on the skin, through to firm compression as the rope wraps, frictions, cinches, and moulds our bodies into a beautiful bind and surrender. In this workshop, Luke will teach some basic principles of working with rope, connecting rope-play to sensuous, mindful and playful self-touch. We will be our own Rigger-bunnies; exploring a self-intimacy and solo kink, connecting with our touch, breath and binding.

The Art of Online Stripping - Share Your Mojo with Marion Ellyard

The Art of Online Stripping - Share Your Mojo with Marion Ellyard

Stripping, teasing and being seen is playful, sensuous, and freeing. You express whatever your mood is in the moment in this workshop. I will reveal some genius tools about how to play with each other in this fun way online. You will get to explore your comfort zones and edges, keeping it subtle or clothing optional! Find and share your attractiveness as you let our essence shine. The tease of a strip gives vitality and confidence. Join us for a fun interactive time working as a group and in partnered exercises.

Assuming the Ecosexual Position with Annie Sprinkle, Ph.D. and Beth Stephens, Ph.D.

Assuming the Ecosexual Position with Annie Sprinkle, Ph.D. and Beth Stephens, Ph.D.

Stephens and Sprinkle will take you on a fun and inspiring journey as they share stories, photos, and videos of their wild, wacky art experiments in romance, breast cancer, sex education, and artificial insemination. Currently they are exploring their “eco-sexuality,” taking the Earth as their lover, and developing a new field of research they coined “Sexecology.” They’ve had eight big performance art weddings where they have married each other, and the Earth, Sky and Sea, all in collaboration with hundreds of artists, academics, sex workers, gender-queer communities, ecologists, and activists. The Love Art Lab projects aim to instill hope, create an antidote to fear, and act as a call for action.

The Art of Unserious Sex with Dr. Martha Tara Lee

The Art of Unserious Sex with Dr. Martha Tara Lee

How can you begin to carry off this unserious attitude to something so serious, sacred and even scary as sex? In this interactive workshop, Martha will share what she feels is necessary to have unserious sex - all the time, in her signature fun and funny style, of course! By the end of this session, you will leave feeling  more confident about applying more light-heartedness in your life.

Surrender to Freedom with Avalon & Jenna

Surrender to Freedom with Avalon & Jenna

Shibari is a unique and sensual art form that involves tying geometric patterns and shapes with rope that contrast with the human body’s natural curves. The ropes and their texture provide contrast to smooth skin and curves. In Shibari, the model is the canvas, the rope is the paint and brush, and the rigger is the rope artist. Originally developed as a form of capture, torture or presentation of prisoners by the Samurai, it has developed over time into a sensual art form.

Plush Animal Play with Peter Banki, Ph.D.

Plush Animal Play with Peter Banki, Ph.D.

Many people give up their plush animals well before they go into puberty. However, there are also quite a few who never give them up, and courageously carry them into adulthood. For me, they are not toys, but living creatures, with unique personalities, likes and dislikes, and even sexualities. Beyond giving emotional comfort and reassurance, they create magical worlds of intimacy that it is possible to share with others.

Through the Anus to the Heart with Sharka Rey

Through the Anus to the Heart with Sharka Rey

The journey to paradise begins through the darkest and most taboo part of the body: so teaches one of the greatest literary works of European culture. In the The Divine Comedy. From a practical point of view, when exploring the anus Jack Morin encourages everyone to make a "no pain ever commitment". This workshop is for those who want to learn skills in giving and/or receiving anal pleasure. We will spend time relaxing with a slow touch around the outside of the anus - 'rosebud' massage. We will teach some techniques of touch to this area of extraordinary sensitivity.