Dark Odyssey - A Journey of Sexual Adventure

PRESENTERS AND WORKSHOPS

Amy Jo Goddard

The Fine Art of Dirty Talk

The Ritual of Sex

The Ins and Outs of Hand Sex (with Reid Mihalko)

Event: Dirty Talk Olympics

Amy Jo Goddard (amyjogoddard.com, atyourcervixmovie.com) is a sexuality educator and trainer, writer, performing artist and activist. She travels to colleges, universities, communities and conferences teaching workshops and speaking about sexuality and maintains a private sex coaching practice. She is co-author of *Lesbian Sex Secrets for Men* and is a contributing author of *All About Sex: A Family Resource Guide on Sex and Sexuality*. Her article about queer performance artists and activism was published in 2007 in the *Social Justice Journal* and she has been published in numerous other publications including *LOFT* and *Bust*. Amy Jo was host of CherryBomb.com’s web stream program “Fresh Advice,” developing, researching, writing and performing over 60 episodes on women’s sexuality. A professional trainer of sexuality professionals, medical students, college students and youth for fifteen years, she has taught courses relating to sexuality at the City University of New York and the University of California at Santa Barbara. Amy Jo has taught breast and pelvic exams to medical/nursing students for 8 years and she is director/producer of the forthcoming documentary, At Your Cervix, a film that depicts this unusual work. She facilitates the Women’s Sexuality Empowerment Apprenticeship for women in New York City.

The Fine Art of Dirty Talk
Amy Jo Goddard
Feeling shy about talking dirty? Have a lover who wishes you would, but you sometimes clam up or struggle with obstacles to saying those sweet nasty things? Wish you could open the door to dirty words without shame? This workshop will be a fun exploration of dirty talk, why we like it, what we want from it and how to incorporate it with partners. There is no one size fits all, so you’ll explore and practice what feels good for you, how to find common ground with your partners, and walk away with a bigger dirty vocabulary. Attendees can decide how much to participate but it will be guaranteed interactive fun! Comon’ say it like you mean it!

The Ritual of Sex
Amy Jo Goddard
Sex, at its best, is a ritual. Sometimes when people’s sex lives become tedious, monotonous, or boring, they disengage or think something is wrong with their relationship or with their own sexuality. In actuality, identifying this pattern can indicate that one’s sex life needs a jolt of creativity! In this workshop, we’ll identify some red flags and explore ways to get creative about sexuality, honor it as a ritual and make it something that excites and/or reinvigorates us! In this fun workshop, we’ll share ideas for ritualizing our erotic lives and participants will develop a sexy ritual they can try alone, with a partner or in a group setting.

The Ins and Outs of Hand Sex
Amy Jo Goddard and Reid Mihalko
In today’s “Insert Tab A into Slot B”-centric culture, Hand Sex is one of the most overlooked and untapped sources of pleasure. And unlike your standard “go-to” sex equipment, the Creator gave most of us two hands with five digits each, which, when you do the math, equals way more than just doubling your pleasure! Join Reid Mihalko and Amy Jo Goddard, for an entertaining, low pressure and informative workshop on how to make love to men and women using your hands. In this workshop, complete with live demonstrations where all you have to do is watch and ask questions, Reid and Amy Jo will cover techniques for pleasuring both men and women, how to get data on what works for your partners, best practices for both stimulation and penetration, how to utilize the millions of nerves in your fingers to “listen” to and track your partner’s sexual response so you can access better information and make him or her squeal. We’ll talk about the G-spot, the P-spot, hand sex ergonomics and much more! Hand sex is an essential skill, and whether you are a man or a woman, and no matter your age, gender or sexual orientation, masterfully making love to another with your hands can be a huge turn-on and self-esteem boost. Not to mention that Hand Sex is one of the best fall-back plans, or savvy, lead-with tactics to have at the ready when the rest of you is worn out or incapacitated, or you’re just looking to roll up your sleeves and spice things up!

Anita Wagner

Poly first Aid Clinic

Day Event: Non-Mono Mixer

Anita Wagner (practicalpolyamory.com) is a polyamory educator and blogger. She has presented educational programs on polyamory at a wide variety of events and venues including Poly Living, Loving More Retreats, Transcending Boundaries, Good Vibrations, The Floating World, Sex 2.0, Dark Odyssey, Black Rose, Free Spirit Beltane Gathering, and to a wide variety of alternative sexual and relationship organizations. Through her website and blog she provides a broad range of resources for developing happy and healthy polyamorous relationships. Anita is also a national polyamory community spokesperson, advocate and organizer and has appeared on television and in news articles in Newsweek, the Baltimore Sun, Washington Post and Salon.com, amongst many others. She serves as polyamory community advisor to the Community-Academic Consortium for Research on Alternative Sexualities (CARAS). She serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Loving More and Unitarian Universalists for Polyamory Awareness, is co-founder and past board member of Chesapeake Polyamory Network and is co-founder and former member of the Board of Directors of the Institute for 21st Century Relationships/the Foundation of the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom. She is also a past board member of the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom.

Poly First Aid Clinic
Anita Wagner
Do you wish your polyamorous relationships were healthier and happier? Not sure what the right medicine is to cure the high drama that can come up, especially at events like this one? This workshop may be just what the doctor ordered! Whatever your challenge, this facilitated discussion offers you the chance to talk about it in a safe space, get feedback from the facilitator and others who have been down that road and found workable solutions, and offer your own insights to others who can benefit from your experiences. The doctor is in, now come get your medicine!

Non-Mono Mixer
Hosted by Anita Wagner
Come meet your fellow attendees at this social event designed to bring together lots of different people who practice (or are interested in practicing) some form of non-monogamy. So if you are polyamorous, a swinger, mono/poly, polyfidelitous, in an open relationship or open marriage, or you’re just a slut, mix with others like you!

Barbara Carrellas

Kinky Twisted Tantra

Take It To the Limit

Sex Magic for Couples

Tantric Sexual Ritual Class (w/Mark & Patricia)

Barbara Carrellas (urbantantra.org and barbaracarrellas.com) is the author of *Urban Tantra: Sacred Sex for the Twenty First Century* and *Luxurious Loving: Tantric Inspirations for Passion and Pleasure*. She is the founder of Urban Tantra, an approach to sacred sexuality that adapts and blends conscious sexuality practices from Tantra to BDSM, and the co-founder of Erotic Awakening, a pioneering series of workshops focusing on the physical, spiritual and healing powers of sex. Barbara was named Best Tantric Sex Seminar Leader in New York City by Time Out/NY Magazine for her Urban Tantra workshops. Barbara delights in blurring the lines between sacred and profane, enlightened and perverted, pleasure and pain. This fall Barbara will be returning to Sweden for a month-long series of workshops, including the European premiere of her Urban Tantra® Professional Training Program. In March 2011, Barbara returns to Australia for a 3-city tour, culminating with the Urban Tantra® Professional Training Program in Byron Bay. Barbara is a proud graduate of the Coney Island Sideshow School with a double major in fire eating and snake handling.

Kinky Twisted Tantra
Barbara Carrellas
What happens when you combine Tantric and Taoist techniques for building and sharing sexual energy with conscious power exchange and intense sensation? In this participatory workshop we will gleefully push and pervert Tantra into ecstatic new realms. You’ll learn how to combine the heart-filled, spiritually energizing techniques of Tantra with the intense stimulation and heightened awareness of SM and you’ll have the opportunity to find the blend you like best. You’ll learn: how to fly into ecstatic, timeless states of consciousness; how to create your own personal container of breath, safety and comfort; techniques for traveling longer and further, plus necessary skills for safe landings back on earth. You’ll also get to play with some rope and get and/or give some intense sensation. Please bring 12-foot length of 1/4”-3/8” rope and a blindfold. There will be some of both of these available for those of you who forget.

Take It To The Limit
Barbara Carrellas
How far can you go? How far should you go-and for how long? Do you hold yourself back from exploring all the pleasure and ecstasy you’d like? Or do you all too often find yourself going too far-again? How do we push ourselves to our erotic, ecstatic limits without burning ourselves out or injuring our bodies and spirits? In this workshop we’ll discuss and practice techniques to keep ourselves at the resilient edge of our erotic edges-that perfect place where ecstasy flows and our possibilities expand.

Sex Magic for Couples
Barbara Carrellas
Sex magic is the art of transforming real but invisible sexual energy into real and visible results. You can dedicate your sexual energy for the benefit of yourself, your relationship, your community and your world. In this workshop you’ll practice Tantric techniques that will enable you to unite your sexual power with the power of your partner(s) to manifest your desires. You’ll learn how to use sex magic for healing (yourself and others), to alleviate pain and fear, to soothe emotional wounds, to practice forgiveness, to strengthen your relationship, to empower a business or a social cause, and even to come to terms with death. The workshop will end with a sex magic meditation that will allow you to practice sex magic for a personal desire or cause.

Tantric Sexual Ritual Class
Barbara Carrellas, Mark Michaels & Patricia Johnson
Tantric Sexual ritual is a physical re-enactment of Tantric metaphysics—the view that the universe itself (which is comprised of five elements) is a concrete manifestation of the ongoing sexual union between Shiva and Shakti. It is also an enactment of a process that is taking place internally, the union of the male and female elements that exist within each and every one of us. By bringing awareness to these processes, the very things that make life possible, by removing them from the realm of the reflexive and mechanical, we can transform acts that are perceived as ordinary into acts that are imbued with meaning and sacredness. In this workshop, we will examine the theory and practice of Tantric sexual ritual, also known as the Maithuna, Panchamakara. or 5-M (for the five elements) ceremony.

Bear

Making Your Move: A Flirting Class (w/Bobby)

A Re-Introduction To The Only-Mostly-Dead Art Of Chivalry

Heads I Win, Tails You Lose: Creating a Great Predicament Scene

Day Event: Party Like It’s 9th Grade

Bear is a writer, activist, and whimsy enthusiast who has presented theatre and writing-related classes across the country. He’s known to be, in the words of his good boy, a really nice guy and a bad, bad man.

Make Your Move: A Flirting Class
Bear and Bobby
Whether we’re experienced players or brand-new and exploring, camp offers myriad opportunities to meet new people and have new experiences—if we can make our interest known. Come to share strategies and learn new ones for making the first move (shy, bold, or somewhere in between). We’ll talk about the differences between approaching tops, bottoms, switches, and people whose proclivities are a mystery to you, give some tips for making your move, discuss different approaches for flirting (and for escalating a flirtation), and tell encouraging flirting stories.

A Re-Introduction To The Only-Mostly-Dead Art Of Chivalry
Bear
Everyone’s heard the stories: men who get kneed in the balls for holding open a door, youngsters who sprawl on bus seats while elders stand, the myth of the handkerchief-carrying gentleman, and all the rest. What, exactly, do girls/women/people want in the world of chivalry? How can a modern gentleperson be courteous without being sexist or a suckup? And while we’re at it: who goes through the door first, again? Talk a little about the principles and then learn a lot about the mechanics of walking in public (vs. walking in private, natch), and a whole lot more.

Heads I Win, Tails You Lose: Creating a Great Predicament Scene
Bear
Watching a playmate struggle to choose between the lesser of two evils, accept something ze loathes to get something ze wants, or bargain away pleasures to avoid something gross or unpleasant is such a great lot of fun for some of us. If you’re the type who enjoys watching your victim wrestle with hirself, squirm on the horns of a revealing choice, or betray hir secrets, this class is for you. We’ll discuss the rudiments of a predicament scene, figure out how to know your victim well enough to make it really terrible, throw around ideas, and perhaps lure some prey into submitting to the will of the class.

Day Event: Party Like It’s 9th Grade
hosted by Bear
An adolescent-style rec room pop & chip party of the sort where the parents are in their bedroom, two floors away. Featuring Spin The Bottle, Seven Minutes In Heaven, and Truth or Dare (plus possible strip poker or some other card game, if there’s interest). We’ll serve pretzels and punch made with sherbert and ginger-ale, organize games and get people going on some socially sanctioned heavy petting before the last night of camp. Bad haircuts optional, raging hormones encouraged, playfulness required. Our goal is that everyone leaves feeling like the cool kid/prude/blushing virgin/bad boy/slut/head cheerleader/football captain/whatever other teenaged alter-ego they always wanted to be.

Bobby

Making Your Move: A Flirting Class (w/Bear)

Embrace Your Inner Serial Killer

Day Event: 5 Minute Dating for Tops & Bottoms

Bobby lives in Pittsburgh as a poly dominant, sadist, and sex pig. He is a proud member of a queer leather family (PQLF) of peers founded in 1995. Sir C is his Alpha Mate. His passion lies in identity, rough sex, D/s, good food and good cigars. Outside of leather he is a speaker, trainer, and transgender advocate in health care.

Make Your Move: A Flirting Class
Bobby and Bear
Whether we’re experienced players or brand-new and exploring, camp offers myriad opportunities to meet new people and have new experiences—if we can make our interest known. Come to share strategies and learn new ones for making the first move (shy, bold, or somewhere in between). We’ll talk about the differences between approaching tops, bottoms, switches, and people whose proclivities are a mystery to you, give some tips for making your move, discuss different approaches for flirting (and for escalating a flirtation), and tell encouraging flirting stories.

Embrace Your Inner Serial Killer
Bobby
Do you daydream of abducting or being abducted? How about fascinated and turned-on by blood, bondage, torture, suffering, or creative violence? Come talk about your dark desires in a facilitated discussion for owning and enjoying our dark nature. Content will range from when and with whom do we share these thoughts to seeing dark energy as balance, rather than threat.

Day Event: 5 Minute Dating for Tops & bottoms
Hosted by Sir C and Bobby
Speed dating is a worldwide phenomenon. We’ve taken the basic idea and customized it Dark Odyssey style. Decide if you are looking to Top or bottom and come out to meet at least ten folks who compliment that role. If they’re here, they are looking to meet new folks for scenes. Best of all, for the 90 minutes spent at this event everyone flags Top or bottom, and with only five minutes per encounter, there’s no need to make small talk, so no need to get nervous...This is chatting with a purpose and most of the unknowns eliminated. Everyone will be divided into two groups: “looking to Top” and “looking to bottom.” And if turn out is large enough, the numbers may support further subdivision into groups based upon the gender of the person you are looking to scene with. To take away as much pressure as possible, participants are not to make plans for a future meeting during their five-minute date. Instead, you will submit messages to anyone you want to see more of and those notes will be available for pick shortly after the conclusion of the event. *It’s best to arrive five to ten minutes early; we may be unable to accommodate late arrivals.*

Dr. Ruthie

Fantasies for the Shy

Dr. Ruthie is a sexuality and relationship expert specializing in relational intimacy and survivors of violence, plus a dedicated sex toy aficionado.

Fantasies for the Shy
Dr. Ruthie
In this workshop, participants will have the opportunity to bring structure to their fantasies, receive guidance on communicating their fantasies to others, and receive support for discovery and exploration. Activities include a fantasy development worksheet, small group brainstorming, and optional sharing with the large group. If you find it challenging to really dive in and explore your fantasies, if you’re not quite sure exactly what they are, or you’re just looking for ideas, come to this class!

Elkor and Margo Eve

Preparing for Fire

Elkor and Margo Eve met at BR ‘99, and have been presenting together and separately for more than half of that time. A sensual Top with a dominant streak, Elkor is possessed of a quirky sense of humor and likes showing people they can enjoy the things he wants to do to them. Margo Eve has been involved in the scene for more years than she’s willing to admit and has given up on labeling herself. Their mutual interests often lead them to collaborate on class topics, and occasionally resort to flipping a coin to decide who gets to talk first. They both enjoy fire spinning, Poi, dancing, knives, good conversation and figuring out the best way to get into peoples’ heads.

Preparing for Fire
Elkor and Margo Eve
You’ve got the Poi moves down. You can groove to the beat and make the waves. But are you ready to light up? Come find out the important aspects of transitioning from fabric poi to Fire Poi. If you want to be a part of Sunday’s Fire Spinning Night, this class is mandatory. We’ll discuss important safety issues, how to dress and prepare for your first burn and how to deal with things to make sure they don’t go wrong. You’ll get a chance to practice with some (unlit) fire poi to get a feeling for them and how they work. Additionally, you will learn how to act as a fire safety to spot others while spinning.

Felice Shays

The Mommy Edge

Fisting 601: Fisting For Perverts

Playing in Dangerous Neighborhoods: Rough Sex for Everybody

Where respect, sex, throwing people around, laughing, safety, and talking shit all intersect is where you’ll find Felice Shays; she’s a sex and BDSM educator and counselor who travels the US and Canada. Newly relocated to Portland, OR, this Brooklyn Femme has presented at a plethora of events for about a decade including Black Rose, Pacific Friction, Dark Odyssey, Babeland, LSM, TES, Kinky Kollege, Wicked Womyn, Shebop, KinkFest, Safer SM, Tribal Fire, MOB, Come As You Are, The Exiles, Desire, Thunder In The Mountains, Kinky Kollege, and IMsL. Felice also stirs up trouble as a sex and BDSM event producer, performance artist, and ASL interpreter.

The Mommy Edge Panel and Discussion
Felice Shays, Tristan Taormino, Sharrin Spector and others TBA
Mommies (Mamas, Mothers, Moms) make us feel safe and warm? Yes…sometimes. But certainly not always. Felice Shays, who has been a Mommy to girls and boys of several genders, will lead a panel of widely experienced and divergent Mommies as they discuss age play, leather families, sex, headspace, punishment, identity, real world dilemmas, the conceived differences between Mommies and Daddies, and what to do when the Mommy needs some Mommying. A time to appreciate the Mommies who wear stilettos, lipstick, dildos or neckties. As time allows, there will also be exercises which will get you thinking and talking about your own identities, needs, perversions, and concerns. Non-Mommies very welcome.

Fisting 601: Fisting For Perverts
Felice Shays
Ok. So maybe you know how to fist someone. Or maybe you can’t quite get enough of your cunt being filled by a solid mass of hand. But what happens next? Where and what is the 601 of fisting? Welcome to Fisting For Perverts. As Felice sees it, you are (or wanna be) a pervert, otherwise you wouldn’t be reading this. In this workshop, Felice will begin by discussing some anatomy basics, teaching a few exercises to strengthen and make the vagina more flexible, and making sure that we all agree about how we insert our hands with ease, smarts, and dexterity.
Next we will amp up the fisting volume and discuss and demonstrate how the big kids play—double fisting, fisting in suspension, anal fisting, fisting front and back doors simultaneously…and much more.All genders and levels of experience are welcome.

Playing in Dangerous Neighborhoods: Rough Sex for Everybody
Felice Shays
Face slapping. Teeth sinking into flesh. Kicking someone when he’s down. Gang bangs, Knives going where god never intended them to go. Fists flying. Rape. Fingers gripping. Gasping for breath. Forced blow jobs. Crawling and begging…If combining these things with *pre-negotiation and full consent* sound white hot, then you, sweet pervert, want Rough Sex. With humor, affection, straight talk, and smarts, Felice Shays will discuss and demonstrate techniques from her Brutal Affection class: slam, slap, kick, and punch, yet THIS time the emphasis will be on how to combine them with killer sex techniques. We will also explore emotional limits and release, safety, partnered positions, group scenarios, head space, anatomy, dirty talk, and helpful items. And finally, Felice will share provocative techniques on how to find your own desire and how to push through fears that might be preventing you from discovering new sexual and sensual highs. Yeah, we’re talking SEX. Sweet, raunchy, bring it SEX. This is an (optional) interactive class for all genders, bodies, physical abilities, and levels of experience. Although based on Felice’s Brutal Affection class, you do not have had to attended that one to rock this one.

Ignacio Rivera

The Tradition: A Spiritual Manual for the Submissive

Curing Color Blindness

Switch Dynamic: How to Maintain your Dominance and Give into your Submission

Role Playing: Developing Your Characters and Your Play

Ignacio Rivera (polypataoproductions.com) aka Papí Coxxx, who prefers the gender neutral pronoun “they,” is a Queer, gender fluid, Trans-Entity, Black Boricua performance artist, lecturer, activist, new filmmaker and self-proclaimed sex educator. Ignacio is the founder of Poly Patao Productions (P3). P3 is dedicated to producing sex-positive workshops, performance pieces, films, play parties and educational opportunities that are specially geared toward queer women and all trans, multi-gender, gender-queer, gender non-conforming, gender variant people of color and their queer and trans allies. Ignacio is also one of the founding board members of Queers for Economic Justice, a progressive non-profit organization committed to promoting economic justice in a context of sexual and gender liberation.

The Tradition: A Spiritual Manual for the Submissive
Ignacio Rivera
Ignacio Rivera aka Papi Coxxx will discuss their experience with being trained via spiritual routes. They will cover the intersection of spirituality and kink; in particular, the tradition of Yureba/ Santerismo. They will share sections of their manual and their process of growth.

Curing Color Blindness
Ignacio Rivera
Some say the politics of race should not enter into the “play space” unless it’s a negotiated race play scene. What if you could not separate your racial identity from your kink? What if playing with a partner, or lack there of, was connected to how you are viewed in the world as a racial minority? This is an open discussion about People of Color-Top drought, what this means for kinky POC’s in search of POC’s, interracial play partners and negotiating your desires within this context.

Switch Dynamic: How to Maintain your Dominance and Give into your Submission
Ignacio Rivera
Do you identify as a switch? Is it difficult to be seen as both or do you get lumped into one? How do you get respect from those who submit to you while submitting yourselves? Do you hold back from submission in kink and or sex because of real or perceived expectations? Join in this discussion and hear Ignacio Rivera aka Papi Coxxx share their views and experiences.

Role Playing: Developing Your Characters and Your Play
Ignacio Rivera
Are you starting out with Role playing? Have you been interested in it but don’t know where to start? Or are you an avid role player looking for new ways to feed your kink? Come join Ignacio Rivera aka Papi Coxxx in this interactive workshop. We will go over techniques to enhance your role playing. Lets think of new characters, bring life to them and test them out.

Lady Hilary & Marine

Altering Your State: From the Inside Out

Your Leather Paradigm: Scene and Play Personas

Dynamic Relationships

How to Host A Gangbang

Day Event: Kinky Tea Party

Lady Hilary and Her Marine (vanguardleather.com) have been traversing the leather kink world for over 20 years; in 2009 they celebrated 10 years as Owner and property. Together, by example and through teaching, they share their passion and love for all expressions of joyful alternative or non-traditional relationships. The creation of Vanguard Weekends for queer kinky folks to gather in an intimate environment for the purpose of growth and exploration has been their passion since 2005. They can also be found teaching locally in the San Francisco Bay Area as well as nationally for various leather and kink organizations on relationship topics of all kinds.

Altering Your State: From the Inside Out
Lady Hilary and Her Marine
Have you ever experienced extreme joy? Do you know how to recreate that feeling anytime? Working within D/s and play relationships we are able to influence our self and those we interact with; enabling us to shift our emotional state. This workshop will discuss the 4 points that influence how we feel and when directed create an empowering state and discuss the control we have in creating desire.

Your Leather Paradigm: Scene and Play Personas
Lady Hilary and Her Marine
Cultivating your own identity within leather/kink. Understanding the limitations of labels and the freedom of personalized definitions. Identify your prime values and stay in alignment with who you are. Unlock the inner you and help others find their calling.

Dynamic Relationships
Lady Hilary and Her Marine
Celebrate Passion and Love! A workshop focused on creating relationships that are flexible, fluid, hot, and sustainable. This workshop will discuss all types, styles, and frameworks; queer, straight, monogamous, poly, equality, and power based relationships. We will explore all love relationships, their dynamics - how we do them, and how to do them well. We will look at communication, dynamic tension, cultivating passion, forgiveness, and LOVE.

How to Host a Gang Bang: Pulling a Train in Style
Lady Hilary and Her Marine
Have you or one of your play partners always wanted to be “taken” by a gang, a group, a mob? This is the workshop for you, we will discuss head space, safety, preparation, negotiation and after care for both the Top’s and bottom(s). We will have an live demo, possibly from the crowd or a stunt bottom- do you want to play?

Day Event: Kinky Tea Party
Hosted by Lady Hilary
An afternoon respite with tea, treats, service, and kinky parlor games. No Late Admittance.

Lolita Wolf

The ABC’s of BDSM

Lolita Wolf (leatheryenta.com) discovered the BDSM scene back in the late 80s when “online” meant being on the phone sex lines. She is an activist who defends sexual freedom for all consenting adults, spreads the word about BDSM, sex and poly, and helps the community grow and flourish. Yet, her goal remains “to have fun.” Lolita has many specialties including bondage, impact play of all sorts, hot wax, fire play, poly relationships, social skills, communication and negotiation, CBT, violet wands, etc. Lolita has presented workshops for organizations and events across the country. She is well-known for a fun and entertaining style that packs a lot of information into a short class. Lolita is an Emeritus Board Member of both TES and Leather Leadership Conference. She is a former Chair of Lesbian Sex Mafia, an honorary member of GMSMA and an Associate Member of New York boys of Leather. She is active with National Coalition for Sexual Freedom and Leather Pride Night. She has authored two books: *Spanking* and *CBT in a Nutshell*.

The ABC’s of BDSM
Lolita Wolf
Our community has a distinct language. Learn the lingo so that you can understand what people are talking about and so that you can communicate and negotiate effectively. Geared to novices, this session is a safe space to ask any question.

Marcia Baczynski

Men and Power (w/SwitchMe)

Marcia Baczynski is a relationship coach and communication expert who specializes in helping people understand, ask for, and get what they want in dating, sex and love. She has a particular affinity for working with people charting new territories in their relationship lives. Marcia is the co-creator of Cuddle Party, and is a regular teacher at the Center for Sex and Culture, a board member of Mission Control (a sex-positive creative community events space in San Francisco) and a presenter at numerous conferences around the country. She has made appearances on the Montel Williams show, Fox News, Penn & Teller's Bullsh*t, NPR, GQ, Marie Claire, People and Newsweek. She lives in San Francisco. To find out more or inquire about a coaching session with her, go to askingforwhatyouwant.com.

Men and Power
Marcia & SwitchMe
Men are steeped in a culture that tells them what they are supposed to be and supports that story with some rather ruthless requirements. Whether you are cis-gendered (identify as the gender you were assigned at birth), transgender, transmasculine, or male or masculine identified, we have all been raised in a society with gender codes, sexism, and inequality. However *you* self-identify, if society perceives you as male, you're expected to behave in specific ways which may or may not be "you." For all men, some of these expectations appear in obvious ways, others are more subtle. But a lot of the male "prerogatives" find a home in how we interact with our friends and our intimate partners. What happens when we consciously or unconsciously internalize the story of what we're supposed to be as men? Do you know how this power shapes and affects you and those in your life? This workshop begins with a brief overview of male power and privilege: what is it? Where does it come from? We then move into a reflection about the advantages and disadvantages of this power through a series of interactive exercises that challenge our assumptions and behaviors about what it really means to be men. Anyone wishing to examine their inner self and open to a deeper understanding of how cultural pressure and power affect relationships is encouraged to attend. Partners are welcome, as are singles.

Mark Frazier

Wrestling and Grappling

Cock and Ball Torture (CBT)

Deep Tissue Bruising

Knife Play

Mark Frazier is the co-owner and executive producers of the International Leather Sir/boy and Community bootblack contests. Mark has been involved in the Leather Lifestyle for 25 years. He has had the privilege of holding leather titles ranging from State and Regional to International, holding board positions on numerous prominent local to national organizations and being awarded many awards and accolades. Mark has presented over 1600 workshops and is always looking for new idea to teach on!

Wrestling and Grappling
Mark Frazier
Wrestling is an ancient martial art that uses grabbing styles and techniques to gain an upper hand on a opponent. Although wrestling can be is a physical competition between two, size does not always matter. The workshop will explore a wide range of styles and technique ranging from various forms of martial arts to hand to hand combat. This workshop will be hands on for all attendee who dare to get into the ring and participate.

Cock and Ball Torture (CBT)
Mark Frazier
In this workshop and demo, use of a plethora of torturous devices that can be applied to the male genitalia is explored with the hope that it will evoke both shrieks of pain and outrage from the hapless bottoms who volunteer. If you want to discover new and horrible ways to painfully stimulate the cock and balls of your partner, then this is a demo one that you will not want too miss. The memories will keep you entertained for days and weeks after.

Deep Tissue Bruising
Mark Frazier
Deep tissues bruises are bruises that are deeper and closer to the bone structure and can last weeks to months. Some submissives view bruises as “trophies” of their submission to their Top, Master or Dom. This workshop will give instructions and ideas on the placement, techniques, methods and toys that can be utilized in giving a trophy that lasts a long time.

Knife Play
Mark Frazier
Knife play is sometimes known as fear play. Sometimes merely showing the knife to a “victim,” blindfolding them and letting them feel the blade on their bare skin can be a mind fuck that fantasies are made of. During the workshop, we will talk about why knife play can be highly erotic and physically stimulating. As with any sort of edge play that can potentially draw blood, there is the risk of passing diseases along. Also, there is the risk of cutting the wrong spot and causing excessive blood loss, or accidental stabbing. The workshop shows methods, technique and tools of the trade and how they can be incorporated in a scene that can be both terrorizing and erotic.

Mark Michaels and Patricia Johnson

Pair-Bonded Alternatives to Conventional Monogamy

Introduction to Tantra

Principles of Sex Magic: Autoerotic Mysticism

Tantric Sexual Ritual Class

Mark A. Michaels and Patricia Johnson are a devoted married couple and have been teaching Tantra together since 1999. They have lectured throughout the United States, as well as in Canada, Europe, and Australia, work privately with couples, and offer online instruction. Michaels and Johnson have been featured on television and radio and in numerous publications. Their approach combines traditional lineage-based Tantra with the best contemporary methods so that students can bring heightened awareness and an expanded capacity for pleasure into all aspects of everyday life. Michaels and Johnson are the authors of *The Essence of Tantric Sexuality* (Llewellyn, 2006), which won the *USA Book News* National Best Books 2007 Award in Health: Sexuality. Their second book, *Tantra for Erotic Empowerment: The Key to Enriching Your Sexual Life* (Llewellyn 2008) won the 2008 *USA Book News* Award, also in Health: Sexuality, was selected as an Indie Excellence Awards finalist in New Age Non-Fiction, and is a *ForeWord Magazine* Books of the Year Award finalist in the Body, Mind and Spirit category. Inspired by their experiences at Dark Odyssey, Michaels and Johnson co-founded the Pleasure Salon (along with Selina Fire), a monthly, New York City gathering of sex-positive activists, educators, professionals, and other like-minded people, in order to build community and create a space for the open exchange of ideas.

Pair-Bonded Alternatives to Conventional Monogamy
Mark Michaels and Patricia Johnson
Conventional monogamy, as it exists in twenty-first century America, is incompatible with the Tantric approach to sexuality, since since it artificially limits desire in a way that is ultimately stultifying for most people. Sexless marriages, affairs, and the high divorce rate all reflect the unsustainability of monogamy as it is commonly understood and practiced. The Tantric model of relating offers an alternative to the monogamous model, although modern practitioners can come closest to the spirit of authentic Tantra in the context of a long-term relationship. These perspectives may seem paradoxical at first, but it’s possible to reject conventional monogamy while deepening your connection to your partner. This need not involve interacting sexually with others, although it can. From the Tantric perspective, relationships, and especially sexual relationships, should be collaborations, and sexual exploration, of whatever kind, is a joint undertaking, based on each partner’s desire to facilitate the other’s growth. In this workshop, we’ll examine these ideas in depth and provide you with practical tools for staying connected as you explore.

Introduction to Tantra
Mark Michaels and Patricia Johnson
Tantra uses sexual energy for consciousness expansion. Join us for an honest discussion in which we will dispel some of the popular myths surrounding this ancient tradition. You will learn that elements of Tantric philosophy and practice can be easily applied to our modern lives in ways that do more than simply improve our sex lives.

Principles of Sex Magic: Autoerotic Mysticism
Mark Michaels and Patricia Johnson
Tantra and Western Sex Magic have many elements in common. The magical and alchemical aspects of the Tantric path are not widely discussed and are sometimes frowned upon as unspiritual. Tantra is not only a tool for the expansion of consciousness; Tantric practices can be used to effect change in both the inner and outer worlds, and this class will give you some basic techniques for doing so. Autoerotic Mysticism: Conscious self-pleasuring is a powerful technique both as a form of meditation and as a magical tool. You will learn to use masturbation to effect changes in yourself and your environment or simply to improve your emotional state. Discover a simple, straightforward and practical approach to Sex Magic. The principles of Autoerotic Mysticism can be used in the context of any form of sexual activity. We will explain both the theory and practice of Autoerotic Mysticism. , no latecomers.

Tantric Sexual Ritual Class
Mark Michaels & Patricia Johnson and Barbara Carrellas
Tantric Sexual ritual is a physical re-enactment of Tantric metaphysics—the view that the universe itself (which is comprised of five elements) is a concrete manifestation of the ongoing sexual union between Shiva and Shakti. It is also an enactment of a process that is taking place internally, the union of the male and female elements that exist within each and every one of us. By bringing awareness to these processes, the very things that make life possible, by removing them from the realm of the reflexive and mechanical, we can transform acts that are perceived as ordinary into acts that are imbued with meaning and sacredness. In this workshop, we will examine the theory and practice of Tantric sexual ritual, also known as the Maithuna, Panchamakara. or 5-M (for the five elements) ceremony.

Nina Hartley

Cocksucking Tips & Techniques

Stripping for Your Lover

Pussy Whispering

Nina Hartley (nina.com) grew up in Berkeley, California and earned her nursing degree from San Francisco State. She began stripping as a sophomore in college and performed in her first video, *Educating Nina*, in 1984. She has since appeared in over 650 adult videos, directed and produced a bestselling series of sex ed videos for Adam & Eve, and appeared in the mainstream film *Boogie Nights*. She was in a triad marriage for twenty years and active in the swing scene. She is now married to, and the love slave of, writer, director, editor and BDSM Master Ernest Greene. She identifies as omnisexual, or, in her words, “a universal adaptor.” She particularly likes slutty wenches, Celts in kilts, and giving a good caning. With Greene, she has created a series of BDSM/fetish videos for Adam & Eve. She has won dozens of awards for her videos, has been inducted into the Porn Star Hall of Fame, and has been called “The World’s Best Loved Porn Star.” An outspoken critic of censorship and an activist, Nina tours the country giving lectures at colleges about her unique and quite strong views on sexuality, feminism and pornography. She is co-author of *Nina Hartley’s Guide to Total Sex*, a sex ed book based on her video series.

Cocksucking Tips & Techniques
Nina Hartley
The director and star of the bestselling videos *Nina Hartley’s Guide to Fellatio* and *The Advanced Guide to Oral Sex* lets her tongue do the talking and the walking as she takes you through the fine art of cocksucking with this hands—and mouths—on workshop. She’ll review how to identify his pleasure points, communicating about what he likes, and give you easy and effective tips on improving your oral techniques.

Stripping for Your Lover
Nina Hartley
A striptease is a great way to arouse, inspire, and entice your lover while also indulging your exhibitionist streak. From her twenty years of feature dancing experience, Nina will take you through the basics of putting on a private (or public!) striptease, from selecting music, an outfit, and accessories to setting the mood and learning to channel your inner sex god or goddess.

Pussy* Whispering
Nina Hartley
Do you love pussy (*or vulva, front hole, junk, cunt, substitute whatever you consider those parts here), but find it a mystery? Would you like to be able to “speak pussy” and have them understand and appreciate your intentions? Would you like to improve the skills you do have and give them a finishing polish? Would you like to become known as a FOP (Friend of Pussy?), accruing all the benefits therein? In short, would you like to become confident that you can help provide real and meaningful pleasure to any person with a pussy who chooses your company? If so, then this is the class for you. Join renowned pussy-hound, er, worshipper, Nina Hartley as she shares with you her secrets for showing people consistently fantastic times in bed (or wherever you find them). Besides brushing you up on your pussy anatomy, Nina will share with you the insights she’s gained in twenty-six years of adult entertainment and swinging experience with hundreds of pussies belonging people of all shapes, sizes, attitudes and sexual orientations. Even if the pussy and you speak different languages, the Language of the Pussy is universal and transcends mere words. In this class you’ll learn how to effectively communicate with Pussies; how to listen to Them; how to best navigate in and around Them; best use of mouth and hands, and, most important, how to show Them a good time so their owners will have you back.

NotThatDon

Co-Topping: When You’re Having More Than One

Interrogation

Buried Alive!

NotThatDon: Don (not that Don) was raised to be straight, but grew out of that and is now queer, queer, queer. He served over 20 years in the Army, which has provided some of the background and skills for his favorite types of play. The majority, however, comes from time spent playing with his leather family. He enjoys long walks on the beach, 80’s music, and burying the living. He does not like writing about himself in the third person.

Co-Topping: When You’re Having More Than One
NotThatDon and Special Guest
What’s not to like about co-topping? Different tops can bring additional skills, additional energy, even additional stamina as needed. And the relationship between the two (or more!) tops in a scene can be every bit as intense and personal as the bond between top and bottom. On the other hand, tops who don’t plan, react and communicate well can turn a potentially awesome scene into a trainwreck. The presenters have been topping together for 10 years. Their co-topping style may appear effortless and natural, but is in fact the product of much experience, learning, and thought. In this class, they will discuss their approach to co-topping. Various styles and scenarios will be presented, communication skills and techniques will be discussed and demonstrated.

Interrogation
NotThatDon
There is something viscerally hot about the icon and imagery of this type of fear play: the interrogator/subject, the predator/prey, the serial killer/victim. Topics include: constructing your persona, selecting your dynamic, planning the scene, selecting your victim, information gathering and communication. Aftercare, for both top and bottom, will be specifically highlighted. Short demos will be provided throughout. Although this class will be examining this type of play from the top’s perspective, of course all are welcome.

Buried Alive!
NotThatDon
Ever fantasized about being buried alive? Or about burying the living? The cold darkness, the smell of earth, the muffled thumps of shovelfuls of dirt landing on the lid? Fingernails scrabbling on dirt or on wood? But no one has the time and energy to build a coffin and bury it, or to make this type of scene safe enough to be considered, surely? PQLF does, and they will bringing their coffin to camp. In this workshop, Don will demonstrate live burial, followed by a step-by-step deconstruction of the scene. The main focus will be on safety, and on how to recreate such a labor-intensive scene when you don’t have the luxury of a motivated leather family.

Phoenix B.

Basic SM Health and Safety

Decorative Cutting

Day Event: Energy Pull Ritual

Phoenix B’s “official” entrance into the Seattle BDSM community by joining the local SM Dyke club, Outer Limits, in 1986. From there, Phoenix quickly went on to become a coordinator in that organization until it closed in the mid-90s. Phoenix was the co-founder/producer of the well-known and highly-regarded Wicked Womyn SM conferences in Seattle. Phoenix also served as a coordinator for the Powersurge Conferences as well. Phoenix has taught many workshops across the USA, Europe, and Canada on play piercing, cutting, suturing, fire play, blood drawing, flogging, and Japanese rope harness. Phoenix also loves “hooks” and has facilitated many energy pulls and suspensions. Some of the events she served include Women at Leather Pride in Amsterdam, Schmacht! in Berlin, SM Dykes in Manchester England, Dark Odyssey, Lesbian Sex Mafia, Thunder In The Mountains, Southwest Leather Conference, Pacific Friction, Mayhem, Southern Bash, Beyond Leather, and Seattle events and organizations including Wicked Womyn, PowerSurge, Seattle Women of Leather, Center for Sex Positive Culture (The Wetspot), C-Space, Kinky Carnival, and the Blood Faire. Phoenix believes it is important to share knowledge about SM techniques but also to listen and learn from others as well. Phoenix has many interests, but motorcycle riding and service bois are her favorites. Phoenix identifies as Two-Spirit Native (Swampy Cree/Scots), Gender Queer, Top, Sir, and Daddy, and has a particular fondness for having boots shined. You can view Phoenix’s profile on Fetlife.com under the name PhoenixB.

Advanced Decorative Cutting
Phoenix B.
Cuttings can range from the back alley slasher scene, to artful decorations, to a deeply spiritual right of passage. This workshop will cover these as well as discuss the technical aspects of intricate decorative cutting. Participants will also view a video showing cutting techniques. Discussion will be about where to locate and create detailed designs, what issues to be aware of with different designs, transfer materials and equipment requirements, design placement concerns, and intricate cutting techniques. There will be a review of basic 101 safety requirements for general cutting/blood play. Participants will be encouraged to share their knowledge, experience, and questions around cutting techniques and other design ideas. If you are squeamish around blood, then this class is not for you.

Basic S/M Health and Safety
Phoenix B.
This is an opportunity to learn basic health and safety guidelines for dungeon and private S/M play. We will cover blood borne pathogen awareness and concerns, STD’s-STI’s, HIV, proper glove use, and risk reduction techniques in SM. This class is geared towards awareness and playing safer. While Phoenix only plays “surgeon” in the dungeon, Phoenix looks to professionals in the medical field for current cross-contamination reduction practices. Phoenix will bring those practices and link them to our S/M practices to create safe kinky play. Participants are encouraged to bring their expertise and/or their questions to this discussion.

Day Event: Energy Pull Ritual
Phoenix B.
An energy pull can be many things; ceremonial, spiritual, cathartic, transformational, and energizing. It is up to you. An energy pull is not a top/bottom activity, nor is it a macho/ego/pain/power trip. Rather it is activity that has a facilitator, along with other “pullers,” but where you are in charge of how your personal energy is opened and the connections you make from your body to your spirit. Anyone that has music or a drum to share, please come and play. Phoenix will bring hir energy as the facilitator to join with those that “pierce”, and those that come to support and witness. All are welcome to join in this ritual energy pull either as a supporter, witness, or puller. Each has an important active role, therefore supporters and witnesses are requested to give their energy into the circle so please feel free to bring a drum, sticks, or instrument to share. Phoenix will be on hand to answer any questions ahead of time. Pullers should bring a support person with them if they need support or aftercare after the hooks are removed. Participants will be pierced on the upper chest or back and connected to either a center ring with others, with a partner(s), against a fixed object, or by themselves depending on their individual intent and the venue. Then it will be YOUR experience to have. *No Latecomers.*

Reid Mihalko

Slut and Slut-Lite: Negotiating Healthy Relationships with Disparate Sexual Self-Expressions (w/Allie Moon)

The Ins and Outs of Hand Sex (w/Amy Jo Goddard)

Negotiating Successful Threesomes

Day Event: Speed-Flirting

Reid Mihalko (reidaboutsex.com) helps people create more self-esteem, self-confidence, and greater health in their relationship and sex lives, no matter what their self-expression. From his Stand-Up Sex Ed Comedy lectures at colleges all the way to his R-rated and NC17-rated Show-N-Tell Sex Education workshops, Reid’s work has entertained, delighted and educated tens of thousands of adults around the globe. Known for his charisma, wit and emphasis on integrity, Reid has been a featured speaker at dozens of conferences on relationships and sexuality and is a sought-after presenter and teacher at universities and sex positive stores across the country. Reid has been a writer and producer on a number of films and television projects about sex and relationships, and appears regularly in the media. He has also appeared on *Montel*, Fox News, VH1’s *Scott Baio is 45 and Single*, Showtime’s *Penn & Teller’s Bulls**t!*, Canada’s *The Sex Files* and SexTV, *Life & Style*, NPR, Sirius’ Maxim Radio and Cosmo Radio, and in *Marie Claire*, *GQ*, *People*, *Newsweek* and *The National Enquirer*, as well as media across the globe in thirteen countries and at least seven languages.

Slut and Slut-Lite: Negotiating Healthy Relationships with Disparate Sexual Self-Expressions
Reid Mihalko and Allie Moon
There are plenty of challenges being in a relationship with someone who is far sluttier or far less sluttier than you. The slutty one wants to frolic while trying to honor the needs of the not-so-slutty one. The not-so-slutty one may have a hard time figuring out what makes them feel safe at sex-positive events or even “what to do” at such events. The not-so-slutty one may be shamed for not being “as evolved” or sex-positive, while the slutty one, having to deal with society’s judgments may be afraid of facing that same judgment at home. Sound familiar? Whereever you fall on the “slut-spectrum” you can learn from relationship blackbelts Reid Mihalko (slut) and Allie Moon (slut-lite) as they discuss how to make disparate sexual self-expressions work. In this lively workshop, filled with humor and exercises, Reid and Allie will cover the communication skill sets and damage control devices they apply in their personal relationships that allow each of them the freedom to be exuberantly self-expressed in how they like to love. It’s possible, and it may be easier than you think! Join us!

Negotiating Successful Threesomes
Reid Mihalko
Ever fantasize about having a threesome? Tried it once and all you had were regrets? Are you (and maybe your partner) ready to experience a ménage à trios? Do you want ensure your next threesome is utterly delicious and not a train wreck? “Three-in-a-bed” is one of the most common bedroom fantasies, and, with some help, patience, compassion and a little luck, can be an extraordinary experience to share with others. Join Reid Mihalko as he shares hard-won insights, tips, and valuable communication tools in an entertaining, fun-filled and salacious workshop (complete with hilarious live demonstrations!). You’ll learn: how to broach the subject of Having a Threesome, techniques to satisfy two lovers at once, the top three most common threesome mistakes and how to avoid them, how to negotiate boundaries and safer sex protocols to make your next ménage à trois trés bien, and, last but not least...how to make it fun for everyone! Whether you’ve had more threesomes than Jim Morrison or are just beginning to consider three-in-a-bed, you’ll leave with the tools to make your dream come true.

Day Event: Speed-Flirting
Hosted by Reid Mihalko
Join your favorite flirtatious relationship expert, Reid Mihalko as he leads you pervs, kinsters, and “out of the boxsters” in an evening of games and ice breakers designed for you to connect with (and maybe leave with...) your fellow campers! No matter what your kink, experience level, or orientation, this evening is going to be one of the best ways to make new acquaintances, reignite an old spark, flatter an existing lover and get that gleam in your eye sparkling again! Come warm up for the weekend by getting your flirt on. Shy? No problem! Reid will give you plenty of opportunities to feel comfortable breaking the ice with other campers and put more flirt in your weekend. Not specifically a sexual event, but not a chaste one either... wear something fun and get ready to bat those eyelashes and warm up your wink for that special someone ‘cause we’re gonna have a blast!

Sarah Sloane

The Ins and Outs of Anal Play

Sarah Sloane (sarahsloane.net) is a sexuality & relationship educator from the Washington DC area. She has taught literally hundreds of classes for Sex-Positive, BDSM, and Relationship-oriented organizations and events throughout the US, Canada, and overseas for 10 years. She also works with individuals & small groups to learn skills and techniques to enhance their lives. Sarah is the owner of Equilibrium Consulting, LLC, and is also a proud Independent Consultant and Sex Educator for Love U Parties.

The Ins and Outs of Anal Play
Sarah Sloane
Anal play is one of the most basic sexual activities known to humankind—it’s about time we spent some time demystifying it and talking (and showing!) how hot and sexy it is—and how we can bring it into our scenes to take things up a notch (or up a butt, whichever you prefer!). Whether you’re a giver, a taker, a dominant, a submissive, a newbie, an old fogie, or all of the above, you’re sure to take a little new info home with you…and hopefully start putting it into practice! A warning, though—the presenter can’t teach this class without a LOT of bad puns, so brace yourself…

Sharrin Spector

The Object of My Desire

The Kiss of Fire

Day Event: Ball Dance

Body modification artist, teacher and vendor, Sharrin Spector has been active in the BDSM community for the last 20 years. Her passions include blood, rattan canes and being on the receiving end of excellent service. Sharrin has taught for numerous organizations including Black Rose, Thunder in the Mountains, Dark Odyssey and IMsL. When not traveling, she lives in a non-traditional “poly-cule” in Oakland, CA and owns Pierce Ink, a full service body modification studio In San Jose.

The Object of My Desire
Sharrin Spector
Cock, hole, mouth, boot, ass, fist, nipple, lips! Are you the object or objectifier? Do you hold the power or is it shared? Are you each on your own ride or is it a tandem rollercoaster? This class is meant to be an introduction into the erotic play of Objectification. It’s also a primer and safe discussion space for The Objectification Room at the Garden of Carnal Delights. If you’re interested in being an object or an objectifier at the Garden, you are *strongly encouraged* to attend this class. You may also attend if: you are new to Dark Odyssey or the Garden itself and want more information about it; you have questions about expectations, etiquette, or how to participate; you’ve read through the description in the Special Events section, and you’re still not clear what it’s all about; or any combination of these. We’ll answer your questions and help give you an idea of what to expect.

The Kiss of Fire
Sharrin Spector
Have you ever imagined what it would be like to brand or to be branded? Then this is the class for you. This class will discuss the major aspects and techniques of branding. From the hot new cauterizing pens to strike and rod branding. Participants will gain a knowledge of skin types and safety and healing. Come with an open mind and a desire to smell it burn.

Day Event: Ball Dance
Sharrin Spector
Hear the drum beat, feel the pull of the balls and allow yourself to be swept into the rhythm of the dance. We shall explore the pulse of the drum riding the ritual ecstasy that can be achieved through participation in this special event. Ball Dancers are pierced with 20-gauge needles through which mono filament lines are threaded. Then bells, balls, fruit, etc. are tied to the monofilament lines and the needle removed. There are many ways to participate in this exploration of self discovery from Dancing, Piercing, Drumming to Witnessing. All levels and experiences are welcome and encouraged to participate. There will be a Ball Dance Craft Class before the Ball Dance for participants to meet, ask questions, and create beautiful baubles for the ritual.

Sir C

Predicament Bondage

Rope You Can Use Tonight

Day Event: 5 Minute Dating for Tops & bottoms

Sir C is a sadistic, bisexual, and poly Master and BDSM educator. She shares a home and Her life with Her Alpha Mate, Bobby, and is pleased to be part of PQLF leather family. She is well known for Her rope rigging, interesting training perspectives, unique M/s philosophy, and “evil” genius. She has pursued Her passion for strenuous bondage and suspension professionally on sites like Hogtied, Waterbondage, InSex, Men in Pain and InSexM. Her personal passion is evident in Her local and national affiliations, participation, and teaching. She was the founding Associate Director of MAsT: Metro New York, is a Trainer with The Estate, and has taught at a number of group meetings and munches, as well as national events including Dark Odyssey, BR, Kinkfest, South Plains Leatherfest, Ohio Leatherfest, TES Fest, Leather Retreat Master/slave Camp and Shibaricon.

Rope You Can Use Tonight
Sir C
The class will consist of the shortest possible lecture covering rope selection, care and safety. That will be followed by a completely hands-on class. I’ll teach the only three knots you will ever need to do competent rope bondage. We’ll apply all that to learning effective and easy cuffs. From there, depending on class ability and time remaining, I’ll teach ties for a purpose the class expresses interest in. Bring 6-12 feet of rope and leave able to safely bind your bottom. Instructor will have rope to practice with, and rope for purchase to continue your rope play later…

Predicament Bondage
Sir C
A beginning intermediate level class that builds on the attendees’ basic comfort with rope and ability to tie cuffs, and a half hitch. This class will begin with a discussion of the principles that form the foundation of safe predicaments and a guide to planning your own predicaments. The rest of class time will be spent on demos of the techniques, and a period of improv where attendees name the goal of the tie and instructor and class create a predicament.

SwitchMe

The Fine Art of Prostate Massage: Give and Receive It!

Men and Power (w/Marcia)

Day Event: 5 Minute Dating for Tops & bottoms

SwitchMe identifies as a co-gendered, bisexual, polyamorous switch who finds pleasure in helping others discover the sheer joy and bliss of a free and uninhibited sexuality. He has been presenting and teaching for over 10 years on a variety of subjects, including body image, touch, deviancy, anthropology and computing. She is currently working on an advanced degree, conducting fieldwork in the Caribbean, and has several publications. With an increasing emphasis on breath and energy, his workshops focus on the many ways to let go of inhibitions and enjoy our sexuality.

The Fine Art of Prostate Massage: Give and Receive It!
SwitchMe
The prostate is an often-mysterious part of male anatomy. It can also be a source of intense pleasure. As part of the male reproductive system, it is vital to health. When included as part of the sexual arousal cycle, and as part of the arouse-release cycle, it is a source of pleasure. We’ll consider the whole picture. Where is the prostate located? What does it do? Do female-bodied folks have a prostate gland? How can we learn to enjoy it? What sorts of toys are needed to stimulate the prostate? Is it icky to play with? Is it dangerous to play with? What sorts of problems might we experience? What does getting a prostate massage feel like? How can one learn to give such a massage? If you have had doubts or fears about the prostate, this is your chance to overcome that hesitation. If you have tried it before but haven’t really “gotten” it, this will help you get there. Bring an open mind and any toys you like. If you want to be coached through giving a massage, this is your chance. This is planned as a hands-on workshop, and in addition to demonstrations, you will have the chance to learn by doing. Both singles (wanting either to give or receive) and partnered pairs are encouraged to attend.

Men and Power (w/Marcia)
SwitchMe and Marcia
Men are steeped in a culture that tells them what they are supposed to be and supports that story with some rather ruthless requirements. Whether you are cis-gendered (identify as the gender you were assigned at birth), transgender, transmasculine, or male or masculine identified, we have all been raised in a society with gender codes, sexism, and inequality. However *you* self-identify, if society perceives you as male, you're expected to behave in specific ways which may or may not be "you." For all men, some of these expectations appear in obvious ways, others are more subtle. But a lot of the male "prerogatives" find a home in how we interact with our friends and our intimate partners. What happens when we consciously or unconsciously internalize the story of what we're supposed to be as men? Do you know how this power shapes and affects you and those in your life? This workshop begins with a brief overview of male power and privilege: what is it? Where does it come from? We then move into a reflection about the advantages and disadvantages of this power through a series of interactive exercises that challenge our assumptions and behaviors about what it really means to be men. Anyone wishing to examine their inner self and open to a deeper understanding of how cultural pressure and power affect relationships is encouraged to attend. Partners are welcome, as are singles.

Tristan Taormino

The Mommy Edge

Border Crossing: Challenging Boundaries, Connecting Bodies

The Mommy Edge Panel and Discussion
Felice Shays, Tristan Taormino, Sharrin Spector and others TBA
Mommies (Mamas, Mothers, Moms) make us feel safe and warm? Yes…sometimes. But certainly not always. Felice Shays, who has been a Mommy to girls and boys of several genders, will lead a panel of widely experienced and divergent Mommies as they discuss age play, leather families, sex, headspace, punishment, identity, real world dilemmas, the conceived differences between Mommies and Daddies, and what to do when the Mommy needs some Mommying. A time to appreciate the Mommies who wear stilettos, lipstick, dildos or neckties. As time allows, there will also be exercises that will get you thinking and talking about your own identities, needs, perversions, and concerns. Non-Mommies very welcome.

Border Crossing: Challenging Boundaries, Connecting Bodies
Tristan Taormino with Barbara Carrellas and SwitchMe
Negotiation is one of the fundamental elements for people who are polyamorous, swingers, and BDSMers. But do you ever feel like sometimes we over-negotiate? Similarly, our identities are an important way that we announce ourselves to the world and relate to others, but sometimes those same categories—straight, queer, top, bottom, man, woman—also limit us. In this very interactive workshop, we will explore intimacy and borders through a series of exercises designed to connect you with your body and with the bodies of your fellow campers. Through exchanges of conscious touch, we will attempt to awaken the senses, focusing on the physical rather than the cerebral. Come prepared to step outside your comfort zone, let down your guard, and challenge your assumptions and boundaries. Participation is *required* in this workshop. Nudity is welcome, but not required. If you have a blindfold, bring it with you, otherwise blindfolds will be provided for the class. Check your egos, identities, and expectations at the door! *No Latecomers, Participation Required.*

Wintersong Tashlin

Urethral Insertion Play 101

The Spirituality of Kinky Sex

The Tiniest Athame: Using Needles for Energy Work and Magic

Day Event: Ritual for the Breaking of Energetic Ties

Wintersong Tashlin (barkingshaman.blogspot.com) is a shaman, magician and presenter who has been teaching and running rituals for over a decade. He is a council member of Clan Tashlin, an earth based teaching and magical order built around a unique approach to magic, spirituality, and the relationship of people to the land and gods. Winter sees pain and pleasure as valuable tools, and employs them in both his spiritual work and erotic play. In addition to his magical and spiritual classes, he also teaches workshops on various erotic techniques, specializing in male genitorture, polyamory and unusual kink techniques. His essays on life as a queer/kinky/pagan/poly shaman living with Tourette syndrome can be found at The Barking Shaman; he is also a contributing author on the spiritworkers blog The Gods’ Mouths (godsmouths.blogspot.com) and the online magazine Blood For the Divine (bloodfordivine.blogspot.com), which focuses on the ordeal path as a spiritual tool. He can be found on Fetlife simply as “Wintersong.”

Urethral Insertion Play 101
Wintersong Tashlin
Learn how to fuck in a whole new hole! Join us as we look how to stimulate yourself or someone else through the use of urethral sounds and other insertables. We’ll cover how to choose the right kind of toy, properly prepare, play safe and fun (with just a little meanness thrown in for good measure), and how to clean up afterward. No Late Admittance, Nudity Present.

The Spirituality of Kinky Sex
Wintersong Tashlin
Does our existence as spiritual beings and kinksters intersect? Where throughout the “lifestyle” can we find spiritual meaning and value? What is it about kinky sex that draws us to seek deeper meaning, and where in our sexual expression do we find that depth? In this class we’ll look at various activities and segments of the kink world and look beyond the surface to find something that touches us on a spiritual level.

The Tiniest Athame: Using Needles for Energy Work and Magic
Wintersong Tashlin
Piercing the skin can be an intimate and powerful experience, and can lead to all sorts of reactions in both the person piercing and being pierced. But what about using the needle itself as a tool to direct energy to a purpose? In this class we will explore ways to use needle play techniques to move energy into and out of the body or aura, perform cleansing, healing, and other forms of spell work that lend themselves well to this atypical tool. Familiarity with either needle play or energy work/magic would be helpful.

Day Event: Ritual for the Breaking of Energetic Ties
Led by Wintersong Tashlin
Been through a rough break-up? Still feel tied to someone or something in your life but feel like you need to move on? We’ll join together to sever the ties that bind us and hold us back. Although the ritual will have a pagan framework it will be welcoming to everyone.