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Entering the world of kink and BDSM can be a daunting task. Fighting your way through all the different labels, techniques and styles is difficult for even experienced players. There is no real book of standards and much of the information is presented as absolute but the next source can contradict it completely. This class will survey all the ways people get kinky with each other and help every attendee find the parts of this very vast subject that sing to them.

Important Information:

• Pay-what-you-can scholarships are available for all Pan Eros Foundation workshops. If you need financial assistance, please email Leah at education@pan-eros.org
• No late entry will be allowed due to the intimate nature of this workshop. Doors will be locked at 10 minutes after the start time.
• Water available. Please bring your own cup or bottle.
• Open to all 18+
• Attendance is limited to 40 people.
• All sexes, genders, races, ethnicities, bodies, body types, sexual orientations, relationship orientations, abilities welcome and celebrated.
• Please let us know by email if you have any access needs or things that would aid in your learning.
• Questions may be directed to: education@pan-eros.org

About the Educator:

Sophia Sky identifies as a Shenaniganarian and uses she/her pronouns. She is the Executive Director of the Pan Eros Foundation and is working to change the world’s ideas about sexuality by speaking at universities, conventions, and private groups around North America. Sophia believes that being sex positive means respecting the spectrum of sexual expression from asexual to omnisexual. She is a lover of art, sex, learning & starry skies.

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Level: All levels
Class style: Lecture, demo, and hands-on

Japanese rope bondage (Kinbaku or Shibari) has become very popular, and its popularity keeps growing. However, it can be a little intimidating and frustrating to start because of how intricate and involved most ties are.

If you’ve been trying to learn Kinbaku and you’ve been struggling with the challenge of memorizing the steps of various ties, this workshop is for you. You will learn how to improvise as you go along and tie your partner without needing to remember steps.

If you've already been practicing Kinbaku, this workshop will introduce you to a whole new approach of free-form tying that will make every play session unique.

This workshop will help you cultivate connection with your rope partner and create beautiful and hot rope experiences without having to memorize complex ties.

We will focus on creating intimacy between tying partners, and the importance of enjoying the tying process, and not just focusing on reaching the end product.

We will also discuss how rope and strawberries are related!

The techniques taught in this workshop will greatly help you as you continue to learn more about Kinbaku.
 

These techniques include:

• Rope bottoming skills
• Rope handling
• Understanding and achieving flow while tying
• Tying with focus on your play partner
• Ichinawa (AKA ippon nawa) translates to “one rope”. It is a technique that focuses on the tying instead of the end result of a particular tie.

The workshop will also cover Aisatsu Shibari as an application of these techniques.
 

Prerequisites:

Note: These building blocks will be covered during the workshop. However, previous familiarity with them will increase the benefit from the workshop.

To get the most out of this workshop, a person who will be tying should to be familiar with the following building blocks:

• Single-column tie
• Joining 2 ropes
• Half hitch
• Munter hitch (nodome)
• Creating an inline cuff (e.g., a hojo cuff)

What to bring:

• 3 pieces of 7-8 metre 5-6mm rope. Natural fibre rope, especially jute, is highly recommended
• A small blanket for warmth (recommended).

Other important info:

• Pay-what-you-can scholarships are available for all Pan Eros Foundation workshops. If you need financial assistance, please email Leah at education@pan-eros.org
• No late entry will be allowed due to the intimate nature of this workshop. Doors will be locked at 10 minutes after the start time.
• Water available. Please bring your own cup or bottle.
• Open to all 18+
• Attendance is limited to 8 tying pairs.
• All sexes, genders, races, ethnicities, bodies, body types, sexual orientations, relationship orientations, abilities welcome and celebrated.
• Please let us know by email if you have any access needs or things that would aid in your learning.
• Questions may be directed to: education@pan-eros.org

About the instructors:
Since 2015, KinkRx (https://kinkrx.com) has been teaching high quality BDSM public classes and private lessons in Seattle. They cover beginner to advanced skills of shibari, dominance and submission, rough sex and body play, impact play, needle play, as well as the skills for creating rewarding play experiences. They are known for deep technical knowledge, premium curriculum development, and strong teaching skills. They also have extensive experience in working with people who are looking to use BDSM as a way to enrich their relationships and cultivate strong connections with their partners.

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Rope can be the perfect tool for intensity, suffering and sadomasochism. This hands-on class will prove that a little bit of rope can get a huge reaction, even without suspension or uplines. We will learn ties on the toes, calves, crotch, and torso, then learn to combine them to create a full scene or predicament. 

None of the ties in this class are complex, but tops will need a single column tie, tight tension and good rope handling to achieve the proper effect. Bottoms need experience with pain processing and communicating while in pain. 

Important Information:

• Pay-what-you-can scholarships are available for all Pan Eros Foundation workshops. If you need financial assistance, please email Leah at education@pan-eros.org
• No late entry will be allowed due to the intimate nature of this workshop. Doors will be locked at 10 minutes after the start time.
• Water available. Please bring your own cup or bottle.
• Open to all 18+
• Attendance is limited to 12 pairs.
• All sexes, genders, races, ethnicities, bodies, body types, sexual orientations, relationship orientations, abilities welcome and celebrated.
• Please let us know by email if you have any access needs or things that would aid in your learning.
• Questions may be directed to: education@pan-eros.org

About the Educators:

Nick (he/him) has been part of the Seattle kink community since 2015 and teaching since 2018. He draws on his Brazilian jiu jitsu background and general sadism to teach us the worst/best tips for rough body play. Most of his other classes and private lessons center around rope bondage. He can be found on Instagram @Tie_Rope_Take_Photo and Fetlife @Provocations.

Val (they/them) is a bottom, kink educator and glutton for suffering. They specialize in improvisational play and maintaining in-scene relationship dynamics. They teach private lessons on rope bottoming and beginning rope classes with Full Circle Kink. They can be found on Instagram @valley_roses and Fetlife @ValleyRoses.

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Interested in adding some bondage to your life but not sure where to start? This fun and accessible introductory class will introduce you to the basics of kink and rope bondage. By the time you’re done you’ll have all the skills you need to safely and confidently start exploring bondage on your own.

This is a bondage class rather than a knots class, so our focus is on teaching a small number of versatile techniques that you can use in all kinds of ways. All the ties in the class are easy to learn and can be used for many different play styles.

The point of bondage is to connect with your partner, so we’ll also cover fundamental kink concepts like consent, safewords, negotiation, and aftercare. To help you put it all together, we’ll have fun demos of the techniques in action, along with suggestions for how to figure out what kind of kink works best for you.

Single students are welcome, but this class is most fun if you take it with a partner. We’ll provide practice rope if you don’t have your own. The 38 page color handout includes all the class material as well as additional ties to practice at home.

COVID Protocols:

We will announce the masking policy four weeks before the class. If you buy tickets for a class before the covid policy has been finalized, please understand that masks may or may not be required.
 

Important details:

• Pay-what-you-can scholarships are available for all Pan Eros Foundation workshops. If you need financial assistance, please email Leah at education@pan-eros.org
• All sexes, genders, races, ethnicities, sexual orientations, relationship orientations, bodies, body types, ability levels welcome and celebrated.
• No late entry will be allowed due to the nature of this workshop. Doors will be locked at 10 minutes after the start time.
• Open to all 18+
• Water available. Please bring your own bottle or cup.
• Attendance is limited to 24 people.
• Questions may be directed to: education@pan-eros.org

About the Educators:

Full Circle Kink is a Seattle-based kink education group known for high-quality classes on a wide range of topics. Our classes span the spectrum from beginner topics to deep dives on highly technical subjects. Regardless of the topic, our expert instructors combine deep subject matter expertise with a relentless focus on teaching practical, real-world skills.

Sensual Sessions aims to create a relaxed space where through art you can explore the sensual planes of our bodies. Guests will create paintings that explore making shapes through light and shadow work on canvas. By the end of the class, guests should have one finished Acrylic on Canvas painting of the female form in a seductive pose.
Admission includes a painting lesson with Genea Morrow of Black Omi Art Co, canvas, paints, and all brushes needed to create your painting.

Details:
Tickets available here: https://www.strangertickets.com/events/161921652/sensual-sessions-paint-sip
Time doors open for socializing and settling in: 5:30 pm
Time painting starts: 6 pm- 8 pm
Tickets are only available in advance until 11pm on the Tuesday before the event.

About your painting instructor:

Black Omi Art Co.

Genea Morrow is a self-taught artist and creative entrepreneur residing in Seattle. Her interest in art began in 2012 but veered in the direction of modeling and photography; it came full circle in a figure drawing class in 2017. She then took the time to fall in love with creating shapes out of shadow work using charcoal as her medium. It wasn’t until 2021 that she started to play in paint. Genea began a fulfilling career co-owning a children’s educational toy store, J.I.L.L.’s Toyshop, and launching Black Omi Art Co. Though her journey wasn’t always easy, she often opens up about her struggles with imposter syndrome and how she continuously works on her insecurities surrounding her late start to paint. She now creates paintings that tell her story, a story heavily influenced by her history with religion and spirituality, overshadowed by her exploration of her sensuality. Her work is centered around creating the feeling of familiarity, power, and freedom. To highlight the internal battles of feminine and masculine energies women may feel.

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Predicaments are more than just suffering, they’re suffering with options. This tie-along class will teach the building blocks of rope predicaments, adjustments for safety, and several hot predicament ties you won’t learn anywhere else. Our toolbox will include backbends, hair rope, face rope, calf binders, toe crushers, crotch rope, self-choking ties, nipple clamps, and more. 

Students should bring 6+ lengths of 25-30 foot rope including several lengths suitable for uplines. Tops and bottoms should both be experienced and competent in rope suspension. Bottoms in particular need good body awareness and communication skills. 

Important Information:

• Pay-what-you-can scholarships are available for all Pan Eros Foundation workshops. If you need financial assistance, please email Leah at education@pan-eros.org
• No late entry will be allowed due to the intimate nature of this workshop. Doors will be locked at 10 minutes after the start time.
• Water available. Please bring your own cup or bottle.
• Open to all 18+
• Attendance is limited to 10 tying pairs.
• All sexes, genders, races, ethnicities, bodies, body types, sexual orientations, relationship orientations, abilities welcome and celebrated.
• Gallery Erato is a historic building with limited accessibility. The lower level Studio currently only accessible by stairs. We will be using the lower level for this class.
• Please let us know by email if you have any access needs or things that would aid in your learning.
• Questions may be directed to: education@pan-eros.org

About the Educators: 

Nick (he/him) has been topping rope since 2015 and teaching rope since 2018. He loves creative suspensions, intense floor ties, and nerding out about rope techniques. He teaches kink classes and private lessons on his own, and with Full Circle Kink. He can be found on Instagram @Tie_Rope_Take_Photo and Fetlife @Provocations.

Val (they/them) is a bottom, kink educator and glutton for suffering. They specialize in improvisational play and maintaining in-scene relationship dynamics. They teach private lessons on rope bottoming and beginning rope classes with Full Circle Kink. They can be found on Instagram @valley_roses and Fetlife @ValleyRoses.

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Erotic hypnosis is a marvelous engine for intimacy and erotic imagineering. Hypnotic trance state is a delicious altered state all by itself, but when we stir in suggestion and storytelling we uncover an internal universe that seems limitless. This class will serve as a guide through the first steps in your erotic hypnosis journey and will cover the myriad consent issues, safety, hypnotic induction and will begin to cover applications of hypnosis to our erotic lives.  

Daniel and Ben have crafted this class to be a blend of theory and practice. There will be a small bit of group work (so come prepared to take a little trip into a trance-y headspace), but mostly the practical exercises will be paired.  Optimally, you'll bring a partner to this event.  If not, we will do our best to make sure everybody is paired with someone.

Important information:

• No late entry will be allowed due to the intimate nature of this workshop. Doors will be locked at 10 minutes after the start time.
• Pay-what-you-can scholarships are available for all Pan Eros workshops. Please email Leah at education@pan-eros.org to inquire.
• Water available. Please bring your own cup or bottle.
• Open to all 18+
• Attendance is limited to 24 people.
• All sexes, genders, races, ethnicities, bodies, body types, sexual orientations, relationship orientations, abilities welcome and celebrated.
• Questions may be directed to: education@pan-eros.org 
• Please let us know by email if you have any access needs or things that would aid in your learning.

About the Educator:

Daniel McGlothlen is the queer/gender queer proprietor of visiblerestraint.com (NSFW), a kinky, queer porn site that's been around for a couple of decades. They are a kink performer, educator and enthusiast.  They have been facilitating Pan Eros Foundation's Hypnokink Enthusiasts Group (HEG) for about a year now.  They have also taught hypnosis for Seattle Leather Service Corps., Hypnocon and Rope Burn.  They are working toward creating a 501(c)7 non-profit social club called Trance Pacific, which will be a queer erotic hypnosis group intended to give queer folks in the Pacific Northwest a safe, sexy space for their erotic hypnosis adventures - and, very importantly, to bring erotic hypnosis to underserved communities. Trance Pacific is currently seeking members for its board of directors.  Daniel is also pursuing a bachelor's degree in Psychology, with an emphasis on Sexuality and Gender Studies.  Daniel lives in Tacoma with their husband Craig - and is partnered to Ben, also of Tacoma, who contributes considerably to this class.

This event is presented by the Pan Eros Foundation. Please go to Pan-Eros.org for more information.