Relationships are hard enough! Introduce BDSM or ethical non-monogamy and you add some very particular dynamics and the unique problems that may come along with it! Join Redrobin for this discussion based workshop, where we will explore various alternative relationships such as polyamorous or Dominant/submissive dynamics and how their communication needs differ from “muggle” relationships. We’ll discuss some styles of processing, support systems, and ways to work through issues with yourself as well as with others. All sexes, genders, ethnicities, sexual orientations, relationship orientations welcome and celebrated. Purchase Advance Tickets Here! 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 30 people. Questions may be directed to: [email protected] About the Educator: Redrobin is an international sex educator, intimacy and relationship coach, speaker, performer, and activist based in Vancouver, Canada. She is the author of Call Me Holly: My Years on the Pole and Polyglamorous: A Queer Mom’s Misadventures and Lessons in Non-Monogamy. Her unique background as a nurse, stripper, Pro Domme, and Vice President of Metro Vancouver Kink has fueled her passions to help normalize and explore human sexuality. Learn more about Robin’s work at robinsnestcoaching.com and alternativesexuality.ca

A celebration of beauty, freedom and yoga. Naked Yoga is a deeply intimate and liberating practice that nourishes body, mind and spirit. This au natural form of yoga begins with a group disrobing ritual and includes a gentle yoga flow practice and meditation to welcome a state of embodied inner peace. Naked yoga is a body-positive and celebratory practice geared towards loving the skin that you’re in and fostering a feeling of naturalness through self-acceptance and inclusivity. The absence of clothes in this yoga practice weaves together naturist and yogic philosophy that aims to bring about increased freedom, embodiment and relaxation in the yoga practice. Our time together is safe, nourishing and judgment free. Please take a moment to read through this FAQ about naked yoga. All body types and levels of yoga experience are welcome. All sexes, genders, ethnicities, sexual orientations, relationship orientations welcome and celebrated. Purchase Advance Tickets Here. Pay It Forward scholarships available. 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. Open to all 18+ Attendance is limited to 25 people. About the facilitator: Isis Phoenix has been teaching naked yoga since 2007. She is the center holder for Naked Yoga Alliance – a resource network for naked yoga and has been a naturist and naked yoga teacher and advocate since 2007. She also teaches classes on sacred sexuality. You can learn more about her and her work by visiting www.isistemplearts.com and www.nakedyogaalliance.com Naked Yoga – A Story of Transformation by Isis Phoenix

Behavior modification and training can be faster, easier, and simply hotter with hypnosis. This hands-on workshop is designed for couples in committed D/s relationships, of any gender and orientation. Through a series of guided exercises, you’ll learn to go into trance or take your partner into trance. Then, we’ll explore establishing post-hypnotic triggers and rewards, thinking through possible outcomes, and setting training goals. If you’re ready to embark on an exciting new training journey with your partner, come take the first steps together! No previous experience is required. Therapeutic behavior modification will not be addressed. Purchase Advance Tickets Here! 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 bottle or cup. Open to all 18+ Attendance is limited to 30 people. Questions may be directed to: [email protected] About the Educator: Najalaise is maniacal but decent. Even before joining the organized BDSM community in 2005, Naj was exploring kink and introducing others to play piercing, figging, sounding, fisting, and more. In recent years, Najalaise has had the pleasure of presenting for Dark Odyssey: Surrender in San Francisco, Northern Exposure in Anchorage, the Pan Eros Foundation in Seattle, and other events across the country. Naj is gleeful about learning and trying new things, both as a top and as a bottom, and is invested in creating spaces that foster knowledge and creativity by making it okay to screw up in public.

Get ready to investigate the mechanics of the body, pressure points, and mental manipulation as we explore the idea of controlling other bodies with our own. We will have conversation and opportunity to play with the physical embodiment of confidence, posture, rope fluidity, and other subtle cues in play with our partners. Purchase Advance Tickets Here! 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 13 pairs. Questions may be directed to: [email protected] About the Educator: Fred’s relationship with rope has taken many forms and has been ever present in his life. From scouts to theater rigging to rock climbing and now rope bondage. Fred began practicing rope bondage in 2011 in order to enhance his BDSM scenes. His influences have been American, European, and Eastern. Fred’s passion for rope itself exceeded his own knowledge and he began to travel for the sole sake of learning more. The last 4 years of his life has been spent as a traveling rope-nomad, learning as many different styles and techniques as possible from inspiring teachers and riggers all over the globe. Fred is not easily categorized, stereotyped, or labeled… nor is his rope. Instead of following only one methodology of rope bondage in his tying and teaching, Fred wishes to amalgamate the unique wisdom of each of his teachers incorporating the distinctive styles of different cultures and his personal reverence for the magic in improvised rope into his own style. Fred’s focus is on fusing traditional Japanese rope bondage with his own chaotic primal nature and a curiosity of the twisted and unexplored. He has taught intensives and conventions in the US and Internationally. Fred loves his students dearly and the game of learning how they learn. He wishes to inspire discipline and wonder in their personal tying practices and encourage everyone to dissect, inspect, and expand on anything he teaches. Fred thinks rope is an incredible tool and he looks forward to forever learning more about it.

***THIS WORKSHOP HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO EDUCATOR ILLNESS.*** It can be hard to efficiently use ropes and whips together and keep a nice pace and flow with tripping over your tools. In this class fred will show some simple, yet effective ways to combine two of his favorite tools. Purchase Advance Tickets Here! 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 pairs. Questions may be directed to: [email protected] About the Educator: Fred’s relationship with rope has taken many forms and has been ever present in his life. From scouts to theater rigging to rock climbing and now rope bondage. Fred began practicing rope bondage in 2011 in order to enhance his BDSM scenes. His influences have been American, European, and Eastern. Fred’s passion for rope itself exceeded his own knowledge and he began to travel for the sole sake of learning more. The last 4 years of his life has been spent as a traveling rope-nomad, learning as many different styles and techniques as possible from inspiring teachers and riggers all over the globe. Fred is not easily categorized, stereotyped, or labeled… nor is his rope. Instead of following only one methodology of rope bondage in his tying and teaching, Fred wishes to amalgamate the unique wisdom of each of his teachers incorporating the distinctive styles of different cultures and his personal reverence for the magic in improvised rope into his own style. Fred’s focus is on fusing traditional Japanese rope bondage with his own chaotic primal nature and a curiosity of the twisted and unexplored. He has taught intensives and conventions in the US and Internationally. Fred loves his students dearly and the game of learning how they learn. He wishes to inspire discipline and wonder in their personal tying practices and encourage everyone to dissect, inspect, and expand on anything he teaches. Fred thinks rope is an incredible tool and he looks forward to forever learning more about it.

Interested in adding some bondage to your life, but not sure where to start? This comprehensive introductory class will introduce you to the basics of rope bondage and give you 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. To help you figure out what to do with them, we’ll have numerous fun demos of the techniques in action, along with suggestions for how to figure out what kind of kink works best for you. We want you to focus on having fun with your partner rather than struggling to remember numerous different knots, so everything we teach has been carefully chosen to be easy to learn and use in the real world. As well as bondage techniques, we’ll cover the basics of kink and BDSM. We’ll talk about consent, safewords, negotiation, and aftercare—everything you need to know in order to start getting up to mischief. We want to make sure you’re able to remember and use everything we teach you, so our extensive class handouts have step by step instructions for every technique in the class. With a student:instructor ratio of 6:1, you’ll get plenty of individualized attention to make sure you get the most out of the class. Important details: This introductory class has no prerequisites. If you have your own rope, you should bring it with you. If you don’t, we have practice rope that you can use during class. We’ll cover what to consider when shopping for rope and will have samples of different types of rope for you to try out. You can attend on your own, but it’s more fun if you bring a partner. All sexes, genders, ethnicities, sexual orientations, relationship orientations welcome and celebrated. Purchase Advance Tickets Here! 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. Open to all 18+ Water available. Please bring your own bottle or cup. Attendance is limited to 24 people. Questions may be directed to: [email protected] About the Educators: Full Circle Kink is best known for full-suspension rope bondage, one of the most beautiful—and technically challenging—forms of BDSM. Our classes are known for their technical excellence, rigorous focus on safety, and low ratio of students to instructors. For more information, visit: http://www.fullcirclekink.com/

BDSM play flirts with danger; traumatic arousal is an inherent risk. The body’s natural response to danger is to become aroused and prepared to fight back, flee, or freeze. When people feel safe, the dangerous element of kinky play is highly erotic and exciting. But when people have a history of trauma, or when they have not negotiated in a trauma-informed way, play can go bad. This class will provide attendees with a foundational understanding of how trauma works in the brain, body, and teach first aid for traumatic responses during play. It will introduce ways of recognizing traumatic arousal in partners during play, and teach skills that can help ground and diffuse traumatic arousal when it does occur in scene. Ways to negotiate all kinds of play in a sexy but trauma-informed way will be explored. All sexes, genders, ethnicities, sexual orientations, relationship orientations welcome and celebrated. Purchase Advance Tickets Here! 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 30 people. Questions may be directed to: [email protected] About the Educators: Dahlia Bloom is a licensed psychotherapist in private practice. She is passionate about the freedom and safety self-knowledge can bring to people’s lives. She has a Master’s Degree in Body Psychotherapy and has been working in the psychotherapy field since 2005. She is trained in Behavioral, Somatic, Trauma-Informed, Psychodynamic, and Mindfulness based approaches. She is currently training as a Holistic Sex Therapist, and has taught classes on psychologically minded kink at the Close-In Munch, Positively Kinky, Portland TNG, and Leather Reign. She is deeply committed to self-expression and creativity, and has been studying, practicing, and teaching embodied mindfulness for 20 years. A long time anti-oppression activist, Dahlia brings her enthusiasm for understanding power and seeking liberation to her therapy practice and her kink. Verris has been exploring the eroticism of TPE / authority transfer relationships for over a decade. He is a Nationally Certified Counselor and has trained as a Holistic Sex Therapist. Verris specializes in working with clients who identify as kinky and, or poly. As an educator he is passionate about challenging the prevailing cultural narrative of what constitutes sex, and sexuality. Verris has been a guest speaker for Colorado State University, Leather Reign, Existential-Humanistic Northwest, multiple podcasts and community events.

Why Pleasure? We honor Pleasure as resistance to apathy. Where trauma restricts, Pleasure opens. Attuning to the self healing power of pleasure as our birthright. A space to revitalize, listen to and attend to our own needs and desires; a place of self discovery. Pleasure as the source of sacred sweetness, we embrace the nectar of our own unfolding. Why solo? Our Pleasure is our own. Pleasure is an experience we cultivate from within. Why together? We practice in community to strengthen our sense of belonging, offer witness to each other and experience our interconnectedness in a brave, vulnerable and receptive space. We intend to create community that supports the unlearning of shame, dismantling of heteronorms and affirms queerness. We welcome all gender expressions. The Practice Simple and profound. Each workshop offers a specific invitation to engage with pleasure and can be taken as a stand alone workshop while the series intends to build community. Each practice allows 15 minutes for arriving, 15 minutes for setting group agreements and intentions, an embodiment invitation and song leading into one hour of our special activity, and concluding with 30 minutes of savoring, mingling and imbibing something seasonal and delicious. July 22: Communing With Flowers If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly our whole life would change – Buddha Have you ever really stopped to smell the flowers? Ever contemplated the composition and unique softness of a petal? Immerse yourself in a multi sensory exploration of these symphonic creatures of color, form and scent. Open to the wisdom and pleasure unfolding in petal after petal. Purchase Advance Tickets Here! 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 30 people. Scholarships available. No one turned away for lack of funds. Questions may be directed to: [email protected] About the Educator: Greta Jane is a Certified Somatic Intimacy Educator, creative intuitive and expressive artist based in Seattle. Her work is guided by the voice of divine pleasure that lives in us all. She offers private sessions and workshops that incorporate sound, meditation, breath work, movement and touch to nurture self-expression and a deep sense of belonging. www.thepleasureguide.com Instagram @thepleasureguide www.erospirit.ca/find-a-practitioner/ ​ Our sensual selves hold the key to our wholeness and it is my honor to do this work. This event is presented by the Pan Eros Foundation. Please go to Pan-Eros.org for more information.