Day: **Saturday, August 15
Time: 🙂↔️ Class 1: 1-3 PM, 🔪 Class 2: 4-6 PM, 🍽️ Jam: 6-8 PM
Location: Less Dead Studio in Poughkeepsie, NY
Address: Provided in vetting approval email (see below)
Ages: 18+
Facilitated by: Jamie Joy
🙂↔️ When No Means Yes: Exploring Consensual Non-Consent
1-3pm
Consensual Non-Consent (CNC) is an exhilarating and often misunderstood facet of sex and kink. This interactive workshop delves into the psychological dynamics, ethical considerations, and practical tools that make CNC play consensual and fulfilling for everyone involved.
Together, we'll discuss how to negotiate boundaries, build trust, address trauma, and maintain safety while embracing the healing power of surrender and control. Learn how to explore all the diverse styles of CNC play, including physical resistance, role play scenarios like kidnapping and interrogation, orgasm control, medical fetishes, coercion, blackmail, forced intoxication, incest play, cuckholding, bimbofication, fuck toys, service, seduction, and more.
Whether you’re curious about incorporating CNC into your dynamic or looking to deepen your understanding, this workshop offers insights and guidance to approach this edge play with confidence and care. Come discover how BDSM can be used as a powerful tool for healing!
🔪 The Edge of Desire: Exploring Knife Play
4-6pm
Come sharpen your skills in this edgy and seductive workshop on Knife Play for the bold and adventurous! From selecting the perfect blade to building a heart-pounding scene, this class promises to send shivers down your spine.
Our skilled instructor will cover the essential principles of safety, consent, and effective communication, so that you can engage in this powerful form of sensation play with confidence and care. We will cover different types of knives, sensual and sadistic techniques, using knives for impact play, how toremove clothes with a knife, temperature play with knives, and knife fucking. Through explicit live demonstration, you will learn how to create a thrilling yet controlled experience for you and your partners. This class is open to all genders, sexualities, and experience levels. Come and play!