<p>In our traditionally binary D/s community, Switches have unique challenges in finding and expressing their often fluid authentic identities and desires. Whether you switch inside your relationships, have different dynamics in different relationships, or you’re just starting to experiment with the pleasures of the “other side of the slash,” learning to surf your own energetic flow is essential to getting all your switchy needs met and letting your full self come out to play. In this interactive workshop, we’ll discuss and practice tools for you and your partners to flip your energetic switch, occupy the headspace you desire, and play in the role of your choice with confidence. You absolutely can enjoy All The Things!</p>
<p>Jiffy Kink is a facilitated and low pressure way for kinksters to meet new friends and potential play partners. The mission of Jiffy Kink is simple: multiply joy by helping attendees make new kinky connections. Attendees will have an opportunity to meet several dozen folks and answer a few questions in a low stakes, high-engagement environment. MxBliss will help attendees come out of their shell and provide pointers on flirting, consent culture, and overcoming shyness.</p>
<h3>Part 1 – Radical Ownership of Yourself</h3>
<p>Before we consider owning others or offering ourselves to ownership, we must first own and take accountability of ourselves and our behavior in a more profound and radical way: radical ownership. In this class, Devyn Stone and his property, Guan-Xuan, will introduce attendees to radical ownership as a means of accepting and taking accountability for all parts of ourselves in order to gain authority for self-control. Attendees can expect a thorough discussion of what radical ownership means, how to apply its principles to themselves, and opportunities to explore what radical ownership of themselves looks like and how it can be developed further. Any persons, regardless of dynamic status or sides of the slash, are welcome to this discussion.</p>
<h3>Part 2 – Radical Ownership as a Dynamic Style</h3>
<p>Now, we can take radical ownership a step further and imbue its principles into our authority transfer and power exchange dynamics. In this second course of Devyn Stone and Guan-Xuan’s Radical Ownership series, attendees engage in discussion and reflection on what radical ownership consists of when applied to a dynamic style. In other words, how can we take the principles of radical self-ownership and apply it to power exchange and authority transfer? How do we transfer accountability from one entity to another? This class is designed to provoke thinking, reflection, and encourage dialogue. Any persons, regardless of dynamic status or sides of the slash.</p>
<p>Whether your relationship is Master/slave, Dominant/submissive, or some other form of hierarchical authority, you face similar issues in your relationship over time: How do you keep it going, keep it from getting stale, and keep it sustainable in the long run?</p>
<p>In this intensive we’ll examine these relationships from many different angles, with the goal of helping you find strategies that will help your dynamic endure. We’ll share our experiences, ask you for yours, and discuss what’s worked (and what has not). Best if you attend with those in your relationship so you can learn and plan together. Power dynamic relationships are complex, joyous, fulfilling, and take work. This interactive intensive will help you find mindful ways to look at your relationship differently, and set you up for long-term success.</p>
<p>Most of us have heard the phrase “sit with your feelings,” a vague instruction often used in the mental health field. However, we are not always taught how to do that, or the tools are too normative and inaccessible. In this workshop, Stabbie aims to combine their lived experience and mental health training to explore ways to utilize kink as a conduit for sitting with our feelings. We will look at the different mindsets we create in play, the tools we already have, and how they are applicable to understanding and navigating our emotions. The experiences shared throughout this workshop are from a bottoming and right side of the slash perspective.</p>
<p>Being a switch or versatile allows us to have so many different roles. Sometimes even combining some of those roles at once. This class is an exploration into authentically celebrating your “unconventional” self, as well as different identities we have. </p>
<p>This class is aimed at people in all roles & dynamics, not just our switchy friends & partners. We will discuss how these expansive roles work within polyamory & how we can fulfill different needs for partners.</p>
<p>Sir DaddyDaun and slavegirl j have spent the last 7+ years traveling together in a space that’s about the size of the average home bathroom. There are no doors to slam when angry, no separate spaces to be in T/their own feelings. Despite sharing the good, bad and ugly, the common perception is what T/they have is #couplegoals. The truth is through being a new couple, titleholding, health crisis and your average partner squabble, T/they have both done each other damage. T/they know it’s all a part of being human but dang if it doesn’t feel like you are the only one hurting this way. Join T/them in a vulnerable conversation and be reminded you have not failed, only stumbled.</p>
<p>Have you ever felt like “masochist” as a label just didn’t quite resonate with you, despite playing with pain? Or you’ve been aroused by doing that one thing you hate for a partner and just couldn’t find the words for why. Then maybe your fetish is for suffering. Suffering can include more than just pain play, maybe you really hate being forced to stand still, or use self-degrading language, or folding laundry. In this class, Carter discusses various types of suffering, negotiation, aftercare, and exploring your boundaries with this type of play. Let’s talk about navigating through what can be painful, nasty, bitter, miserable, and ultimately, incredibly hot.</p>
<p>You found a slave… you have told them your rules and taught them your protocols. Now what? How do we achieve making them the best they can be? Let’s figure out how you can support your partner(s) while navigating the barriers and avoiding blunders. Using your power dynamic to enable your partner to reach their goals while traversing obstacles along the way.</p>
<p>For many other gender expansive folx & femmes, sissification & forced feminization can be a safe outlet to explore, as well as affirm our gender identity. Playing with forced feminization & sissification allows for the possibility of positive reinforcement of our femme identity. This class navigates sissification within a healthy, gender affirming light. We will discuss ways to affirm your gender while playing with high femme energy while avoiding negative or phobic tropes.</p>
<p><em>Who are we, and why do we do this little thing we do?! Let's talk about the intersection of ageplay with sadomasochism, disability, gender & sexuality, 24/7 dynamics, mental health, and more. Be ready for a deep conversation about what ageplay looks like and what it means to each of us. (This is a discussion for all littles, middles, Bigs, caregivers, and people who just wanna' hang out and learn about ageplay!)</em></p>
<p>In our traditionally binary D/s community, Switches have unique challenges in finding and expressing their often fluid authentic identities and desires. Whether you switch inside your relationships, have different dynamics in different relationships, or you’re just starting to experiment with the pleasures of the “other side of the slash,” learning to surf your own energetic flow is essential to getting all your switchy needs met and letting your full self come out to play. In this interactive workshop, we’ll discuss and practice tools for you and your partners to flip your energetic switch, occupy the headspace you desire, and play in the role of your choice with confidence. You absolutely can enjoy All The Things!</p>
<p>This class is about overcoming your hang-ups and fetishizing your personal taboos. Whether it’s a toy that scares you, a relationship dynamic you’ve always wanted to try, but just seems too “crazy”, or a fetish that you find as interesting as you do disturbing, we will explore ways to get you over whatever obstacles are holding you back from being as kinky as you want to be.</p>
<p>This workshop aims to explore and discuss what active versus passive choice looks like for those on the right side of the slash. We will explore how we choose to actively show up and be present in our dynamics when it comes to topics like surrender, suffering, and will-alignment; as well as identify barriers that get in the way, and possible solutions. This is meant to be a space to encourage continued self-exploration, identifying our wants, and understanding our relationship with ourselves so that we can actively choose to be in the dynamics we want.</p>
<p>There is comfort in having your relationship move from honeymoon stage to everyday life. Many of the communication pitfalls have been avoided or filled in over the years. However, years of an established relationship also bring with it the issue of one phrase or fight carrying all those years of baggage. It doesn’t matter that there are protocols or methods of de-escalation: when they say that thing, you’re ready to throw down. Join International Master/slave 2017/2021, Sir DaddyDaun and slavegirl j, for an emotional (and of course hilarious) conversation about how they continue to work through this exact issue.</p>
<p>Back by popular demand!!! @LilySeville and her team of butlers are here to provide you an exciting opportunity to participate in a formal dining experience unlike any other. Attendees can participate as either servers or dinner guests; in both cases there will be a mix of history and theory combined with hands on practice, culminating in a formal dining experience on Saturday night of Leather Reign.</p>
<h3><strong>SERVERS</strong></h3>
<p>Those who participate in the Server Track will have a full day in which they learn a brief history of service styles, the basics of table settings, and the basics of serving.</p>
<p>They will use these skills in practice sessions throughout the day. At the formal dinner, they will provide full dinner service for the dinner guests using a combination of service styles.</p>
<p><strong>It is a full Saturday commitment,</strong> and you do not have to be part of a service relationship to participate. Bring your desire to learn and work!</p>
<p>To join us either as a dinner guest or a server, please follow directions to sign up when you register for Leather Reign. Read through the whole registration process to find the correct class registration pathway. If you daydream about being a dapperly dressed butler or hosting an elegant dinner party but don’t know where to start this is the class for you! In this all day workshop designed for beginners participants will learn the basics for planning and executing a formal dinner party from the guest list to the digestifs, with the focus being on the skills needed to set and serve at table. Class will culminate with the opportunity to show off your new skills by serving a special table at the banquet on Saturday night.</p>
<h3><strong>Participants will leave class knowing:</strong></h3>
<ul>
<li>The ABC’s of Tableware: What you really need and what you can do without</li>
<li>Advanced table manners: Understanding and using the silent service code</li
<p>From the perspective of a White, transgender male Dominant and His Asian, nonbinary property, We will examine authority transfer dynamics through an Eastern and Western lens, discuss how we meld two cultures together, and offer an unique perspective on Western ideas of a “powerful slave” and “identity surrender”.</p>
<p>We are going to look at navigating living a polyamorous life in a monogamous world and what the challenges are within our Master-slave relationship. Discussing what we have found that work and the “gotchas” we have found in our adventures being Poly with M/s.</p>
<p>Explore the arousing, dark, taboo, and even funny sides of kinky, religious role play drawn from numerous Roman Catholic rituals and motifs. From twisting the basic trappings of priest, altar boy nun and catholic school girl fetish and roles, to reenacting extreme rituals of high protocol, like the Stations of the Cross, confession, the Inquisition, excommunication and even exorcism, you’ll learn how to play with an edge that is so fucked up, you’ll have one hell of a scene. A devout recovering Catholic himself, Danarama shares the secrets and opportunities that lurk within the church.</p>
<p>Join Liza’s (International Master 2011) for this gently facilitated discussion which is a chance for Masters, Dominants, Trainers, Handlers (you get the idea) to share with each other the trials, tribulations and triumphs of our experiences on the Left side of the slash. Respectfully – M-types only.</p>
<p>Join Liza’s slave Jody (International slave 2011) for this gently facilitated discussion which is a chance for slaves, subs, boys, bois, girls, pups, ponies (you get the idea) to share with each other the trials, tribulations and triumphs of our experiences on the right side of the slash. Respectfully – s-types only.</p>
<p>Hierarchical relationships require behaviors that support consensual inequality. This goes against how many of us were raised. Modern Western society teaches us to value egalitarian relationships, although the relationship models many of us are familiar with do not place a premium on the honest and open communication needed to support these relationships. In this class we’ll examine the types of attitudes and behaviors that can get in the way of developing and nurturing our hierarchical relationships. We’ll talk about how important language is in expressing the power dynamics we want to have, and how to unlearn the patterns of behavior that work against us. The class will include lecture, audience participation and small group exercises. The goal is to leave you with practical strategies for improving communication and behaviors to improve alignment in your relationships.</p>
<p>Are you interested in how pain works? Are you interested in how to better help your bottom process and cope with pain? Have you and your playmate ever wanted to go deeper physically, but instead reached a wall that you can’t seem to get past? Have you ever wanted to push a bottom past what they think they can take? This workshop is for sadists who want to learn how to extend and deepen the amount of pain their bottom can/will take. Physical techniques, psychological techniques, pain management skills and the physiology of pain will be covered. Come explore the other side of the wall.</p>
<p>Back by popular demand!!! @LilySeville and her team of butlers are here to provide you an exciting opportunity to participate in a formal dining experience unlike any other. Attendees can participate as either servers or dinner guests; in both cases there will be a mix of history and theory combined with hands on practice, culminating in a formal dining experience on Saturday night of Leather Reign.</p>
<h3>DINNER GUESTS</h3>
<p>Those who participate as dinner guests will attend and actively participate in an afternoon workshop about the particularities of receiving dinner service and how to be a charming dinner guest. They will put those skills into practice further at the formal dinner. Dinner guests do not need to be part of a service relationship to participate. All you need is a desire to enjoy formal dining service.</p>
<p>To join us either as a dinner guest or a server, please follow directions to sign up when you register for Leather Reign. Read through the whole registration process to find the correct class registration pathway.</p>
<p>Formal dining is an excellent platform and a natural go-to for those interested in high protocol play. The possibilities for perverting and sub-verting the paradigm for all sorts of sexy fun are endless. But! There is more to being a good dinner guest than showing up hungry. If you want to play the game well you need to know the rules first.</p>
<p>In this beginner level class we will cover all the basics that a guest needs to know in order attend a formal dinner party (kinky or vanilla) with confidence and grace.</p>
<h3>Students will learn:</h3>
<ul>
<li>Advanced table manners: Understanding and using the silent service code, how to recognize a finger bowl and what to do with it once you have, and more!</li>
<li>How to get invited back: Important etiquette for both before you arrive and after you leave.</li>
<li>The ins and outs of receiving service in the three most common service styles</li>
<p>The physical aspects of S/m can only go so far in taking people into subspace. Headspace is where it’s at. But you don’t have to be a hypnotist or psychologist to get there. Danarama shares a wide range of techniques, from communication-flytraps to home-built props and sleights of hand that you can use to delve into your partner’s mind… and play upon their fears in ways that are terrifyingly realistic and effective, yet physically safe and easily wiped away like a bad dream. Featuring live demonstrations, craft instructions, basic practical magic and discussions into darker sides like brainwashing, and terror-peaking, Dan will arm you with the tools to take your scenes to a new dimension.</p>
<p>There are a million and one beautiful ways a Master slave relationship can function and look. Boiled down to the bare bones, this dynamic can often be described like this: Master says do and the slave does. What happens when the Master absolutely does not like to outright say “Go do”? Or when the slave responds “Yes but…” How can these two core personality types do the M/s dance? For International Master and slave 2017/2021 Sir DaddyDaun and slavegirl j, it has been years of ongoing learning, talking and aligning of wills that has kept the dynamic going strong. Join T/them as T/they share the raw, often funny, tales of a passive Master and a stubborn slave.</p>
<p>Unlike families who pass their history on to their children, the histories of non-biological communities are easily lost from generation to generation. This class is a brief North America history of the kink community from the post W.W.2 biker bars to the scene as we experience it today. River Dark is not an historian but she brings to this class her 30 years living the history, as well as her research on the topic.</p>
<p>Join us for a conversation about how to make kink spaces, events, and interactions more inclusive. We will address issues such as: 1) how to recruit diverse leaders/educators in your communities, 2) what you can do as an ally to make kink spaces more welcoming, 3) understanding cultural appropriation in BDSM, 4) reconciling BDSM and racism (and potentially problematic terminology in our community), and 5) power exchange vis-a-vis systemic power imbalances. [Depending on panelists, we may even cover such topics as race play, body positivity, neurodiversity, accessibility, and fetishization.]</p>
<p>What about when it’s not “fun”? What about when it does not feel “good”? Is it Ok for a Top to inflict pain purely for their own sadistic pleasure without considering the needs or wants of their bottom? If a bottom accepts this are they abused and in need of an intervention? Is training just about teaching or can it be about remaking and forging the person into what you want them to be? Can “this is for your own good” be an acceptable reason? In this workshop we explore the darker side of S/M and D/s that does not fit the rhetoric generated for the vanilla world. Where safe, sane and consensual are not a creed but instead one way of looking at things. Where punishment is not funishment, where tears shed are not always from happiness or release and where there are not always safewords.</p>
<p>This discussion will provide a space for individuals from Pasifika, South Asian, Southeast Asian, Middle Eastern, East Asian, and Multiracial Asian backgrounds to explore their unique experiences at the intersection of their cultural identities and Leather/kink practices. We will discuss topics such as cultural influences, challenges, and empowerment, creating a supportive and inclusive environment. The aim is to foster understanding, build connections, and celebrate the diverse perspectives within these communities, promoting a sense of belonging and empowerment.</p>
<p>For many people, thoughts of D/s or M/s conjure up images of whips, chains, and naked kneeling slaves—but there’s so much more to a power exchange relationship than play and sexytimes! How can you get those little hits of pleasure that come from strengthening your chosen dynamic even while you are just living your everyday lives with work, chores, family, and health/aging challenges? How can you nurture your dynamic through the ups and downs of ordinary life? Let’s explore strategies for the care and feeding of power exchange relationships through daily ritual, service mindset, and intentional communication of appreciation and anticipation. It’s so much easier to turn up the heat when it’s playtime if you keep your dynamic simmering all the time!</p>
<p>Often our leathers have deep and meaningful stories spanning beyond our initial purchase and we, as the wearers, are a part of that garment’s story. This class looks at how we all can uniquely celebrate, channel, and conjure that beautiful energy with our second skins. This class is geared towards collaborative spiritual perspectives and is meant for everyone, not just bootblacks!</p>
<p>Dollification is the process of evolving yourself–or someone else–into a “living doll” using consensual modification of mental/behavioral and physical/clothing traits. Learn the secrets of this dynamic fetish and how to become a living doll or a Doll Maker or Doll Owner. Discover the types of human dollies, including rag doll, poseable doll, and even a sexual fuckbot. Learn great dolly makeup tips and how to acquire attire. Then see how a dolly and doll owner can play. 1. What is dollification and why do people love it 2. How to become a dolly (makeup and clothing) 3. Finding your dolly/Owner style 4. Playing as a dolly or Owner 5. Resources for dollification</p>