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Beltane 2010 Draft List of Presenters
Travel, schedule, or budget constraints may cause this list to change.
Current as of 26 Apr 2010
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Anita DeFrancesco, M.A., Sex, Love and Relationship Educator: Her focus and vision have been the evolution of spirituality, sexuality, and teaching others to awaken from separation and suffering and to embrace the modern world with oneness and love. She helps people to liberate and let go of the grudges. She has been featured on Playboy's Sexcetera, Fox, and MTV. She is the author of Live Free: Your Journey to a Liberated Life. Visit her online at www.tantrawisdom.com or send email to info at tantrawisdom dot com.
Cultivating Sexual Energy
Sexual Outercourse
Tantra Wisdom Puja
Anita Wagner advocates for the interests of polyamorists with enthusiasm and determination, and loves to help them find joy and happiness by providing helpful info in her educational programs on subjects like poly and spirituality, jealousy and other pitfalls, poly/mono relationships, and poly for kinky people. She has presented programs at Good Vibrations, Sex 2.0, Dark Odyssey, Black Rose, Building Bridges, Free Spirit Alliance's Beltane Gathering and Fires of Venus, Florida Poly Retreat, Transcending Boundaries, Poly Living and the Loving More© Conferences. She's a member of the Polyamory Leadership Network and serves as poly community advisor to CARAS. She also serves on the Board of Directors of Loving More© and Unitarian Universalists for Polyamory Awareness. She's a veteran community organizer and co-founder of an alternative relationships non-profit organization. Anita regularly works with members of the media and has been quoted in news articles on Newsweek.com and Salon.com, in the Baltimore Sun, the Washington Post, and the Chicago Sun-Times, amongst others.
The Fine Art of Compersion
Polyamory and the Spiritual Warrior
Polyamory First Aid Clinic
Arakeane exploits the diversity of his religious, sexual, and spiritual background to bring a unique mix of talent to the pagan community. His Baptist, Methodist, Evangelical, Thalamic, and Mormon background from his early years intermingles with his vast experience in sadomasochism, liberal sexuality, and avant-garde spirituality tempered by his various Wiccan experiences and practices for the past 20 years. A Naval Officer, Engineer, Physicist, Computer Scientist, and Dungeon Master by trade, Arakeane interleaves his professional training into his quest for spiritual awareness and comprehension. The thrice sworn soul-mate of the High Priestess Selene, Arakeane has been in the public Pagan forum since the late 1980s. Most noted for his open work entwining diverse pagan practices with Wicca, Arakeane has been an embarrassment to fundamentalists from many Pagan traditions for well over a decade. A Distinguished Toastmaster, off-Broadway New York actor, trained in NLP, holistic healing, and a diverse set of other spiritual disciplines, Arakeane's spontaneous and entertaining presentation style typically delights his audience. Even if you've taken a previous year's workshop, you're sure to be delighted with the continuous changes introduced, and Arakeane's ability to spiritually immerse you in the subject matter.
Darkest Light
Putting More Energy into Spanking
An experienced teacher and organizer, Aurora Shimmering has produced sacred sexuality and ordeal rituals, workshops, events, and scenes since 2002. Whether priestess, organizer, guardian, counselor, or witness, her strength lies in sharing knowledge and encouraging others to live up to their fullest potential. Her interests include deepening relationships, integrating Tantra and energy work with sexuality, power exchange relationship dynamics, and spiritual growth through ordeal and BDSM, including bondage, fire play, piercing, and suspension. Aurora is President of Sacred Mark Sanctuary and ritual coordinator for Fires of Venus.
Please Yourself
Aurora Shimmering and Abraham: For more than a decade, Abraham Street has been an educator and facilitator of everything from body modification to spirituality to kink, sometimes merging all three together. Abraham is a performing artist, Reiki master, ritual drummer, and a past professional body mod artist. With interests including BDSM, Tantra, D/s and M/s relationships, rigging, and sacred sexuality, Abraham offers his unique and sacred/profane view on subjects ranging from blood play to energy play and beyond. As Vice-President of Sacred Mark Sanctuary, he works to help people connect their bodies and spirits through ritual and ordeal. He also serves as Keeper of the Hearth at Fires of Venus, acting as priest, director, and MC for the ritual team.
Morning Breath: Level 1
Morning Breath: Level 2
Beth and Preston: Beth is a professional massage therapist and doula (childbirth assistant) and Intrinsic Coach. She has a long history of using touch to facilitate healing through massage, for assisting mothers through the birth process, for supporting infants in her water babies classes, and for working with animals. She has adapted her touch and coaching training, along with her personal experience, to the scene and to areas of spiritual, sexual and relationship growth and healing. Her focus is on touching lives in ways that enhance and enrich.
Preston brings balance and humor to Beth's presentations. A technical person by profession, he keeps Beth on focus. He made his 30-year marriage a study in what satisfies a woman. While it may not have succeeded with his first wife, he has developed an incredibly sensitive approach to touching others, which he frequently uses to introduce newbies to BDSM through a Sensation Station at Exploratoriums in various settings. He has also paired massage training from Beth with his foot and touch fetishes to offer a truly wonderfully sensual foot or full body massage. After working with Beth through his own issues with erectile dysfunction, he supported Beth through breast cancer surgery, chemo, radiation and long term treatment with hormone suppressive drugs. Through all of this they have mastered the art of a very satisfying sexuality that goes way beyond hormones. They delight in sharing their learning with others. Visit them online at www.BethandPreston.com.
Communicating: The Male and Female Brain
Sensual Massage
The Bewitching Baroness is a priestess of Aphrodite first and foremost. For 5 years now, she has also been a Reiki practitioner and is working on her second year as a licensed massage therapist. Connecting with people physically, emotionally, and spiritually is what she is best at and she uses these skills to promote a sense of well-being in those around her.
Touching the Divine
A professional body modification artist and BDSM presenter since 2004, Captain Gordon shares his expertise in the areas of safe blood play, piercing art, and flesh hook pulls and suspensions. And, with a unique combination of years of wrestling and martial arts, he is inspired to spread good, wholesome fun in classes on edge play vs. extreme play, sensual take-down, and more. His interests also include knife and fire play, rope bondage, suspension, erotic photography and artwork, and sacred sexuality.
Rough-housing and Sensual Take-down 101
Rough-housing and Sensual Take-down 201
Caroline Kenner is a professional shamanic healer, who graduated in 2001 from the Foundation for Shamanic Studies' Three Year Program in Advanced Shamanism and Shamanic Healing, taught by Michael Harner and Sandra Ingerman. Caroline has also completed Sandra Ingerman's Two Year Shamanic Teacher Training, and many shamanic education programs of shorter duration. Caroline laughingly calls herself a Washington Witchdoctor and has a specialty in extraction and depossession. In addition to her shamanic training, Caroline has been practicing Paganism since 1984. Caroline is initiated into two paths of Wicca, and has received many ceremonies in La Regla de Ocha de Lukumi, also known as Cuban Santeria. Caroline has been a media spokesperson and community organizer in Washington, DC for more than twenty years. She also currently helps produce the Sacred Space Conference, held every February. Caroline has an undergraduate degree from Bryn Mawr College in Anthropology and a Master's degree from Boston University in Communications. Learn more about Caroline's shamanic healing practice in Silver Spring, Maryland at www.mythkenner.com.
Ceremony to Bring a Gentle End to Female Genital Cutting
Soul Retrieval for Sexual Abuse Survivors
carrie :) has been an active member in the BDSM community since 2000. Carrie had her own biological horse with which she did extensive training, going on to be an award winning team on the show circuit. Carrie's experiences with her own biological horse really fed into her natural desire and instinct as a human pony. Carrie's inner pony is Mystic Storm, award-winning pony with 5+ years of training. She is a show pony who loves to prance around the show ring and show off her stuff. But when she isn't showing, she enjoys seeking out mischief and playing with (or intimidating) other ponies. Mystic Storm is a very spirited and feisty pony who is known for her expert shin kicking and her desire to bite when unhappy. Carrie loves to serve her community with her fantastic graphic arts skills, boot blacking lust, and chronic volunteerism. Carrie also loves gummy bears :-)
Beneath the Skins: Leather Care Beyond Boots
Christine and Orien Laplante: Christine's goal in life is to spread her passion about sexual integration, to talk to people about becoming Whole as sexual beings, and to challenge those who attend her workshops to expand their wisdom through knowledge and experience. Christine holds a few degrees, including a Master's degree in Mental Health Counseling, and has been teaching and talking sexuality professionally for over 16 years. Christine is part of the ritual staff for Fires of Venus as a Keeper of the Fire.
Orien aka O is a Ritual Artist. O is part of the ritual staff for Fires of Venus as a Keeper of the Fire and works most of the Spring and Summer removing what is not Venus from a hollowed log. Orien is an American Sign Language interpreter by day, Priest to whomever shows up at the fire or on the porch by night. O's been at it—whatever it is—for longer than he cares to think about.
Christine and Orien have been teaching group cohesion, magic, and ritual for over a decade together.
Sexual Infinity
CoDE and Friends, the Circle of Dark Eros, formed in 2002 as an eclectic circle of Pagans, based in part on a community need for a place to support adult pagans practicing spirituality in the path of Ordeal, retired from formal practice in 2009. In the meantime, members of CoDE and their fellow travelers continue to bring you the Exploratorium, for your learning and experimental pleasure! CoDE members and friends are continuing the journey and exploring new paths, working on a variety of new projects and ventures, including (but not limited to!) the Universal Temple of Spirits, Operation: Evolution, Sacred Mark Sanctuary, Kindlers of the Sacred Rhythm, SuspenDC, and others!
The Exploratorium
Conrad Kubiak, owner of Spirit in the Wood Drum Company, is a master drum-maker whose designs are inspired by instruments from West Africa and Latin America as well as Native American shamanic traditions. Ashikos, Djembes, Congas, Batas, Bombas, Cajones, Kit Drums, and the Aboriginal Didgeridoo are among the instruments he builds and plays. Kubiak is an innovator in the manufacture of one piece solid wood drums. Spirit in the Wood sells both Kubiak's original instruments and traditional ones which he reinforces, refurbishes, and re-tunes. The process of making the instruments involves ritual precision while transforming the wood and finding its voice. In the Ivory Coast it is said: “A drummer gives voice to a tree.”
In addition to drum-making activities and workshops, Kubiak also leads corporate consultant leading team-building and motivational exercises during interactive seminars. As the facilitator of drum circles, ceremonies, and White Moment Rhythm Workshops,he develops outreach programs focusing on building communication, improving group dynamics, and appreciating other cultures. Through participatory experience, “white moments” (when left and right hemispheres of the brain are both synchronized and in-phase) are created and everything and everyone slows down as our minds move to a higher state of consciousness. Kubiak draws on his background in NLP as well as his work in the healing arts as a certified Shiatsu therapist, Reiki Master, CranioSacral therapist, and Feng Shui practitioner. In addition to a spiritual path that includes Sufism and Native American studies, he holds degrees in Irish literature, biology, and computer electronics. Kubiak also presented a paper on the “Psychology of Rhythm” at the Creative Arts Therapies Conference in Philadelphia and led a drumming circle in Atlantic City for members of the theatrical troupe performing in STOMP.
Beginner to Intermediate Drum Workshop
Rhythms of the Root Chakra: The Art of Sacred Sexual Drumming
Techniques for Opening a Tantric Acoustic Vortex
Crystal Kini has been a pagan for over 20 years and is currently practicing with the Balefire Coven of Blue Star. She loves to be creative and has two businesses based on creating things: Quilts and Tribal Belly Dance Accessories. She is excited to be presenting at Beltane this year, and hopes to meet new wonderful people!
Edible Mehndi/Henna Body Art for Love and Fun
Dakota is a certified professional hypnotist, certified massage therapist, pagan and bisexual lifestyler whose journey has surely been a roundabout one. This long-time computer programmer found her true path in alternative therapies—and entertainment! After becoming an established massage therapist, Dakota felt that hypnosis would be a good complimentary therapy to help her clients alleviate problems that were affecting them physically and emotionally. After using hypnosis to help with everything from smoking cessation to performance anxiety, she decided to take her skills to the stage. In addition to her Richmond Virginia practice, Dakota performs tailored stage hypnosis shows for clubs and private events. She can be found on the web at www.DakotaHypnotic.com.
Sinduction
Dan and dawn bring a diverse background to each presentation and workshop they lead. They blend their experience in sacred sexuality, BDSM, D/s, energy work, and spirituality to offer a unique perspective to their audiences. Their workshops are based on education and experience and, blended with a sense of humor, are not only informative but genuinely entertaining.
Dan and dawn consistently receive excellent reviews for their workshops, demos, and presentations. As they move between clear and simple presentation of facts and information to personal stories of their fascinating experiences together, they energize their audiences with “the ease and grace of people that enjoy what they are doing.”
As the co-leaders of the Path of the Qadishti sacred sexuality path, Dan and dawn have guided and worked with dozens of people, both individually and in groups, in this modern sacred sexuality modality. They were featured in an article on Sacred Sexuality in the Examiner for the work they do. Dan and dawn also host the Erotic Awakening weekly internet radio show (podcast), taking the listeners around the nation with them as they visit sacred sexuality events, bdsm gathers, Ds munches, poly retreats, and more! Visit them online at www.bluecatservices.org.
M/s Spirituality
Poly Pagan Bondage Slut
Qadishti BDSM
Sacred Sexuality: Sense O Rama!
David has been a coordinator with various pagan festivals throughout the US for over 20 years. He is an accomplished ritualist and workshop presenter, and has extensive experience in the poly and swinger communities.
The Erotic Fivefold Kiss
The Rocky Poly Road
It has been said that Del is more of an experience than a person. As a queer transgendered disabled gypsy sex educator, author, trickster, pastoral care counselor, and shaman, he leads people through life's more challenging twists and turns. Del has worked with the ritual group Sacred Mark Sanctuary doing energy pulls and hook suspension as ordeal. A proud member of Black Rose, he organizes their Queer Special Interest Group. He also works with various faith communities to convince them that gay marriage is a religious rights issue, and is an active member of the Transgendered Religious Leaders organization. A pagan priest since 2000, and kinky since birth, Del especially enjoys exploring, teaching, and guiding people through experiences that combine their spirituality and sexuality. An avid gamer in all forms (video, board, and role-playing), Del lives in suburban Maryland with his own personal Ninja. He can be reached at awesome.del at gmail dot com.
Littles Time with the Faeries: Beltane for the Child Within
Dianna and Kate:
This is Kate's first year on the Beltane ritual team.
Ritual the 1st: Awakening
Ritual the 2nd: Reaching
Ritual the 3rd: Ecstasy
Ritual the 4th: Harmony
Rev. Edie Weinstein, MSW, LSW has a family emergency and had to cancel. Jon Lehrer is filling in for her.
Jon is a life-novice and curious explorer. A well-behaved achiever with a deeply questioning spiritual bent, Jon stepped off of the ivory tower / young-professional path and has spent the last three years exploring and working as a traveling classical musician. In 2009, he attended Reid Mihalko's Valentine's Day Cuddle Party and has been active with the organization ever since, assisting at events and training as a facilitator. He is honored to be filling in for Rev. Edie Weinstein at this year's Cuddle Party, and is excited to share the event with the Beltane Gathering community.
Cuddle Party
Eric S has been a practicing Norse heathen of 8 years; his path is strongly influenced by classical philosophy, pragmatism, and scholarship. He found his path after 20 years of atheism and multiple forms of Christianity. He is a poly switch with mostly submissive tendencies, leans towards heavy bottoming, and is intensely interested in spiritual BDSM. He's presented classes at other FSA events, and he is often the Maitre d' for the Exploratorium at Beltane.
Rage, Strength, and Spirituality: Three Archetypes of Male Submission
Submissive Does Not Mean Weak
Erik
Masturbation Circle
Saturnalia on the Lawn
Sex Circle
Fire Tashlin is a magician, priestess, and teacher who has been teaching and running rituals since the late 1990s. In addition to her work with natural energies and natural-pattern based magic, Fire has spent the last several years specializing in and teaching a process for integrating personal energies and magic with the flow of the wyrd. In her professional life, Fire is co-owner of a company that designs and fabricates custom sacred and magical tools, and designs and creates custom sacred spaces for clients. She is the editor and owner of the blog The Gods' Mouths, a forum where some of the leading names in the spirit work community write about their practices and experiences.
Cleaning up the Other Sticky Stuff: Post Magical/Erotic Play Cleansing Techniques
Sacred Sex: A Ritual Primer
FoV Team
The Fire of Venus
Stoking the Fires of Venus
Jens, Nancy, and Ken: Jens is a poly geezer! He is a retired Physician Assistant and spends half the year in Africa teaching about HIV/AIDS treatment. He and his wife/partner have had a responsible non-monogamous relationship for 32 years, and each has had long-term relationships lasting over a decade.
Ken Haslam, MD is a retired anesthesiologist and Polyamory Activist. He recently established the Kenneth R. Haslam Polyamory Collection at the Kinsey Institute at Indiana University. He has presented lectures, sermons, and workshops on polyamory, aging, and sexuality at various conferences.
Nancy Miller is a nurse midwife with years of professional and personal experience with womens’ changing sexuality as they mature. Her current career passion is international work. Her own experience is that overall sex has gotten better over the years. We can “use it and not lose it” even as our bodies change.
Sexuality and Aging
Kali Morgan is a writer, speaker, activist and lover of corsets and costumes. She is the retail proprietrix of both PASSIONAL Boutique (formerly Fetishes Boutique) and its new younger sibling, the Sexploratorium at PASSIONAL Toys. She organizes events, officiates weddings, and presents workshops on topics ranging from marketing to fashion to romance and relationship enhancement. Ms. Morgan has presented at U of Penn, Haverford College, Bryn Mawr College and at dozens of professional conferences and couple's clubs. Her workshops, events and educational field trips have been featured in the City Paper, Philly Weekly and Philadelphia Magazine as well as in the local news.
Aiming Cupid's Arrow: Strap-on Sex
Corset Swap and Blessing
Intimate Exchanges
Kate has been involved in Scene activities for some time, and has been active in the metro-DC kink community for more than ten years. Her eclectic path has covered diverse ground, and she enjoys educating folks about the varied and different ways to explore life through many kinds of play. During that time, Kate's involvement in the spiritual side of kink has grown and flourished, leading to a focus on ecstatic experience through sensation, and connection with the Divine through ordeal. Probably owing to early and repeated certification in American Red Cross safety courses, Kate's keen to provide knowledge and environment for folks to safely be as kinky as they please. Kate encourages you to try out new and different sensations at The Exploratorium!
Driving Toward Ecstasy III
You Want to Do What? or, BDSM 101
LCourtesan: To say I'm eclectic is putting it almost embarrassingly mildly. My current life, in no particular order: henna, raising kids, temari, spinning thread, polyamory, knitting, SCA, being wife to my bestest friend, singing, treating my depression, baking, drawing, conspiracy theories (mostly laughing at), computer games, dealing with an autistic child, painting, laughing, BDSM, belly dance, reading mostly fantasy and science fiction, really good sex, Indian, Persian, and general Arabic material culture and history, and whatever shiny thing wanders by next. I teach a lot of these things at various events devoted to them. Visit me online at www.hennadancer.com.
Bellydance Fundamentals
Gifts from the Gods
A Goddess's Secrets: The Other Reason for Belly Dance
Lee Harrington is an eclectic artist, spiritual and erotic educator, gender radical, and award winning published author on human sexuality and spiritual experience. He has been an active part of the international kink and sex positive communities for over 14 years, and his stories make people laugh while showing you that eroticism can be as serious, sexy, or silly as you make it. Serving as a spiritual guide as well, Lee's eclectic paganism is heavily rooted in his upbringing as the daughter of an Irish Catholic and a Goddess Worshiping Lutheran, as well as his studies of Street Magic, Feri, Ceremonial Magick, Huna, and other paths. He has been part of CUUPs, GoddesSMack (a pagan dyke SM circle in Portland, OR), serves as a Priest for Temple of Atonement (Atoning and Educating Burning Man and the World), and actively incorporates bondage and other forms of BDSM and fiber magic into his spiritual workings as a shaman in service to Bear. His books include Sacred Kink: The Eightfold Paths of BDSM and Beyond, and his writings and photography have appeared in numerous other publications, such as Dark Moon Rising: Pagan BDSM and the Ordeal Path, including under his previous name, Bridgett Harrington. Learn more at www.PassionAndSoul.com.
Beyond Bowed Heads: Rituals for Dominance and submission
Binding Intentions: Fiber Magic Ritual
Sacred Consort: Connecting with your Divine Lover
Sex Magic Workers and Magical Sex Professionals
Mandrake is a performer, priestess, teacher and student. Having spent 7 years on the east coast circuit as a professional exotic dancer and retiring in 2000, she now reserves her performances and skills for friends and chosen family. She's been a member of the FSA presentation team and staff since 2003, and has been published in Llewellyn Almanacs and Witchvox over the years.
Exotic Dancing for Couples and Groups
Michael Rios & Sarah Taub: Sarah Taub has been studying human dynamics for years, through aikido, co-counseling, group facilitation, and the cognitive sciences. She recently left her safe Ivory Tower job to dive into social and political activism. Her current koan: only when you let go of urgency can you be truly effective. She lives at Chrysalis, an intentional community in Arlington, VA.
Michael Rios has been creating and living alternative lifestyles and personal growth experiences for 40 years; currently he lives at Chrysalis, an intentional community in Arlington, VA. His favorite social organization principles include guerrilla capitalism and responsible anarchy.
They are both regular organizers of 'New Culture' events, which are aimed at creating a culture based on awareness, compassion, and freedom rather than on fear and judgment; visit www.cfnc.us and www.nfnc.org for more information.
Songs of Sex, Love, and Passion
Michelle Zee is a spiritual activist who has presented workshops at Free Spirit's Beltane and summer Gathering, Dark Odyssey, Starwood, Loving More East and West, Poly Living, Building Bridges, and at the Community for Spiritual Living. She has studied both Brad Blanton's Radical Honesty and Susan Campbell's Getting Real. Michelle is also known as Michael when she changes genders. She is out to friends, neighbors, and coworkers. Telling people is not always easy (though the more people I have told my 'secret' to the easier it gets). Most people either don't care or are accepting. Let's face: it if they don't like it, then it is their problem—and do I what to be with that kind of person anyway? No! Visit hir online at www.abundantmichael.com.
Amazing Aural Sex
Kundalini Rising for the Second Chakra
Miss B Haven is a child of the universe and practices an inclusive, pluralistic, and holistic spirituality. She has earned a Masters of Theological Studies from Drew University Theological School, with a concentration in spiritual disciplines, healing, and retreat ministry. Miss B has been ordained by the Universal Brotherhood Movement and is a labyrinth facilitator. She leads programs in personal growth, spiritual discernment, and relationship dynamics (she also loves to play games, storytelling, and making music). Miss B practices several different styles of meditation and chanting and has studied and worked with the labyrinth in a variety of settings (ask to see the labyrinth that she takes with her wherever she goes). She has been exploring the intersection of spirituality, sensuality, and sexuality, for several years, and more recently the connection between bdsm, spiritual disciplines, and sexuality. The divinity that abides in Miss B Haven seeks the divinity in all that she encounters. Peace to All.
Playing By The Numbers
Mme Diva & Dr Delerium
Mme. Diva and Dr. Delirium's Sexaterium of Scientifick and Magickall Wonders
Playspace Staff
Playspace Hours
Puck, aka Martha, tends books, makes nifty stuff, plays with kitties, adores chocolate, and snuggles with the Brewmaster. Puck is also a 2nd Degree Priestess in the Blue Star tradition of Wicca.
Dance the Maypole
Rebecca Proch aka Diva Dasi is a writer and artist with a theater education and many years of experience as a performer, which she now brings to the practice of sacred dance and ecstatic ritual. An eclectic Pagan and 'kitchen mystic,' she is dedicated to the path of sacred romance, which celebrates the Divine in the context of lover and Beloved. She is leading the development of the Temple of Amor as a spiritual home of sacred romance and the path of the Lover. Visit her blog at http://thebloomingheart.wordpress.com
The Life Romantic
Sabrina Mari is a teacher, writer, anthropologist and coach. She facilitates interactive workshops on Tarot, ritual, mindful intimacy, finance, fitness and aromatics. She is a member of Godhooks, a collective that works together to bring individuals and communities the opportunity, support and safe space in which to embrace transformative change. Sabrina is also a Third Degree Priestess in the Blue Star Tradition of Wicca as well as a founding member of Braided Stream and Clover Covens. You can visit her online at www.godhooks.com and www.sabrinamari.net, where you can listen to her podcasts and several classes.
Using the Time 'Between' to Draw the Love You Want
Sarah Taub & Michael Rios
Boundaries: Speaking Truth, Meeting Needs, and Releasing Attachments
Sexperiments Hosts
Sexperiments is Open...
Take a bit of faerie dust, a generous helping of God/dess energy and a whole heap of sex positive beliefs and you get a Sigre. I've been walking this path for years and have mixed many traditions. Throughout my evolution is the core belief that Divinity is within and that is one awesome gift—so let's make the most of this incarnate life. My workshops tend to be experiential and fluid. Come play with me! If you can't make the workshops, find me at www.SacredSexToysShop.com, which is my newest venture! And if you must fit me in a box, try to find one that holds a deep love for all things Hindu, Tantric, Goddess, Feri, Shamanic, and Reiki. Ask me about any of these and I'm sure to bend your ears!
Dancing the Iron Pentacle
Kundalini Rising
Sacred Blood Rites
Slutress (aka Dottie) and Pyro Sadist (aka Brian) have both been educating and supporting the community for well over a Decade. They founded The Gate: Your Gateway to BDSM, in Philadelphia over 10 years ago and started a second chapter up in the New England area 5 years ago. They have been doing workshops up and down the East Coast including, Camp Crucible, TES, Black Rose, Leather Retreat, DSF, Dark Odyssey, The Society Paddles, DSF, and many more groups workshops and munches.
Decorative Art with Needles and Staples
Sensual Wax Play
Stephanie has been a freeform practitioner of magick and spirituality for as long as she can remember. She has been an initiate of the Ordo Templi Orientis (OTO) for five years, and a novitiate priestess of the Ecclesia Gnostica Catholica (EGC) for about two. Many years ago at FSG, she presented Cooking for a Coven, but this will be her first attempt to share the joy of an OTO/EGC ritual with the FSA community.
The Gnostic Mass: Liber XV
SwitchMe is a co-gendered, bisexual, polyamorous switch whose great joy lies in giving to others. As a semi-trained anthropologist, observation and interaction with others is a specialty informing a lot of who I am. Playing music is an extension of my spiritual and sexual self. Embracing change, running towards fear and listening to others are parts of me that help build who I am as much as helping to build others.
Self-image and Your Body: The Body as a Beautiful Temple
The Pink Sphinx of Babylon is an 'employee' of The Whore of Babylon. Her resume includes running the House of Babylon: Erotic Temple Work track for Mythical Journeys 2008 and presenting Sacred Sexuality workshops at many FSA and THE events. Her day job as proprietor of an occult shop has given her opportunity for insight into the daily lives of Pagans, witches and other seekers outside of gatherings. Before going into service under Ms. B., she co-authored two books with Raven Kaldera: The Urban Primitive and Welcoming Hera's Blessing.
Babylon's Temple
Basics of Mythic Scene Work: Combining BDSM with Mythopoetic Role-Play for Magickal Purposes
The Elements are In Your Toy Bag!
Psychic Shielding & Sacred Sex: Introduction
Psychic Shielding & Sacred Sex: Practicum
Sexual Ritual Construction
Tom Swiss describes his spiritual path as 'Zen Pagan Taoist Atheist Discordian,' which usually baffles questioners enough to leave him alone. He has taught workshops to a wide variety of audiences on subjects spanning the gamut from acupressure to Zen and from self-defense to sexuality. Tom is an NCCAOM Diplomate in Asian Bodywork Therapy, a karate teacher holding the rank of yondan (fourth degree black belt), a poet, a singer/songwriter, an amateur philosopher, and a professional computer geek. He is currently serving as FSA's Vice President. Information about his forthcoming book on Zen Paganism is on the web at http://infamous.net/WhyBuddhaTouchedTheEarth.
Accupressure and Shiatsu for Couples
Moxibustion for Sensation Play
Zen and the Art of Love
Wintersong Tashlin 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. Wintersong 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's syndrome can be found at The Barking Shaman. He is a contributing author on the spiritworkers blog The Gods' Mouths and the online magazine Blood For the Divine, which focuses on the ordeal path as a spiritual tool.
Breaking the Ties That Bind
The Tiniest Athame: Using Needles for Energy Work and Magic
XtraSpecial Tom has been in the scene for 12 years and currently is in his 5th term as Chairperson Trustee for Ohio SMART: Cleveland, Ohio's oldest and largest BDSM Educational and Social Organization. For the past 2 years, Tom has led the Energy Sub Group of Ohio SMART. Guest speakers have included Michelle Belanger, dawn Williams, Jackie Williams, and Arakeane, who lead group discussions on energy, chakras, spirits, healing, and more. While relatively new to Energy Work, Tom has found ways to use it in all facets of his daily life. As an Eagle Scout he learned all about fire and knots at an early age. He was hog-tying freshmen during high school. Tom has been doing Fire Play for nearly a decade and teaching it for the past 5 years. He has done Fire Flogging for the past 3 years including at FOV 2009. Tom also teaches classes on Rope Bondage, Torturing with Twine, Impact Play, Cell Popping, Extreme Caning, Flogging, Sword and Knife Play, Mind F***s, and other subjects at Ohio SMART and other local, regional, and National events. Tom's been called an Evil Sadistic Bastard more times than not!
His complete Bio can be found under XtraSpecialTom on Fetlife.com, and he can be reached via email at Editor at OhioSMART dot org.
Mark Your Partner for Life (or at least a while...)
The Only Four Knots You'll Ever Need to Know !!!
Spiritual Sword and Knife Play