Ok, I have a question. or maybe a few.
I'm holding a series of events, PlayShops. My previous announcement is here: teamnoir.name/ChrisEnglis...ayShop.html. My goal here is to create opportunities for people to learn about spirituality, magick, and ritual, in bdsm play and to begin to develop a network of folks who practice this. This means both initial structure and teaching for total newbies, room for experimentation and practice for folks who have some experience, and opportunities to teach or lead for folks with a bit of experience.
The previous one went ok. I wrote an evaluation here: teamnoir.livejournal.com/103056.html.
I like the format of some less formal chat, talk about smudging, encourage other people to practice it. Then open the space somehow, circle, vortex, drumming, or whatever. And while I may be the only one, I rather liked the eye gazing exercises, though I'll admit they could have been spiced up and gone further.
Second half, I'd like to get most participants playing, somehow. And here's the gotcha. I can demo any number of things, at least bdsm-wise. But attempting to do so in a way that makes the play clearly and obviously spiritual, and in which the participants will feel comfortable playing, is the tricky part.
So my question is...
How do I make the play portion more juicy, without alienating too many people by asking them to play with folks they might not know well? I'm looking for a sanity check here, or perhaps some suggestions. How concerned should I be about that? Should I be hunting for things everyone can do, (albeit at perhaps differing intimacy levels), or should I simply be looking for play and exercises that some or most can do which could result in some challenges for the remainders?
At this point, I'm thinking of focusing on consecration next time and asking people to bring toys with which they haven't yet played, (even if it's just a hunk of rope). We'll clear them, and then... I dunno. Maybe I should just ask people what they might do with their toy, in this space, with these people, in order to claim it, or to "burn it in", to begin to make their toy an item with sentimental value. Somehow I'm scared that everyone will just shrug and look to me for some form of structure.
Thoughts? Suggestions?
I'm holding a series of events, PlayShops. My previous announcement is here: teamnoir.name/ChrisEnglis...ayShop.html. My goal here is to create opportunities for people to learn about spirituality, magick, and ritual, in bdsm play and to begin to develop a network of folks who practice this. This means both initial structure and teaching for total newbies, room for experimentation and practice for folks who have some experience, and opportunities to teach or lead for folks with a bit of experience.
The previous one went ok. I wrote an evaluation here: teamnoir.livejournal.com/103056.html.
I like the format of some less formal chat, talk about smudging, encourage other people to practice it. Then open the space somehow, circle, vortex, drumming, or whatever. And while I may be the only one, I rather liked the eye gazing exercises, though I'll admit they could have been spiced up and gone further.
Second half, I'd like to get most participants playing, somehow. And here's the gotcha. I can demo any number of things, at least bdsm-wise. But attempting to do so in a way that makes the play clearly and obviously spiritual, and in which the participants will feel comfortable playing, is the tricky part.
So my question is...
How do I make the play portion more juicy, without alienating too many people by asking them to play with folks they might not know well? I'm looking for a sanity check here, or perhaps some suggestions. How concerned should I be about that? Should I be hunting for things everyone can do, (albeit at perhaps differing intimacy levels), or should I simply be looking for play and exercises that some or most can do which could result in some challenges for the remainders?
At this point, I'm thinking of focusing on consecration next time and asking people to bring toys with which they haven't yet played, (even if it's just a hunk of rope). We'll clear them, and then... I dunno. Maybe I should just ask people what they might do with their toy, in this space, with these people, in order to claim it, or to "burn it in", to begin to make their toy an item with sentimental value. Somehow I'm scared that everyone will just shrug and look to me for some form of structure.
Thoughts? Suggestions?
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