Spiral Turquoise is a genderqueer polyamorous hypno-switch and kink educator with an educational focus on erotic hypnosis and its intersections with other fetishes and kinks. He believes in an emphasis on customization, adaptation, and modification in approaching hypnosis and play. He has run the hypnokink educational group PHARMA (Pittsburgh Hypno And Romanticized Mind-Control Aficionados) and has a decade-plus history of teaching classes at hypnocons.