01-14, 15:15–16:15 (US/Eastern), Mainsail West / Dungeon
Rope is a beautiful and versatile tool, but it can be intimidating to get into! Join Kiwi and Moonie to bind hypnosis and rope in this beginner-friendly hands-on class. While we will not be teaching Shibari or complicated rope ties, we will be covering some fundamental rope skills, rope as a tool in hypnosis, hypnosis as a tool for rope, and hypnotic bondage with no rope involved. Whether you’re a lazy top (like me), intimidated by rope (like me), or unable to use traditional rope ties for body-reasons, this class will help you engage with knotty fantasies without the burden of needing to be “good” at rope.
CW: consensual non-consent, sadism, partial nudity, demonstrations, hypnotic language
Kiwi is a graduate student with the Science of BDSM research team. They have been practicing, studying, and presenting on kink-related topics for six years to academic and BDSM audiences including Kinky Kollege, the Master/slave Conference, Leather Leadership Conference, and the Charmed!, and serve as a member of the Beguiled Conference Committee. Academically, they focus on consent and identity from an intersectional queer perspective. In practice, they identify as a switch who enjoys hypnosis, anything to do with leather, and discovering new fun ways to titillate the mind and body with pleasure and pain.
Moonie has been with the hypnosis community for a bunch of years now, and has taught and demo bottomed at various conventions across the states. They love squeeing over people's reactions and finding interesting new ways to mess with the mind. In practice, they identify as a genderfluid sadomasochistic switch who enjoys hypnosis, exhibitionism, objectification, genderfuckery, boots, leather, and anything to do with control.