Education Team

Class Description Rubber bands, friend or foe? Not just for the office anymore, rubber bands can offer a pinchy, stingy feeling or can pack a wallop that they won’t see coming. For over 10 years Shanghai has been teaching people how to pervert the lowly rubber band into something to be feared, revered, and steered … Continue reading Rubber Bands, Sting One and Sting Two with Shanghai

Class Description You don’t get what you don’t ask for. The first step in any amazing scene is a strong negotiation, but kinksters aren’t always using the same language, and it can be nerve wracking to ask for something new or risky. This class will cover how to establish boundaries, express desires, and ensure all … Continue reading Negotiations with MoProblems

Class Description This class explores how a player can effectively create situations and environments that elicit a fear response from their partner. Fear can be used independently as its own scene, or used as a tool within a scene to enhance the experience. In this interactive learning experience, participants will explore fear through the five … Continue reading Build-A-Fear Workshop: Fear Play 101 with Alixzander

Class Description Fire Play can take many forms and shapes, but it all starts with the fundamentals. This class is intended as an introduction to fire play to learn the basic practical skills necessary to incorporate fire play in a risk-aware manner and navigate fire-based hazards. Various styles and application techniques will be shown to … Continue reading Fire Play 101 – Fire Fundamentals with Caramel_Sutra

Class Description Come sharpen your skills in this edgy and seductive workshop on Knife Play for the bold and adventurous! From selecting the perfect blade to building a heart-pounding scene, this class promises to send shivers down your spine. Our skilled instructor will cover the essential principles of safety, consent, and effective communication, so that … Continue reading The Edge of Desire: Knife Play 101 with Jamie Joy

Class Description What is your name? What is your Quest? What is your favorite color? We have ways of making you talk. Torture and Interrogation have many faces: polite interviews, fear play, targeted application of pain, threats and coercion, compromise, and punishment. What is most important for a powerful and successful scene is "What is … Continue reading Torture/ Interrogation with Mister Chris

Class Description Have you ever seen a bottom fall to their knees blushing and squirming and found it amazingly hot? Have you watched a top reduce their bottom to tears with words alone, then seen them happily cuddled up together not long after? Have you ever wondered: what is it about playing with our emotions … Continue reading The Wide World of Emotional Masochism with Tom B

Class Description So you know how to tie a single column, maybe you can even throw on a harness… but past patterns and knots, there is a lovely person at the end of our ropes… so how do we go from just using our technical skills, to creating a real connection with the person you’re … Continue reading Creating Intimacy and Connection within a Rope Scene with Sam

Class Description Sensory deprivation is hot and powerful! This hands-on workshop is an excursion into using deprivation of sight, hearing, speech, and touch to create deep, intense experiences. We’ll go from beginning to advanced level with tools and techniques that Integrate into all aspects of kink. There are lots of opportunities throughout the workshop to … Continue reading Delicious Deprivation with TouchDeep and HeartBound

Class Description Ready to dive into your wildest fantasies? Join us for a playful and immersive workshop designed to help you bring your erotic role-play scenes to life! Whether you're a newbie or an experienced player, this class will guide you through exploring fantasies, building characters, and staying in the moment. We’ll kick things off … Continue reading Fantasies Realized: The Art of Role Playing in Kink Content with Alisa Millard

Class Description Take away models and terminology that will help you understand, negotiate, and (for s-types) explain your brand of submission. Learn about (a) 6 types of masochism, (b) 3 core languages of D/s, (c) 5 need centers of submissives, (d) 9 motivation types of service submissives, and (e) 2 distinct types of humiliation play. … Continue reading Your PhD in Understanding Submissives with Undergroundsea

Class Description In this class we will talk about safety precautions, materials, forms of mummification and sensory deprivation and some activities to enjoy while encased. The main material involved in the demo portion will be pallet wrap, but other forms and materials will be discussed and several examples will be available to see and feel. … Continue reading Mummification with Blackthorne