HMU Academy: Trauma-Informed Kink and Play

Hit Me Up Academy:

Trauma-Informed Kink & Play

Has unresolved trauma or old attachment wounds come up through your ENM and kink journey?

If so, you are not alone. ENM commonly brings up jealousy and insecurities as we open up our relationships, explore multiple partners, and expand our kinky boundaries.

Whether you want to feel more daring & confident in the bedroom, secure in your relationships, and embody lots of self-love – this workshop is for you.

You’ll Learn:

• How your nervous system reacts in different emotional and sexual interactions, so that you can speak up for your needs in and out of the bedroom.

• Neuroscience-backed, body-based exercises to help you feel safe with more intimacy, love, and kink without as much jealousy, fear, or sabotage.

• Specific movements to help you relax, surrender, and enjoy deeper levels of pleasure with your partner(s). We'll practice these together during the workshop, so that you can also apply them in various ENM and kink situations at home.

Format: This is a “therapy style” workshop where you’ll be safely & gently guided to enhance your ENM relationship & kink-related experiences, on the spot, through body-based interactions with your co-participants. We'll have a safe space to discuss feelings and challenges that come up through these practices. You'll take away important relationship skills that you can continue at home and out in the world.

Who to Attend: All gender identities and relationship types (singles, solo poly, couples, polycules, and more) are welcome. Whether you're at the beginning of your ENM/kink journey, or much further along, you are invited to join.

What to Wear: Wear what makes you feel comfortable.

About the Instructor: Orit Krug is an award-winning Board-Certified Dance/Movement Therapist and Licensed Creative Arts Therapist who has helped transform the lives of more than 5,000 clients. A licensed therapist with her own practice, she helps individuals & couples strengthen and expand their relationships by healing past trauma stored in the body. As Orit practices polyamory in her own life, she uses her experience and platform to ensure that partners can safely and lovingly expand beyond the normal boundaries in all relationships. Orit’s work has been featured on TV and publications including DailyOM, ThriveGlobal, Authority Magazine, Self & Insider.

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✨Ticket types and prices: this class has a sliding scale ticket price structure as we recognize that folks have different access to financial resources. All ticket types are for the same class experience. $35 is considered the "base" price for this two hour class. If you are able to pay more, you can select the $40 option. If money is tighter, please select the $30 option. If $30 is prohibitively expensive please contact us at admin@hitmeupnyc.com 

✨Location: Lower Manhattan. Please email hello@hitmeupnyc.com if you need any accessibility accommodations. The space has an elevator.

✨Full vaccination is required. While we recommend getting the booster shots, we are not verifying them at this time.

✨Consent Policy: This is an ASK FIRST event and the rules of respectful and consensual behavior WILL be enforced. You will be responsible for reading the policy and behaving appropriately. Please click here to read our consent policy in full.

✨Membership: This event is open to the public. We reserve the right to refuse entry if needed.

Hit Me Up also hosts private events which are invite only, and anyone new to Hit Me Up must apply and be approved to attend—no guests or plus ones. If you’d like to apply or invite a new member, please fill out this form: Hit Me Up New Member Application. You are welcome to inquire as to your status or that of your friends, but please do not act as if you have an entitlement to access our space or members. Building special spaces is hard, and while we are inclusive and welcoming, we reserve the right to curate our membership as needed to maintain our flourishing community.

✨Please stay home if you are feeling ill or if you have had recent close contact with someone who tested Covid positive (within the past 5 days). You could be incubating and still test negative. Any requests for refunds for any reason will be honored up to the day of the party. Remember: safe, sane, and sanitary Just email hello@hitmeupnyc.com and we will give you a full refund, no questions asked.