Pain Processing: Learning to Endure and Suffer

with Miss Mackenzee

a live and recorded online class from Wicked Grounds

7/27 6pm Pacific

Unlock new levels of endurance and resilience with our immersive workshop. Whether you're a seasoned participant or just beginning to explore the exciting dynamics of BDSM, our time will guide you through techniques and insights to expand your boundaries, enhance your experiences, and deepen your connections. From tricks to increase your threshold to developing fluid communication with your partner, we offer a comprehensive journey into the dance of sensation and submission. We will discuss options for tools and equipment that can aid in pain management as well as where to purchase them.

Let’s explore different methods to process a variety of sensations together. Discover warm up skills including the role of anticipation and suspense in your play and how it can truly help the receiver. Learn essential safeword strategies and how to push your limits to new heights ethically. Connect more closely with your partner by exploring pain consensually in your intimate encounters. It’s important to differentiate desired discomfort from distress so we will talk about this in detail. Unlock the secrets for incorporating the senses for enhanced focus. What bottom doesn’t want to feel more desirable and more like a badass?

Dive deeper with more topics including:

• Methods for prolonging and intensifying kink scenes and rough sex
• Recognizing and respecting your body’s limits and cues
• Breathing techniques to help when things become difficult
• Transforming pain into pleasure that could possibly culminate in blissful ecstasy
• How positioning can affect your experience and sensory input
• Understanding endorphins and their role
• Nuances of how dynamics can change when sadism and masochism is explored
• Incorporating rituals into your processing practice
• Learning to read and interpret your partner’s warning signals
• The concept of catharsis in suffering
• Guidance for achieving a floaty headspace
• Physical and mental preparation for intense scenes

And much more!

This workshop is meant to be an inclusive environment that is accommodating for all types of people. You can participate in a way that feels comfortable for you, whether that’s having your camera on, joining in the chat, or remaining anonymous while taking in all the information. Please don’t hesitate to reach out if you have any accessibility needs.

PRESENTER:

Miss Mackenzee comes from a queer, neurodivergent perspective. She is a Board-Certified Sexologist, BDSM and Intimacy Educator, Certified Hypnotist, Certified Trauma-informed Relationship and Sexual Wellness Coach, Kink Lifestyle and Professional Dominant Mentor, Owner of Elysium Dungeon, Host of Kink, Intimacy, and Cannabis Lounge Podcast, Content Creator, and Author. She is also the founder of BDSM and Intimacy University, which makes and sells beautiful one of a kind BDSM toys and furniture as well as offers on demand courses, spicy digital guides, clothing, aftercare items, and more. Miss Mackenzee has written and been quoted in numerous publications, been hired as an expert for various media outlets, and is highly sought after for private lessons with individuals and folks in relationships as well as presenting at conventions and graduate programs at major universities. She has taken over 10,000 hours of continued education at universities and other organizations to become a better educator and coach. She hosts virtual workshops multiple times a week on topics including but not limited to energy play, sex magic, bondage, power exchange, reveling in pleasure, sadism, bedroom skills, and spirituality. One of her driving forces is to be the person she wishes she had when she first started her exploration of kink and sexuality. She loves helping others to have hotter, safer, and more fulfilling intimacy. Miss Mackenzee prides herself on creating a fostering and inclusive environment that is safe from societal judgments for people to explore their desires and individuality.

To view her full offerings, visit her website: www.MissMackenzee.com

ACCESS:

This will be a live, recorded online class offered through Zoom. To participate, you may need to download the free, basic version of the Zoom app before the class! This class will be recorded and distributed to those who registered.

Zoom provides closed captioning, which will be available for this event.