Welcome to Rhythm and Beats...

An Impact To The Beat, BDSM Play Party

Rhythm & Beats is part of The Sanctuary Sessions — our intimate gatherings held inside The Sanctuary of East Harlem.

This night blends music, movement, sensation, impact, and community into an experience that feels grounding, alive, and connected.

If you’ve ever felt the rhythm of paddles, canes, and hands syncing with the music — scenes flowing together like a living soundscape — you already know the pulse of this night.

1. This is kinky impact play with intention.
2. Rhythm with purpose.
3. Connection you can feel in your body.

The Kink Collective’s MITPISA negotiation forms will be available to support clearer pre-scene conversations, especially for people meeting or negotiating play in the room.

Click here for more details on MITPISA

WHAT TO EXPECT

8:00 PM | Doors Open

• Enter into a relaxed social hour, get to know your fellow attendees and build connections.

9:00 PM | Opening Circle + Room Agreements

• We arrive together, set intentions, and review safety, consent, rhythm, and technique.
• Doors close after room agreements so the guided portion of the night can stay grounded, intentional, and connectedd
• Doors close at 9:15PM if you plan to attend

9:30PM | Three Rhythmic Impact Sessions

Two (2) Rounds of three (3) timed sessions that builds on the last with short breaks between sessions to allow for connection and grounding

1. Warm-Up – light, steady, grounding
2. Build – increasing rhythm, presence, and connection
3. Peak – focused energy, heightened sensation

Grounding and Reset

• Hydrate, snack, breathe, talk, and connect.
• This is also a chance to switch positions so that both top and bottom players can experience the night from different sides of the exchange. You are also welcome to stay in the same arrangement if that better supports your scene, dynamic, or intention for the evening.

Aftercare

• A gentle landing space before heading home.

THE VIBE

Rhythm & Beats is warm, intimate, and intentionally paced — designed to settle your body and open your senses.

• A Curated Neyorican & Puerto Rican Pride playlist sets a steady, sensual beat
• Dim, warm lighting creates a comfortable container
• A separate social space invites rest, conversation, and connection
• Open-plan exposed brick space keeps everything communal and grounded

The night feels fluid, spacious, and intentionally erotic — not overwhelming, not performative.

Just real, steady, embodied exploration.

WHAT YOU'LL TAKE AWAY

• Practical rhythm + pacing techniques for impact play
• Confidence in consent and safer-play frameworks
• A grounded awareness of your own body and energy
• A deeper sense of connection — to yourself and the room
• The experience of being part of a shared pulse

Whether you’re brand new or seasoned, you’ll walk away with something meaningful.

YOUR FACILITATORS

Joshua & Cat — holders of the 2025 Northeast Power Exchange Title — are internationally recognized educators known for their philosophy: People Before Kink.

They, along with trained Kink Collective facilitators, create a space where consent, care, and connection shape every moment.

This event includes a guided structure, especially during the rhythmic impact sessions. Facilitators help hold the room, explain the flow, support the pacing, and keep the container clear. Participants are still responsible for their own boundaries, communication, choices, consent, and aftercare.

Participants often describe their sessions as transformative — places where they feel safe enough to explore, supported enough to stretch, and seen enough to show up fully.

Location + Entry

Where: The Sanctuary of East Harlem

Address: 113 East 125th Street, New York, NY 10035

Entry Instructions: Enter through the door to the right of Forno on 125th. Look for 113 in the window above.

• Push the door hard to enter.

Accessibility: No elevator. 20 steps total.

Interested in becoming a member?

You do not need to be a

member to attend Rhythm & Beats!.

Members receive discounted Sanctuary Sessions tickets and free access to our weekly online space, Conscious Conversations, for deeper connection and ongoing community. [link here]

TICKETS

$40 Members | $50 Solo Ticket | $80 Partner Tickets (2)

🎟 Get Your Advance Tickets, Here.

Or pay at the door via Cash, Venmo, PayPal, Zelle, or CashApp

A Look at The Sanctuary of East Harlem

Each event is set up to match the energy and purpose of the night. For Rhythm & Beats, the space is arranged to support impact, tension, connection, aftercare, and Impact exploration. The space will be setup with multiple furnished stations supporting the room with space to give and receive impact.BDSM Terms Explained

• Scene: an agreed-upon exchange between people, discussed ahead of time with clear boundaries, consent, expectations, and aftercare.
• Negotiation: the conversation before play where people talk through interests, limits, roles, safety needs, intensity, and aftercare.
• MITPISA: The Kink Collective’s consent and negotiation framework, designed to help people talk through interests, boundaries, safety needs, intensity, and aftercare before play begins.
• Pickup-play: play negotiated with someone you meet at the event. All pickup play should be clearly discussed and agreed to before anything begins.
• Power exchange: consensual play where people intentionally explore roles, control, service, dominance, submission, or authority.
• Energy exchange: the felt connection between people during play — the way attention, emotion, sensation, intention, and response move back and forth between them.
• Boundaries: the personal limits and needs someone communicates before or during play, including what is welcome, what is not, and what must stop if crossed.
• Impact play: consensual play involving sensation or force on the body, often through hands, floggers, paddles, canes, belts, straps, or other agreed-upon implements.
• Aftercare: the care, grounding, rest, or connection someone may need after play to help their body and emotions settle.