Aimed at those who already have at least a solid foundation in kink/BDSM practice, in this workshop series Dr Pine and SparklyBulbasaur will take participants through the building blocks of risk aware edge play, with a focus on honesty and harm reduction. Each workshop is designed to build on the previous ones in the series, so attendance of the whole course is recommended where possible.
For the purposes of these workshops, we are defining edge play as play which has an intrinsically higher level of physical or psychological risk than other kinds of play. To see whether this workshop is right for you, please click here to read a more detailed description of what constitutes edge play.
Workshop #3
Consensual Non Consent (CNC) refers to scenes where there is the illusion of the removal of the ability to withdraw consent. It is a broad term which can cover a range of activities and styles of play. For the purposes of this workshop, CNC is being used as an umbrella term to cover styles of play where the top will ignore the bottom’s “no”. It will particularly focus on more emotionally intense flavours of CNC.
This workshop will cover the inherently high risk nature of this kind of play, with an overarching emphasis on the importance of safety, communication, mutual aftercare, and ensuring there is never any actual consent violation.
This is an extremely risky style of play, with great potential for emotional harm, but one that is enjoyed by many in the community, and which can be extremely cathartic for many people. This workshop will be focused on risk management, scene preparation, types of CNC, some practical guidance, and other considerations for this kind of play. We will talk both how to incorporate CNC into individual scenes, as well as how it can be incorporated as part of an ongoing dynamic. There will be a particular focus on how to create real feelings of helplessness, fear, distress and violation, without removing safety nets (such as safe words).
Topics covered will include:
- What is CNC?
- Different styles of CNC, from stranger roleplay to free use dynamics.
- Pre planning and specific negotiation.
- Risk profiles for different kinds of CNC play.
- Risk management and harm minimisation.
- Self advocacy as a bottom in this style of play.
- CNC in ongoing lifestyle dynamics, outside of pre planned scenes.
- The importance of mutual and ongoing aftercare.
Dress Code
Casual and comfortable.
Tickets
All Workshop Pass $750.00 | Best Value | Recommended
includes 1 ticket for every workshop with 1 workshop at no cost.
Individual Workshop Ticket $150.00