SUB/DOM WORKSHOP & KINK TEMPLE NIGHT

Are you tempted to explore the kinkier side of yourself and your desires?
Have you been curious to play with kink, BDSM and power dynamics, but not sure how to start?

We at Temples of Eros, have something just for you.

Margot and Roy will be offering a facilitated, interactive workshop, where you will be given the opportunity to tune into both your dominant & submissive sides, discover your preferences, and learn about creating BDSM scenes in a safe and supported way.

The workshop will be followed by a Temple evening – where you will get the opportunity to apply your newly learned skills in a held play space with the other participants.

The facilitators are Informed by a tantric approach, which in this context is represented by focus on presence, conscious engagement with our shadows, energy play, and reverence for the different aspects of our experience.

It’s a perfect opportunity to begin, or deepen your exploration of kink, with special emphasis on power exchange & sub-dom dynamics. The experience will help you grow awareness of your desires and embodied experience. We’ll also give you an idea about how you can use kink to empower yourself and reclaim more of your parts, and how to hold space for others safely, so that they can go on their own journey.

The workshop will include demonstrations on how to use some BDSM tools such as feathers, paddles, floggers and pinwheels, with focus on safety and communication.

Whilst we cover the basics you need in terms of kink education, participation in this event requires you to have a good degree of self-awareness and tools to support yourself emotionally. Please reach out if you have doubts whether this space is suitable for you.

You’ll come away having learned:

• How you feel about being in the submissive / dominant position and what to be mindful of when stepping into either.

• How to use various tools for impact play and sensation play.

• Full body listening (interoception)

• Presence & holding space for your play-partners.

• Boundaries and consent.

• After-care.

• To explore your shadow side in a healthy way.

There will be time for free play in the Temple.

You can choose to attend just the workshop, although for the best experience we recommend you join us for both parts, as it will give you good time to familiarise yourself with new skills in a supported space. You’re very welcome to come to the workshop even if you have experience with BDSM – you can always discover something new!

It is possible to join only for the Temple if you have previous experience in play spaces & BDSM – to ensure safety of the space and the container, we ask you to fill out this form if you’re interested in attending only the Temple.

Throughout the evening the facilitator & assistants are available for a chat or to offer emotional support. We strive to provide as safe a space as possible.

As a participant, we require you are conscious of your boundaries & those of others, and willing to play honouring the sacredness of your own sexual being - as well as that of another. If you do: we will welcome you with open arms, no matter age, gender, race, social background or sexual orientation. This may not be an appropriate space for you if you have an unhealed sexual trauma. All participants are responsible to manage their own wellbeing and have an understanding what they need to be supported. If you have doubts - reach out to organisers with your questions.

Dress code:

Wear whatever you're comfortable with and/or feel sexy in! You're equally welcome to wear leggings, or sexy lingerie, or some kinky outfit - it's really up to you. Nudity is also welcome. Please bring a sarong / blanket / towel to sit & lie on when naked.

Location:

A spacious venue in Hackney Wick. The exact location will be send to participants a few days before the event.

Timing:

Please make sure to arrive before 3.00pm. You can get changed at the venue, please allow time for that. There are cafes to hang out around if you're concerned about transport & want to make sure you're in good time.

The workshop will finish around 5:30pm, and the Temple will start at 6.00. We will have a closing circle for the Temple before 10.00pm.

Refund policy:

No refunds given. In case of Covid you can get a ticket transfer to another event.

The organisers retain the right to refuse entry if we have reasons to believe this event may not be suitable for you. This is at the discretion of the organisers & full refund will be issued in such cases.

Contact:

In case of any questions, please email info@margotzwiefka.com and info@roygraff.com


Other practical details:

You will receive an email with important information and confirming all the details a few days before the event. Please keep an eye out, as sometimes there are changes compared to what's on this page.

- PLEASE BRING A TOWEL OR SARONG to lie on

- This is a sober event, please don’t consume any alcohol or other consciousness-altering substances on the day. Soft drinks and light snacks will be provided.

- We will aim to assure a good gender mix, and genderless and non-binary beings are warmly invited.

- Some safer sex materials (such as condoms), lube and coconut oil will be provided but please feel free to bring anything you own you might like to use on the night.

About your facilitators:

Margot Zwiefka is a psychologist, somatic coach, artist and tantrika. She has trained with numerous tantra teachers and ISTA, and has years of experience with creating sacred sexual spaces and teaching workshops. The desire for expression and empowerment has been the driving force behind both her work and personal journey. She takes joy in supporting people on their paths towards greater freedom, self-discovery and courageous living. Her work and art are infused with shamanic perspective of the world, creating bridges to the realm of spirit and bringing back inspiration and new ways of seeing our lives. She offers 1-2-1 coaching & bodywork sessions.

Learn more at http://www.rebeltantra.com/ and https://www.margotzwiefka.com 

Roy Graff is a life and relationship coach who draws on his training in Psychosynthesis psychotherapy, Radical Honesty, Non-violent Communication and Wheel of Consent training to offer coaching and mentoring to individuals, couples and polycules. He can help you with relationship issues, honesty and authenticity in relating, life transformation and major life crises. Roy completed the Like a Pro Wheel of Consent training with Betty Martin in 2022 and has given consent and boundaries workshops at different festivals and retreats.

More at: https://openrelating.love/

Testimonials from past participants:

"I was quite apprehensive before attending, but it couldn't have been a nicer or more welcoming and inclusive experience, with great care taken of every participant and a carefully-structured build-up to the more intense stuff. We were regularly reminded of choice and consent (also safety), but not in a way that interfered with enjoyment.

A lovely experience altogether." Matt

I really want you to know how immensely profoundly healing my experience was at last night's temple. For almost all of my adult life, sexuality has been a source of deep unhappiness for me (sexuality being something to be ashamed of, to be suppressed, and which has caused so much misery for me). I'm so overwhelmingly grateful to have discovered these temple events, and last night's temple was a huge huge life-transforming experience for me. It transcended anything I could possibly have hoped for. It was one of the most profoundly wonderful beautiful joyful loving intensely-pleasurable liberating healing euphoric experiences of my entire life. (…) I feel like my life has been profoundly irreversibly changed by this experience.

M.

A wonderful, well held evening spent with a diverse group of like-minded souls. The event had everything, warm hosts, delicious cacao and snacks, interesting conversations, and very juicy, sensual and delicious interactions.

A.

I was made to feel very welcome, despite being late to arrive, not just by the hosts but by everyone present. The acceptance of me as a person, probably at the extreme upper end of the age range present, was also profound. I had never been to anything of this type before, and for me the ceremony, the exercises on consent and then the free interactions were healing for me - especially as I have spent my entire adult life feeling unworthy of anyone's sexual attention.

R.