Join us in Columbus, OH for an open facilitated discussion on Master slave protocol. After knocking out some basic terminology, we’ll talk about topics ranging from protocol within a Ms relationship; perspectives of Ms to Ms people and Ms House to Ms House; protocols regarding various Ms statuses (like “trained by” or “protective collar”), as well as protocol toward alt lifestyle (but not) Ms people (and vice versa).

We’ll also look at what to do with our mistakes, the “yoga principle”, and a variety of other Master slave protocol based topics. There will be plenty of room for participation and interactive activities.

Notes:

* A second session focusing on Leather Protocol will be held in upcoming weeks, time and location to be determined
* There is no cost for this event
* Part of a local group, event or munch? Bring flyers and information and drop it on the provided Information table
* Finally, special thanks to the Columbus Ohio Rope Group for allowing us the space to hold this activity. CO_RG is holding a rope group meeting that day from 2 PM to 4 PM – visit the CO_RP Yahoo group for more information!

date: Sunday, October 18, 2009
time: 05:30 PM to 07:30 PM
where: Stonewall Columbus (upstairs)
address: 1160 N High St, Columbus, OH 43201 map
cost: no cost

Recently, we realized we miss having a peer group of people who are either in 24×7 power exchange relaitonships, or identify as lifestyle Master, Dominants, submissives or slaves. I asked around and no one spoke up about having such a discussion group running for people who are not members of a specific group (in the Columbus area). We’ve had a few people email or IM us about getting this sort of thing started and how it would make them happy to attend. So…

So, we decided to host one. We are going to sit around and chat about topics that are related to Ms and Ds and TPE relationships. And we are inviting you to join us.

It will be an informal gathering, in a roundtable open discussion format. We’ve run a few of these in the past and they go pretty easy once you get them moving.

We will be meeting at 6 PM, on June 21rst. Location to be determined.

What – Ms roundtable

When – 6 PM, June 21rst

Where – to be determined

Who – anyone interested in Ms/Ds as a lifestyle

Questions? Feel free to write me at chg2winter at gmail dot com

* We are not associated with any group nor are we creating a new one. We are just people of common interest, discussing a common topic.

* When we say Dom or Master, we are not talking about topping in a scene. We are not talking about anything related to play. We are talking about this as a lifestyle.

* Will this be a one time event? Or happen every month? Or every 3rd Wednesday of a month with a new moon? Depends on if people like the idea or if we find out another group already does this (no reason to reinvent the wheel)

From: Susan Wright <susanw@ncsfreedom.org>
To: ncsf-announce@serve101.org
Sent: Wed, 4 Feb 2009 3:49 pm
Subject: NCSF Action Alert – Support Winter Wickedness

Action Alert
National Coalition for Sexual Freedom

Support the Holiday Inn Worthington, the Host Hotel for Winter Wickedness

Please make a phone call now to support the Holiday Inn Worthington, the host
hotel for Adventures In
Sexuality's (AIS) Winter Wickedness Event taking place February 6-8th
(www.adventuresinsexuality.org/wicked09.html). The religious extremist group,
Americans for Truth About
Homosexuality, along with a local religious radio station in the Columbus, Ohio,
area are running a
smear campaign against this pansexual BDSM event. 

Peter LaBarbara of Americans for Truth About Homosexuality calls the event "a
freakish sadomasochistic
perversion-fest" and urges people to call the hotel's corporate headquarters to
pressure them into
canceling "for the sake of decency and public health." (www.aftah.org)

Bob Burney, a religious extremist Talk Radio DJ, devoted an entire segment of
his show slamming Winter
Wickedness and attempting to link the event with non-consensual and criminal
activities. He urged his
listeners to call and mount a campaign against the hotel. (Tuesday, Part 3
starting at 10 min 42sec:
http://www.home.wrfd.com/WRFDInsiderPage.htm)

It will only take a minute for you to help! It doesn't matter where you live or
if you're not going to
attend this event. Please call the Intercontinental Hotels Group Corporate
Customer service line at 800-
621-0555, then press option 1, then option 5, and thank them for not
discriminating against groups, and
for being willing to face minor adversity for the sake of our freedom. 

You can also call the Holiday Inn Columbus-Worthington today at 614-436-0700 b
they'll be very glad to
hear a friendly voice to counter the hatred of the religious extremists. 

Suggested points to make:

1. Thank you for upholding the Fair Accommodations Act and choosing not to
discriminate against legal
events.

2. Please don't let a small number of religious extremists manipulate you by
drumming up fear with their
misinformation campaigns.

3. There are over 200 weekend-long BDSM events that take place every year in
America b  we bring in a lot
of revenue in these hard times. We like to stay at hotel chains where we have
been welcomed when we're
traveling on personal or business travel.

4. Organizers of BDSM events such as Winter Wickedness at The Holiday Inn comply
with state and local
laws prohibiting public sexual intercourse and other forms of sexual intimacy.
Demonstrations, lectures
and discussion groups as well as dinners and evening parties compose the variety
of offerings to guests,
nothing different from any of the other hundreds of conventions hosted by your
franchisees on a weekly
basis. 

5. Thank you for standing strong against hate and ignorance.

Please pass this on to your friends to call now!

February 4, 2009

###

The National Coalition for Sexual Freedom is a national organization committed
to creating a political,
legal, and social environment in the United States that advances equal rights of
consenting adults who
practice forms of alternative sexual expression. NCSF is primarily focused on
the rights of consenting
adults in the SM-leather-fetish, swing, and polyamory communities, who often
face discrimination because
of their sexual expression.

National Coalition for Sexual Freedom
822 Guilford Avenue, Box 127
Baltimore, MD 21202-3707
917-848-6544
media@ncsfreedom.org
www.ncsfreedom.org

We are reworking a few of our older presentations; recording some new tracks for Erotic World Weekly; looking foward to Path of the Qadishti audio tonight; working on a ‘what is a mentor’ for House Metta….

Overall, keeping busy

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dawn and I normally present about 12 times a year, traveling within Ohio to local groups as well as to national event around North America.

December though is  a  slow month for presenting, and we use it to do web site maintenance, review existing presentations, and write new ones.

Our very first presentation we did out of state (and one that stayed the most popular one for our first year) was Poly Pagan Bondage Slut

Poly Pagan Bondage Slut
Can you find spirituality through BDSM? Are sluts’ nice people? Can polyamory really work? Join Dan and dawn, a lifestyle couple and soul mates of many years, as they facilitate a free flowing and free thinking round table discussion on what its like to try to achieve balance in a spiritual and loving yet kinky and naughty relationship without boundaries. They will share their experience and insight as they help to generate a non judgmental, open discussion. Through active sharing, participants of the roundtable will express what they have found that works for them or what they might be seeking to achieve the balance between slut, lover, spiritualist and kinky.

We just had the level 1 group finish there first class, a gathering that was part introduction and part the words of those who concidure themselves a Qadishti and what it means to them. We had representation from tantrikas, sexual magicians, energy workers, BDSM’ers, and more. A great group to be working with.

Just updated the Path of the Qadishti training course to include Solo Sacred Sex!

Hi Everyone!

I want to take a moment and Thank Dan and dawn for coming out in the
blustering cold last night to present for AIS-Sinergy on “Orgasmic
Energy” It was so wonderful to have you guys and so look forward to
having you come visit us again!

The room was freezing cold when we first started but heated up real
quick once that sexual energy started flowing…This group sure
knows how to heat up a room!! *giggle*

Dan and dawn talked about reaching that orgasmic peak and what can
be done from there and that orgasm is not always the “goal”.
They also touched on if an orgasm is the goal putting intent behind
it for an actual purpose to manifest things in our lives or to heal
others or ourselves.
They also touched on ways to breath and cycle the energy through out
our bodies and how males can control their ejaculations with these
techniques…and sooo much more!!
It was such a good time and it was so nice having two very special
people to me come out and talk about things they taught me along
way.  It was a great meeting and can’t wait until next month!!

Namaste’
amber
AIS-Sinergy Facilitator

Audio Conference

• History of the Modern Qadishti Movement
• Modern Sacred Sexuality Worker
• Basics of Tantra
• Current Sacred Sexuality Temples

Gatherings

• Energy + Grounding
• Sacred Touch I
• Knowledge Share
• Created Teaching

Final Gather

• Sacred Touch II

Requirements for Level 1 are a phone line, for audio conferencing. There are no other prerequisites. Many students have a great variety in sacred sexuality backgrounds, others come only with concepts they have experiences, others only with a desire to learn. All are equally welcome.

Path of the Qadishti

Sacred Sexuality for All

Cleveland, OH group now forming

• Who – Anyone interested in a foundation of Sacred Sensuality and Erotic Spirituality

• What – A series of classes and working sessions designed to give participants both understanding of concepts and actual experiences

• How – Live classes (via audio), coursework, and active participation (Gatherings) lead by a variety of instructors*.

We offer a two to three month training program that covers a variety of sacred sexuality and erotic spirituality aspects. Classes are lead by a variety of instructors and training includes coursework and active participation.

More information can be found at our new website at

http://www.bluecatservices.org/home/path-of-the-qadishti/

Questions? Want to sign up? Use the Contact form on the website and we’ll get you started

* when we bring in instructors, we “pass the hat” to generate a donation for them.

** In you are interested in the Columbus group, you should have received an invitation at this point. If not, please use the contact form for more information.