be yr own: solo D/s for self-artisanship

9 sessions + weekly maintenance practice space
every 2 thursdays
9 october - 5 february // gate to winter through first glimpse of spring
5:30-6:45 pm ET
+ weekly fridays at 12:30 pm maintenance practice, 30-45m

discipline ∞ devotion

october / month 1
reaping ~ we arrive in present together & harvest what is & was.
we practice digestion.
we feed our leather lineages, incarnate in us.

november / month 2
death ~ we celebrate & grieve the harvest.
we practice devotion.
we gather wisdom & vision from longing into the future.

december / month 3
surviving ~ we surrender to material reality & repair what is ours
we practice daily.
we dedicate ourselves to discipline, that we may trust our power.

january / month 4
scheming ~ we reflect on what is working & spin it into wild dreams.
we practice indulgence.
we embody the art of surrender, made safe by our power.

5 feb / là fhèill brìghde
emerging ~ we glimpse the rising light & heat of spring.
we practice desire.
we seed our queer futures deeper as we
look each other in the eye, say "i want" & mean it*

this practice space draws on leather lineages of pleasure, family-making, & developmental trauma healing through relational dominance & submission, as well as diasporic scottish reconnection with ancestral time: october's gàidhlig name is an dàmhair from an dàmh-dair, the deer roaring (rutting) time: that is, dàmh is a young stag yelling about fucking. here you will be guided & invited to purposefully take your teen & other young selves under your protection & guidance to be nurtured towards maturation rather than abandonment, while cultivating your practical D/s embodiment, identity, and skills.

primarily, this is a space for leatherdykes & leatherqueers. our admirers are warmly invited to learn from & with us, without appropriation. some clear guidance on the edges of leather/not leather will be offered; participants who do not (currently) identify themselves within leather lineages are also encouraged to translate their parallel & neighbouring knowledges of cultural appropriation with curiosity as they move through this season with us.

accessibility notes

all sessions will be recorded & available until the end of february. autocaptions will be enabled; prompts for exercises will be shared verbally & in chat. all participants choose when/if to be visible on video & whether to speak verbally, in chat, or not at all. please join from a cozy, quiet location where you can be as comfy as possible in your body; moving, eating, taking breaks, & lying down are all welcome.

$333 / $222 / $111
a little more / at cost / a little less

pay a little more taking into account income, savings, debt, inheritance, class background, care responsibilities, generosity & relative strength of your currency––USD/GPB/EUR-earning white people please pay a little more if at all possible!
pay at cost for everyone who is able
pay a little less for anyone who needs to, particularly if you are a low-income QTBIPOC, trans woman, or living on fixed income like disability or parental leave

*if you know this reference, use the first name of the femme who said it for 7% off any paid ticket
hint: on a LSM panel this spring, one of the original members remembered her by saying something like, "let's be clear, _______ fucked" <3

with gratitude to my leather lineages, particularly the unholy harvest leatherdykes, and to my deep teachers of cyclical time & spiritual maturation, ije & samia & the other turtles of the cypher. thanks also to my somatics teachers of all paths, particularly vanissar tarakali & kathy kain & the great river.