Bottoms, Get What You Want! Workshop

Join three women with very different bottoming styles and a wealth of experience among them as they discuss the techniques for getting more of what you do want and less of what you don't out of a scene from beginning to end. We will examine a wide range of motivations and benefits from the BDSM bottom's perspective to help you to define your purpose more clearly, participate during a scene in a way which pleases both you and your Top, and help shape your scenes in order to satisfy everyone involved without "topping from the bottom."

Every bottom is unique and this workshop is appropriate for you whether you are new to the scene or a well seasoned bottom. Come gain insight into your personal style, and how to analyze and communicate it clearly to your partner(s), and leave the "shoulds" behind.

Please RSVP at workshopRSVP@sexpositiveculture.org.

About the Educators

All three instructors are educators of some sort in their "real" lives and have a wide range of bottoming experience over the years.

Red (Amy) has been an active member of CSPC for more than 8 years. She has more than 15 years experience as a professional educator. Among other adult education endeavors, she assisted in the development and presentation of the Topping to the Next Level series in 2008 and 2010 with two of her partners Russell and Max. In general, Red is or sometimes identifies as: a redhead, an introvert, a tree-hugger, an educator, a video editor, a recreational dancer, a theater-tech geek, an instigator, a submissive, and a top. These various identities can be (and often are) combined in a myriad of ways.

Autumn (buttons) Needles has been kinky, as far as she knows, forever, and has been an active member of the CSPC since 2003. She has taught out in the real world for most of her adult life, most recently as a yoga and fitness instructor, and frequently teaches workshops on specific aspects of yoga practice and philosophy. (Find her at HomeBodyYoga.com.) In the realm of adult education, she can be seen most frequently being an enthusiastic stunt bottom for a variety of workshops; however, for this workshop she is moving to the other side of the podium to teach bottoming more explicitly as a skill. Autumn recently authored a book entitled Yogic Bliss and Sexual Healing, released in June by Fanny Press, which pulls together her background in yogic philosophy and sexuality in a raw and honest, sometimes silly and sexy way.

Adrienne Evey is a happily kinky, submissive, masochistic, polyamorous pansexual who lives in Seattle, Washington where she is actively involved with the Center for Sex Positive Culture and the local BDSM community. She has taught classes and led discussions on topics ranging from coming out as kinky to processing pain to holistic healing. A voracious learner, she has studied Ayurveda, Tantric Yoga, psychology, The Work of Byron Katie, and acting, all of which have provided her insight and tools for helping others on their own journeys towards finding balance and having fun with their kink.