Intimacy that breaks free from set patterns and conventions is fantastic, creative, and unpredictable—that’s what makes it so appealing, but also quite complex and challenging. In (AN)OTHER INTIMACY, we want to take this risk! What’s there to experience? How do I come up with ideas? How do I discover what my deepest needs and longings are? And how do I put them into practice? What do I definitely not want—and how do I communicate between “Yes!” and “No”?
The workshop aims to give participants an idea of what a playful and alternative “sex-positive” space might look like, how we can shape it together, and how we can navigate it. The focus here lies well beyond a normative understanding of intimacy and sexuality that equates sex with nudity, genital touching, and any form of physical penetration. We prefer to concentrate on the playful, imaginative, performative, and experimental aspects in order to touch upon a wide variety of what human bodies and minds are capable of.
We work with tools such as role-playing, BDSM-inspired practices, Bodysomatics, and the Beginner’s Mind, thereby creating diverse opportunities to develop spontaneity and a sense of playfulness, to dare to discover what is interesting and desired and what is definitely unwanted, to set boundaries, communicate them, and respect them, but also to invite others into consensual play and help shape scenes. In this process, playful experimentation becomes both a strategy for discovering new ways of intimate interaction and its primary tool. After two days in which we get to know (or rediscover) our playful selves and learn to navigate them, we form a trusting community of experimenters. On Sunday evening, this community will come together in an open PlaySpace, carefully designed for whatever may unfold—whether it’s a relaxing cuddle after the intense days or further rounds of playful experimentation.
SCHEDULE
Fri, 12/16/2022 - 11am-11:**pm
Sat, 12/17/2022 - 11am-**:**pm
Sun, 12/12/2022 - 11am-2:00pm
On Friday, the event may end a little later than scheduled; on Saturday, it's open-ended
LANGUAGES
German, English
COST
Registration fee per person
CHF 55,-
This event is being held under special terms. We also want to make it as inclusive as possible.
For this reason, there is no set price for the workshop in addition to the registration fee. However, we would like to point out that a realistic price for such a workshop—if one wishes to make a living from it (as we certainly try to do with luhmen d’arc)—is closer to about CHF 500 per person.
Therefore, additional donations—based on your own financial situation—are very welcome; a donation box will be available on site.
Please also read all further info below, too.
Further informations
REGISTRATION
To ensure a safe, mindful, and conscious atmosphere as much as possible, we reserve the right to select participants for this special retreat. Therefore, we ask that you provide as much detail as possible in the registration form about yourself, your interest in open, sex-positive events, your experience with them, and why you would like to participate in this workshop.
SCHEDULE
Friday, December 16,
10:15–10:45 Arrival
11:00–14:30 Opening Circle & Workshop
14:30–15:30 Short break for snacks you’ve brought
15:30–19:00 Workshop
19:00 - 8:30 PM Long break for dinner
8:30 PM - 11:** PM Wax Play Ceremony
Saturday, December 17,
10:30 AM Arrival
11:00 AM – 2:30 PM Opening Circle & Workshop
2:30 PM – 3:30 PM Short break for snacks you’ve brought
3:30 PM – 7:00 PM Workshop
7:00 PM – 8:30 PM Long break for dinner
9:00 PM - **:** Open playSPACE with a group wrap-up
Sunday, December 18,
Starting at 10:30 a.m. Arrival
11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Workshop, group reflection, feedback & conclusion
We’ll send you an email in advance of the course with a list of items to bring and additional information about the course.
NOTES ON THE EVENT
The goals of our events are collaborative learning within the group, supporting shared processes, and personal development. Couples and all other types of partnerships or group dynamics are welcome, but you should be aware and open to the fact that the courses are not designed as partnership experiences and that we address each person as an individual. For example: To involve all participants equally, we usually work with random partner combinations during the exercises. This means that both same-sex and opposite-sex combinations will occur. Participants should generally be open to working with every person and every body. Exceptions can be discussed on a case-by-case basis.
Gender identity, sexual orientation, age, or membership in marginalized groups such as BBIPoC, migrants, refugees, LGBTQIA*, people with disabilities, etc., are not criteria for registration or participant selection.
We expect you to act with care, be communicative, prioritize consent, and be mindful, and we encourage you to respect your own boundaries and take personal responsibility.
Hate speech will not be tolerated. Please bring "Candy Speech" with you.
We reserve the right to ask participants to leave the workshop if their behavior is hurtful or problematic, and we reserve the right to do so without explanation—though we will likely try to explain it. Workshop fees would then be refunded in full. Any further claims are excluded.
We do our best to accommodate different needs, but our resources are limited. Please contact us if you have any questions.
You can read more about this topic here.
CANCELLATION POLICY
Cancellations are free of charge up to eight weeks before the start of the course, up to four weeks before the start of the course a cancellation fee of 20% of the course fee is due, up to two weeks before the start of the course a cancellation fee of 50% is due. Later cancellations and refunds of participant fees are not possible. However, participants can find substitute participants who will take the booked places. In case of cancellation by the organizer, the course fee will be refunded in full. Further claims are excluded.