Intimacy outside of fixed patterns and conventions is fantastic, creative and unpredictable - that's what makes it so appealing, but also quite complex and challenging. In the (AN)OTHER INTIMACY workshops, we want to embark on this adventure! What is there to experience? How do I come up with ideas? How do I find out what my deep needs and longings are? And how do I put them into practice?
In the POWER OF PLAY course, we raise the bar in terms of standards and intensity and focus on play as a method and form of intimate and intense encounter. The basic concept is quite simple: two adults agree to leave the ground of everyday manners and behave differently within agreed limits than they usually do and than would be acceptable in a conventional context. The interest: How do interactions change when we consciously make them playful? What can we learn about ourselves through play? What happens when we set aside fixed goals, our self-criticism and our expectations of ourselves and focus on presence, spontaneity and pleasure? As explorers together, in this course we go beyond the familiar facets of our pleasurable self and also get to know the more hidden ones - our pleasure in power and submission, being overwhelmed and at the mercy of others or pain and restriction. We can learn a lot about ourselves, rediscover our creative potential and our joy in playful spontaneity and be inspired for new paths and encounters.
More about (AN)OTHER INTIMACY
The (AN)OTHER INTIMACY workshops aim to give participants an idea of what a playful & alternative 'sex-positive' space could be, how we can shape it together and move through it. The focus is clearly beyond a normative understanding of intimacy and sexuality that would equate sex with nudity, touching around the genitals and any kind of physical penetration. We prefer to focus on the playful, imaginative, performative and experimental aspects of touching a wide variety of what human bodies & minds are capable of.
Working with tools such as Bodysomatics, the Beginners Mind, role play and BDSM-inspired practices, we will create multiple opportunities to develop spontaneity and playfulness, to dare to find out what is interesting and desired and what is definitely undesirable, to set boundaries, communicate and respect them, but also to invite consensual play and co-create scenes. Playful experimentation becomes both a strategy for discovering new ways of intimate interaction and its main tool. After two days of (re?)getting to know our playful selves and learning how to deal with them, we will form a trusting community of experimenters. On Sunday, this community will embark on a sometimes more, sometimes less structured, yet carefully designed PlayArragement in order to test and celebrate themselves and their new discoveries in a freer setting.
SCHEDULE
Fri, 17.05.2024 - 11-22:** h
Sat, 18.05.2024 - 11-22:** h
Sun, 19.05.2024 - 11-23:** h
Mon, 20.05.2024 - 11-14 h
The end of the course may be slightly delayed for this event.
LANGUAGES
German, English
HOSTED BY
Matís & tbd
Choose your ticket price according to your self-assessment.
With the low(er) income tickets, we also want to give low-income earners the opportunity to attend our events.
We cordially invite high earners to make it with a higher contribution possible for us to make this offer.
We would like to thank you in advance for your solidarity.
For people with particularly low incomes, there are usually additional options for even lower prices.
Please do not hesitate to write to us and ask. We would be delighted if you could join us!
WORKSHOP FEE PER PERSON
Regular Tickets - the average we aim for
CHF 660,00
Low(er) Income Tickets - get support!
I - CHF 550.00
II - CHF 440.00
III - CHF 330.00
High(er) Income Tickets - give support!
I - CHF 770,00
II - CHF 880,00
III - CHF 990,00
Please also read all further info below, too.
Further informations
NOTES ON THE EVENT
The aims of our events are to learn together as a group and support shared processes as well as personal development. Couples and all other types of partnerships or constellations 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, in order to include all participants equally, we usually work with random partner combinations in the exercises. This means that there will be both the same and different gender combinations. Participants should generally be open to working with any person and any body. Exceptions can be discussed on a case-by-case basis.
Gender identity, sexual orientation, age or membership of marginalized groups such as BBIPoC, migrants, refugees, LGBTQIA*, people with disabilities, etc. are not criteria when registering and selecting participants.
We expect you to be careful, communicative, consent-oriented and mindful, and we encourage you to respect your own boundaries and self-responsibility.
Hate speech will not be tolerated. Please bring "candy speech".
We reserve the right to ask participants to leave the workshop should their behavior be hurtful or too problematic, and we reserve the right to do so without explanation - although we will likely try to explain. Workshop fees would then be refunded in full. Further claims are then excluded.
We do our best to accommodate different needs, but our resources are limited. If in doubt, please contact us.
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.