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Woo & BDSM EDGE: Woo Series with Wayne Brawner

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Event Series Event Series: Woo & BDSM EDGE

September 22 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm

We are pleased to have Wayne Brawner coming to APEX as a guest-teacher! He is well-practiced in Woo & BDSM and will be sharing his experience with us in this series you will not want to miss, regardless of your current level of knowledge in woo.

Wayne will be leading a series of 3 E.D.G.E.s focusing on skill development, partner connection, and self-awareness. This series will be in place of the Woo & BDSM E.D.G.E.s during the months of June, July, and September. It is strongly recommended to attend all 3 dates.

The goal is to establish a progression where participants should start from class 1, ensuring everyone builds a solid foundation before moving forward. Maintaining that energy synergy throughout the classes will undoubtedly create a transformative experience for all involved.

Facilitator Bio:

Wayne Brawner, from Atlanta, GA, began his Leather journey in 1985. He holds the Mr Georgia Leather 2000 title, has served on several boards in the leather community, owned and ran several contests, and has taught over 1,500 BDSM-related classes. He alone has raised over $1,000,000.00 for clubs and groups in need, title holders, HIV centers, underprivileged children, and battered women’s shelters across the globe. Wayne has a deep passion for working with whips and exploring the energetic connection they bring.

We hear it talked about, maybe we even think we understand it, there are many misconceptions. During this EDGE we’ll explore what we call ‘woo’ in BDSM. Woo can be described as the spirituality and energy that exists in and around us, and we will explore how to use that energy in our play scenes. Exchanging energy with our play partners during scenes can cause deep connections to form, and we will discuss how to either capitalize on that or ways to avoid it, depending on personal preferences. In addition to hyper-focused connections, including woo in BDSM can lead to deeply profound interpersonal emotional experiences, catharsis, and can cause triggers.

Through holding space, intense sensations, power exchange, eliminating thought-squirrels, meditation, energy exchange, rituals, and more, we can shift our mental state, transcending pain to another psychological and physical plane. By tapping into connection, pain, power and/or sex, we reach these higher states. Join us to discuss what woo is, how to get to those higher levels during play, why it’s important, the means we use to transcend our bodies, our fears and/or pain to reach sub or top space and connect with our partners on a new and deeper level.

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