Gasp & Glow: Breathwork as Sensation Play

with M'kali-Hashiki

a live and recorded online class from Wicked Grounds

10/1 6pm Pacific

Advanced ticketing required to attend live or get the recording. Get yours through Forbidden Tickets or Plura.

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Breath is the quiet implement that changes everything. Intentional breathing becomes a sensation dial—turning intensity up, easing panic, and deepening connection. Bottoms learn to ride impact longer with less overwhelm; Tops learn to read breath, pace scenes, and co-regulate without buying a single new toy.

Expect nerdy-meets-sacred vibes, plenty of guided practice, and an easy aftercare exhale you can use anywhere.

For all genders, bodies, roles, and experience levels—perfect for kinksters who crave fresh tools without extra gear.

Learning Objectives

1. Use three bottom-friendly breath patterns to expand capacity and stay present.
2. Read breath cues as a Top to adjust rhythm, force, and pacing.
3. Negotiate breath-based safety signals when words are wobbly.
4. Down-regulate both partners with an after-scene exhale sequence.

PRESENTER:

About M'kali-Hashiki (she/her/hers): I was given the name Mkali Hashiki by a Priest of Oshun in the Ifa tradition (I added the hyphen & apostrophe to help with pronounciation). It means “fierce passion” in Swahili. I believe that we are all entitled to have passion in our lives, and to understand how being connected to our passion & creativity enhances our lives & the lives of those around us. It is my fierce passion for a happy, healthy, world that motivates everything I do.

I’m a Certified Sexological Bodyworker; a Certified Sound, Voice, & Music Healer; and a Certified Tantric Sacred Intimate. I’m also a former Gynecological Teaching Associate (teaching medical students how to perform painless, patient-centered pelvic & breast exams using my body as the demo model), a published essayist; a former professional social justice organizer; and an Ifa devoteé. I’m a fat, Black, queer, womanist, polyamorous, kinky, first generation Northern-born, middle-aged dyke Burn Survivor with moderate to severe PTSD. My cultural upbringing & lived experiences of struggling to love myself in a world that hates all of my identities (some more than others) informs every aspect of my work.

I have a complex sexuality & sexual history. I have personal experience with polyamory, nonmonogamy, BDSM, and achieving mystical states during sex. I am—and have always been—a “sexual outlaw”, as well as being a “triple minority” (Black, female, and queer); this has allowed me to view society's standards on sexuality with a critical eye. As a Scorpio, I have always been curious and intrigued by sexuality, and feel that my erotic sense is the most calibrated of all my senses, and is the filter through which I experience the world.

I am currently addressing 30 plus years of undiagnosed & untreated PTSD. I understand the ways in which our triggers hide from us, popping up when we least expect it; the ways trauma can influence even the most mundane actions in our day-to-day lives; the ways minor triggers substitute for the major ones. Even though my traumatic incident was not sexual trauma, it still had an impact on my erotic growth & sexual development.

I have been deeply influenced personally, professionally, and politically by Audre Lorde’s essay “The Uses Of The Erotic: The Erotic As Power” (if you haven’t read it, you need to!). I believe her point that in order to maintain itself, oppression requires the repression of the erotic. Because of my politics, spirituality, and lived experiences; because of the lies we are constantly told about what sex should be, about what is normal and acceptable; and because of the sexual truths that are vilified; I view my work in FiercePassions as a form of political rebellion.

FiercePassions.com

TICKETING:

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ACCESS:

This will be a live, online class offered through Zoom. To participate, you may need to download the free, basic version of the Zoom app before the class! This class may be recorded for instructor use but is not guaranteed available for later viewing.

Zoom now provides closed captioning, which will be available for this event.