David & Vida
Thornby & Oceane
Year of training:
(D) 2017 (V) 2018
Related qualification:
CSSE (V) CSSE + third year (D)
How many and what type of workshops/classes have you previously facilitated?
Around 20 workshops in embodiment, erotic touch, online relating and consent, and playfulness. We have both presented together and separately at the last two FEASTs.
What qualities do you bring to your facilitation?
D: Detailed time management, commitment to the space, humour, openness, and substantial experience as a participant. I’m very invested in consent and the positive generation of safety in play spaces, and have a strong intellectual interest in all aspects of human sexuality.
V: I’m interested in the place where play and sexuality intersect. I believe that play is a powerful learning modality and am intent on creating a space to engage in this way.
I have a passion and attentiveness for safety and consent.
I have an attitude of sluttiness and smut, I’m interested in shadow integration and embrace the kinky and taboo aspects of sexual exploration in one on one and group settings.
What relevant skills and experience/qualifications do you have in addition to Sexological Bodywork?
D: Diploma of Counselling; INPI self-pleasure practitioner training, along with various pieces of group facilitation, organisation and outreach on the committee of the SSEAA over several years. I have organised, facilitated and presented at over 20 non-sexuality professional events over the last 20 years.
V: Most relevant are my skills and experience drawn from many years working in the adult industry. I have worked as a sex worker for the last eight years, and within this field my curiosity around desire and eroticism has flourished. I have a particular flair for communication, imagination, and education. Especially with people entirely new to sexuality outside of the usual paradigms.
Facilitator Bio
Vida Is a sexological bodywork practitioner, somatic sex educator and sex professional. With a passion for embodied learning, ritual, transgression, storytelling and play. Vida works with groups and one on one with anyone who wishes to explore their eroticism in a safety and consent focused environment.
David has taught erotic embodiment to clients and groups for the last eight years, and has been a client of sexological bodywork for more than a decade. He is a Certified Somatic Sex Educator and former president of the SSEAA, with special interests in the body-mind, erotic motivations, sex education ethics, mid-life sexual expression, and expanding orgasmicity.
Workshop 1 Name:
The Chrysalis
# of participants:
20-30
Workshop 1 duration:
2 Hour Workshop, Evening Experience
Equipment needed:
Speaker. Soft surfaces. Chairs (or other arrangements) as needed for accessibility
Workshop 1's Intention:
Our intention is to hold a space for:
-embodied sense of metamorphosis
-inner child, play, and imagination
-transformation
-sensory exploration
-deep self-acceptance and trust
Workshop 1 rough format:
The workshop will be delivered in four immersive stages mainly of group work:
1. Caterpillar phase - a sensory exploration of what is real for us now
2. Shedding - a small group experience of wrapping, holding, and intention setting
3. Cocoon state - a blindfolded group goo pit experience
4. Emergence - a formal cleaning ritual and dance party
Workshop 1 program description:
Chrysalis is an immersive ritual inviting you to explore the spectacular mystery of the life cycle of the butterfly. The caterpillar emerges, feeds, grows, and undergoes a series of sheddings. The final shedding becomes its cocoon. Within the cocoon the caterpillar dissolves into a rich soup before undergoing its final metamorphosis and emerging transformed. The wonder of this process is that the caterpillar, despite dissolving into splendid goo, always contained the cellular knowledge of its final form.
The Chrysalis is a ritualistic communal sensory experience, engaging through story and imaginative play. You are invited to experience transformation and self-exploration through the lens of the caterpillar's story.
Workshop 2 Name:
Pleasure Artists
# of participants:
20-30
Workshop 2 duration:
2 Hour Workshop
Equipment needed:
Speakers, cushions, chairs for accessibility if required.
Workshop 2's Intention:
Exploring the interplay between sensation and creativity.
To deepen your sense of agency in receiving sensual touch.
Workshop 2 rough format:
The workshop is about being deeply present to sensation and mirroring the erotic experience into a body of art. Participants drop in and engage with a paired guided body painting exercise. The person being painted is both the canvas and the artist, creating an opportunity for expanding agency by directing their partner's paintbrush. (Participants can work solo if desired)
The painting exercise is intended to explore a sensory experience and provides a space emotional expression.
Workshop 2 program description:
This workshop will involve being deeply present with sensation and mirroring erotic sensation into a work of art.
We will be experimenting playfully with body paint, exploring the intersection between eroticism and art. This workshop requires no prerequisites of artistic skill! better to leave your perfectionism at the door. This is a clothing optional space with the opportunity for creative collaboration with other pleasure artists.
Join us on a sensual, expressive deep dive into feeling. You are the artist and the artwork.
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Are you interested in/able to facilitate any other group experiences?
no
EO: Support space / info booth:
no
Is there anything else that you would like us to know as organisers?