Sex for the Less Able
Society makes the assumption that disabled people don't have sex.
This workshop opens a lid on that world, showing the participants what it might be like to have sex as a disabled person, and how to make it more possible.
Energy Genitals
In this workshop Kirstine invites you to explore the possibilities of owning different genitals... Perhaps your genitals will be cock shaped, or maybe you'll grow a womb, or they may even resemble something else entirely...
Come and play; all you need is an imagination.
3 circles - Ceremony of Communal Self Pleasure
3 Circles is a ceremony of self-pleasure is an open invitation to explore your body, your choices and your unique sexual expression in a welcoming ritual of intimacy in the community.
It is an opportunity to witness and to be witnessed, to transform shame into celebration and to join an erotic collective of pleasure activists.
Participation in this ritual can be illuminating, empowering, challenging, revealing, freeing, energising, nurturing, normalising, affirming and honouring! There is optional nudity and optional self-touch without talking, distraction or touch with others.
We have a clear hygiene and consent protocol which involves no touch between participants. The ceremony is a celebration of mindful pleasure practice / soloving in a communal context.
Each of the 3 concentric circles welcome 3 ways to participate:
The outer Witnessing Circle sets the seated physical boundary of our ceremonial space and is where we meditate, connect our eyes to our hearts, witness with a soft gaze, and integrate the multiple sensory inputs.
The Awakening Circle, one step in, is where we set up our self-pleasure station and can explore self-touch, movement and breath, receiving inspiration from the collective and circulating arousal in our bodies.
The Celebrating Circle in the middle invites joyous movement, playfulness, ecstasy, aliveness and glowing solo eroticism.
Meet Yella!
Yella's vision is a world where everybody accepts all facets of their sexual identity, finds access to sexual energy as a basic force of life, spiritual growth and personal development, is free to enjoy pleasure, receives and gives with awareness. In her lectures, workshop and coaching she supports people to find and deepen their very personal access to sexuality and intimacy.
Since her youth Yella has traveled the world collecting wisdom and knowledge about love, sexuality and relationships, including but not limited to psychology of sex, tantra, tantric massage, shamanic sex, slow sex, OM and BDSM. During her amazing journey she has attended over 100 sex workshops and met many teachers.
From 2010 on her love to speak to larger crowds has led her to hold talks and workshops. In 2011 her first book was published, a sex guide, followed by a series of tantric massage quick references and further books on the G-spot, Yoni massage and Slow Sex. She published German online courses on the G-spot, slow sex and working with the yoni egg. Yella's work has been presented on TV, in radio, podcasts, articles, and during online summits.
Find out more about her:
www.lovebase.com
www.Liebelauschen.de
https://www.instagram.com/yellacremer
Meet Daphne!
Daphne is a sexpositive self love coach and sensual arts facilitator , performer, somatic bodyworker, movement teacher and artivist from Rome.
Her work is related to autenthicity: she seeks ways for us to be our most authentic selves when relating to our inner world as well as in relationships.
She combines her knowledge of yoga, breathwork, neotantra , somatics, holistic spirituality, sacred sexuality and conscious kink to offer all sorts of journeys aimed at improving confidence, deepening self-awareness and self love, and empowering all bodies.
Diversity-aware and trauma-informed communication , bypassing gender and other standards, is her key approach – as well as an experiential learning method.
She uses authentic relating and conscious intimacy strategies to create a safer container for participants to experience vulnerability in a non threatening way and allow heart opening processes to happen.
She works in S+ and conscious festivals ( Xplore, WAO, Festival delle cose belle , Saperlo Prima, Patate Bollenti, FIAM MA, Earth Healing, BLIXX, Festival of Sensuality…)
and holds workshops and retreats in Italy & abroad.
Her latest project, MIAO, is the first and only temple of the senses in Rome, a one-of-a-kind event.
The Wheel of Consent
Kian, using game and play, will be teaching you about the wheel of consent; expect to take a lot away from this important workshop!
Magical Face BDSM
Dorte's workshop is focused on the face, and how there is a magical playground of endless possibilities in terms of sensual BDSM.
In this workshop we explore all the different parts: the eyes, the mouth, the chin, the throat , the hair and what amazing things we can do with it.
We will work in pairs, and start out with a conversation about consent, triggerpoints and aftercare.
Anal Joy
Welcome to a celebration of the butt!
As a true non-binary genital, butts can be played with in any gender constellation - and that can unlock some very juicy new dynamics.
We'll start slowly with a discussion around pleasure, shame, and everything in between from the perspective of the anus and get all soft and vulnerable.
Then we'll enter a skill sharing on butt techniques and finish off with some space for exploration - from playing with butts to trying on strap ons :)
Full participation is possible without taking off any clothes!
Full participation is also possible while completely naked ;)
Gender Play as Shadow Work and Personal Development
Sissification, feminisation and conscious gender play for personal development and most importantly…. to get you off.
A theoretical discussion and practical workshop with horny, no holds barred, examples on LGBTQIA’s identities gender constructs and their intersection with Jungian shadow work and personal development
Expect to learn and pimp up your personal development. And learn a little more about the authentic queer history of our shared human experience.
Meet Bear Phillips!
Practitioner of Love | Explorer of Conscious Kink
Bear Phillips (he/ him) is a trauma-informed bodyworker and Intimacy & Relationship Coach by day (supporting individuals, couples and thruples exploring authentic relating, intimacy, pleasure, and consent) and a poly-sexual, polyamorous and kinky-slut by night. In his coaching with men, he works with questions of masculinity and how patriarchy impacts our ability to have meaningful and authentic relationships.
More connection, more pleasure, more joy - it’s all possible!
Substack: @bearphillips1
IG: @bear_phillips
FB: Bear Phillips
Bsky: @bear-phillips
Meet Rosalind H Smith!
Rosalind Holgate Smith is a Dance Artist and Choreographer currently living and working in Berlin.
Inspired by her work with touch she creates performances and installations that explore intimate experiences between people, place and the environment.
She completed a BA(hons) in Fine Art & Choreography at Dartington College of Arts and a Masters in Dance at Trinity Laban Conservatoire for Music and Dance.
Rosalind has also studied somatic movement practices including Body Mind CenteringⓇ, Authentic Movement, Skinner Release Technique and The Axis Syllabus and taught Contact Improvisation all over the world, including with professional dancers, in Universities and with diverse groups including disabled adults, and older people.
At present she is completing a PhD that investigates how touch makes possible encounters with Otherness and the vocabulary used in Contact Improvisation at Kingston University, in London. She also offers somatic massage and aquatic bodywork and she teaches yoga and swimming with the Alexander Technique.
Her workshop: "The Unveiling" will be running at Taboo Festival ‘24.
You can find out more about her work here:
https://rosalindholgate-smith.com
Meet Shirka!
Shirka (she/her) has a background in music, performance and art.
With many years in the sex-positive scene, Shir has discovered her own unique way of expressing her inner dominatrix, a role which was out of her comfort zone for many years and now she enjoys it fully.
Inspiring people and creating safe spaces where individuals can freely explore themselves and their boundaries are two of her great talents.
Shirka and Till will be co-hosting the workshop 'Facesitting' at Taboo Festival ‘24.
Meet Alison!
Alison Pilling (she/they) is the creator & host of The Sex Lectures, learned kinkster, Sexoligical Bodyworker and all-round sex geek.
Ali has enjoyed roving around the erotic realms in a soul journey through sexuality. As a previously repressed catholic, identifying and overturning old beliefs opened up a new sense of what was possible. Connecting with eroticism, sensuality & shadow healing allowed a new understanding to emerge, leading to growing embodied awareness, personal freedom, pleasure and empowerment.
At TabooFest they will be sharing ideas around creative touch and and power switching, as well as hosting The Glastonbury Sex Lectures.
Meet Sura!
Sura Hertzberg is a pleasure facilitator and energy catalyst whose playground is the body and mind.
Her work holds multiple disciplines and mediums – ranging from psychotherapy to embodied art, practices from bodywork to ritual – and alchemizes themes of sexuality, pleasure, love, and altered states of consciousness.
Sura has engaged and guided various communities across the globe, from Berlin to the Bay area. She holds an MA in Counseling Psychology from the California Institute of Integral Studies, and works transpersonally with couples, individuals, and groups.
Her most recent publication, Sex & Psychedelics Mag, is available on her website, surahertzberg.com and sexandpsychedelics.com
Sura will be presenting 'Fucking with Monogamy' at Taboo Festival 2024.
Meet Dr Diva!
Dr. Diva is a player, creator, performer and international presenter of retreats such as Schwelle Vienna and Xplore, as well as workshops such as "Dirty Talk", "Changing Reality", "Bliss" and many more.
With many years of experience they are also a sex educator and relationship-coach for couples and individuals.
For Dr. Diva it’s all about connection, because if you really see the other, if you are truly meant by the other – a quantum leap will happen with your desire, lust and love. This is so much greater than the perfect ass or the most beautiful eyes. It moves beyond a common moment, to a magical dance, be it only for one night, which leads to intimacy (into me I see).
Dr. Diva believes that vulnerability, connection and consent change your life, and the way you see the world. Fascinated by the huge, hidden potential within us, Dr. Diva seeks ways to set it free.
Their approach is playful, with lightness, humour, empathy and love. Love for self and others, with all their facets.
“I have got a thousand faces, and all of them are true.“ (Henry Miller)
You can find out more about Dr Diva here:
Facebook: Dr Diva
Meet Paulina!
Paulina (aka Priestess Pow) is a conscious sexuality practitioner and space holder with Temples of Eros (London), neo tantrika, sensual domme and a certified energy healer.
She is passionate about creating ritualistic and ceremonial containers and a whole variety of spiritual paths and practices.
Meet Kirstine Weaver!
Kirstine is a certified sexological bodyworker, somatic coach, and energy worker. They support marginalised folk of all genders to slow down and connect to the unique stories held in their bodies, in order to heal and release what no longer serves.
Kirstine is multiple neurodivergent person with chronic illness and brings their lived experience of disability to their work. They enjoy teaching others about conscious touch and both sensory and energetic play. Their 1:1 clients include those who identify as Gender, Sexuality and Relationship Diverse (GSRD), highly sensitive people and neurodivergent folk. Kirstine also works with practitioners who support these demographics.
Join Kirstine at Taboofest workshops exploring what it might be like to navigate sex when you are less able, and discover how your energy genitals wish to be seen!
Kirstine will be running "Energy Genitals" and "Sex for the Less Able'" at Taboo Festival '24
You can find out more about Kirstine's work here:
Instagram: @kirstine_weaver
Facebook: Kirstine Weaver: Body Led Alchemy
Meet Kian!
Kian is a Certified Somatic Sex Educator, Cuddle Party and Wheel of Consent® Workshop Facilitator, structural integration bodyworker, director of the School of Somatic Sexology and Vice President of the Association of Certified Sexological Bodyworkers (ACSB).
He is passionate about sharing the joys and trials of greater embodiment with the world.
The dream that guides his work is creating a world that cherishes erotic embodiment as a guiding principle.
He sees this work as vital to counteract the cultural tendencies toward performative sex.
He views this work as an opportunity to connect with our genuine curiosity and unique passions so that our sexuality is not just another metric we use to measure ourselves against some imagined ideal, and more like a galaxy of choices available to explore.
Kian will be running 'The Wheel of Consent", "Circles - A Communal Ceremony of Self Pleasure" and an Anal Massage workshop at Taboo Fest '24.
You can find out more about Kian's work here:
Facebook: Kian de la Cour
https://somaticsexology.school
Meet Dorte!
All of Dorte’s work is aimed at awakening your curiosity and creativity and this workshop will be a detailed exploration of the face and its sensual potential in BDSM play.
The face is the locus of many of our senses, and playing with the engagement and restriction of these senses can be profound in a scene involving consensual power exchange.
In this workshop the Theatre of the Mind – as BDSM by some is called- will be working its magick right in your face!
Dorte is a sex educator, psychotherapist specializing in BDSM and non-monogamous relationships, a stage and costume designer, and an artist. She has also worked as a sexuality consultant for theatre companies and film productions. As of spring 2024, she is part of the founding group for House of Play, a new space for conscious and alternative sexuality in Copenhagen.
Meet Steffi & Mike!
Get ready to embark on an adventure with Kinky Explorer, where Steffi (she/they) and Mike(he/him) invite you to dive into the world of kink and conscious BDSM.
With years of experience, they bring a down-to-earth approach to their workshops, blending expertise with warmth, humor, and authenticity.
They use their personal experiences from years of playing to teach only what they have tried and tested themselves. They believe that kink is more than just tools—it's about connection, communication, and mutual respect.
The core subject in all their workshops is the co-creation of scenes that are equally fulfilling for both tops and bottoms, ensuring that everyone feels empowered to explore their desires and limits at their own pace and choice.
As a team, Steffi and Mike are dedicated to guiding and supporting their participants to navigate the complexities of BDSM with more clarity and empathy.
With Kinky Explorer, Steffi and Mike aim to establish a community of like-minded adventurers, offering a place to learn, grow, and connect together.
So come join us, and let's explore together!
Steffi and Mike will be presenting 'Erotic Fireplay' and 'Ecstatic Flogging' at Taboo Festival 2025.
You can find out more about Steffi and Mike's work here:
Instagram: @kinky_explorer
Meet Roby!
Roby Two Spirit (Queer) is 36 years old and coming from Chile carrying the energy of the condor of the Andes.
They have been a devout practitioner of the Camino Rojo traditional rituals for about 6 years, have done 9 days of Vision Quest and hold a Sacred Pipe. Roby leads Cacao, Rapé and Tabacco Ceremonies, guides singing circles and also gives diversity & inclusion, mindfulness and tantra yoga workshops in Berlin and around the World.
Roby will be co-facilitating with Asis Aviv. Together they will share a sacred cacao ceremony as part of the opening ritual for the very first Taboo Festival 2024!
Nikkiema is joining us!
Nikkiema Rai is a Somatic Sexologist, Sexological Bodyworker, speaker, and facilitator. She has studied, worked and coached in the sexuality industry for over 8 years now, and during that time, she has facilitated at some of the most pioneering sexuality schools in the world, hosted dozens of pleasure activation circles, kink and erotic workshops, women’s and mixed space circles, and self-pleasure workshops, as well as working directly with individuals and couples. Nikkiema is passionate about ritual, sexuality, relating, and all things somatic, and is best known for her transformational work supporting people to create rich lives and relationships full of depth and connection.
Together with Seani Love, she'll be running Saturday Night's Kinky Magic Temple of Love.
We are now accepting applications for presenters!
If you would like to present something at TabooFest, please let us know what you have in mind :)
