The Ki of Partnered Sexual Power Dynamics

This is a five session course taught by Anne O Nomis (aka Leonora Anne Weston), the elusive author of "The History & Arts of the Dominatrix",  Host and Facilitator of the Inanna Retreat and more recently creator and teacher of The Ki power dynamics.

Anne (she / her) is well-known within Melbourne and Internationally for her acclaimed book and her Dominatrix Seven Realm Arts certificate course which has had more than 400 students graduate from around the world. She holds a Masters degree in Comparative art and archaeology from UCL (University College London), and spent 15 years researching centuries of historical and modern craft tradition of Dominance, sexuality, psychology, language and practices. She wrote her first book on The History & Arts of the Dominatrix in 2014, and has appeared as the Dominance Studies expert on Sky TV's Sex: A Bonkers History with UK celebrity Amanda Holden recreating the Victorian flagellation salon of Theresa Berkley at the Freud Museum London. She is the youngest and only Australian member of the Leather Hall of Fame Committee, alongside community legends and leading academics in the field, including Bob Miller, Gayle Rubin, Viola Johnson, Guy Baldwin, Robert Bienvenu and others.

She has taught at ASS Fest, DomCon NOLA (New Orleans, USA), Oz Kink Fest, given private talks at the Freud Museum London and been keynote at the Postgraduate UK Society of Aesthetics at Kent University and CARAS Conference Los Angeles.

The Ki Power dynamics is the culmination of her 15 years of her work, and will be of great interest to those interested in sexuality, erotic power dynamics, kink, mind-body knowledge and practices, somatic embodiment and roleplay.

ABOUT THE COURSE

The course combines theory, practice and somatic embodiment of partnered dynamics, taught over five 4.5 hour sessions (1 Saturday and 2 weekends).

It is content-rich, inspirational, fun and expansive. 

It is also possible that vulnerabilities will come up, and it encourages positive communication, partner check-in, personal responsibility, processing, aftercare and debriefing.

The course requires and supports positive communication and consent. The major consent models used will be the FRIES Consent model (Freely-given, Reversible, Informed, Enthusiastic, Specific consent), alongside the BDSM models of SSC (Safe, Sane and Consensual), RACK (Risk-Aware Consensual Kink) and PRICK (Personal-Responsibility Informed Consensual Kink).

The course is for Adults Only (over the age of 18). Enrolees take on personal responsibility and liability for their own play scenes. 

The course is designed with partnered activities - however solo attendees are welcomed and encouraged to reach out to Anne via email to discuss their needs and potential partnerings. 

Each class will involve Anne teaching the theory and knowledge of each Ki activation and complimentary counterpart dynamic, and followed by partnered somatic embodied play with prior consent negotiation. Lunch break on the 11am sessions is from 1-2 pm, with attendees asked to be back in class at 1.50 pm ready to resume after lunch at 2 pm on the dot. There will be a 30 minute break on the Saturday 9th November session from 4:30pm-5:00pm

*Update 4/11/2024 - To improve accessibility to the course we have made individual session tickets available. Please note that the course has been constructed to be experienced as a whole, and single classes may not contain all the context to be able to understand fully the techniques and knowledge contained within; however there is still much to be gained from single session attendence!

CURRICULUM FOR EACH SESSION

Session 1 - Saturday 9th November at 2:30 pm - 6.30 pm
Tueri & Crescere: To protect, to grow.
Playing with protection, watching over, nurture, guidance and growth.

Session 2 - Saturday 16th November from 11 am - 3.30 pm
Dominari & Sequi: To rule, to follow.
Playing with rule, command, obedience, rhythm and trance.

Session 3 - Sunday 17th November from 11 am - 3.30 pm
Sumere & Uti: To take up, to use.
Playing with opportunism, predator, capture, enjoyment and use. 

Session 4 - Saturday 23rd November from 11 am - 3.30 pm
Pellere & Detorquere: To impel, to twist-away.
Playing with force, drive, and counter rebellion.

Session 5 - Sunday 24th November from 11 am - 3.30 pm
Splendere, Venari & Placere: To shine, to pursue, to please.
Playing with beauty, desire, pursuit, want, pleasing and submission.

RULES FOR KI CLASSES 

1. Be respectful towards others and to the teacher, organisers and venue.
2. Seek consent (Freely given, Reversible, Informed Consent, Enthusiastic, Specific).
3. Communicate relevant information & follow-up if necessary.
4. Respect others' boundaries.
5. Negotiate all scenes.
6. Avoid making negative assumptions (assuming the worst) or projections onto other people, and when in doubt - ask and seek clarification.
7. Practice gratitude - not attitude.
8. Be responsible for yourself, your health and wellbeing.
9. Be risk-aware, fully-informed, plan, discuss & mitigate potential harm.
10. Be discreet in honouring people's privacy & don't scare the vanillas / villagers. (This means keeping privacy and confidentiality of other attendees' privately shared information, and maintaining discretion outside venue.)
11. Check-in during play - breathing, body language, verbal, 1-10 scale check-in (on comfort / pain / pleasure etc).
12. Provide some aftercare & check-in after play.
13. Extra care / consent before engaging in any humiliation and heavier or riskier play (including consent from teacher / those around you). 
14. No extreme play or permanent marks or things likely to cause serious harm, injury or death. (This includes no asphyxiation play.)
15. Breaches of rules will be dealt with by verbal warning and/or time-out; or if serious or repeated breach - expulsion from the individual class or the full course at the full discretion of the teacher and/or event organiser.
16. No refund will be made for anyone expelled for their behaviour for breaching rules, or who fails to attend a class or classes. 
17. The content of the classes and course is authored and Copyright to Leonora Anne Weston / aka Anne O Nomis, and may not be reproduced without express written permission of the author. 

ETIQUETTE FOR KI CLASSES:

Pay attention to and respect the way people like to be addressed.

When someone else is in the middle of a scene, do not barge in or interfere, or talk noisily in a distracting way.

Respect the play space, any equipment and venue - clean up after yourself, keep in mind furnishings and furniture etc.

If anything is of concern - make your concerns known to the teacher.

Be aware of the risk of Dommatitis - and going too overboard ridiculous on a power trip in how you treat others.

People "bottoming" to take on some responsibility for the calibration of intensity with the people "Topping" - who are not mind-readers.

Any enquiries: To anneonomis@live.com 

SOCIAL MEDIA

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