Due to email requests repeatedly coming in, I am going to run a small group Seven Realm Arts certificate course with live Zoom Q&as running for 8 weeks, beginning 1st April 2025.
The link to book into this course is here: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/the-dominatrix-seven-realm-artstm-certificate-plus-8-weeks-beginning-april-tickets-1289016375679
"PLUS"
The "plus" comes from the integration of some new materials I am keen to share with students, which have come about the intervening period since the Seven Realm Arts certificate course was recorded during Covid, and reflects my new research and resources.
I will therefore be adding to the regular course materials with the new information and resources. These include:
The Ki
An Introductory to my new Ki (pronounced Kee) work which has been 3 years in development, and is an excellent resource for my students in understanding where their sub / slave / masochist / bottom "is" coming from and where they are journeying to. The Ki is based on people's differing responses to power, where very commonly people dynamically respond in particular ways and wish to be "taken" to or into a particular headspace via BDSM activities.
These same responses operate in the "regular" world also and in ALL power dynamics. However Dommes are particularly attune to these responses from their dedicated craft practices and / or occupational specialization.
Students who have so far taken The Ki have been moved by its depth and insight, and have begun applying it usefully to their Domination. Most have printed out large copies and framed, to hang on their wall. I am working presently on silk scarf options for this purpose. However now that I know and have "The Ki" - it feels necessary to introduce even my beginner students to it, as part of their knowledge acquisition.
Feeling-sought negotiation and Embodied consent
Historically a lot of people within BDSM used an activities-based checklist for ascertaining interests and areas of play. This was frequently presented as an A-Z checklist or spreadsheet. Whilst another alternative was the more visual Sex Map pinning of places to adventure to.
Recently, and I would say literally within the last few years, there's been much more of a move towards discussion of how people want to FEEL, and the HEADSPACE they wish to go into. To some degree the specific equipment or specific activity may be far less relevant to them than the feeling they wish to be taken to.
For example, "I want to feel taken, captive, used and enjoyed by my Dom, for her pleasure."
Or, "I want to feel completely helpless, cocooned and immobilised."
Or, "I want to feel completely controlled by the will of my Dom, to serve, to be trained, to be humble and totally obedient to my Dom's instructions".
To name but a few possibilities.
An A-Z list of activities doesn't really capture these desires well, or only to some degree.
In the second middle expression of feeling helpless and cocooned may manifest in a desire for leather or latex body bag for example, but beyond that - the checklist isn't necessarily going to be the most helpful communicator for the Dom or her sub / slave.
I have compiled a bunch of resources for pulling this kind of aspect out within the communication and negotiation stages, alongside feedback and debriefing after.
I also note that some of the most useful consent resources I've seen more recently have come out of the work of people like Betty Martin "Wheel of Consent" and Mistress Tokyo's "Mindful Consent". Thus I will be introducing students to embodied consent practices as part of their training, to expand upon the older familiar approaches used.
Mobile and skills-based practices
A new focus for this year 2025 is on teaching mobile and skills-based practises, which are less reliant on specific dungeon heavy equipment.
This has come about for a few reasons.
For one, many of my students are undertaking sessions or partnered power play in bedrooms, lounges, etc.
Secondly, pro-Dommes are increasingly more mobile and nimble, touring to different locations, and undertaking in-call and out-call sessions from hotels and Air BNBs. It's interesting how some feel at a loss without their large dungeon equipment, having becoming overly reliant on specialised heavy fixed dungeon furniture.
Pondering more on this, I think it's a better strategy to teach first how to use portable equipment and make use of the surrounding space, looking at it with the lens of fixing points, and structural support points within the room, the use of body, voice, positioning and imagination.
Moving from mobile boudoir up to dungeon is a better directional graduation.
Additionally knowing what equipment to bother with acquiring, and what not to bother with - is incredibly valuable, to gain this knowledge before spending up large and wasting money on items never or rarely ever used.
For those who've already studied Seven Realm Arts in previous years - and I've been running it now for the last 10 years, you are welcome to resit as a repeat refresher and add in the new knowledge.
If you're wishing to do this, please contact me and I will provide a special code for existing students which minuses off for training already done.
The course runs up until my leaving for Inana Retreat which is this year in a villa in Sardinia, an island in the Mediterranean near Corsica and Italy which is on 31st May - 7th June 2025.
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