Desire Decoded, Service Edition: Reverse-Engineering Your Kink Needs
Desire Decoded, Service Edition: Reverse-Engineering Your Kink Needs

"I want to serve," names the pull, but not the mechanism underneath it. Two people who both say that phrase might be chasing completely different things: one wants the structure of clear tasks, another wants the charge of anticipating an unspoken need, another just wants to be useful enough to be kept. In this workshop, vahavta walks you through a framework for reverse-engineering that pull into its actual parts so you can communicate as to what makes these interactions both fulfilling and sustainable for you as an individual. Through real examples, guided exercises, and on-the-spot feedback, you'll move from a vague pull to a usable map — and the vocabulary to ask for it. Any role or experience level welcome.

Time: 2:40 PM - 4:10 PM
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vahavta (she/they)
vahavta (KinkBeyondLimits.com; Submission Beyond Limits: A Workbook for Empowered s-types) is a kink educator with over a decade of experience in BDSM and 24/7 power exchange relationships. Best known for her enthusiastic teaching style and candid writings, vahavta's classes on consensual nonconsent...

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Cedar (They/Them, It/its)
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Inquisitive Elle (he/him)
InquisitiveElle (he/him) has been active in BDSM and kink communities since 2016. He is an avid volunteer both at his home base in Albany, NY and in virtual spaces, including as a facilitator for the Online Service Chats since 2021 and as a staff member for the Service Oriented Conference since 2022...