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Midori invites you to a special series of classes in NYC, Oct 24 – Nov 1

by Viviane on 10/19/2024

in Events, Midori

Midori

Midori has organized a series of special, intimate classes and events in her New York salon space. She invites all of you to enjoy a place where playing, learning, exploring and enjoying are the priority!

October 24: Kinesthetic Rope: Dynamic Movements to Revolutionize Your Play
Learn the foundation and secret of truly hot rope bondage play through this ingenious and unusual class.

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/207902859341517/
Fetlife: https://fetlife.com/events/132460
Purchase tickets at http://planetmidori.ticketleap.com/nyc-kine/

October 25: Bawdy Luxe, presented by Dixie de la Tour and Midori
The Nation’s Original Sex+Storytelling series featuring Real People & Rockstars sharing their Bona Fide Sexual Exploits in 10 minutes or less
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/150993415044349/?ref=ts&fref=ts
Fetlife: https://fetlife.com/events/131419
Purchase tickets at http://bawdyluxe.eventbrite.com/

October 29: Real Life Protocol & Etiquette: The 4 Environments with Laura Antoniou & Midori
Learn practical parameters of creating effective protocol for your M/s and D/s relationships that seamlessly mesh into real life and all levels of different formalities.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/273257806111059/
Fetlife: https://fetlife.com/events/132552/v2
Purchase tickets at http://planetmidori.ticketleap.com/nyc-protocol/

October 30: Afternoon Oasis of Pleasure: Play, Learn, Explore & Enjoy
Escape to Midori’s gorgeous private weekday afternoon oasis of delight in the heart of New York & indulge your sensual desires!
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/349429838484530/
Fetlife: https://fetlife.com/events/132590
Purchase tickets at http://planetmidori.ticketleap.com/nyc-oasis/

October 30: Rope Bondage: Hands-on Body Harness
Learn to create gorgeous, effective and arousing rope body harnesses! Body harnesses are fantastic for all types of bodies and many different sorts of scenes.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/534006973279969/
Fetlife: https://fetlife.com/events/132591
Purchase tickets at http://planetmidori.ticketleap.com/nyc-harness/

Why not enjoy both the Oasis and the class? Buy tickets for both at a discount!

November 1: Art of Feminine Dominance
Using a special technique she developed, Midori will help you to find your inner power femme archetype, allowing you to pursue erotic fulfillment of sensual power play.
at Purple Passion boutique. 211 West 20th st between 7th and 8th Avenues
Partner attendance encouraged
Fetlife: https://fetlife.com/events/117030
Purchase tickets at http://store.purplepassion.com/servlet/Detail?no=12…

These are limited attendance events and spaces will fill up quickly!

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Midori’s Rope Dojo® Electives: Ninja Rope Skills – Finessing Floor Work

by Viviane on 04/07/2025

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Midori. Photo © Steve Diet Goedde

An evening of personal instruction with Midori

Three hours of concentrated private rope instructions to finesse your floor works skills with Midori. An evening designed for those tired of intro level rope classes … and seek more personalized instruction to get to the next level of ninja-like rope skills and scene creations.

Tops – Do you want to make your rope play more confident, smooth and intuitive? Have you encountered blocks in your play you want to over come? Do you want to learn cool and subtle tricks?

Bottoms – Want to work on going deeper and finding more pleasures?

Midori will work closely with each student to asses their needs and challenges. Based on each student’s needs she’ll provide the lessons, drills and exercises.

After the lesson there will be some fine Japanese refreshments and nosh to wind down the evening of rope pleasures and learning with socializing and conversations. Midori often ends up telling tales of adventure in Japan during these socials. (Sometimes lessons transition into play for some students during this social time. As long as you respect others’ space, Midori’s happy with that.)

WHO:
This experience will be limited to 5 pairs of students to create a environment of quality learning.  Please come as a pair. While you do not have to be a couple, you do need to have your exercise partner with you. This Dojo Elective is open to those who play at one or both ends of the rope.

You do not have to be a Rope Bondage Dojo graduate to attend.

BRING:
– Ropes
– Safely scissors
– Desire to improve
– Yoga mat or beach towel (Optional)

WHEN:
Instruction starts at 7pm. Door opens 6:45pm.
Instruction ends 10pm and transitions to food and refreshments until midnight or so.

Where:

Private residence, West 30th Street, between 5th & 6th Ave. This will be in an elegant private loft that Midori rented for ForteFemme later in the week.  Exact location will be given to the registered students.
Cost: $100
Dress code: Casual, be prepared to move

REGISTER / TICKET:  http://planetmidori.ticketleap.com/nycapril132011/

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Lesbian Sex Mafia presents: Hands-On Rope Body Harness Workshop with Midori

by Viviane on 02/21/2025

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Midori. Photo © Steve Diet Goedde

Body harnesses are fantastic for creating beautiful, effective, and sexy bondage for all types of bodies and many different sorts of scenes. You can use a harness for very secure rigging. Or you can make a pretty rope outfit. Create intense harnesses for pain sluts. How about sensual breast bondage? Well go through at least three different harnesses with plenty of time to practice. If time permits she’ll show you more!

Dress and Supplies
Wear comfortable clothing that allows freedom of movement. Bring a large towel or yoga mat if you¹d like to use the floor. And, of course, bring rope – the more, the merrier! (Suggested minimum: 3 or 4 pieces of 30′ to 45′, plus One rope of 75′ or longer. If the rope is for a smaller person, bring the shorter lengths. For a larger person, bring the longer lengths.)

Date: Fri, March 18, 2011; 8pm – 10pm
Location: The LGBT Center, 208 W 13th St, NY (Google Maps). Get directions using Hopstop.
Cost: LSM member: $5; Non-members $10 (Members – renew now and continue to get all the benefits of an LSM membership!

About Midori
One of our favorite presenters at LSM, frequent sightings of her from around the globe make us wonder if she ever sleeps or if she’s cloned her self. A sex-positive activist, artist and educator, she’s made an improbable career out of being the traveling sexpert. Don’t miss the groundbreaking book “Seductive Art of Japanese Bondage” which first cracked open the mysteries to Westerners, the hot essays in “Wild Side Sex: The Book of Kink” and twisted dark science fiction in “Master Han’s Daughter.” Learn the basics in “Midori’s Expert Guide to Sensual Bondage” DVD . Don’t miss her other classes while she’s in NYC. You’ll find her adventures, twitters, calendar and more at www.PlanetMidori.com.

About Lesbian Sex Mafia
Founded in 1981 by Dorothy Allison and Jo Arnone, the Lesbian Sex Mafia (LSM) is the oldest continuously running women’s BDSM support and education groups in the country. We are located in New York City, with a membership primarily in the tri-state area of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. However, we also have members along the East Coast, across the country and even in Europe!

LSM is a support and information group for all women 18 years of age or older, including transexual and intersexed women who live their daily lives as women and all female-born transgender people who feel they have a connection with and respect for the women’s community. And, who are interested in fantasy and role playing, bondage, discipline, S/M, fetishes, costumes, alternate gender identities and uninhibited sexual expression in a safe, sane, consensual and confidential way.

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Art of Feminine Dominance Level I with Midori

by Viviane on 07/28/2024

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Midori by Michele Serchuk (www.photodiva.com). Reprinted with permission

Midori by Michele Serchuk (www.photodiva.com). Reprinted with permission

Where: Purple Passion
Address: 211 West 20th Street, between 7th and 8th Avenues
Phone:  212.807.0486
Cost: $25 (and enjoy a 15% discount on shopping before or after the class)(Class size is limited so prepaying is advised. Our last class was sold out. Don’t be turned away. Reserve your spot at the store.)

Elegance, power and confidence… Do you want to know how to be a dominant without being a bad cliché? How do you find a sexy style of erotic dominance that’s authentic to you? Using a special technique she developed, Midori will help you to find your inner power femme archetype, allowing you to pursue erotic fulfillment of sensual power play. Not your typical how-to class, you’ll discover the difference between constructive and destructive desires and point you towards ways of bringing satisfaction in bedroom play for both you and your partner.

Midori will share with you her secrets of the feminine art of dominance. She will discuss the psychology, practical exercises, techniques, fashion, how to discover what makes your partner weak-kneed, and more. This class is not limited to a gender, but for all who harbor the powerful woman within! Something for everyone from the novice to the experienced player. This is a prerequisite to Art of Feminine Dominance Level II and an excellent foundation for the Forte Femme women’s weekend.

About Midori

Most people know her as the quirky and glam globe-trotting sexuality educator and writer. Her classes are humanistic, funny and warm, revving up sex lives, encourage self discovery and personal growth. Some of you may know her long time leather community activism and ground breaking education work that challenge people to authenticity and passion. In 2001 she founded Rope Bondage Dojo (R) and later Forte Femme: Women’s Dominance Intensive. Sainted by the notorious Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, she delves deeply into HIV fund raising, her controversial installation art and performances, and dotes on her spouse and cats. She’s originally from Japan, now based in San Francisco, where she strives to collect tons of frequent flier miles. She’s the author of bestselling books The Seductive Art of Japanese Bondage and Wild Side Sex. Learn more about her projects at www.PlanetMidori.com.

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Submissions Wanted: Women’s Words on Their Orgasms

by Viviane on 07/09/2024

in Midori, submissions

Midori by Steve Diet Goedde

Midori is seeking submissions for a special writing project:

I turn to you, dear readers, for some juicy material needed for a very special project. I am collecting women’s accounts of the physical experience their orgasms. I’m really hoping that some of you can help me out with this. Feel free to pass it on to any women or lists with women who might be interested.

Details –

I am seeking first person descriptions from women about their orgasms.

• Who: You are a woman, 18 years or older, who have experienced one or more variety of orgasms. (Transwomen! I want your unique perspectives too!)

• What: Essay of clear and detailed description of your orgasm, from start to finish, focusing on the physical experience, expressed in your own words. When does it start? What’s the hint of it? Where does it start? How does it move through your body? What sort of sensations? Imagine trying to illustrate your orgasm to a person who’s never had it.

• If you have more than one type of orgasm, each variety would be written in a separate essay piece. (The get-to-sleep quickie, the deep one, the surprise one, the long building one, solo-sex one, when getting oral sex, etc…)

• How Long? As long as it takes for you to describe it. It may be a couple of paragraphs or couple of pages.

• Credit line: How would you like your essay to be credited? You’ll have one or two lines.

• Editing: At most I will edit for grammar, spelling and simple readability. I want to keep it as true to your original narrative and tone as possible.

• When: No later than end of August

• Send to midori AT fhp-inc DOT com

• Please make sure that there’s an e mail I can reliable reach you at. I may have some questions around editing or some other detail.

I’m happy to answer any questions on this.

Thank you!

Midori

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