Satisfying Struggle: Primal & Rough Body Play

Ready to unleash your inner beast and explore the intense dynamics of primal and rough body play? Whether you’re just starting to get primal or looking to level up your skills, The Art of Struggle offers something for everyone. This class combines foundational principles with advanced techniques, focusing on power, presence, and struggle while emphasizing consent, safety, and adaptability.

We’ll explore the psychological and physical elements of rough body play, from the basics of tapping into your primal instincts to advanced negotiation styles and physical techniques for intense, consensual struggle. Learn how to use resistance, dominance, and surrender to deepen your connection and push your scenes to new heights.

Class Highlights:

• Foundations of Rough Play: Learn about basic anatomy, physiology, and the importance of risk-awareness for safer rough body play, ensuring that all participants feel comfortable and engaged.
• Tapping Into Your Primal Self: Explore how to embody your inner animal, using ritual and role-building to enhance your headspace and connection with your partner.
• Struggle Dynamics & Power Exchange: Whether you're the dominant beast or the prey, or both, learn how to navigate resistance, dominance, surrender, and submission with emotional depth and intention.
• Advanced Physical Techniques: Learn dynamic takedowns, resistance play, pinning strategies, and adaptive play styles to bring more intensity into your scenes.
• Intensity Tools: Use biting, scratching, and other sensory techniques to ramp up intensity and build connection.
• Negotiation & Consent Strategies: Learn how to negotiate effectively to keep your scenes both hot and safe, with tools to manage power dynamics and set clear boundaries and expectations.
• Safety & Mitigation: Discover safety strategies for more intense, prolonged, or edgeplay-level encounters, ensuring that all participants are well-supported and cared for throughout.

This class emphasizes adaptability, creativity, and communication, making it suitable for all bodies, abilities, and relationship structures. Whether you’re a curious beginner or an experienced player, you’ll leave with practical tools to engage in deep, connected, and exciting primal and rough body play.

Cost: $30/person. If cost is an issue for you, we have a limited amount of more affordable options available as well.

We have a discounted full day price for all 3 classes today at $75/person - feel free to reach out to us if you're interested in this or if you have any other questions: info@subspaceseattle.com

About the instructor:

Maeve McBride (she/they) is a kink educator, erotic coach, sexological herbalist, event producer, and Executive Director of KinkFest 2025. She has been studying the intersections of kink, sacred sex, plants, trauma, and personal alchemy for more than 22 years. A fun, sensual, and compassionate switch-witch, Maeve enjoys assisting folx of all persuasions to work towards their unique health, erotic, and sexual goals. She combines evidence-based teaching methods, anatomy geekery, goal setting, mind-body-spirit trauma healing techniques, communication tools, and a sense of playfulness, experimentation, and exploration in a non-judgmental learning environment. Her goal is always to help students and clients assemble a toolkit of things that work for their own unique needs and empower them to live their best pleasure-filled lives.