HEART'S ADVENTURES

I am teaching 'Beyond the Duality of Hands' @ the Looking Glass @ Jack London Square (Oakland, CA) Sept. 22, 2011

2011-06-15T17:19:00.000-07:00

The Looking Glass Presents

'Beyond the Duality of Hands:
Playing Energetically with Hands and Body by Heart©'
Two hour Class: Lecture, Class Demo Scene and
Audience Lecture Demonstrations

Sept. 11, 2011 2-4 p.m.
in the Jack London Square district, Oakland, CA

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Class Description:
There is no need for toys. You can play anytime with energetic hands and body. This class offers sensual face slapping, energetic body punching, body locking, and body walking in a rhythmic way. The play focus will be on how to create a spiritual flow and create mindful intention, how to utilize rhythm percussion, how to create an energetic flow with your play-partner, and how to play safely.

The first hour consists of a lecture with handouts, audience technique demonstrations, and technique demonstrations with a demo-model. In the second hour will consist audience participation, part lecture, and finally Q & A. The class is designed for all levels and those who are interested in playing, and wish to learn rhythmical impact-play styles and techniques.

website:
http://thelookingglassarts.com/site/

How I am doing in 2011

2011-03-27T13:48:00.000-07:00

As some of you know, I no longer an organizing the Bay Area Women of Color Photo Project (ended 2009). Exhausted and dismayed by much of what I went through in the community, I chose to leave it and take care of my vanilla life. I did not know I was going to get really sick and I just wanted to let you all know that my health is getting better. I still have some unresolved health issues as a result of the strong medications and excessive antibiotic toxicity.

Photo by Heart: Inside of the 'Looking Glass'.

September 15th, 2009, San Francisco, CA: DVD release! & The Good Vibrations Erotic Ind. Film Festival Screening of "BDSM it's not what you think!"

2009-07-30T10:22:00.000-07:00

September 15th, 2009, San Francisco, CA: DVD release! & The Good Vibrations Erotic Ind. Film Festival Screening of "BDSM it's not what you think!"

Let's help support this wonderful documentary! Notable BDSM players included in the film are celebrated author and speaker Janet Hardy (The Ethical Slut, Radical Ecstasy), Jorge Vieto (San Francisco Leather Daddy's Boy XXII), BDSM health educator and BDSM film star, Robert Black Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist and author, Sybil Holiday, Educator and artist, Master Hines & Ms. Hines, Educator and Project Manger, Ms. Heart, Pod-casters and educators, Nova and Atticus, former officer for Society of Janus, Lord Falcon, and Educator, Domina Selina Raven.

Q&A with the films fabulous participants and producer Erin Palmquist to follow the screening, hosted by Dr. Carol Queen, Ph.D. Special thanks to Camilla Lombard for organizing this!

Don’t forget to grab autographs (on your new DVDs) from the participants after the show

Good Vibrations Independent Erotic Film Festival
Tuesday, September 15th at 7:30pm
Center for Sex and Culture 1519 Mission Street San Francisco, California
Cost $10-

http://www.bdsmdocumentary.com/

"BDSM: It's Not What You Think! kinksters confront stigma and stereotype" - '09 Screenings.

2009-02-14T18:23:00.000-08:00

I am in this documentary "BDSM: It's Not What You Think! kinksters confront stigma and stereotype" A film by Erin Palmquist, Brad Vanderbuilt, Wade Keye, and R. Trent Walton.

The film features: Ms. Heart, Domina Selina Raven, Jorge Vieto, Sybil Holiday, Nova & Atticus, Master Hines and Mrs. Hines, Janet Hardy, Lord Falcon, and Robert Black.

Check out the Trailer and website http://www.bdsmdocumentary.com/ (Check out their blog and add your comments).

Great time at Folsom Street Fair in Sept.

2008-11-11T13:47:00.000-08:00

Wow, I am still in top high from my flogging demo/scene at Folsom Street Fair 2008 in the "Venus Playground" all women's area.

The weather was perfect and my Demo Model "L" was so beautiful inside and out. I also, had a scene assistant "C" who looked so hot in her leather top outfit.

We started off the demo with Demo Model "L' covered with a netted fabric seated in submission. Scene Asst "C" was a quick study and was very helpful in holding the space while spoke to the all women audience. After I did a quick introduction and conversations with a few audience members we began the scene.

Usually when I teach in a noisy and uncontrolled public atmosphere, I really don't expect to go into top high during any of my demos. There most have been major magic in the air because I flew and really forgot the audience was there as we began the collaring ceremony, intentions offering, trust walk (walking blind folded on a leash) and then the flogging scene. I am still in top high as I write about it now, so my words are not really coming out yet. I think I need more reflection time.

In any event, I had to leave soon after I we finished the demo scene and chatted with the audience. I was flying and felt that I was very vulnerable and had to get home to rests and take a long bath.

We have had our aftercare conversation and it felt that we were both flying high in such a short period of time. Intentions, pre-negotiations were the key element that seemed to keep us connected.

Well that is it for now..

Sincerely, Heart (Domina) San Francisco/Bay Area

I'll be a Folsom Street Fair 12:00 noon - 12:30 Flogging Demo in the Women's Section

2008-09-13T16:15:00.000-07:00

September 28th, 2008 Sunday, Flogging Demonstration
Folsom Street Fair - Venus' Playground Presents a demo presentation
The Heart of Spiritual Flogging by Heart©

Time: 12:00 - 12:30 p.m:
Location: 9th and Clementina Streets, just North of Folsom St., San Francisco, CA (Folsom Street Fair Women's Area)
Cost: $5.00 (Paid at the fair's various entrances.)

What: Heart has developed a unique ritualized style of flogging play that is steeped in her spiritual self-awareness practice. This style creates a fluid and natural rhythmical flow consisting of powerful sensual scene building. Her style integrates ritual, a fluid flogging percussion style, heart, spirit, and Power Exchange.

"BDSM: It's Not What You Think! kinksters confront stigma and stereotype"

2008-05-13T10:41:00.000-07:00

June 20, 08

"BDSM: It's Not What You Think! kinksters confront stigma and stereotype" is finally having it's premiere screening at the Frameline International Film Festival!

A film by Erin Palmquist, Brad Vanderbuilt, Wade Keye, and R. Trent Walton.

The film features: Ms. Heart, Domina Selina Raven, Jorge Vieto, Sybil Holiday, Nova & Atticus, Master Hines and Mrs. Hines, Janet Hardy, Lord Falcon, and Robert Black.
Premier Screening: Friday night June 20th, 2008 at the Roxie theater in San Francisco, CA 94110 @ Valencia St.

Check out the Trailer and website http://www.bdsmdocumentary.com/(Check out their blog and add your comments).

To purchase tickets to the screening please visitTicket sales: May 20th www.frameline.org/index.aspx

Advance tickets for all films and events go on sale to Frameline Members Friday, May 23. Tickets for the general public go on sale Friday, May 30.

Society of Janus Presents Percussive Impact Play: Toys for the Body, Mind and Spirit by Heart©

2008-03-25T10:44:00.000-07:00

6/26/08 Thursday Society of Janus Presents Percussive Impact Play: Toys for the Body, Mind and Spirit by Heart© Two hour Class: Lecture, Demonstration and Attendee Practice Workshop

Dancing toys? Transform your style of playing with toys through beat and dance. The class emphasis is on using impact toys in a percussive, rhythmic and spiritual flow style. Additionally, it will cover developing an intention prior to play, how to create energetic flow with various toys, energy building with your play partner, maintaining mindfulness, and safety.

The first hour consists of a lecture with handouts, and demonstrations with a demo-model. In the second hour the attendees will engage in hands-on play with each other. Ms. Heart and her demo-model will assist attendees, answer individual play questions, and give tips. Wear comfortable clothes, bring a few impact toys, (i.e. paddles, straps, slappers, crops, and canes etc), pillow and a small blanket/yoga mat. The class is designed for those who are already playing and wish to learn new impact play styles and techniques.

Where: SF Citadel 1277 Mission St. Btwn 9th and 8th Sts., San Francisco, CA 94103 (415) 626–1746
Time: 8:00pm – 10:00pm (Doors open at 7:00)
Cost: $5– Janus members; $15– non–members (You do not need to be a member to attend).

ADA special services: Sign language (ASL) interpretation might be available by arrangement. Contact the organization directly at least two weeks before the workshop date and ask if they have a volunteer available. Bring your own coffee/water and snacks – Vending machine available.

2007-11-18T16:10:00.000-08:00

11/29/07 Thursday -
Stormy Leather Presents
Percussive Impact Play: Toys for the Body, Mind and Spirit by Heart©
Two hour Class: Lecture, Demonstration and Attendee Practice Workshop
Date: Thursday November 29, 2007

Time: 7:30-9:30 p.m.
Where: 1158 Howard Street San Francisco, CA 94103 Toll free 800.486.9650 Phone 415.626.1672
Cost: $20 per person, RSVP's appreciated by not required. RSVPs: Kirsten@StormyLeather.com
http://www.stormyleather.com

Dancing toys? Transform your style of playing with toys through beat and dance. The class emphasis is on using impact toys in a percussive, rhythmic and spiritual flow style.

Additionally, it will cover developing an intention prior to play, how to create energetic flow with various toys, energy building with your play partner, maintaining mindfulness, and safety.

The first hour consists of a lecture with handouts, and demonstrations with a demo-model. In the second hour the attendees will engage in hands-on play. Ms. Heart and her demo-model will assist attendees, answer individual play questions, and give tips.

Wear comfortable clothes, bring a few impact toys, (i.e. leather paddles, slappers, crops & etc.), pillow and a small blanket/yoga mat. The class is designed for those who are already playing and wish to learn new impact play styles and techniques.
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Note: No Wheelchair access to the bottom floor where the class is going to be held. Bring your own water/coffee and snacks.

Ask the Top - An SOJ Panel event October 23, 2007 - I'll be on it!

2007-10-16T12:40:00.000-07:00

I hope you all can make this panel I am on this Society of Janus panel next week at the SF Citadel.
Spread the word please! Thanks Heart
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"Ask The Top (Master/Lady/Daddy/Dom(me)/Sir...)" - An Interactive Discussion Panel
Janus Presents: "Ask the Top", an evening of Q&A with a cross-selection of local
personalities on the topping/ dominant/ mastery/ owner side of the SM Power
continuum.

(Note: The "Ask the bottom" Panel will be November
13!)

Tuesday, October 23
SF Citadel 1277 Mission (near 9th Street)
8:00pm - 10:00pm (Doors open at 7:00pm)
$5 for Society of Janus Members, $15 for non-members (you do not
need to be a member to attend - all are welcome)

What motivates a person to walk the path of mastery?
Why would someone spend years perfecting SM skills?
What does a dominant want? What joys do those on the
topping end of the equation receive from their
relationships - and what frustrations? What is the
difference between dominant and master and lady and
sir and daddy and top, and how on earth do we come to
those definitions?

And where do they get those cool outfits?

Ever wanted to ask questions like these, or others?
Then this is an opportunity to pick the brains of an
awesome and distinguished line-up of local SM
community teachers, players, toy-makers, mentors and
activists.

We have a terrifically diverse panel for you: Mick
Sheppard, Daddy Sal, Lady Hilary, Ms. Heart, Mistress
Eve and Master Hines have all agreed to answer your
questions and share their thoughts and motivations on
why they do what they do. Patrick Mulcahey will
facilitate the questions and keep the discussion
moving smoothly.

This will be a moderated discussion panel, with the
opportunity to submit written inquiries anonymously as
well as ask your questions directly. Please join us
for this rare opportunity to delve into the mind of
the mysterious Top (Master/ Lady/ Dom(me)/ Sir/ Daddy/
Lord/ Ponymistress/ Trainer/ Princess/ Madame/.......

Panel Bios:
Ms. Heart is the Project Manager for the award winning
volunteer project, Bay Area Women of Color Photo
Project – Fine art Photography to Elegant Fetish
Photography since 2003. She received her formal
“Ritual High-Protocol” training in the lifestyle arts
during 2000-2002. In 2003 she started organizing
panels in 2003 which where featured at SF Citadel. In
2007 she began teaching classes for Good Vibrations,
Society of Janus, SF Citadel, and smOdyssey. She was
a featured demonstrator at the 2006 San Francisco
Folsom Street Fair’s all women’s section Bettie Page’s
Secrets, where she first introduced her sensual
rhythmic style of Flogging to the women’s community.
For more information about Ms. Heart
www.msheart-sf.com or the Bay Area Women of Color
Photo Project, a volunteer project she is involved
with www.bayareawoc.com.

Lady Hilary, a Baby Queen Bee at heart has been
learning, growing and playing in the Leather Community
since 1989. She brings with her experience a deep
love of leather, SM, D/s and service. A proud Owner
of The Marine, and Lady to two lovely boys; her desire
to share her love and passion for this life is what
drives her. When she is not with her beloved Leather
Family she is producing Vanguard Leather retreats.
www.vanguardleather.com

Master Hines has been a BDSM educator for ten years.
He formally joined the community in 1992 in Atlanta
Georgia and moved to the bay area in 2003 to be with
his beautiful wife and soul mate. Core to Master
Hines' BDSM philosophy is spirituality through power
exchange. His technique and approach to SM puts heavy
emphasis on the spiritual connection between Top and
bottom. Master Hines has presented demonstrations,
classes and private workshops throughout the Southeast
and the Bay Area and is well respected for his flair
and artistry with floggers. Master Hines has given
classes on many topics including Flogging,
Spirituality and SM, Erotic Knife Play, Resistance
Play, The SM of Hands, and Sensuous Caning. Master
Hines is also an accomplished artist specializing
modern abstract paintings. For more information on
Master Hines you can visit his websites at
www.masterhines.com and www.theartisthines.com.

Daddy Sal has been a part of the Leather Community and
an activist for 20 years. She is founder and past
coordinator of The Exiles in San Francisco. She is
past producer of the San Francisco Dyke Daddy/Dyke
Diva contest and has organized numerous events and
fundraising efforts including most recently
PerverCity’s Bondage and BonBons and SF Unleashed play
parties. He identifies as a Sir and a Daddy. His boy
has been in his service for six years and he has
recently added a junior boy to his family. His
participation in the community comes from a passion
for the Leather lifestyle, for education and for
mentoring.

Mick Sheppard has been a member of the San Francisco
Leather Community for over 20 years. He is active in
several leather organizations, has participated in
many community fund-raisers and has been a frequent
presenter at Leathermen’s Discussion Group,
Leather-Levi Weekend, SF boys of Leather, PerverCity,
Society of Janus and other venues. He especially
enjoys introducing and mentoring the new and the
curious to the joys of BDSM and the leather
fraternity, and is privileged to enjoy multiple,
formal, structured relationships, based on mutual
respect, trust, honesty and great affection.

Mistress Eve Mistress Eve is a fiery, exuberant Top
with an infectious laugh, a keen sense of fun and a joyous
approach to her play. She has been active in the BDSM
lifestyle for almost a decade first as a bottom and
later as a top. Three years ago she picked up her
first whip and fell in love with it's erotic nature,
energy and power. She has been apprenticing to a
local Master Whipmaker for the past year, learning to
make the whips she so enjoys along with floggers and
other pleasure/pain/sensation implements. Eve is on
staff at the SF Citadel. She makes the event and party
flyers and other print/ad work, hosts the Singles
Extravaganza parties and has done demos for the
Citadel, at Thunder in the Mountains, and at Folsom
Fringe. She was asked to perform a singeltail demo
for the Venus Playground Fundraiser last this last
August. Eve can always be counted upon to be an annual
flogger for the SOJ booth each year at Folsom and was
featured in the September 2006 Growing Pains
newsletter.

Moderator: Patrick Mulcahey is a writer and leatherman
who's lived in San Francisco for 23 years and has been
using rope and other appliances on consenting men even
longer. At the Citadel Men's "Dom Auction," he went
for a $20,000 bid! (Okay, it was play money.)
Patrick is a member of the 15 Association, the Society
of Janus, and the Journeyman III Academy class of 2008.

2007-09-11T10:14:00.000-07:00

9/25/07 Tuesday SF Citadel Presents
The Heart of Spiritual Flogging by Heart©
2 Hour Class - Scene Demonstration, Scene Lecture and Question & Answer Period

Doors: Open at 7:30 p.m.; class begins at 8:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Address: SF Citadel 1277 Mission St. Near 9th St. San Francisco, CA 94103
(415) 626-1746 SF Citadel www.sfcitadel.org
Cost: $20.00

Class Description:
This introduction demonstration class is designed for experienced
players who are interested in integrating fluid percussion flow,
heart, spirit and sensual Power Exchange in their Flogging play
explorations. Heart has developed a unique ritualized style of
flogging play that is steeped in her spiritual self-awareness
practice. This style creates a fluid and natural flow of powerful
sensual scene building. The class consists of a brief introduction,
scene demonstration, scene lecture, handouts and Question & Answer
period with Heart and her demo-scene model.
For more information: www.msheart-sf.com

smOdyssey, Inc. Presents "The Heart of Spiritual Flogging by Heart"

2007-05-29T10:45:00.000-07:00

smOdyssey, Inc. Presents "The Heart of Spiritual Flogging by Heart"
2 Hour Class - Scene Demonstration, Scene Lecture and Question & Answer Period

WHEN: June 28th, 2007 Thursday evening
TIME: Doors open at 7:30pm and Class begins at 8pm - 10pm
COST: $15 for non-members (smOdyssey and reciprocal organization members get a $5 discount!-- only $10 for members and recips)
LOCATION: RSVP for "Edges" location in Santa Clara, CA 95054 (near Cal Trans)
http://www.smodyssey.com (click on "Classes") or send email to classes@smodyssey.com Walk-ins Welcome!

This introduction demonstration class is designed for experienced players who are interested in integrating fluid percussion flow, heart, spirit and sensual Power Exchange in their Flogging play explorations. Heart has developed a unique ritualized style of flogging play that is steeped in her spiritual self-awareness practice. This style creates a fluid and natural flow of powerful sensual scene building. The class consists of a brief introduction, scene demonstration, scene lecture, handouts and Question & Answer period with Heart and her demo-scene model.

BIO:
In 2006 Ms. Heart was a featured Flogging demonstrator at San Francisco Folsom Street Fair’s all women’s section "Bettie Page’s Secrets", where she first introduced her sensual rhythmic style of Flogging to the women’s community. Heart is the Project Manager for the award winning photo-art project, "Bay Area Women of Color Photo Project – Fine art Photography to Elegant Photography" since 2003. She received her formal Ritual High-Protocol training from her former mentor Sensei Steel Reza whom introduced her to the high ritual lifestyle arts in 2000. In 2007 she has offered classes on flogging for the Society of Janus, Good Vibrations and and has been featured in an independent short film by Vivian Giourousis self-titled "Heart." For further information about Ms. Heart - http://www.msheart-sf.com