Fall Class Schedule 2009
Coming Soon!
Sunday Series:
All Classes meet Sundays, 6 - 9 pm at North
Loop
For adults 18 and over, both men and women- couples and singles unless
noted
Classes are $20 per person paid in advance or $25 at the door, held on Sundays , 6-9 pm at our North Loop store and include free refreshments and 10% to 20% off discounted shopping after the class. Want to give a class as a gift, or not sure which one you want to take? Ask about our new class vouchers! For more information, class policies, instructor bio's and more click here or call us at 453-8090.
You can now register and pay online!
"Brass Ovaries" Pole Dancing Class
June 17th
July 1st, 15th, 29th
Aug 12th, 26th
7:30 - 9:00 pm with Miss Natasha - For Ladies only
Discover the art of pole dancing in an all female environment with real dancers and industry professionals. Whether you are a professional looking to create a more dynamic stage experience or just fantasize about pole dancing for your partner, this class will teach you to safely perform all the exciting pole tricks you see in music videos and night clubs. Amateurs to professionals welcome! It's a one and a half hour introductory class where you will be taught all the basics of pole dancing, such as moving elegantly around the pole, sexy dance moves and spinning on the pole. Dance your way to fitness and female empowerment at this women only class that teaches "ordinary" women the "extraordinary" art of pole dancing. What you will need for the class: gym clothes and sneakers, yoga mat, towel, and water. You can don heels if you want, but it's about being comfortable. All of our classes are taught in a spacious and comfortable space by trained professional female instructors only. There are 15 students in each class. All of our classes are private and no spectators are allowed to attend to secure the privacy and comfort of our students. This class will fill up, reservations are recommended!! Walk ins are accommodated on a first come basis, if space is available.
Want to practice at home - Forbidden Fruit can get you a pole! Prices start at $185 for low weight bearing models up to $525 for serious tricksters! Call 453-8090 for more info. 50% deposit for all pole orders!
Single/prepay $20.00, Single class at the door $25.00,
4 Consecutive Class Card $70.00
Special Pricing - Buy a 4 time consecutive class card for only $70.00! Must attend all 4 classes, sorry no credit/make ups for missed classes and you must prepay. What a deal! Sign up TODAY!
Instructors are Cay Crow, LPC., Steve Indands , savannah, Miss Sophie Miss Natasha ,Mistress Kayla, Arielle Webb, and Lynn Raridon
Each class begins with an icebreaker, including refreshments, and concludes with guided shopping at 10% - 20% discount.
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Cay Crow is a Licensed Professional Counselor and AASECT-Certified Sex Therapist. Her relationship and sexuality advice column in the San Antonio Express-News raises eyebrows weekly. She offers workshops and consultations, and gives public talks on sexual issues in the South Texas area.
Bob Scott (aka Bydarra) Bob has been
involved with romantic restraint since viewing the photography of Stephen
Speliotis (www.speliotis.com).
In the
years since, he has focused on a style of Japanese rope bondage renowned
for
its aesthetic appeal. He has studied with some of the most well known
rope artists in America and shares that knowledge when the opportunity
arises.
He has done demonstrations for groups in Dallas and Waco.
Charla Hathaway founder of Austin's
bodyJoy Intimacy School, www.bodyjoy.org,
coaches couples and authored two books on relationships, Erotic Massage:
Sensual Touch for Deep Pleasure and Extended Arousal, and 8 Erotic Nights:
Passionate Encounters that Inspire Great Sex for a Lifetime. She offers
classes and retreats in sensual wellness and wisdom. Call her at 512-626-5037.
Guli Fager has been a sex educator her entire adult life and has enjoyed spreading the good news about the ins-and-outs of great sex for more than a decade. She holds a Masters in Sexuality and Health from Columbia University and currently directs healthy sexuality programs for area colleges and universities and writes a weekly Sex Ed column for the Daily Texan.
Steve Indands Steve Indands is a 14 yr lifestyle dominant, a member of SAADE, Touch of Leather, the Jacobin Society, GWNN, and other groups, and a nationally recognized presenter at Shibaricon, Beyond Vanilla, BRC.net, and other festivals and groups. Community, respect, honor, ritual, and spirituality are important to Steve Indands. As a result Steve gives back to the community whenever possible.
savannah savannah
is a lifestyle slave who lives in a 24/7 relationship
with her Sir, Steve Indands. Together they are active members of the BDSM
community. They have presented workshops at national events such as Shibaricon,
Beyond Vanilla, and Extravagasm, as well as regional community groups.
Steve and savannah recently hosted Austin Ropecraft Symposium which brought
together some of the best rope artists from as far away as Australia and
Europe and had nearly 100 attendees from across the US. Savannah believes
in knowing yourself in terms of what you can and can't give, and what
you need vs. want and the best way to find that in a safe and supportive
environment. She believes the right D/s relationship is key to being happy
and fulfilled whether Top or bottom, Dominant or submissive, Master
or slave. Savannah's interests are varied but her biggest passion is serving
her Dominant and growing as a slave in His Service
Miss Sophie Miss
Sophie has been a model, actress, singer, and dancer since 1993. Like
many fellow starving artists, Miss Sophie began stripping to finance her
journey toward a BFA in Theatre and Dance at the University of Texas.
As fate would have it, her new profession confirmed her interest and enthusiasm
for erotic performance, through which she has discovered many new and
lascivious
recreational pleasures, such as light bondage and role playing. Currently,
Miss
Sophie can be seen titillating audience members three days a week at The
Yellow Rose Cabaret.
Miss Natasha is one of Austin's best pole dancers and is a featured entertainer at the Yellow Rose Cabaret. Miss Natasha's experience includes three years of intense instruction from Pole Dancer Hall of Fame Member, Kim Shafer and six years experience as a physical fitness instructor in the military forces. She is eager to bring her experience and knowledge of pole dancing to the community.
Mistress Kayla is a lifestyle and professional dominatrix in Austin. Originally from the Midwest, she brings close to ten years professional BDSM experience with her to South Texas, as well as 11 yrs of healthcare experience. Mistress Kayla is a member of GWNN and SAADE, and has performed at Extravagasm in Austin and with Temple of Flesh in San Antonio. Mistress Kayla's website can be found at http://www.mistresskayla.net
Arielle Webb is a queer
Leather Dyke and self-identified faerie critter. She has been active in
leather communities since 2003 and sat on the Boards of the Exiles, SF
Citadel, SF Boys of Leather, and PerverCity. She has taught classes for
Screw Up, Youth Gender Project, GenderBlast, the SF Citadel, Society of
Janus, smOdyssey, the Wet Spot, and OneTasteSF. She is also a graduate
of the Journeyman Academy. She is the creator, founder, and former organizer
of the Queer Playground and San Francisco Kinky Queers, as well as the
Queer Leather Nosh. She discovered her path of service in 2004 and is
currently apprenticing with various teachers on her path towards awareness
and awakening. Her passions and inspirations are the merging of BDSM and
spiritual worlds to create openings for transformation and awakening with
play, fun, love, and joy.
Lynn Raridon is the owner of Forbidden Fruit and has been exploring the history of adult toys and their myriad of uses since 1982. She annually presents and speaks at local Colleges and Universities on adult oriented products, alternative sexuality and human sexuality and is an adjunct faculty member at Austin Community College. She strongly believes in the power of sharing knowledge, information and experience to enhance our personal lives and experiences as sexual beings.
Miss Elise has worked as an exotic dancer in Austin for several years, and has been active in the local BDSM scene since 1997. She has worked as a professional dominatrix, and is currently a lifestyle female dominant. She has presented at numerous conferences and gatherings on bdsm and other topics sexually-oriented topics . Elise is also an erotica writer, translator, fetish model, and actress. Miss Elise's Web Site