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Pain is an unavoidable part of life. We fall, we get hurt, and life itself begins with pain. Yet most people spend their lives trying to avoid it.
The human body is remarkably well designed to cope with pain. Over tens of thousands of years, our nervous systems evolved to survive and process intense experiences. Part of that strategy involves a perfectly orchestrated system of the body’s natural painkillers - which are the same that play a fundamental role in pleasure and ecstasy as well. Pain and pleasure are far more connected than most people realize.
In this workshop, we will explore how to find and turn the edge of your comfort zone into pleasure: find the point where challenge, surrender, sensation, and pleasure begin to merge. Together we will learn how to play consciously, safely, and intentionally — so that intensity becomes not only tolerable, but profoundly enjoyable.
In this workshop, you will:
Expand your repertoire beyond traditional impact play tools such as floggers.
Learn how to create intensity through hands, body mechanics, psychological play, and a variety of creative t0rtur€ implements.
Explore different qualities of pain—soft, sharp, dull, stinging, heavy, and overwhelming—and discover which sensations resonate most with your nervous system.
Experience both the receiving and the giving side of pain, gaining insight into both masochistic and sadistic perspectives.
Build a solid foundation of communication, control, safety, pacing, and recovery.
Learn how breath, attention, and nervous system regulation can profoundly influence the way pain is processed and experienced.
Discover how intensity can be shaped, amplified, softened, and ultimately transformed into something meaningful, pleasurable, or empowering.
Please note that, due to the nature of this workshop, we cannot guarantee the absence of light marks on the skin. However, you will remain in control of where they appear.
You are welcome to attend with a partner or come on your own.
Hekate — professional Dominatrix specializing in impact play, and various forms of sad!sm. A psychologist by background, with an expertise in altered states of consciousness.
Master Samael — professional Dominus with 10+ years of experience, specializing in t0rtur€, int€rr0gat!on, and intense psychological play. Outside paid roles he is a genuinely kind human being.
1st of November 2026 (Sunday)
10:00 - 18:00
IKSK (Institut für Körperforschung und sexuelle Kultur)
Holzmarktstr. 25. Haus 2, 4th floor, 10243 Berlin
Standard Ticket
€80 early bird (until 19 October)
€95 regular price
Reduced Ticket (for those with a monthly income below €1,200)
€60 early bird (until 19 October)
€70 regular price
Pain is an unavoidable part of life. We fall, we get hurt, and life itself begins with pain. Yet most people spend their lives trying to avoid it.
The human body is remarkably well designed to cope with pain. Over tens of thousands of years, our nervous systems evolved to survive and process intense experiences. Part of that strategy involves a perfectly orchestrated system of the body’s natural painkillers - which are the same that play a fundamental role in pleasure and ecstasy as well. Pain and pleasure are far more connected than most people realize.
In this workshop, we will explore how to find and turn the edge of your comfort zone into pleasure: find the point where challenge, surrender, sensation, and pleasure begin to merge. Together we will learn how to play consciously, safely, and intentionally — so that intensity becomes not only tolerable, but profoundly enjoyable.
In this workshop, you will:
Expand your repertoire beyond traditional impact play tools such as floggers.
Learn how to create intensity through hands, body mechanics, psychological play, and a variety of creative t0rtur€ implements.
Explore different qualities of pain—soft, sharp, dull, stinging, heavy, and overwhelming—and discover which sensations resonate most with your nervous system.
Experience both the receiving and the giving side of pain, gaining insight into both masochistic and sadistic perspectives.
Build a solid foundation of communication, control, safety, pacing, and recovery.
Learn how breath, attention, and nervous system regulation can profoundly influence the way pain is processed and experienced.
Discover how intensity can be shaped, amplified, softened, and ultimately transformed into something meaningful, pleasurable, or empowering.
Please note that, due to the nature of this workshop, we cannot guarantee the absence of light marks on the skin. However, you will remain in control of where they appear.
You are welcome to attend with a partner or come on your own.
Hekate — professional Dominatrix specializing in impact play, and various forms of sad!sm. A psychologist by background, with an expertise in altered states of consciousness.
Master Samael — professional Dominus with 10+ years of experience, specializing in t0rtur€, int€rr0gat!on, and intense psychological play. Outside paid roles he is a genuinely kind human being.
1st of November 2026 (Sunday)
10:00 - 18:00
IKSK (Institut für Körperforschung und sexuelle Kultur)
Holzmarktstr. 25. Haus 2, 4th floor, 10243 Berlin
Standard Ticket
€80 early bird (until 19 October)
€95 regular price
Reduced Ticket (for those with a monthly income below €1,200)
€60 early bird (until 19 October)
€70 regular price
