Happy Winter Greetings!
This week finds me in beautiful Peaks Island, Maine, where I am holed up with two dear friends, their two sweet dogs and a cute but cranky cat working on upcoming projects. I am editing an anthology for Power Exchange Book Series called “Rope, Bondage & Power,” featuring 15 amazing authors… some very well known in the world of rope bondage, and others who have a unique voice on the topic… and I have other writing projects staring at me waiting to get back to them and ship them off to editors 
My big news though is my upcoming move! I have spent the past 15 months living in Maryland, but over the next 2 months I am moving myself and the hub of my world to sunny Phoenix, AZ. There is a cute little house I have fallen in love with there, dear friends, and I’ll be back on the west coast and thus closer to my family. My official move-in date is in early March, but I’ starting packing boxes and whatnot now.
I’ve recently agreed to do a series of online courses with PowerPlayAcademy.com. I’m incredibly excited to be teaming up with their staff, bringing the best in Alternative Sexuality education to those who can not or choose not to attend events in the flesh, or want to provide supplemental education and community for themselves online. I will be announcing when my private one-on-one online classes go live, and my first online class will be on “Sacred Kink: The Eightfold Paths of BDSM” starting in April- stay tuned for more details so. If sacred sexuality is of interest you should also be aware that I am teaching an intensive on Sacred Whoredom with Klawdya Rothschild on Sacred Sexuality Beltane in Maryland- it should be an amazing event! You can find more information at http://www.freespiritgathering.org/beltane/openwide.html
FemmesGuide.com has also welcomed me into their arms, so beyond following my adventures and question/answers on LiveJournal, my ramblings and discussions on my FetLife.com student lounge, or keeping up with me on my website- you can now also read my thoughts on being a femme man and more on FemmesGuide.
The new year is treating me great, and my hope is that it rubs off on all of you!
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January/February Appearances:
As always you can find complete class descriptions on my educator page at (http://www.PassionAndSoul.com/educator),
and I am available in select cities below for private classes, erotic life coaching work, and more:
Cambridge, Massachusetts
January 16-18, Arisia Sci-Fi and Fantasy Conference, http://www.arisia.org
I will be presenting on a number of panels on topics such as shamanism, gender, intentional communities, bdsm, polyamory, and more.
Phoenix, Arizona
January 19, Arizona Power Exchange (APEX), http://www.arizonapowerexcange.org
Harnessing Courage: Finding Your Path of Erotic Authenticity
January 23-25, SouthWest Leather Conference, http://www.southwestleather.org
Switching Strategies: Fulfilling your needs and more
Beyond Bowed Heads:Rituals for Dominance and submission
This weekend long kink, leather and Master/slave conference is a truly amazing experience, including the internationally known “Dance of Souls”
January 28, AZ-TNG, http://www.tng-az.org/
Sacred Kink: The Eightfold Paths of BDSM
January 31, AZ-TNG, http://www.tng-az.org/
Introduction to Asian Aesthetic Rope Bondge
Tickle Torture and Sensual Tickling
San Jose, California
February 13-15, PantheaCon, http://www.pantheacon.com/09/
Binding Intentions: The Art of Rope Magic
PantheaCon is California’s largest Pagan and Magick conference, and after years as an attendee I am delighted to finally get to teach at this event.
San Francisco, California
February 16-20
Available for private classes in the Bay Area
February 21, Femina Potens Gallery, http://www.feminapotens.org/index.php
Performing at Art of Restraint performance night with Janice Stein in a piece on obedience to dogma called “Blind Faith”
Washington D.C.
February 24, Black Rose, http://www.br.org
Playing Between the Ears: Erotic Hypnosis and Trance Techniques
Brooklyn, New York
February 25, Galapagos Art Space, http://www.catherynnemvalente.com/novels/palimpsest/
At the book launch party for Catherynne M. Valente’s novel of urban magic, Palimpsest, there will be far more than book readings. Live music, art installations, a full costume party… and myself doing a rope bondage performance art show called “Quartered” with an great crew of New Yorkers. This story of a sexually transmitted city is breathtaking, fantastical, and presents a new approach to sexuality that is likely to have huge ripples in what sexuality can be, just as Heinlein did years ago.
Hartford, Connecticut
February 27, Western Massachusettes Power Exchange, http://www.wmpe.org
Switching Strategies: Fulfilling your Needs and more
February 28, The Society, http://www.thesocietyct.org
Classes TBA
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Looking beyond Februry!
In the next 6 months I have all kinds of other adventures, classes and intensives planned… am I coming to a city near you soon?
If not, feel free to contact me at Lee@PassionAndSoul.com to see if we can help make it happen.
For more up to date information, and for schedule details further into the future, please visit my calendar at:
http://www.PassionAndSoul.com/calendar
March
Saint Louis, Missouri (Beat Me in St.Louis)
April
Vancouver, BC (Libido Events), Ellensburg, WA (Central Washington University), Maryland (Sacred Sexuality Beltane)
May
Phoenix, AZ (AASECT), Chiago, IL (CARAS-SIOG, ShibariCon), N. Minnesota (Tournament)
I also have upcoming plans for 2009 to teach in Mexico City, West Virgina, W. Washington, New Jersey … and more!
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Want more of me? Well, you can keep up with my life, adventures and art at:
Live Journal – http://passionandsoul.livejournal.com/
This is my personal journal- full of naughty images, personal exploits, emotional ups and downs, and a variety of announcements mixed in with a way to peek into my being.
FetLife – http://fetlife.com/users/24336
This amazing erotic adventurer’s networking site is an invaluable tool for me,
and I will be starting up my own student lounge on here shortly.
MySpace – http://www.myspace.com/ropelover
Built when I still openly ran RopeLover.com (it still exists in archive mode), this is a great way to keep up with my adventures when you can’t access 18+ sites
…and of course my website – http://www.PassionAndSoul.com
My pride and joy- keep up on my calendar, read essays by me, find my artwork, download audio classes, enjoy my books, and so much more!
I look forward to seeing you all in person or online!
With Passion and Soul,
Lee Harrington
http://www.PassionAndSoul.com
Artist, Educator and Shaman