Do you want to experience all the cruel, brutal, mean things you desire, but wonder if it’s ok? Join Leo for an intimate group discussion to explore stepping out of the shadows and into your dark desires with shadow work. During this discussion, participants will explore their desires with pain and control with another person and the ethics and stigmas associated with those desires.
How do we acknowledge our shadow selves and reexamine our desires that might be stigmatized as “abusive” or “anti-feminist” through an ethical lens? Leo will share his own experience of following his truth and “coming into” himself as a heavy sadist and Owner. Join the conversation to work towards coming out of the shadows and ethically experiencing your dark desires with self-acceptance.
Presenter: Leo Gauge
Leo Gauge found his path in life learning to live radically and authentically in leather in 1988.
His passion for piercing, body modification, and other manipulations of the flesh knows no bounds. He is always eager to share his knowledge with others, from basics to intensives to one-on-one mentoring and sacred rituals. He is especially passionate about topics such as service, body modification, energy, recovering from addiction and emphasizing practical applications. Leo is an educator at heart and has been educating on kink since 1997, and is also the founder and owner of Beyond Piercing.
Many would tell you that Leo is approachable, straightforward, kind, innovative, and able to teach folx from wherever they may be in their journey. He is Leather, spiritually focused, Master, heavy sadist, disabled, and trans-masculine identified. He believes that learning is a lifelong process and is constantly seeking new experiences. Leo enjoys that every day he is given the opportunity to remember that he is human and laughs at himself often.