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T3WD Master/slave retreat August 1st/2nd
Saturday, August 1 & Sunday August 2, 2009, 2 Day Event - T3WD 10th Anniversary & Annual Master/slave Retreat featuring renowned author Jack Rinella!
Please RSVP to t3wdevents2000@yahoo.com with "Jack Rinella, M/s Retreat" as the subject line.
T3WD, Columbia, SC - August 1 & 2, M/s Retreat w/Jack Rinella & 10th Anniversary
Saturday, August 1 & Sunday August 2, 2009, 2 Day Event - T3WD 10th Anniversary & Annual Master/slave Retreat featuring renowned author Jack Rinella!
This is an all day event. We have a lot of exciting things planned for this years retreat. Don't miss this great opportunity to have fun, learn, and to celebrate the 10th anniversary of T3WD!
Jack Rinella, author of The Master's Manual, The Compleat Slave, Partners In Power, The Toy Bag Guide to Clips and Clamps, and his newest book Becoming a Slave, is a free-lance writer, computer professional, and college instructor. A sought-after lecturer, Jack has presented across the country, including the Leather Leadership Conference, Black Rose, Bash at the Beach, The Leather Archives and Museum, Beat Me in St. Louis, Master's Retreat, TES, Headspace in Bloomington, IN, PEER in Cincinnati, and Menamore Leather/Levi Club in Wilmington, NC, South Plains LeatherFest, and many, many more.
Born in upstate New York of Italian-American parents, he's been a high school and college teacher, a drug rehabilitation counselor, a cook, a computer salesman, a Catholic seminarian, a Pentecostal minister, an advertising copy writer, a graphic designer, and has done stints at printing, publishing, telemarketing, head-hunting, and computer consulting.
He has been active in the Leather scene since 1983, is a founding member of MAsT-Chicago, an associate member of the Chicago Hellfire Club, and has written extensively about our lifestyle for nearly eleven years. He is a weekly columnist for Gay Chicago Magazine and his writing has appeared in Drummer, in The (San Francisco) Sentinel, and in Philadelphia Gay News.
He lives on the North side of Chicago where he passes the time writing, cruising, and falling in love whenever he can. You can contact Jack at mrjackr@Leathermail.com or visit his web site at www.LeatherViews.com.
Master/slave Dynamics
The Roles of Master and slave.
We'll begin by reviewing the continuum of dominance and submission, and how those roles, compliment one another, as well as have many qualities in common. We'll discuss trust, respect, empowerment, and the service one partner renders to the other.
Knowing Yourself as Prelude to Being Yourself.
How do we shed years of socialization in order to become our authentic selves? How do we know what that self is? Yes we can grow and change. Here are some ways to do so.
Looking for Mr/Ms Right
Finding, negotiating, and committing are steps in the process. Hear how we can implement them in a systematic and reasonable way, while we avoid falling for Mr/Ms Right Away.
Reality D/s
Share Jack's twenty-plus years of education in D/s while you learn the reality of living a life that begins with fantasy. We'll answer questions about the reality of D/s, including contracts, schedules, obedience, limits, etc.
We have a lot of exciting things planned for this years retreat. Don't miss this great opportunity to have fun, learn all about Master/slave dynamics, and to celebrate the 10th anniversary of T3WD!