About Nina...

Nina is a self proclaimed sex advocate/educator and an active member of the BDSM community in Baltimore and surrounding areas. She owns PowerXchange by nina, Baltimore’s Alternative Clothing Boutique and is on Staff at Baltimore’s Play House Gallery and Studios. In her free time she supports such groups as the, Chesapeake Polyamory Network, Baltimore Education and Social Society, Black Rose, the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom, and Tabu.

Before Nina emerged herself in the BDSM community she was an internal consultant and has a Master’s Degree in Organizational Development and Human Resources. Her background is in Work Place Communication and Productivity.   Nina has presented workshops on a variety of topics to an array of organizations, including Johns Hopkins Hospital, Chesapeake Polyamory Network, BESS, BR and Pathways to Success. 

Nina fails to identify with the stereotypical BDSM terminology and depends heavily on communication to develop rich relationships with her “leather family”, including Arthur, of Play House Studios, who is her Sir, Daddy, Boyfriend, Business Partner, Best Friend, “puppy-daddy”, and jackass. If forced to classify herself, Nina will grudgingly admit to being a Princess, masochist, cranky-people hater, little girl, Dominant, Matriarch, Sister, Friend, needy-Bitch, loud-Bitch, lover, obsessive-compulsive over achiever with control issues….and occasionally nice.

She offers a variety of practical and non-traditional (even for the alternative community) classes on communication, relationships, sexuality, organization, service, fashion and self-expression.

Classes ares are typically 90 minutes to two hours.  All classes may be altered to meet your specific needs.  Looking for something else?  Additional classes are available upon request. 

To request additional information on classes, a full resume, or to schedule Nina for your organization, please email Nina.

Class Summaries

Group Sex
I remember being 19 and pondering how I could find another girl to have sex with me for the sake of my boyfriend, who like every young man, wanted a threesome. I didn’t even know how to talk about group sex, much less have it. And now? Well Gang Bangs, Orgies, Key Parties, Swinging, threesomes are a common occurrence. 

There’s no telling where this HANDS-ON workshop will take us as we explore group sex, including making it happen, throwing sex parties, sexual etiquette, safer sex, using toys, homophobia, and reserving the right to freak out at any moment!!

Let’s talk about Sex!!
Talking about sex may be one of the hardest things that we find ourselves doing. It’s even harder than talking about say – ick! – our FEELINGS! But we like it, we love it, we need it and ummmm, want it – in order to get it – we probably need to talk about it!

This fast paced, interactive class explores sex and how we communicate:
Getting it: “Nice shoes, wanna fuck?”
Having it: “oh yeah, harder, harder, hurt me….ummmmm”
Making it better: “Oh my God, I came so hard when you stuck your finger up my ass, but I’m not sure I’d liked you how you told me you dream about fucking me and my sister – even if we are twins. Let’s not do that again. Maybe next time we could try…” 

Seems pretty simple, right? Well then let’s do it! Join us some hot sexual intercourse!!

Exploration of the Female Body
The female body is simply amazing. It’s our canvas for self expression, perhaps our most effective means of communicating emotion; it’s an erotic tool, a toy for pleasure, it’s compassionate and forgiving, and an outlet for energy. 

So what do we do with this truly amazing thing called the female body? Join us as we take an intimate look at the female body. This class if for women only and will focus on understanding the body, self confidence, seduction, communication, and using it to get what you want and making your partner happy!!

Practical Magic: practical service skills for those who serve
After you’ve gracefully made a fire, poured the scotch and lit Sir’s cigar (all while wearing only six-inch heals and ball gag) its time to roll up your sleeves and get down to the nitty gritty, but oh so essential aspects of practical service. You are probably going to want to put on a shirt at this point.

While our styles, needs, methods and views on service may vary from person to person or relationship to relationship, there is no denying that service is a major reoccurring theme in most BDSM relationships. This interactive class offers several practical tips for meeting the service needs of your relationship (online, real time, long distance, full or part time).

 Learn valuable tips to:
Discreetly manage your Dominant's needs
Fulfill His/Her Desires
Make Him/Her look good
Work smarter, not harder
Get amazing results and make it look easy
Communicate effectively

Effective communication skills for your BDSM relationships
A million and one new experiences to taste; dynamic and exciting people to meet; the freedom to express our inner masochist (or sadist); the opportunity to build not one but several deep/meaningful relationships, a smorgasbord of sexual fetishes to indulge.

Communication is hard enough and it is vital to the success of any relationship. Now, add any level of BDSM to the mix and effective communication becomes imperative! This interactive class explores the role of communication in our BDSM relationships and provides practical tips for improving communication within those relationships, including tools for dealing with those hard to have conversations, dealing with jealousy, negotiating, dating in the lifestyle, changing behavior and saying no. 

Self Discovery: finding individuality in a lifestyle of labels
What are you? Who are you? Top, Master, switch, girl, gurl, boi, boy, submissive, slave, masochist, TG, CD, sissy, Dominant, sensualist, swinger, hedonist, furry, butch, dyke, Sir, Princess….that’s fine and dandy, but what does it mean really? Is your definition of “Sir” the same as mine? Of course not…we all know it, we all complain about it; but what do we do about it? How do we maintain our individuality in a lifestyle that depends so heavily on terminology and protocol that is so ambiguous?

Join us for an intimate discussion of discovering one’s self and maintaining a sense of individuality in our rather structured alternative community. This interactive class explores self evaluation techniques, communication skills, and practical tips for applying what we learn about ourselves to our kink relationships.

Presentation Skills: transforming your personal experience into a learning experience
This hands-on workshop explores a variety of training and public speaking tools for creating exceptional learning experiences. Whether you are giving a presentation on the history of rope or a class on flogging; whether you are getting ready to give your first presentation or have been speaking in public for years; whether you despise speaking to large groups or love being the center of attention; this workshop has something for you.

Walk away from this workshop with a tool box of skills, tips, and tools to meet your individual needs, including: creating lesson plans, planning for time variations, dealing with aggressive or passive audiences, increasing transfer of learning and creating more useful hand outs. 

10 Fashion Tips for Kinky Girls

This hands-on & fast paced workshop explores my 10 favorite tips and tools for looking my best in the dungeon or the dance floor, including: how to walk in high heals, dressing for your body type, inspiration & emulation and taking advantage of your resources. This is a hands-on workshop - Bring your heels (if you have them) and your questions.