FORGE
bathhouse and group wellness
for Boston’s LGBTQ+ community
The body yearns to express itself. Here’s your chance to let it.
Impulse is an hour-long queer movement workshop. Kind of like ecstatic dance, kind of like a sweaty rave, this is an experiment in collective dance therapy.
You’ll be guided through a musical journey, from low-energy to high and back, until your body discovers the movement it needs. At times you’ll be encouraged to partner, but dancing solo is always ok. We invite the bold, the shy, the sensual and the curious.
All genders welcome, and you don’t need any prior experience to let your body move authentically. No shirts, shoes, or socks, just shorts or underwear. Binders and bras are welcome.
After class there will be optional social hour where you can continue dancing, deepen the connections you’ve made, and sip tea and socialize in the lounge.
Towels will be available for rent for $5 each.
How technical is this class?
✨ Feel-Based: Move by intuition and sensation. ←
💪🏽 Form-Based: Guided through specific techniques and standard moves.
📐 Precision-Based: Advanced techniques and careful adjustments.
How spicy is this class?
🧘 Platonic: Arousal may be incidental, but we avoid erotic touch. ←
❤️🔥 Sensual. Arousal is normal, exploring erotic touch without direct stimulation.
😈 Erotic: Arousal and consensual play are likely, and direct stimulation is ok.
About the instructor:
Ash is a certified somatic breathwork practitioner living in Boston, with a passion for movement and dance as pathways to connection, expression, and embodied awareness.
Massage is a powerful way to exchange energy and sensation. Especially in cultures where touch among men is a scarce resource, the body can respond in profound ways to supportive touch.
In this queer massage space, a licensed massage therapist will guide you through a full-body massage flow, both as a giver and as a receiver. You’ll learn form, techniques, and communication so that both parties feel great!
We will rotate partners so that you can exchange massage with as many other folks as possible. Or, if you sign up as a couple and wish to remain with your partner the entire time, that is completely welcome.
We will provide massage tables, sheets, and hypoallergenic massage lotion. Participants will be draped and undressed. After the workshop, there is a tea room and optional play time.
If you are BIPOC or trans, enter promo code BELONG for 20% off.
NOVEMBER CLASS DESCRIPTIONS:
11/6 Darian will give a broad overview of basic massage strokes that are easy on the giver and feel great for the receiver.
— Technical Guidance: Form-based
— Spicy Level: Platonic
11/12 Todd will lead Deep Tissue massage, which involves deeper pressure including with forearms and elbows. No prior training is necessary, but you must be able stay present and communicate.
— Technical Guidance: Precision-based
— Spicy Level: Platonic
11/18 Michael will lead our spiciest massage workshop, providing a safe container for participants to explore stimulation as well as release.
— Technical Guidance: Feel-based
— Spicy Level: Erotic
11/24 Darian will lead tantric massage, which involves deep presence and attunement.
— Technical Guidance: Feel-based
— Spicy Level: Erotic
11/30 Tam will lead sensual sports massage, a creative take on traditional sports massage, which does not use lotion or draping.
— Technical Guidance: Form-based
— Spicy Level: Sensual
EVERY CLASS IS RATED on two independent scales:
How technical is this class?
✨ Feel-Based: Move by intuition and sensation.
💪🏽 Form-Based: Guided through specific techniques and standard moves.
📐 Precision-Based: Advanced techniques and careful adjustments.
How spicy is this class?
🧘 Platonic: Arousal may be incidental, but we avoid erotic touch.
❤️🔥 Sensual. Arousal is normal, exploring erotic touch without direct stimulation.
😈 Erotic: Arousal and consensual play are likely, and direct stimulation is ok.
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTORS
Todd (he/him) is a multimodality massage therapist and educator. He has created curriculum and individual bodywork sessions with a focus on body awareness and acceptance for both the giver and receiver.
Tam (he/him) is a massage therapist who brings intuitive touch and soothing energy to the queer community.
Darian (he/him) has built a massage practice since 2021 focused on deep tissue and Swedish techniques. His approach is slow, intentional, and deeply present, creating a sense of connection.
Michael (he/him) is a professional massage therapist who combines both a therapeutic and relaxing touch to create unique and strong connections between himself and those in his care.
FORGE brings you lesbian naked yoga events in our Dorchester studio! This class is specifically for queer women, nb, and trans yoga lovers.
Class lasts an hour. Half of the time will be spent in individual yoga, and the other half will be focused on partner work with 3-4 other people. We will encourage mixing and mingling, but you may opt out of the partner work at any time. After class there will be an hour to sip tea and socialize in the lounge as well as more private areas.
Mats will be available for rent for $5 each.
If you are BIPOC or trans, enter promo code BELONG for 20% off.
How technical is this class?
✨ Feel-Based: Move by intuition and sensation. ←
💪🏽 Form-Based: Guided through specific techniques and standard moves.
📐 Precision-Based: Advanced techniques and careful adjustments.
How spicy is this class?
🧘 Platonic: Arousal may be incidental, but we avoid erotic touch. ←
❤️🔥 Sensual. Arousal is normal, exploring erotic touch without direct stimulation.
😈 Erotic: Arousal and consensual play are likely, and direct stimulation is ok.
About the instructor:
Bree (she/her) is a breathwork, movement and yoga teacher who creates spaces that invite participants to break free from the ordinary and return to their true essence of love.
