Presenters and Workshops

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Crucible Con brings together more than 30 presenters from across the kink community, each offering their unique knowledge and perspective. Our schedule features a wide range of sessions for all skill levels—whether you’re curious about impact play, energy dynamics, consent culture, rope bondage, fetish fashion, or relationship structures, you’ll find something that speaks to your journey.

From beginner-friendly primers to advanced technique intensives, our presenters include educators, community leaders, and lifestyle veterans eager to share their passion and create interactive, inclusive learning spaces.

Barbara Carallas
Barbara Carrellas is the founder of Urban Tantra®, an approach to sacred sexuality that adapts and blends conscious sexuality practices from Tantra to BDSM. Barbara delights in blurring the lines between sacred and profane, enlightened and perverted, spirit and science, and pleasure and pain. In addition to her bestselling book Urban Tantra: Sacred Sex for the Twenty-First Century, she has written Ecstasy is Necessary: A Practical Guide To Sex, Relationships and Oh So Much More, and Luxurious Loving. Barbara also wrote, directed and produced the award-winning film Transcendent Bodies: Erotic Awakening Massage for Trans and Gender Non-Confirming Bodies.

She was named Best Tantric Sex Seminar Leader in New York City by Time Out/NY Magazine, and received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Sexual Freedom Awards in London. Her workshops are an eclectic mix of sexual and spiritual practices designed to encourage readers and participants of all genders and sexual orientations to expand their capacity for both pleasure and spiritual fulfillment. Barbara is a proud graduate of the Coney Island Sideshow School with a double major in fire eating and snake handling.
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