Events at this location

Schwelle vienna is my home, my creative playground and a place where I am welcome as a woman with all my knowledge, my strength and my passion and (sexual) energy.

At Schwelle vienna I always provide musical entertainment at the parties and lead various workshops, for example: Ecstatic Dance, Ritual Posture and Ecstatic Trance ® and Lovemore Playground etc….

I believe that “good” sex, which I see as an expression of our potential and being, is important, necessary and extremely healthy.

It is primarily about the relationship with yourself, which is reflected in the experience with others. Knowing your needs a yes and also being able to say no.

Many conditioning and beliefs have to be let go and the threshold supports each and every one of them and is a very carefully managed place and leaves a lot of space to experiment.

In my workshops I work intensively with the body, music and dance, the state of consciousness trance and ecstasy, your life energy, sexual energy, humor, letting go of conventions and beliefs, gratitude and joy. And self-love. And celebrating life and being.

We are here to have fun and to experience and learn.

I originally come from the creative industry, worked as a presenter for television and radio for a long time and then lived for many years in Germany, America and England. Traveling is my passion, which I still pursue.

At the moment I’m working parallel to my work on the threshold as a djane and musician.

Reiki Teacher and TCM practitioner, event organizer, chairman of the Association for Social Openness and Loving Society.

Spending his teenage years with dealing and healing his past. He worked for years in psychological self therapy and systemic family therapy.

In his twenties he opened himself up, studied and practiced alternative medicine such as Reiki, Kinesiology, Acupressure, The Bars and more.

Three years ago he started the project S.O.U.L. – Symbiosis Of United Love which became an association for the promotion of social openness and loving society.

His heart and energy is focused on the growth of this expanding and love caring network.

By leaving principles like respect, consent, kindness and openness the members create and enjoy a safe place for diversity.

Reinhard Gaida is the founder and senior partner of Schwelle Vienna,
Vienna’s first sex-positive space which he established in 2012.

Reinhard is a certified coach, counselor and trainer and is responsible for taking all necessary measures and precautions for maintaining a mindful and nurturing environment for all Schwelle venues.

The Schwelle Conference and Schwelle Festival promote and enforce the concept of mutual acceptance and respectful interaction. All participants are given the opportunity to develop in a safe and inclusive space and to encounter consensual new experiences in all kinds of directions.

“My goal is to create safe places and discourses for a strong open-minded community.

I emphasize on providing support to everyone who wants to live ethical non-monogamous relationships with or without a sex-positive lifestyle. Moreover with our events we strongly continue the public discourse on polyamory and sex positivism”.

Education:

Marketing, sales, management and leadership
Hypnosis Trainer – American Board of Hypnotherapy
Master of Science, Coaching
Life & Social Counselor
NLP coach, master & trainer
Holotropic Breathwork Facilitator (i.A.)

Schwelle vienna is my home, my creative playground and a place where I am welcome as a woman with all my knowledge, my strength and my passion and (sexual) energy.

At Schwelle vienna I always provide musical entertainment at the parties and lead various workshops, for example: Ecstatic Dance, Ritual Posture and Ecstatic Trance ® and Lovemore Playground etc….

I believe that “good” sex, which I see as an expression of our potential and being, is important, necessary and extremely healthy.

It is primarily about the relationship with yourself, which is reflected in the experience with others. Knowing your needs a yes and also being able to say no.

Many conditioning and beliefs have to be let go and the threshold supports each and every one of them and is a very carefully managed place and leaves a lot of space to experiment.

In my workshops I work intensively with the body, music and dance, the state of consciousness trance and ecstasy, your life energy, sexual energy, humor, letting go of conventions and beliefs, gratitude and joy. And self-love. And celebrating life and being.

We are here to have fun and to experience and learn.

I originally come from the creative industry, worked as a presenter for television and radio for a long time and then lived for many years in Germany, America and England. Traveling is my passion, which I still pursue.

At the moment I’m working parallel to my work on the threshold as a djane and musician.

Reiki Teacher and TCM practitioner, event organizer, chairman of the Association for Social Openness and Loving Society.

Spending his teenage years with dealing and healing his past. He worked for years in psychological self therapy and systemic family therapy.

In his twenties he opened himself up, studied and practiced alternative medicine such as Reiki, Kinesiology, Acupressure, The Bars and more.

Three years ago he started the project S.O.U.L. – Symbiosis Of United Love which became an association for the promotion of social openness and loving society.

His heart and energy is focused on the growth of this expanding and love caring network.

By leaving principles like respect, consent, kindness and openness the members create and enjoy a safe place for diversity.

Psychotherapy student, event organizer, chairman of the Association for Social Openness and Loving Society.

After spending a long time abroad and working in the field of social pedagogy and therapy, it was always very important to me to create a respectful and appreciative cooperation after my return.

My life path led me from studying international development to medical training and finally to studying psychotherapy.

In addition to I continued my education in the area of sex education and also gained experience as a dildo and lingerie specialist consultant.

I am currently putting all my work and my heart and soul into building the association for the promotion of social openness and loving society, or S.O.U.L. – Symbiosis Of United Love.

Guinness World Record holder for the most fire-eating extinguishes in one minute.

Is an international performance artist specializing in fire, aerial and immersive sensual art.

She has performed in many international cabaret circuits and her work often challenges the boundaries of sexuality and kink.

She has been found on stages from The Hammersmith Apollo, The Royal Albert Summer Festival, Secret Garden Party, Glastonburyand Burning Man.

She also creates immersive art with FemmeDaemonium, in which she invites surrealist intimacy into human interactive spaces.

With a background in queer environments exploring sexuality and intimacy in the UK since 2011, and 8 years experience as a kink switchy professional, Jessica has gathered a broad spectrum of insight into sexual and kink
exploration.

Since 2013, she has worked as part of the production team and hosted a variety of workshops at sex-positive
events such as The Summer House Weekend, and Kinky Salon London.

Capturing the beauty and complexity of the human condition; be haunted by an ethereal voice and be prepared to feel a little more deeply as physical boundaries are pushed.

Winter James is an international performance artist and musician from London who invites audiences to find solace in the darker corners of the mind by baring the vulnerable facets of her life in the fetish industry.

Watch as she combines experimental singing and sharp play to present the audience with a pressing
question in the strange times we live in: What unifies us?

Winter has performed as part of Noorderzon Performing Art’s Festival, AltFest, GothicDARKwave.
Gotik Treffen, and also Showcased at MILKandLEAD DELIQUIUM , London’s Central School Speech
Drama @itchcollective. and Bristol’s Microplex cube theatre.

Frank is a kinky self-defense teacher who has been practicing various martial arts since 1984.

With Playfighting and Rough Body Play he developed his own and unique approach to bring together his passion for martial arts and playful fighting.

Sheila, Franks partner in crime, has a diverse bodywork background – she practices Shiatsu, breath work, dance, martial arts and is a contact communication trainer.

She is an adventurer with body and soul, climbs mountains, flies hang-gliders and is trained in technical & cave diving and whitewater rescue techniques.

The two founders of the Bodyplay Academy are influential pioneers in the field of sexual education, rough play and playful fighting and are constantly developing their concepts.

Both have more than two decades of kink experience under their belt. Since 2005 they have presented their entertaining and educational hands-on workshops all over Europe and in Australia.

With a background in queer environments exploring sexuality and intimacy in the UK since 2011, and 8 years experience as a kink switchy professional, Jessica has gathered a broad spectrum of insight into sexual and kink
exploration.

Since 2013, she has worked as part of the production team and hosted a variety of workshops at sex-positive
events such as The Summer House Weekend, and Kinky Salon London.

Reiki Teacher and TCM practitioner, event organizer, chairman of the Association for Social Openness and Loving Society.

Spending his teenage years with dealing and healing his past. He worked for years in psychological self therapy and systemic family therapy.

In his twenties he opened himself up, studied and practiced alternative medicine such as Reiki, Kinesiology, Acupressure, The Bars and more.

Three years ago he started the project S.O.U.L. – Symbiosis Of United Love which became an association for the promotion of social openness and loving society.

His heart and energy is focused on the growth of this expanding and love caring network.

By leaving principles like respect, consent, kindness and openness the members create and enjoy a safe place for diversity.

Psychotherapy student, event organizer, chairman of the Association for Social Openness and Loving Society.

After spending a long time abroad and working in the field of social pedagogy and therapy, it was always very important to me to create a respectful and appreciative cooperation after my return.

My life path led me from studying international development to medical training and finally to studying psychotherapy.

In addition to I continued my education in the area of sex education and also gained experience as a dildo and lingerie specialist consultant.

I am currently putting all my work and my heart and soul into building the association for the promotion of social openness and loving society, or S.O.U.L. – Symbiosis Of United Love.

Guinness World Record holder for the most fire-eating extinguishes in one minute.

Is an international performance artist specializing in fire, aerial and immersive sensual art.

She has performed in many international cabaret circuits and her work often challenges the boundaries of sexuality and kink.

She has been found on stages from The Hammersmith Apollo, The Royal Albert Summer Festival, Secret Garden Party, Glastonburyand Burning Man.

She also creates immersive art with FemmeDaemonium, in which she invites surrealist intimacy into human interactive spaces.

Felix Ruckert is a dancer, choreographer, conceptual artist and curator. He creates events, performs, gives lectures and teaches workshops, often fusing his knowledge from dance with an unique approach to practices of BDSM and conscious sexuality. He also enjoys making music.

He started as a dancer working with several renowned companies (Mathilde Monnier, Pina Bausch’s Wuppertaler Tanztheater) before concentrating on choreography, conceptual work and choreographic installations. Between 1993 and 2008 he created more than 30 evening length performances for his Berlin based company; some of those toured worldwide.

He strongly influenced the performing arts by expanding the stage to the physical body of the audience and giving it an active role in his performances.

His experimental dance pieces, his participatory work and his choreographies for ballet companies earned him an international reputation as one of the most versatile and innovative contemporary choreographers.

Felix main interests are the endless possibilities of the human body. He studied Ballet, Modern and Contemporary dance, Improvisation, Feldenkrais, Pilates, Continuum Movement, Yoga, Chi Kung, Kyudo, Tao Yoga, Massage techniques, Tantra, Kinbaku, Choir and Solo Singing and much more.

In the last twenty years he became well known for his practical and theoretical investigation of BDSM and the exploration of connections between BDSM techniques and artistic practices, developing an art of touch and a philosophy of sensual communication.

From 2007 to 2016 he directed the art venue schwelle7 in Berlin as a fusion of a kinky club, a dance studio and a private living room: a permanent performance on the threshold between the private and the public. schwelle7 also produced many performances and workshops with Japanese masters and therefore played a major role in the popularization of Kinbaku – Japanese Rope Bondage- in Europe.

Since 2004 Felix directs the annual festival xplore in Berlin and curates its international branches, with 31 editions in seven countries so far. Since 2012 he also directs EURIX – The European Rigger&Model Exchange, a bi-annual festival in Berlin dedicated to the development of Rope Bondage as an art form.