ABOUT THE KI

The word “Ki” 𒆠 is an ancient Sumerian word meaning “ground” or “Earth”; and used in terms of battle ground, meeting ground and threshing ground.

Its near homophone (a word that sounds the same but has different meaning) is Chinese 氣 - “Qi” or “Ch’i” meaning “vital energy force”. The borrowing of the word is rendered in Japanese as “Ki” and in Vietnamese as “Khi”.

The Ki by Leonora Anne Weston is how people respond with their life force energy on the ground. It’s how they respond to threats, opportunities, authority figures, sexuality and power.

ABOUT LEONORA ANNE WESTON

Leonora Anne Weston is an International expert and teacher in Power Dynamics and Dominance Studies.

She has a Masters degree from UCL in Comparative Art and Archaeology, has studied broadly across disciplines and is regarded as a polymath by colleagues. Weston wrote the acclaimed book on The History & Arts of the Dominatrix, the first book of its kind on the taboo subject - under pseudonym of ‘Anne O Nomis’, examining female Dominance through the ages with original research from the British Museum, British Library Rare Books and underground sources.

Weston has appeared as an expert on Sky TV, has been International keynote speaker at the Society of Aesthetics Postgraduate Conference at Kent University, CARAS conference in Los Angeles and as a private speaker at the Freud Museum London.

The Ki ® Power Dynamics - 42 Responses to Power is the culmination of 15 years of her life’s work and original research data, and she has a book in progress.

Currently Weston is based in Melbourne Australia where she she teaches and is undertaking her Doctorate. She is mother of one young daughter, and travels annually on archaeology site trips and to keynote at conferences around the world.