Free Download: Body Scan

Attention is like a muscle that needs to be trained so that we can use it. The more we practice directing our attention, the easier and more effortless it becomes over time.

This simple somatic exercise called Body Scan can support your efforts to develop more presence in your body. It only takes a few minutes! What I love about this exercise is that it is completely intentionless. There is nothing you need to accomplish.

A body scan is simply a time of paying attention (to yourself). 

If you are just starting with this practice, it is helpful to find a quiet space and some uninterrupted time. When you find your mind wandering away during the practice, just notice it and gently invite your attention back to the sensations in your body. It’s not about judging how “well” you do, but the moment of noticing that matters.

Play with it for three weeks, it might cause a miracle in your rope bottoming! You will be lavishly rewarded for making the effort, when being tied with more colours, shades and depth to your experience — at the moment, in the here and now!

About Natasha NawaTaNeko

Natasha NawaTaNeko is a Russian-born, Berlin-based rope bottom, performer, and educator — and the female part of Discover Kinbaku. In her practice, she seeks true emotion and authenticity, viewing rope bondage as a deeply intimate and erotic art with profound potential for personal transformation.

Drawing on her background in Sexological Bodywork, more than a decade of rope bottoming experience, and studies in bodywork and movement, Natasha integrates somatic elements such as breath, sound, posture, non-verbal communication, and focused attention into her teaching.

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Additional resources for rope bottoms

Feel invited to explore my other resources—most of them are freely available. I share insights, experiences, and practical tips to help you deepen your understanding of rope practice.

My book “Somatics for Rope Bottoms” is about rope bottoming and its potential for personal, intimate self-inquiry.

The book consists of 12 essays – Somatic Inquiries – inspiring the readers to look for the answers in their own body and re-claim their agency for the most important decisions that come up when we decide to explore kink.

This is a podcast about rope bondage in general and Shibari in particular. We are three rope models at heart, friends, rope educators and have a combined 40 + years of experience in and around rope bondage. If that’s enough for you to think it’s worth listening, then be warmly welcomed to our contribution and comments from the sidelines to the world of rope!

Also, I invite you to follow my weekly blog, where I explore a variety of topics related to the body, somatics, and, with a special focus, rope bottoming.

If you have questions or a specific topic you’d like me to write about, please reach out—I’d love to hear from you!