More sexy positions on the Floor & at Hashira (2-Day Workshop)

This Weekend Intensive is for enthusiastic beginners to explore more patterns and positions, useful for playful torment, control, and power exchange — on the floor and including an upright pole (hashira). Building on the Shibari fundamentals you already learned, we introduce additional principles and keep combining them, creating strong harnesses and sexy positions. We will keep emphasizing movement, control, and (non-verbal) communication, including boundaries and consent.

This workshop is for couples (of all ages and gender constellations) who are beginners in Japanese-inspired bondage and want to learn more simple principles to engage effectively, aesthetically and playfully in the rope sessions together. You can apply the learned patterns directly for your play in private or on a Jam.

First experiences of both partners with the fundamentals of Japanese inspired rope bondage is the prerequisite for participation in this Weekend Intensive.

Bring along: comfortable, flexible clothing and about 6 jute ropes, 5 – 6 mm diameter, 7 – 8 m long

This is a practical workshop: you will tie and get tied a lot.

• building on the previous learned basic principles of Shibari
• understanding the concepts to build solid harnesses
• safely mastering the first semi-suspensions
• understanding important non-technical aspects, such as communication through rope and tools to create a shared experience of intimacy
• gaining confidence in your abilities and self-confidence for application in private or at a Jam

• bringing attention to your body, to your feelings and sensations
• gaining safety in (semi) suspensions by learning to give in to the force of gravity
• getting familiar with a rope impact and learning to enjoy it
• developing a feeling of your emotional and physical limits and positively communicating them
• unlearning common myths about being a rope bottom
• understanding your responsibility in ropes

General remarks on safety * Consent and communication between the partners * Bondage without rope: taking control * Exercises to improve rope flow and tension-management * Creating effective frictions * Developing patterns from the basic principles * Basics of Gote shibari (Box Tie) * Futomomo * Agura shibari * Armbinders * Basics of floor work * Ebi * Adding an upright Pole (Hashira): moving towards (semi) suspension * Effective methods for moving and controlling the partner * Influencing feelings and moods through position * Introduction to the game of shame or pain