Learning the Ropes

Tying rope is like dancing. You can do it solo or with a partner, but it's about feeling the moment and doing something with that energy. That energy doesn't have to be romantic, but it is often intimate. Dance partners don't have to be "seeing each" other to perform an incredibly sexy dance. The same is true of a Shibari performance. Alternatively, dance partners can dance in a way that exhibits an energetic playfulness. So too can rope partners. A dance pair can be a couple and ooze romance and sexuality, but they don't have to be. It's not uncommon for them to be lovers, but it's more common for them to not be.

Tying rope is about expression. How are you feeling? Do you want to express that? How do you want to express that? Where do you want to go? What do you want to feel? How do you want to get there?

Not a single knot has to be tied to have an effect. Bondage is part of tying rope, but to what degree varies greatly. A rope scene could include a quick momentary binding for a single moment, or it could include a tie that stays for the better part of the afternoon. A rope scene could be bondage focused, tying focused, untying focused or moving rope focused.

In this class, armed with a curriculum that includes 60+ ties, 25+ ground positions and 20+ suspension positions, we expand on these ideas.