We will explore restraint as an opportunity for deep nurturing and holding and begin to navigate the responsibilities of the dominant and the submissive role, as well as the methods for caring and holding space for surrender.

If you wish to get a little deeper into stretches and preparation/conditioning of your body before ropes,  this yoga inspire session is exactly what you need!  This yoga sequence is designed to cover the basics for shoulders, back and hips. It is a start to get into your body and bring space and awareness to the areas you need and use during rope sessions.

The rigger will be able to tie a restrictive chest harness with the model’s hands high behind the back. The focus will be on a kinbaku style TK with a safe, tight and quick chest harness. No rope joining allowed, no need for upper kannuki and few strategic frictions: this is not a hammok but rather a preparation for a challanging, intense tie.

In this worshop, Vlada and Falco will show artistic poses for semi-suspension and suspension, as well as creative rope patterns for the frogtie.

The Yukimura-Ryu workshop will be an opportunity to get a solid grounding in the skills and concepts of this style. Much less focused on suspension and engineering, Yukimura-Ryu is all about feel, flow, and tying for connection with your partner.

In this workshop we will engage in active body work and competitive play to understand the depth of resistance and how this changes the dynamic of playing with rope. Here we will explore restraint through resistance rather than surrender and see how vastly different this style of rope play can be.

In this workshop Vlada and Falco will show elbow suspensions with different variants, reverse prayer in suspension as well as high muscle strain suspensions.

In this workshop, we will teach some basic principles of both Kinbaku and massage, leading a suggested sequence of touch and ties - with ample time for play. We will build our sense of connection, trust, confidence and surrender. We will explore how we touch with our hands, our bodies and through our rope. We will explore how the rope can be an extension of our own bodies through connecting physical touch and binding with rope. All experience levels in bondage are welcome. Experience with attentive touch, breathwork and tantra is advantageous.