with Ztella & Moir

Photo: Harmony Shields

Join us for an immersive two-day workshop where we build upon the foundational skills acquired in the Introduction to Hashira class. This class delves deeper into the art of Hashira, emphasising full suspensions and inversions. While Hashira suspensions often involve fixing someone to a pole, which can seem static, this class will teach you techniques to introduce more movement and fluidity. Participants will explore a variety of shapes and techniques off the ground, enhancing their ability to create dynamic sessions on a hashira.

Early Bird Pricing available until midnight on 19th August!

In this class you will learn:

• Techniques for managing multiple uplines smoothly on a hashira

• How to tie the model into the hashira and release them for dynamic
  movements around the pole

• Advanced harnesses tailored for hashira suspensions

• Methods to adapt these harnesses to different models and situations

• Expansion of classic shapes and introduction of new forms

• Guidance and suggestions for creating your own sessions and incorporating
  hashira into your play

Switching between two people is welcome in this class, just keep in mind that you may have less time for each exercise.

• Prerequisites

  People modeling/bottoming should have experience being suspended upright, in inversions, and on a hashira. Further, models/bottoms need a good understanding of, and ability to communicate, their feelings and limits. They should know how to check for motor nerve damage in their hands and be able to communicate if issues arise.

  People tying should have prior experience tying on hashira. They should be able to tie safe upper body harnesses that function for the people they are tying in upright as well as inverted suspensions. They must be able to communicate clearly and calmly with the person they are tying and know their own limits.

• About the Teacher

  Ztella
  I love rope bondage for the intense, touching and often erotic connection that it can create —and I’m also obsessed with shibari as a craft. Based in Berlin, I teach regular study groups that foster skills and techniques to enhance safety and adaptability.

  My teaching style is open and flexible. I feel strongly that the best shibari is a deeply personal adaptation to and with the person being tied. Shibari shouldn’t simply consist of copy/paste harnesses; instead, I encourage students to understand the why and how of rope, while fostering creativity and personal adaptation.

  Shibari, and the classes I teach, are about exploring the beautiful symbiosis between rigging and being tied, and how these coexist and complement each other. Even in the most technique-focused classes, I bring my own experience with both rigging and bottoming for rope and center the invaluable experiences of my models. I aim to teach in an undogmatic way and welcome (and sometimes encourage) switching in my classes.

  Outside the rope world, I am involved in Awareness work and kink in Berlin and am currently writing a master’s thesis on the subject.
  My social media presence is very limited, but you can find a little bit of what I do @Ztella on FetLife.

  Moir
  shibari lover, professional domme and artist; I started to dig into kink and the art of tying around 2 years ago and immediately felt drawn to pursue the exploration of this world. 

  I have been modelling for workshops for quite some time now and have gathered experience in understanding how to read my body’s signals and limits and how to communicate them effectively.

• Payment Options

  We've added early bird pricing to most of our events, because people are increasingly booking very close to the date, and we need to know in advance whether a workshop has the numbers to go ahead. That's especially important for us when presenters are travelling to Berlin. If we haven't reached minimum numbers by the time early bird ends, a workshop may have to be cancelled or rescheduled. So if you're thinking about coming, booking before that date makes a real difference - both to our ability to plan, and to keeping the studio on stable ground.

  If it's a question of cost rather than interest, email us about paying in instalments. And if you'd like to come but the date doesn't work, tell us that too - we'd like to hear what shapes people's booking decisions.