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Tying Tengu in Flow: hot play without a TK
with Ztella and Moir
The Tengu is stable, versatile, easy on the shoulders, kind to sensitive nerves – and so cute! But the tying often feels a bit awkward... and why do the hands stay free for so long?
Bodies Under Pressure
with Natasha NawaTaNeko & Alexander MA
In this Weekend Intensive, we will take a different look at the philosophy and toolbox of “Semenawa”—the style we tie. Essential, it brings together Alexander's kink—erotic impact play with ropes—with Natasha's research of somatic transformations.
Falling Into Form: Foundations of Fluid Transitions
with Gestalta & Saara Rei
Falling Into Form: Foundations of Fluid Transitions is the first in a series of workshops exploring transitions as a central element of rope. Often misunderstood as purely performative, transitions can also bring narrative, emotion, and deep connection into play. In this session, we’ll focus on simple movements as a foundation—building core skills like fluid handling, body awareness, and responsiveness. Whether on stage or in intimate scenes, these techniques support a more present, dynamic, and intentional approach to tying.
Introduction to Hashira: Techniques for Tying (in)to Upright Objects
with Ztella & Aja
Tying to a hashira can be restricting like almost no other way of tying; when tied effectively, hashiras offer unparalleled opportunities for intimacy, dominance and eroticism.
Shame & Humiliation Play
with Saara Rei
Explore what it means to humiliate and be humiliated, to shame and be shamed, reflecting on how these experiences function in our personal and cultural lives, and how they can become tools for play.
Exposure & Interaction Through Hashira Floor Play
with Kirigami and Tenshiko
The hashira – the iconic wooden post – is one of the most recognizable props in Japanese bondage imagery. In suspension, it is often associated with impressive and dramatic shapes, as seen in old Japanese pictures and movies. But Hashira is not only about spectacle: on the floor, it offers an intimate and versatile space for exploring rope in a different register.
Hashira with Kirigami & Tenshiko
with Kirigami & Tenshiko
Hashira is an iconic prop in Japanese bondage pictures and movies. Practitioners all over Europe are fascinated by the old school aesthetics of a body tied to a wooden post. During this workshop we will differentiate the exercises, on the one hand trying to improve riggers’ hard skills, with a special attention to rope and body handling, using technical ties and formal shapes; on the other hand we will also propose ties that can actually be used in elegantly crude ways.
Hentai Rope
with Soptik & Sansei
The word hentai can be translated from Japanese as dirty, perverted, or twisted and these are the exact words that can be used to describe the origins of Kinbaku. Nowadays, however, tying is stripped of this perverted or sexual element, and that is certainly a pity. In this workshop we will return to these roots, focusing on revealing, explicit positions, the perverse energy and rawness in our tying, and the actual fetishes that can spice up our session.
Hashira from Floor to Air (with Bamboo)
with Soptik & Sansei
In this workshop, we move beyond the floor and into the air. The hashira becomes not only an anchor but a suspension point. We will explore how suspension transforms the dialogue between rope, body, and beam: from resigned stillness to to subtle motion, from a tight embrace to playful exposure. You will learn traditional suspension techniques for the hashira. In some ties, we will integrate the hashira with bamboos, extending the
experience from the vertical into the horizontal space.
Movement & Dance with Rope
with A-Nicolas (formerly Yoroï Nicolas)
Breathe. Shift your balance. Walk, weave, occupy the space—and disappear. Now, do it all with your partner, a rope, and the magic of movement. In this workshop, we’ll transform into an organic system: unpredictable yet beautifully organised, learning to move freely and naturally within the ropes.
Falling Into Form: Evolving & Deepening Transitions
with Gestalta & Anna Noctuelle
The second in a series of workshops exploring Gestalta’s style of tying through the lens of transitions—not just as movement between shapes, but as a core expressive element in rope itself.
In this part, we work with structures and sequences that demand nuance, and developing a deeper understanding of how to use dynamic movement to create intense opportunities for play.
Falling Into Form: Performance & Presence
with Gestalta & Saara Rei
Falling Into Form: Foundations of Fluid Transitions is the first in a series of workshops exploring transitions as a central element of rope. Often misunderstood as purely performative, transitions can also bring narrative, emotion, and deep connection into play. In this session, we’ll focus on simple movements as a foundation—building core skills like fluid handling, body awareness, and responsiveness. Whether on stage or in intimate scenes, these techniques support a more present, dynamic, and intentional approach to tying.
TK Lab
with Gestalta
Unlock the beauty and potential of the Takate Kote, a timeless staple of Japanese-inspired rope bondage.
Movement & Flow
with Burgundy Rose & Spring Tide
This full weekend workshop will look at how to use movement and body mechanics to create fluid, dynamic and expressive rope scenes both on the ground and in the air. Where rope becomes a dance of restraint and release, of leading and following, control and surrender.
Self-Suspension: Fluid Movement & Dynamic Transitions
with Burgundy Rose
This workshop will explore innovative ways you can play with self-tying and self-suspension on a single point to create possibilities for fluid movement and dynamic transitions.
We will focus on getting creative with gravity, and over two full days Burgundy Rose will show you a range of partial-suspension and full-suspension shapes and principles you can play with and adapt according to your unique style.
Introduction to Hashira: Techniques for Tying (in)to Upright Objects
with Ztella & Aja
Tying to a hashira can be restricting like almost no other way of tying; when tied effectively, hashiras offer unparalleled opportunities for intimacy, dominance and eroticism.
Semenawa (level 2)
Approaching traditional Semenawa from a practical and theoretical point of view, understanding the fundamentals of body mechanics and the general principles of Japanese Aesthetics.
Butoh with Stefano Taiuti
Stefano Taiuti is a performance artist, Butoh dancer and body worker.
Throughout over 30 years Stefano explored the body in motion as an expressive tool, studying with internationally renowned Mime teachers and Butoh masters and thus developing his own methodology. “The Spiritual Mechanism” is a unique approach to dance and self discovery that integrates western movement analyses focusing on the visible, and Butoh to explore the invisible, the subtle, what is behind the movement and generates it.
Understanding Powerful Partials
with Braxas & Nëya
Partials can be more challenging than full suspensions and sometimes offer more versatility. This gives us the options to use both our ropes and also the ground to create different sensations and a variety of emotional responses from our model. The ground can be your friend, but it can also be the enemy.
Building a Session
with Braxas & Nëya
Everyone approaches rope in a different way, some like more playful rope, some enjoy exploring shame and others prefer tormenting rope. Whatever your approach, this workshop will explore different techniques that you can adapt to your individual intention.
How can we communicate that with our partners without talking? This workshop will give you the tools, and the know-how, to build your session from the ground up.
Butoh with Stefano Taiuti
Stefano Taiuti is a performance artist, Butoh dancer and body worker.
Throughout over 30 years Stefano explored the body in motion as an expressive tool, studying with internationally renowned Mime teachers and Butoh masters and thus developing his own methodology. “The Spiritual Mechanism” is a unique approach to dance and self discovery that integrates western movement analyses focusing on the visible, and Butoh to explore the invisible, the subtle, what is behind the movement and generates it.
Progressive Floorplay
with hua hua
The floor offers a greater range of possibilities that can arise when not limited by the restrictions of suspension. Playing on the floor allows us to make each rope added, each change of position or even every decision based on the emotions and reactions of both top and bottom. In this sense, floor play allows us to tie from the heart and not only from the head.
Tying for Performance
with hua hua
In this workshop I will share my perspective of creating performances and my experience bringing Shibari to the stage. The workshop will begin with a presentation and discussion looking at my approach to performance and how this can influence our Shibari practice overall, so that we can face our partners with creativity and presence each tie.
Introduction to Hashira: Techniques for Tying (in)to Upright Objects
with Ztella & Aja
Tying to a hashira can be restricting like almost no other way of tying; when tied effectively, hashiras offer unparalleled opportunities for intimacy, dominance and eroticism.
Hashira with RopuNawa & FreyaHellesdîm
RopuNawa & FreyaHellesdim will present their non-dogmatic approach to hashira, tying floor based, partial and suspended hashira. The weekend will include static semenawa ties on the hashira, as hashira ties with our twisted approach.
Fun with (Half) Booty Basket
with Mie Neko & Catherine
In this workshop, we will deconstruct the booty and half booty basket ties to understand how to secure them in sustainable ways for our models in various positions and situations. We will explore these strong patterns and experiment with different shapes in the air.
Sensual Force
with Mie Neko & Catherine
The Sensual Force is a tying method that combines eroticism and sadism. How can we be sensual while incorporating pain and discomfort into our sessions? How do we balance eroticism and sadism? What does eroticism/sensuality mean to us in the context of shibari?
Body vs. Suspension Lines
with Mie Neko & Catherine
Most of the time, we use our suspension lines to pull or twist the body by going straight to our suspension point. In this workshop, we will explore the possibilities of creating interesting shapes and turns by using our suspension lines directly on the body to manipulate it. This technique not only results in visually captivating poses but also introduces a new, intense sensation on the body, opening up new possibilities for creative rope work.
Hashira Techniques Level 2: Flow and Transition
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.
Strappado with Soptik & Sansei
with Soptik & Sansei
The arm-binder is an upper body harness that offers a lot of possibilities, but not many can use strappado to its full potential. It is often a challenge for many riggers to tie a safe or non collapsing arm-binder structure, especially when dealing with less flexible arms of their models.
Introduction to Hashira: Techniques for Tying (in)to Upright Objects [SOLD OUT]
with Ztella & Aja
Tying to a hashira can be restricting like almost no other way of tying; when tied effectively, hashiras offer unparalleled opportunities for intimacy, dominance and eroticism.
Bamboo & Hashira
with Ztella
Expand your Hashira tying with this one-day, hands-on workshop where we integrate bamboo sticks into partial and full-suspension ties. Though both hashira and bamboos are inherently rigid, their combination introduces a surprising playfulness, with each element balancing and complementing the other's structure, allowing you to craft more creative and striking shapes.
Men in Rope
with Male Shibari and Cons
Join us for a weekend all about tying male bottoms!
TK Lab
with Gestalta & Asimira | This workshop will be taught in English
Unlock the beauty and potential of the Takate Kote, a timeless staple of Japanese-inspired rope bondage.
Performance Night: Kirigami & Tenshiko
Join us for this performance, q&a session, and open tying space.
Semenawa (level 1)
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Approaching traditional semenawa from a practical and theoretical point of view, understanding the iconic patterns of the style, and the philosophy behind them.
Armbinder
This workshop will approach the study of an armbinder (aka. strappado) from a practical and theoretical point of view, outlining its mechanical features.
Introduction to Suspension: Weekend Intensive
Join Gestalta for an immersive weekend workshop designed specifically for those ready to take their first steps in practicing shibari suspensions.
Introduction to Hashira: Techniques for Tying (in)to Upright Objects
with Ztella, Shirin & Aja
Tying to a hashira can be restricting like almost no other way of tying; when tied effectively, hashiras offer unparalleled opportunities for intimacy, dominance and eroticism.
Bamboo Fun (against all odds)
with RopuNawa & FreyaHellesdim
Tying bamboo onto the body can be a lot of fun, as it is restrictive even without a lot of rope or elaborate techniques. In this workshop, we will create simple and effective ties to hold the bamboo on the body, using it in a playful way to create shapes – with and around the bamboo.
We will explore options for tying the body into bamboo on the floor, in suspension, and also combining it with Hashira!
Let’s see if you make the bamboo your model’s friend or opponent...
Introduction to Suspension: Weekend Intensive
Join Gestalta for an immersive weekend workshop designed specifically for those ready to take their first steps in practicing shibari suspensions.