“my model is bored”
During one of the last Semenawa Labs in KOR Berlin a lovely couple caught my attention: they are practicing some floorwork, and yet keeping the […]
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Feeling hashira deeply
Here is some sharing from our Hashira workshop earlier this year. It was about feeling more and feeling deeper about what is happening during tying […]
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Ichinawa: thoughts from the receiving end of the rope
The other week we did Ichinawa class, at the special request of our students. I was skeptical first, as for me personally a lot of […]
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On tension
I failed to write this week. But I still like to show up and say “hi”. I wanted to write so much about surrender after […]
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Semenawa Couples: stories we write together
Personally, I love to watch long term couples tie. They are the best players. It is as if they already have a “foundation”, a thick […]
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Tying as Inquiry vs. Imposition
This is something that I pondered about alredy for a while and finally was able to pin it after hearing Steve James talking about something […]
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If you are just at the beginning of your Rope Bottom journey…
If you are new to rope bondage and want to explore in a mindful way and possibly avoid bad experiences, how do you go about […]
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Difficult to let go…
Here is my answer to a question I received from someone on social media. I was asked about the difficulty of letting go (of control) […]
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“How was it for you?”
Or how we give feedback? In our workshops, the first feedback round often goes to the rope bottoms (not the riggers). We normally ask: “How […]
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On intimacy…
…or what we really do when we do ropes? In our studio, a beginner couple is practicing. Tension exercise. One hour into the class, Alexander […]
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