Stereotypes about Semenawa
I have heard a lot of stereotypes and opinions about seme-nawa. Many of those have stopped me for years to engage with this rope style. […]
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Being brave by being soft
“Be brave by being soft” Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen Soft doesn’t mean “weak”. We are conditioned to harden ourselves when entering a situation associated with discomfort… […]
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Why do I like to be tied?
This is something I wrote a few years ago for a project that never came to life. I would like to publish it here because […]
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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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The paradox of Ego and Learning
“If you want to eat like a dog, you can live and sleep outside like a dog. If you want to live and sleep like […]
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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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The Power of Surrender
Some thoughts on Seme-nawa from a bottoming perspective My partner and I devote ourselves to a very particular kind of rope bondage – the one […]
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