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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Somatics vs. Dogmatics :)
In our workshop in VoxBody I was asked how somatics influences my rope bottoming / teaching approach. Whilst there was no space for lengthy discussion […]
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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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About surrender, trust and trust “repair”
Preparing for my talk on “Surrender in ropes” in KOR Berlin, I reached out on socials and asked for questions. Much to my surprise, I […]
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On fantasies and honesty
Last weekend we taught the “Mythos Showa” workshop in Kinbaku Lounge which was very transformative for us, leaving behind some inhibitions, daring to show ourselves […]
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On “healing” in ropes
A while ago I gave an interview to someone who is writing a book about BDSM as a healing modality. I think it will be […]
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How do we cope?
That was an interesting talk we had with Anna Noctuelle during EURIX that was supposed to become a workshop together, but we couldn’t get a […]
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Nerve safety in rope bondage
Nerve safety is a difficult topic to write about because it is so subjective what people feel inside of themselves and also it is a […]
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Do you want to feel more?
I take weekly somatic classes with FlourishSomatics. This week in class Jess said something that stuck with me and I’ve been pondering about it ever […]
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Waist rope
“…And as I don’t want to make the decision yet, I tie a waist rope…” We just got back from teaching the “Bodies under Pressure” […]
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