Connective Bondage ~ Shibari workshop
Connecting with rope: a workshop for beginners and advanced students
Bondage is exciting, seductive and intimate. Rope can be a means to make deep contact with each other, and it does not have to be complicated. Our focus will be on intimacy.
During this workshop, Butterfly will discuss and show the various aspects of playing with rope. How do you use your body and the rope? How to play with tempo and intensity. You'll learn a minimal amount of basic technique to start with and you are encouraged to use your own creativity. We use music to set the mood.
The focus will be on the interaction between the person tying and the person being tied. Being together in the moment, playing and having fun with each other.
Creativity over technique
We will not focus on perfect technique and complicated knots. Rope is merely a means to an end. With a few meters of rope you can catch, tease, overpower, cherish and caress, hug or hurt your partner. It all depends on the intention that you put into your movement and actions.
You do not have to be experienced in playing with bondage to participate in this workshop. Enthusiasm, curiosity and a partner are the only things you need. This workshop is hands-on: expect a lot of exercises and personal feedback. Experienced riggers will also gain a lot of inspiration this day, as a supplement to a more technical approach that you may already have mastered.
Atmosphere of the workshop
Butterfly makes an effort to be an inclusive teacher. No matter your age, gender, orientation, body type - everyone is welcome. She understands you might be nervous or excited taking part in a workshop like this. So at the start of the workshop we will create a safer space together, in the group. Usually, people feel really safe and relaxed within the first hour. So even when you're hesitant, come and join us!
Practical information
This workshop will be taught in English or Dutch, depending on the participants.
When? Saturday 4 May, 15.30-18.30
Where? Awananda, Kanaalweg 84a, Utrecht
Who? This workshop is for duo's, so bring a partner you like to touch :-)
Ticket? 135,- per couple*
You will recieve an e-mail with all practical information latest 2 weeks prior to the event (so also check you spam).
* Read the Terms & Conditions before you buy a ticket.
What others say about this workshop
Marijke (34): "Well, 'Connective bondage' is a workshop like I have never experienced before. Little complicated hassle about technique, but instead working directly with rope, your body, your partner, the connection between the two of you and the rope, and the feelings that evoked. Such a different approach than the usual shibari workshop! Butterfly is an inspiring teacher. It is clear that she has knowledge and knows what she is doing in the technical field, and yet she knows how to transmit the information in an accessible and fun way. I have been working on bondage for about ten years, but Butterfly was able to inspire me again! What a nice, warm, informative and practical workshop. It was really very cool. Highly recommended! "