serrat(u)s bodywork is opening its doors to the Shibari community. Anyone who’d like to tie others up, exchange ideas, or simply watch and gain some initial experience is warmly invited! The Japanese art of rope bondage is a fascinating physical practice that offers a wide range of physical, mental, and emotional experiences. Shibari shares many similarities with dance, yoga, and meditation, and possesses a performative and deeply moving aesthetic…

You’ve got to have some guts to do that. To bare yourself in front of other women*, making yourself both more vulnerable and stronger, so that, with a speculum and a mirror, you can show each other your own uteruses. For some of our (grand)mothers, however, this was a common and political practice. Wait, why is that political? During the second wave of feminism (around the 1960s–80s), an astonishing movement emerged that radically reclaimed living health practices. Women* gathered in safe spaces of collective…

sihl13 is opening its doors to the Shibari community. Anyone who’d like to tie others up, exchange ideas, or simply watch and gain some initial experience is warmly invited! The Japanese art of bondage is a fascinating physical practice that offers a wide range of physical, mental, and emotional experiences. Shibari has much in common with dance, yoga, and meditation; it has a performative and deeply moving aesthetic…

This workshop focuses on the fundamentals of Japanese-style rope bondage. In addition to basic and improvisational techniques, classic patterns, and various safety considerations, we’ll also explore body awareness and posture, as well as interaction and communication between partners. In doing so, we’ll discover how the binder and the bound can shape their encounter in diverse ways—through a trusting interplay of power and submission, empathetic communication and mutual devotion, and deep connection and intensity. Shibari, or Kinbaku, as Japanese rope bondage is also known…

Rope Bondage for Beginners. On this day, we’ll provide an easy and playful introduction for beginners, as well as a refresher for those who have already taken a beginner’s course and want to brush up on their skills. The focus will be on the basics of Japanese-style rope bondage.

serrat(u)s bodywork is opening its doors to the Shibari community… … FOR THE WINTA COMMUNITY! A NICE TEXT IS COMING SOON, BUT FOR NOW, THE IMPORTANT NOTE: WINTA stands for “Female, Inter, Nonbinary, Trans, Agender,” and it’s primarily about creating a space where people who identify as such can simply be among themselves. … FOR THE WINTA COMMUNITY! A NICE TEXT COMING SOON, BUT FOR NOW, AN IMPORTANT NOTE: WINTA is an abbreviation for “Female, Inter, Nonbinary, Trans, Agender,” and this is primarily about a space where people who identify as such can simply be among themselves. The Japanese art of bondage is a fascinating…

sihl13 is opening its doors to the Shibari community. Anyone who’d like to tie others up, exchange ideas, or simply watch and gain some initial experience is warmly invited! The Japanese art of bondage is a fascinating physical practice that offers a wide range of physical, mental, and emotional experiences. Shibari has much in common with dance, yoga, and meditation; it has a performative and deeply moving aesthetic…