EVENTS – ARCHIVE
BONDAGE JAM ZURICH – SHIBARI AT SERRAT(U)S
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…
HOW TO BECOME A BETTER LOVER***: II – CONTEXTS
The exact same thing can be fun and exciting one moment, and annoying and irritating the next. That’s why following great sex tips won’t do any good if the lights are too bright, the background noise is too loud, or if your partner is still stressed from work. That’s why it’s worth paying more attention to creating a cozy atmosphere—one in which your bodies feel safe and secure.
HOW TO BECOME A BETTER LOVER***: I – DETAILS
The devil is in the details. No matter how many tantra classes we take, how many sex tips we read, or how much we work on our bodies, lovemaking can still fall flat in the end if we overlook the tiny, simple pleasures. Focusing on grand spectacles—like perfect bondage skills or guaranteed squirting—can sometimes actually distract from intimacy and serve as a way to hide behind them.
WINTA JAM ZURICH – SHIBARI AT SERRAT(U)S – with a Newbie Intro
Rope Bondage is for everyone! However, this has not necessarily been the case with our usual Bondage Jam, because often things are quite conventional and heteronormative - and that does not fit for everyone.Therefore, there is now the WINTA BONDAGE JAM!WINTA stands for "Woman, Inter, Nonbinary, Trans, Agender" and this special Jam is primarily about creating a space where people who identify as WINTA can simply be among themselves. So basically it's very simple: people who don't see themselves as WINTA , please stay away from the event.
TANTRA – WITH A PINCH OF SALT – RETREAT IN SPAIN
What we in the modern West call “tantric massage” deserves to be dusted off and decluttered so it can shine with renewed brilliance. Because we want those luxuriously long, deep, sensual, oily, warm caresses and the orgasmic sensations throughout the entire body—without the simplistic talk about male and female “energies.” We want to bathe in radically tender joy, to be touched with full presence within a held space…
BONDAGE JAM ZURICH – SHIBARI AT SERRAT(U)S
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…
SAARA REI: MOVEMENT, SOUND & ROPE
If we think of Japanese-inspired rope bondage as a way to interact and move with another person—a way of dancing with them—then we can also consider how sound can influence the way we tie and are tied. How does music influence a session? How does it affect our movements and emotional state? And how do the sounds we make influence the reactions of the person we’re tying with? Our movements and emotional state can be deeply influenced by sound. I’m sure many of you have experienced music that makes you feel, dance, and act in certain ways depending on the rhythm, tempo, lyrics, tone, and pitch. Likewise, sound and music can…
SAARA REI: ROPE BOTTOMING – DEVELOPING A PRACTICE
Being in a rope scene can be an incredibly intense experience. The range of sensations and emotions that can be felt is limitless and often constantly shifting throughout the experience of being tied. Processing, managing, and allowing these sensations and emotions requires a continuous, real-time assessment of what we are feeling and whether or not we can accept the situation we are in. We need to be able to relinquish control while simultaneously maintaining absolute awareness so that we can react appropriately and responsibly. Achieving this level of balance is no easy task, and it is precisely what we hope to develop through our practice during this…
SAARA REI: HUMILIATION & SHAME PLAY
The Latin root of “humiliation” is “humus,” which translates as “earth” or “dirt.” Humiliation is the public failure of one’s claims to status. In private, such feelings do not amount to humiliation but rather to painful self-realizations, such as embarrassment. Humiliation is not necessarily shameful. For instance, one could argue that Jesus was crucified and that this was humiliating, but that he did not feel shame (or so I was told—I wasn’t there). Shame, on the other hand, is a sort of subset of humiliation; it is a painful feeling of humiliation or distress caused by the awareness…