Beata Absalon introduces this practice of open-source problem solving invented by the artist Valentina Desideri. The roles of therapist and patient are interchangeable. No solution, no cure is intended. The sessions are for those who do not need or want to be fixed. By playing with the therapeutic set-up, we will rethink the concept of (self-)care. Instead of rashly problematizing problems, we will first look at them curiously, non-judgmentally and benevolently as a potential to unfold unimagined thoughts and images through touch and conversation.

Saying "no" is not always easy - but it is necessary. Whether at work or in private relationships. Anyone who has learned to say "yes" out of (false) politeness will sooner or later harm themselves and others. Excessive demands, bitterness and poor performance follow or you help yourself with bogus solutions such as excuses and 'ghosting', which damage self-worth and relationships even more in the long run. In this workshop, we will explore our discomfort with denial in a non-judgmental and curious atmosphere. We will find out where our healthy boundaries lie and learn to use them confidently.

serrat(u)s bodywork opens its doors to the Shibari public. Anyone who would like to tie up together with others, exchange ideas or simply watch and gain some initial experience is cordially invited! The Japanese art of bondage is a fascinating physical practice that offers a wide range of physical, mental and emotional experiences. Shibari has a lot in common with dance, yoga and meditation, and has a performative and touching aesthetic...

The workshop offers an introduction to flogging and other forms of impact play, in which we focus not only on techniques and questions of safety but also on the physical and emotional processes of givers and receivers, as well as the relationship between pain and pleasure. We sharpen our awareness of the dynamic relationships that flogging and impact play create between body and mind and between the participants. Body awareness and spatial perception, movement and rhythm, impulse and resonance, breathing and presence - we look at the game from many different angles and thus create the possibility of shaping a flogging session as a dance or meditative ritual that goes beyond mere hitting.

Calm and vibration, silence and sound, coolness and heat... We discover playing with candle wax as a meditative experience, both in giving and receiving. First we tune our bodies and minds, sensitize our perception, become open and receptive. Finally, we create a ritual together in which we take plenty of time for this intensive experience - with lots of peace and lots of wax!

sihl13 opens its doors to the Shibari public. Anyone who would like to tie up together with others, exchange ideas or simply watch and gain their first experience is cordially invited! The Japanese art of bondage is a fascinating physical practice that offers a wide range of physical, mental and emotional experiences. Shibari has a lot in common with dance, yoga and meditation, and has a performative and touching aesthetic...

Rope bondage for newbies. On this day we create an easy and playful introduction for beginners and offer a refresher for people who have already attended a beginner's course and want to refresh their knowledge. The focus is on the basics of bondage with Japanese-style ropes.

serrat(u)s bodywork opens its doors to the Shibari public. Anyone who would like to tie up together with others, exchange ideas or simply watch and gain some initial experience is cordially invited! The Japanese art of bondage is a fascinating physical practice that offers a wide range of physical, mental and emotional experiences. Shibari has a lot in common with dance, yoga and meditation, and has a performative and touching aesthetic...

Feel me, feel me...? - The tactile and haptic sensuality of our bodies puts us in a lifelong and uninterrupted tactile connection with what surrounds us - and with ourselves. Touch is essential, vital and fundamental to who we are and what we are, how we encounter the world and other beings in it. But as central as it is to our identity and our coexistence with other people, in our everyday consciousness it usually appears more as a necessity - to achieve a goal, to fulfill a formality, to make a difference.

Rope Bunnies, have you ever missed a rope when you really wanted to be tied up? Rigger, has a bunny ever been so rebellious that you couldn't tie it up with rope for the life of you? Have you ever been on the bus, in the Migros, somewhere in public and wanted to tie it up somehow? Take part in the first 20 minutes after entering the jam to explore "tying up without rope". We'll experiment with using our bodies to move and restrain our counterpart, to give non-verbal signals, to control, restrict and create sweet, precarious "bondage". After this introduction, bondage with or without rope is welcome 😉

serrat(u)s bodywork opens its doors to the Shibari public. Anyone who would like to tie up together with others, exchange ideas or simply watch and gain some initial experience is cordially invited! The Japanese art of bondage is a fascinating physical practice that offers a wide range of physical, mental and emotional experiences. Shibari has a lot in common with dance, yoga and meditation, and has a performative and touching aesthetic...

serrat(u)s bodywork opens its doors to the Shibari public. Anyone who would like to tie up together with others, exchange ideas or simply watch and gain some initial experience is cordially invited! The Japanese art of bondage is a fascinating physical practice that offers a wide range of physical, mental and emotional experiences. Shibari has a lot in common with dance, yoga and meditation, and has a performative and touching aesthetic...

serrat(u)s bodywork opens its doors to the Shibari public. Anyone who would like to tie up together with others, exchange ideas or simply watch and gain some initial experience is cordially invited! The Japanese art of bondage is a fascinating physical practice that offers a wide range of physical, mental and emotional experiences. Shibari has a lot in common with dance, yoga and meditation, and has a performative and touching aesthetic...

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.

serrat(u)s bodywork opens its doors to the Shibari public. Anyone who would like to tie up together with others, exchange ideas or simply watch and gain some initial experience is cordially invited! The Japanese art of bondage is a fascinating physical practice that offers a wide range of physical, mental and emotional experiences. Shibari has a lot in common with dance, yoga and meditation, and has a performative and touching aesthetic...

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 look at how sound can affect our way of tying and being tied. How does music affect a session? How does it affect our movements and emotional state? And how do the sounds we make affect the reactions of the person we are tying with? Our movement and emotional state can be deeply affected by sound. I am sure many have experienced music that makes them feel, dance, and act in certain ways depending on the rhythm, tempo, lyrics, tone, and pitch. As well, sound and music can...

Being in rope can be an incredibly intense experience. The array of sensations and emotions that can be felt is limitless and often ever-changing within the experience of being tied. Processing, managing, and allowing these sensations and emotions requires a continuous, real-time evaluation of what we are feeling, and if we can accept the situation we are in or not. We need to be able to relinquish control and at the same time maintain absolute oversight so that we are able to react appropriately and responsibly. This level of balance is no easy task and exactly what we hope to develop a practice for during this...

The Latin root of 'humiliation' is 'humus', which translates as 'earth' or 'dirt'. Humiliation is the public failure of one's status claims. In private, such feeling amount not to humiliation but to painful self-realizations, such as embarrassment. Humiliation is not necessarily shameful. For instance, one could claim that Jesus was crucified and this humiliated, but that he did not feel shame (or so I was told, I was not there). Shame, on the otherhand, is a sort-of subset of humiliation; it is a painful feeling of humiliation or distress caused by the consciousness...