EVENTS – ARCHIVE
BONDAGE JAM ZURICH – SHIBARI AT SERRAT(U)S – with a Beginner's Introduction
serrat(u)s bodywork is opening its doors to the Shibari community. Anyone who feels like tying up with others, exchanging ideas, or simply watching and gaining 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 shares many similarities with dance, yoga, and meditation, and possesses a performative and touching aesthetic…
FLINTA* ORGY
Intimacy with many—a luxurious abundance of bodies, glances, touches—ecstatic loss of self—an orgy… Anyone who has ever ventured into such a situation knows how multifaceted and unpredictable such an experience can be. If it’s not always easy even with just two people, how can it possibly work with more? What desires and needs, hopes and expectations do I bring with me, and how do I deal with them? And how do I deal with those of the others—and with all those bodies?
AUTHOR READING WITH BEATE ABSALON: NOT GIVING A FUCK – ON LUSTLESS SEX & SEXLESS LUST
In her quest to de-stress, Beate Absalon takes a culturally and historically grounded look at the secluded—yet only seemingly so—opposite side of sexuality: sexual aversion, asexuality, celibacy, and dysfunction, which delightfully refuse to submit to the duty of sexual service and open up unprecedented scope for exploration. Beate reads from her book, and we discuss what we’ve heard from her.
QUICKY ON A DONATION BASIS: (AN)OTHER INTIMACY – THE POWER OF PLAY
We’re putting this workshop together on the fly! Simply because we don’t want to let this weekend at Serrat(u)s go to waste. Let’s make the most of it in a playful way! That’s why this is an offer almost everyone can afford. More details in the event info :)
In POWER OF PLAY, we focus on play as a method and form of intimate and intense connection. The focus: How do interactions change when we consciously design them to be playful? What can we learn about ourselves through play? What happens when we set aside fixed goals, our self-criticism, and our expectations of ourselves, and instead focus on presence, spontaneity, and desire? As fellow explorers, we…
BONDAGE JAM ZURICH – SHIBARI AT SIHL13
sihl13 is opening its doors to the Shibari community. Anyone who’d like to tie up others, 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 shares much in common with dance, yoga, and meditation; it has a performative and touching aesthetic…
TANTRA – WITH A PINCH OF SALT – RETREAT IN SPAIN
Bodies…what can they do? Bring your body to us and we’ll find out. Using tantra massage as a springboard into the awkward, complex world of human relationships, we help you expand your physical awareness. This intense form of intimacy—a massage technique performed and received in the nude—holds so much human potential. This luxurious experience gives equal attention to every part of the body, creating space for whatever arises. With care and attention, we guide you through movement and meditative sessions that bring you into closer contact with yourself. From there, with humility and humor, we ask the question: is today’s erogenous zone your eyelashes or your ears, your feet or your asshole? Do you need a break or a debate, a hug or a slap in the face?
BONDAGE JAM ZURICH – SHIBARI AT SERRAT(U)S
serrat(u)s bodywork is opening its doors to the Shibari community. Anyone who feels like tying up with others, exchanging ideas, or simply watching and gaining 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 shares many similarities with dance, yoga, and meditation, and possesses a performative and touching aesthetic…
BONDAGE JAM ZURICH – SHIBARI AT SERRAT(U)S
serrat(u)s bodywork is opening its doors to the Shibari community. Anyone who feels like tying up with others, exchanging ideas, or simply watching and gaining 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 shares many similarities with dance, yoga, and meditation, and possesses a performative and touching aesthetic…
READING & DISCUSSION WITH BEATE ABSALON: NOT GIVING A FUCK – ON LUST-LESS SEX & SEX-LESS LUST
We’re thrilled that Beata will be presenting her book *NOT GIVING A FUCK* and reading from it at the QueerBooks bookstore in Bern! But above all, we’d love to chat with you—after all, this topic thrives on our many personal experiences with sexual performance pressure and our erotic attempts at delightfully refusing to comply.
(AN)OTHER INTIMACY – THE POWER OF PLAY
Intimacy that breaks free from set patterns and conventions is fantastic, creative, and unpredictable—which is what makes it so appealing, but also quite complex and challenging. In the (AN)OTHER INTIMACY workshops, we want to take this risk! In the POWER OF PLAY course, we turn up the intensity and raise the bar a bit, placing play—as a method and form of intimate and intense encounter—at the center of our focus. The focus: How do interactions change when we consciously design them to be playful? What can we learn about ourselves through play? What happens when we set aside fixed goals, our self-criticism, and our expectations of ourselves, and instead focus on presence, spontaneity, and desire? As fellow explorers, we will…
BONDAGE JAM ZURICH – SHIBARI AT SIHL13
sihl13 is opening its doors to the Shibari community. Anyone who’d like to tie up others, 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 shares much in common with dance, yoga, and meditation; it has a performative and touching aesthetic…