Six weeks. Less about the rope. More about what happens between you.
A six-week exploration for people who want to take their Shibari beyond technique, into intuition, movement, connection and play. Working with the same partner throughout the program creates space to explore not only what you do with rope, but how you respond to one another through it.
Two people · One partnership · Limited to three pairs
You already know how to tie. Now we turn our attention to what happens when technique becomes instinctive enough to make room for something else.
Over six weeks, we'll explore the space between action and response: how a change in tension can shift the atmosphere, how movement can become an invitation, how stillness can carry as much intention as motion, and how the person in your ropes can influence where the tying goes next.
We'll work with floor work, connective tying, suspension and predicament, but the technique is no longer the destination. It becomes something you can draw on while paying attention to the person in front of you.
There will be exercises and structures to work within, but also uncertainty. Moments where there isn't a pattern to follow or a predetermined shape to reproduce. You'll be asked to notice, respond, make choices and sometimes change direction.
The aim is not to make your Shibari more complicated. It is to make it more alive.
Each week approaches connection from another direction, giving you different ways to listen, respond and create together.
Transitions, movement and improvisation, with attention to the spaces between ties and the possibilities that appear while you're tying.
Bringing connective tying into partial and full suspension, and learning to maintain attention, responsiveness and connection when greater focus is required.
Exploring direction, intention and quality of touch, and bringing greater depth and variation into your floor-work scenes.
This class remains a mystery until the day itself. It may introduce a different perspective, an unexpected material, a guest, or something we haven't thought of yet.
Come curious. We'll take care of the rest.
Working with presence, vulnerability and care, and exploring how rope, touch, movement and attention can create an exchange between two people.
Creating dilemmas in rope where every solution comes with a consequence. Move one way and something eases; somewhere else, something changes. An exploration of restriction, tension and the wonderfully impossible question: now what?
This program is for people who already feel at home with the foundations of Shibari and are ready to move beyond learning techniques. You should be comfortable with basic knots, single and double column ties, fundamental frictions and suspension lines, with some experience in partial or full suspension.
You don't need an enormous repertoire of harnesses. What matters is that the technique you already have is familiar enough that you can begin paying attention to something else.
Unlike Programs 01 and 02, Tension & Trust is a couples-only program. You will work with the same partner throughout all six weeks.
That's intentional.
Much of this program explores communication, responsiveness, vulnerability and the ways two people learn to read one another through rope. Working together week after week allows that conversation to develop rather than starting over with a new partner each time.
You don't need to be romantic partners. You simply need to be two people who want to explore this work together and who already have enough trust in one another to do so.
To keep the setting intimate and give each pair plenty of individual attention, the program is limited to just three couples.
You'll need a minimum of 6 × 8m ropes, preferably treated hemp or jute. POSH or hempex rope is also welcome. Please don't bring untreated rope or rope sold for decorative or sex-shop use. If you're unsure whether your rope is suitable, just ask.
Don't have all the rope you need yet? No problem. Suitable rope is available for purchase at Subspace.
€550 per couple · six weekly classes of 2.5 hours
Choose your place
One booking reserves the full six-week program for both of you.
GOOD TO KNOW
Bookings are non-refundable.
Please double-check the date and time before booking.
Please arrive on time.
Once a workshop has started, we can't interrupt the class to admit late arrivals.
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