Spend a WEEK in PARADISE with new friends, the beach, delicious, fresh, local food, and new shibari tools. No experience needed. This retreat is ideal for complete beginners or those who have just started to play with rope. You do not need a partner to attend this retreat, and everyone attending should register as an individual. If there is another attendee that you’d like to share a room with, please register for a shared room and note your preference in your registration form.
Come learn the language of rope in this femme-centric shibari immersion for beginners. Rope bondage is many thing to many people– it’s an art form, a moving meditation, a way to connect to one’s body. For some, it feels core to their erotic identiy. Shibari can be both highly technical and highly aesthetic, drawing in people of many persuasions. Whatever draws you to this practice, there’s no better way to learn than by spending a week eating, sleeping, and drinking rope.
Students can expect to learn the basics of wrapping the body, how to handle rope confidently, and foundational knots and hitches. We’ll learn to tie improvisationally and in conversation with the energy of our partner, and we’ll learn patters to construct popular bondage forms. We’ll discuss models of consent and negotiation and be guided through somatic explorations designed to help you learn more about your boundaries and what excites you. Students will learn by tying on themselves and with others.
Femmes, non-binary, trans-masc folks are all invited to attend, with the invitation to step into an intentionally sapphic space.
Mornings will consist of a yoga class or other movement class before breakfast designed to get your body ready for the day. After breakfast we’ll have the first rope class of the day. Classes will vary each day and will include theoretical and practical classes and instruction on both the emotional to technical aspects of rope.
After lunch we’ll have a second rope class plus time for relaxing and siesta before dinner. After dinner the space will be open for quiet play or practice.
The rest of your time will be spent eating delicious food, swimming in the pool, lounging in hammocks, and enjoying being in nature. There will be time to explore local markets and beaches as well as the local night life.
More details can be found on the ticket link!