Workshops

I travel regularly across Europe and internationally to give workshops and am available for bookings for workshops, conferences and retreats. You can see the topics I've taught in the past here. If you are interested in booking me for teaching in your community, please get in touch to discuss details. I am happy to tailor workshops to suit the level and interests of your group or community.

To get an impression of my offerings, find below examples of workshops and topics that I'm passionate about teaching. My approach to rope is informed by my background in dance and in linguistics as well as by my tantric and yogic practices. I am passionate about bringing myself, my learning and my life into rope and as such my rope teaching is inherently interdisciplinary and holistic in its view. That means I always address both sides of the rope and keep a firm eye on emotional, psychological and communicational aspects as these build the foundation onto which we can tie.

Topics:
Notation - Shibari Notation Technique - see also our dedicated website: https://www.shibarinotation.info/
Embodied Rope - the somatic skills that make the scene, from authentic expression to coping skills
Tying & Technique - Rope handling and tying technique
Movement - Movement approaches in and at the rope
Creativity & Technique - Interdisciplinary creative techniques approaches that advance your rope scenes

Examples of regularly taught workshops:

Creativity & Technique

Shibari Notation

This is a graphical notation system for Shibari which is akin to choreography notation for dance or musical notation. It was invented to cater to the needs of exploration, documentation, and composition of Shibari sequences, offering both novices and seasoned practitioners an easy and straightforward yet precise method of notation. It serves as a means to document, recall, and construct sequence progressions with ease. Whether swiftly capturing ideas or memorising sequences from workshops or performances, this notation can be of great help. For advanced students, it facilitates the drafting and comprehension of new concepts before trying it out.

Embodied in Rope

Embracing the Gote

The Gote represents more than just a technical harness—it's a profound journey of connection, sensation, and mutual understanding. This workshop invites both riggers and models to explore this iconic and foundational tie through a holistic, nuanced lens. We will learn about the structure and purpose of this tie, how it affects your body, identify potential risks and learn how to manage and mitigate them. Beyond mere technical execution, we'll delve into the rich emotional landscape of the Gote. Participants will discover how this tie transcends its practical purposes, becoming a powerful medium of communication, trust, and shared experience.

Tying & Technique

Gote Clinic

This is a class ideally suited for those who seek to be able to adapt their Gote even more individually to their tying partners or for models who've had bad experiences and/or developed a fear of Gotes. We'll look at different styles of Gotes and their application and into your individual needs. Please bring a tying partner/model for this course.

Participants will have the opportunity to ask questions, refine techniques, and adapt the tie to suit your body, preferences and style. Learning the TK gives you a wide range of valuable principles and techniques that are transferable to many other areas of shibari practice.

Creativity and Technique

Elemental Forces from Earth to Air

Shibari is a movement practice and understanding movement is paramount to understanding how we build a scene, communicate and create emotional landscapes. Our movement is structured and specific and we can understand how it functions. This will be an opportunity to explore movement, and to reflect on how an increased understanding of movement can be embedded in as well as elevate your own practice.

We will guide you through a workshop of discovery and insight into how movement expression is controlled, created and communicated. Through exploring, embodying, observing movement, discussion and dialogue, you can gain a thorough understanding of movement and how to use it intentionally to build and communicate your story.

Embodied Rope

Embodied Surrender: A Bottom-Centric Approach to Semenawa

This workshop reorients the practice of Semenawa around the model’s experience,

blending somatic bodywork with hands-on rope exercises to cultivate resilience,

emotional awareness, and collaborative growth. Designed for both bottoms and riggers,

the curriculum emphasises how bottoms can actively shape their journey into “semenawa

states of mind” while fostering mutual understanding in kinbaku’s relational dance.

Embodied Rope

Finding your true expression in a Floating World between Aibunawa and Semenawa

Aibunawa and Semenawa energies offer unique opportunities for self-expression. This workshop is designed to help you explore both aspects from a model's perspective, using interdisciplinary practices such as somatics, dance,

movement and others to develop a personalised toolbox for authentic expression in rope.

Creativity & Technique

Unlocking Emotion: Meisner technique for Shibari

This workshop fuses the brilliance of Sanford Meisner's renowned acting technique with Shibari. "Acting is living truthfully under imaginary circumstances,” - and so is Shibari. Through Meisner's repetition exercise, we delve via the verbal into the non-verbal realm, to enhance emotional freedom and versatility in Shibari. This technique, rooted in instincts and spontaneity, goes beyond verbal communication, allowing participants to explore the truthfulness of each moment within the rope practice. Through learning to read your partner's cues and respond with heightened awareness, this practice not only deepens the emotional ties between participants is is also a great tool to elevate your Kotoba Seme.

Embodied Rope

Get Serious with Play: Elements, Atmosphere and Moment Making

This is a workshop where we'll dive into how to create a powerful scene and offer practical tools for clearer communication as well as encouraging freedom and creativity. Through archetype work, we’ll learn to shape emotional landscapes and develop scenes with texture and tone. We’ll also look at crafting vivid narratives and sharpen the emotional and narrative arc, using movement qualities and elements such as weight, contrast, and clarity, creating an atmosphere to layer meaning through physical storytelling that elevates your rope play into nuanced, expressive moments.