Welcome to the world of rope bondage, friend! It's wild and fun out here and we are thrilled to be your point of entry. This weekly class is designed for anyone who would like to learn about Japanese-inspired rope bondage/shibari/kinbaku whether you see yourself in the role of the person tying or being tied. We...
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This is a rope gathering for folks of the global majority to gather to engage in an intersectional and decolonized space of rope practice. This monthly event will be an opportunity to practice, hang out and get to know other rope folks. Hosted by Caritia, there will be an introduction round at 7.30 pm. There...
Ranboo, literally translated means stormy, overwhelming, wild. About 10 years ago, Barkas developed Ranboo as a way of rejecting a static and often seemingly boring practice of rope bondage. A wild dance while tying with each other is the result. Ranboo is characterized by a large amplitude of variation of distance, speed, and intensity, paired...
IT'S ROPE JAM TIME! Rope Jams are spaces to meet people who love to tie or be tied (or both) and/or bring your tying partner(s) to have a wonderful session together in a space with like-minded people. All roles, levels, styles, etc. are welcome. In the last hour of the jam, we will lower...
What is rope all about? Is it the feeling of being captured or the touch of rope on skin? Is it aesthetics and beauty? Or emotion and connection, a way to create a bubble? Is tying about nerding out on ties and the rope we make them with? Come to this workshop to find out...
Kink does not exist in a vacuum. In Deviations, hosted by Karada House, Andrea, Addie & Barkas will discuss historical and contemporary texts that have shaped kink, sexuality and our understandings of ourselves. Each episode consists of a 120-minute-ish unscripted conversation. It is not expected that the audience will have read the texts in advance....
Welcome to the world of rope bondage, friend! It's wild and fun out here and we are thrilled to be your point of entry. This weekly class is designed for anyone who would like to learn about Japanese-inspired rope bondage/shibari/kinbaku whether you see yourself in the role of the person tying or being tied. We...
Let's make space to acknowledge the reality that most (if not all) of us may carry some histories and experiences of trauma in our bodies. When we play with the vulnerability and intimacy of kink and BDSM, we could come into contact with these realities. How do we take better care of ourselves and one...
IT'S ROPE JAM TIME! Rope Jams are spaces to meet people who love to tie or be tied (or both) and/or bring your tying partner(s) to have a wonderful session together in a space with like-minded people. All roles, levels, styles, etc. are welcome. In the last hour of the jam, we will lower...
Akechi Kanna & Kagura are visiting from Japan and we are happy to host one of their famous impromptu performances. After the performance there will be a rope jam with live music Event Details Date & Time: October 13th, 2023 7- 11pm Format: performance & rope jam Audience: LGBTQIA+ & FRIENDS How it...
For Akechi Kanna aesthetics and patterns are what comes after deeply connecting to your partner and giving them sweet consensual torment, delicious suffering, and sweet relief. In Kanna's school of rope / Kanna-ryu every rope, every placement, every tension, and action should have an intention that the person tying is controlling. In this weekend...
Semenawa is a concept in Shibari that is often misunderstood. Semenawa is often translated as ‘torture’ rope, however, a more accurate term might be to describe it as ‘torment’. The intention is for both the rigger and model to be consciously exploring suffering through rope, however, what can make it difficult to grasp is whether...