A Shoulder to Tie On
4
JUN

A Shoulder to Tie On

4. June 2025, 10:30 am – 12:00 pm

Arms-behind-the-back positions are common in bondage but many people find them difficult to get into or uncomfortable to maintain for a number of reasons: tight shoulders, rotator cuff issues, muscle or fat density, hypermobility, spine or shoulder alignment, blood flow, etc. This class explores two shoulder-friendly techniques for bringing the arms behind the back, working with the person’s body ergonomics.

workshop partner: Barkas

 

Format: workshop

Minimum knowledge level: single column tie

participants: as many as fit

What to bring: A rope, may or may not use it

Constellations: Everything goes

Accessibility: Class aims to provide tools, no need to be able to bring arms together

Facilitator

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Addie (she/they)

Addie (she/they) is a Vancouver-based educator and co-founder of Studio Allegory where she provides ongoing rope education as well as workshops in a variety of other kink topics. She is a switch and self-suspender, and her diverse background informs her instruction. Her happy place is nerding out on technical tidbits, breaking down ‘soft’ skills into specific trainable habits, and finding ways of ...

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Georg Barkas (they/them)

Georg Barkas is an intimacy educator, researcher, and rope bondage performer based in Vancouver, Canada. Their focus lies in the deconstruction of established norms and approaches to kink, intimacy, and sexuality. Their background in academics (physics, mathematics, history, and philosophy) is used to approach historically psychological aspects from different perspectives. Author of “Archaeo...

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https://www.studio-allegory.com/