Sometimes it is easier to offer empathy to others than ourselves– let’s work the muscle that is self-empathy and find ways to resource ourselves with more support, acknowledgment, and presence. In this session, you will explore what a self-empathy practice can look like for you. We will explore getting in touch with feelings and needs,...
Sophia Rose
Sophia is a London-based BDSM professional and educator, holding inviting spaces for exploring desire and self-discovery through rope and kink. She blends offering practical hands-on skills with a thoughtful understanding of power dynamics and communication, helping others explore with curiosity and playfulness. Practising rope since 2013, her approach is shaped by diverse professional and personal experiences, to demystify kink in an accessible and engaging way.
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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...
Join us to take your very first steps in learning Japanese-inspired rope bondage within a closed group setting. This weekend intensive course is designed for absolute beginners with no prior knowledge whatsoever and gives more structure and time to learn than our drop-in classes. Sophia Rose will be your guide and teacher and will encourage...
This guided space welcomes you to share in collective self-pleasure, solo kink, and self-tying. Sophia will offer ties, prompts, and materials to explore different ways of finding what feels good in our bodies. Pleasure can look and feel many different ways - come and try something new, find creative inspiration, or expand familiar sensations, together....
A guided warm-up self-tie session beginning with space to connect to feelings and needs, and moving into exploring what that looks like as a solo rope session to meet yourself where you are at. Maybe you need some tenderness, a challenge, to energize yourself, sensual touch, movement...what else? Together we will give ourselves some ropey...
Every beginning has an end and every end is a new beginning. In the last Warm-Up Session of this conference, we'll look at the tipping point between tying and untying. Does untying mean the end of a session? Or can it be the invitation to increase the intensity of playing? How can we overwrite the...
Suffering doesn't have to be serious - in this class, we will explore different ideas, simple predicaments, and ties that challenge our partners with lighthearted and playful energy. Bring your creativity and props! Tying Partner: René de Sans Details: Format: workshop Minimum Knowledge Level: - What to Bring:any props/materials/toys they would like to play...
Restriction, sensation, shapes, and play – all without an inch of jute in sight! In this class, we will explore tying without ropes. From traditional shapes and full-body harnesses to gags, blindfolds, and face and crotch bondage, we will have lots of fun getting inspired with different materials to tie ourselves and our partners. We...
Rope has risks! Rope bondage can be classed as ‘edge play’ – edge play meaning a type of activity with risks that could leave persons with lasting/permanent damage, or at worst cause death. Yet we still choose to play with it – and we can! With awareness, understanding of the risks, and practical steps to...
Sometimes it is easier to offer empathy to others than ourselves– let’s work the muscle that is self-empathy and find ways to resource ourselves with more support, acknowledgment, and presence. In this session, you will explore what a self-empathy practice can look like for you. We will explore getting in touch with feelings and needs,...
Practical and pleasurable - In this session, we will explore simple and effective ties for exposure, eroticism, and stimulation, find what works for you! You can learn different types of crotch ropes for different bodies, and how to incorporate toys such as vibrators into them. The offerings are not necessarily a ‘step by step’...
+Warm-up Session+ This supported and guided session offers space to give and receive through the simple act of empathic listening. Everyone will have a chance to listen and to speak, with no need for answers or advice. This could be a space for debriefing experiences over the weekend, sharing hopes, fears, and being witnessed in...












