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Rope bondage Kinbaku Shibari learning
August 16, 2025August 16, 2025By Natasha NawaTaNeko

Keeping the sense of wonder…

We meet different rope enthusiasts coming to our classes. We would always start with the introduction and invite the guests to tell us about themselves.  […]

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empowerment rope bottoms kinbaku Shibari
July 26, 2025July 26, 2025By Natasha NawaTaNeko

On holding power as a rope bottom

The other week, I was invited as a guest to the podcast by euni (coming soon!) We had a super interesting exchange discussing all things […]

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Progression in semenawa rope bondage Kinbaku Shibari
July 12, 2025July 12, 2025By Natasha NawaTaNeko

Progression in semenawa. A gentle reminder about the importance of slowness. 

We did a class on lacing the other week which made me think about progression. It’s not something often talked about… but it’s so important for building […]

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somatic embodied consent healing ropes
June 21, 2025June 21, 2025By Natasha NawaTaNeko

Healing Our “Yes”

In a personal healing process, often the focus goes on healing our “no”, and for a good reason. It’s a necessary life skill, being able […]

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somatic learning rope bottoming emotions
May 24, 2025May 24, 2025By Natasha NawaTaNeko

Discernment

Discernment… the ability to judge well. Who can say as much about themselves? Discernment in the realm of felt feelings and emotions… even more complex.  […]

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feeling rope bondage surrender hashira
May 4, 2025May 4, 2025By Natasha NawaTaNeko

On feeling and performing a feeling

I want to talk about feelings today.  We all want to feel. We want to have an emotional experience and share it with our partners.  […]

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Gote rope bondage intimacy couple
April 26, 2025April 26, 2025By Natasha NawaTaNeko

Tying a Gote

Have you ever just slowed down and watched two people tying Gote?  If you really look, you can see the whole relationship on display.  Rope […]

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semenawa rope bondage
April 5, 2025April 20, 2025By Natasha NawaTaNeko

Semenawa starts with an offering

If you have been to any of our workshops, you probably heard me saying that. It is somehow very important to me, to invite this moment of awareness […]

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suffering sacrifice ritual endurance Japan Sanja Matsuri festival Kinbaku
March 16, 2025March 16, 2025By Natasha NawaTaNeko

Why suffering?

I was asked at our last Kinbaku Salon after the performance was over. It’s funny how you get the deepest questions at the moment when […]

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rope bottoming movement in ropes
March 8, 2025March 8, 2025By Natasha NawaTaNeko

Movement in ropes

This topic came up during a discussion with a student. The original question sounded: “Why does she bend her back when there is no rope? […]

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