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 […] Read more
February 22, 2025February 22, 2025By Natasha NawaTaNeko “Where did you go?” As I was preparing for my safety class in KOR Berlin, one perspective came up that I would like to share with you today. It’s about […] Read more
January 18, 2025January 18, 2025By Natasha NawaTaNeko On center I’ve heard from several people that the chapter on Center from my book was the most difficult to understand. It makes total sense. Actually I […] Read more
January 11, 2025January 11, 2025By Natasha NawaTaNeko On practice and patience Here is the question I got from a friend who is also a rope bottom, and I think it is relatable to many of us: […] Read more
December 21, 2024December 20, 2024By Natasha NawaTaNeko Feeling hashira deeply Here is some sharing from our Hashira workshop earlier this year. It was about feeling more and feeling deeper about what is happening during tying […] Read more
December 14, 2024December 14, 2024By Natasha NawaTaNeko Ichinawa: thoughts from the receiving end of the rope The other week we did Ichinawa class, at the special request of our students. I was skeptical first, as for me personally a lot of […] Read more
June 15, 2024June 15, 2024By Natasha NawaTaNeko Breathe, my dear… It will be short today. I have gone through a period of anxiety and I feel a bit drained. I wanted to take this opportunity […] Read more
April 14, 2024April 14, 2024By Natasha NawaTaNeko How do we cope? That was an interesting talk we had with Anna Noctuelle during EURIX that was supposed to become a workshop together, but we couldn’t get a […] Read more
March 30, 2024March 30, 2024By Natasha NawaTaNeko What is “Soma” Thanks to Scot Kinbaku who said that since I keep referring to “soma” during our workshops, I should explain it, so here it comes 🙂 […] Read more
March 16, 2024March 16, 2024By Natasha NawaTaNeko Nerve safety in rope bondage Nerve safety is a difficult topic to write about because it is so subjective what people feel inside of themselves and also it is a […] Read more