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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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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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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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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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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On becoming adult
No bottoming topics today… I’m feeling very reflective, melancholic, and raw, maybe because of my birthday, maybe because I just spent four days at the […]
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About Gote
A couple of weeks ago we had (very inspiring, and thought-stimulating <3) private students over and there was a whole day nerding about Gote. There […]
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On rope bottoming and asking questions
In the foreword to my book, Joseph Kramer wrote “we all are rope bottoms”. I fully understood his meaning only later. We all are learning […]
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“my model is bored”
During one of the last Semenawa Labs in KOR Berlin a lovely couple caught my attention: they are practicing some floorwork, and yet keeping the […]
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Somatics vs. Dogmatics :)
In our workshop in VoxBody I was asked how somatics influences my rope bottoming / teaching approach. Whilst there was no space for lengthy discussion […]
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