Tag: semenawa
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 […]
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Safety Part 3. Habits and strategies.
Safety is one of the aspects that we learn early in life and then over time we develop “strategies”: how do we establish safety in […]
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Safety Part 2. Our bodies remember.
Continue with my thoughts on safety. Safety in ropes, safety in life, safety strategies. Where does our safety behavior come from? Every situation has an […]
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Safety in Ropes. Part One
I got to talk more about safety because it’s a foundation for being experimental, playful and spontaneous in ropes. It’s really about being comfortable to […]
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Waist rope
“…And as I don’t want to make the decision yet, I tie a waist rope…” We just got back from teaching the “Bodies under Pressure” […]
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Stereotypes about Semenawa
I have heard a lot of stereotypes and opinions about seme-nawa. Many of those have stopped me for years to engage with this rope style. […]
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Why do I like to be tied?
This is something I wrote a few years ago for a project that never came to life. I would like to publish it here because […]
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Difficult to let go…
Here is my answer to a question I received from someone on social media. I was asked about the difficulty of letting go (of control) […]
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Good Pain vs. Bad Pain
Three Questions strategy to navigate your rope experience and stay safe Pain naturally belongs to the experience of going out of your comfort zone. When […]
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