Japanese bondage: my way to shibari art

In this article: Anna Leontieva shares her personal experience of shibari practice.

Japan bondage: my way to shibari art

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Background of Japanese bondage

The Japanese know a lot about love and war tactics and be sure that Japanese bondage has it all. Therefore, it is not surprising that the art of shibari originated in the East. The Japanese started to use bondage after the Second World War. At this time, a Kabuki theater functioned in the East. On stage, the actors demonstrated various ways of entangling with ropes, using wide gestures and sonorous dialogues. This action formed the basis of shibari. In fact, over time, the process started to focus more on aesthetics than on the result.

Recently, interest in aesthetic-erotic bondage has increased in European society as well. The main purpose of the shibari session is to immobilize a partner with the help of ropes. Moreover, at this moment the “victim” falls into a meditative state, trying to relax as much as possible. Today I want to tell you more about the benefits, pleasure and precautions of the practice.

Must-have skills that I developed

Before coming to shibari session make sure that kinbaku master is aware of all the details of the human anatomy. This excludes even the minor possibility of hurting the models. The practice is able to open the inner world of the bound person, to get to know oneself better. One gets what he is looking for. If a person follows the spiritual path, then he will find the necessary experience in any life situation. A deep person will find depth in any practice.
In the social world, everything happens thanks to the interaction between people, being a shibari master I developed empathy and responsibility, since the model entrusts her body to me, her feelings are in my hands. When a person is in bondage, he opens up and becomes hypersensitive. What are you getting him? Joy or stress relief? Maybe you will show him how to get rid of tension…

Learning via ropes and bondage

During the shibari session and with the help of bondage, you can get rid of lingering bitterness or dissolve pain. It all depends on how open the model is and how deeply you let yourself in. After all, there is a possibility to hurt a model. Therefore, it is important to understand that in your hands is a living person that needs joy.

I came to kinbaku in May 2015 and on my way to shibari master many times, I myself was in the role of a model. After tying up, especially alongside with a suspension in the hall of alpha-gravity (a new system for the development of body and consciousness), appears a feeling of harmony, relaxation and pacification. This role is useful for those who constantly control everything and try to keep their finger on the pulse. When such a person is tied up, he does not bear any responsibility, even for his own body. The only thing left to do is to relax and accept what is happening. After such shibari session, I don’t even want to follow my own thoughts, the state is similar to meditation: easy and naturally, here and now…

Japanese bondage - tied model in the water

Tied model in the water

The way I inspire confidence

I definitely should mention few words about the relations between the shibari master and the model before the first shibari session. It is not necessary to be familiar with each other. The most important is the feeling of mutual affection. Before the session, you can be nothing to each other, but upon completion, you will be a kind of soul mates. The process itself is intimate and sexual, but it is not a sex.

In order to inspire confidence I prefer to practice my favorite occupation, share gorgeous photos, impressions. Those who are interested want to try by themselves. Such people proceed as the models during shibari session. Sometimes I invite a hottie to come and try the japanese bondage and he decides whether he wants this or not.
Of course, shibari enriches your sexual fantasies and you may want to practice it in your bedroom. This may become a great prelude before sex. Shibari session helps the partners to feel each other, to open and free yourself. If you decide to use some elements in order to sharpen the feelings during sex, you should think about safety beforehand. When practicing kinbaku you should always have a first aid kit and a knife, or scissors to be able to cut the ropes and bondage in case of emergencies. By the way, I describe one very interesting case in my article Salty-ropes.

Let’s heat the things up!

During the shibari session, certain facilities might be helpful. I enjoy using the candles. There are some products made from special wax, which is not as hot as the common one. You can gently drip it onto immobilized person. In addition, I use eye patches. The ideas appear by themselves. It all depends on the person and environment. For example, in summer I can bring ice to shibari session. I remember that back in 2015 there was a meeting of kinbaku minds where a snake was involved. Actually, there are no limits for your creativity.

The rules of the game with ropes

Nevertheless, during the shibari session I follow certain rules. You cannot practice shibari in a bad mood, or if any problems haunt your mind. Shibari master should not experience any destructive emotions, so that this can pass over to the model via the ropes and bondage. This will definitely hurt her. Another contraindication is various skin diseases. However, even a healthy person, with inept binding, can damage ligaments, skin or other organs. In general, learning about the intricacies of kinbaku occurs gradually. It begins with unusual physical sensations and moves on to new spiritual experiences that allow you to turn in upon yourself.