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General Instruction Notes:

Custom classes can be developed depending on your local community interest. In general, I can cover any of the following topics in great detail:

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  • Nerves and Bondage Safety

  • Using rope creatively for play

  • Exploring movement in rope

  • Suspension and advanced techniques

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There are a few topics that I teach only as privates. Among these are upper body harnesses, harness adaptations, and TK trouble-shooting. If you would like to have private instruction on any upper body ties, please reach out, and I'll let you know if I can help.

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If there are other topics that you're looking for, just ask! I will tell you if I don't have the background to teach something. Otherwise, my list of classes on offer is below, organized by length:

Short Classes (best suited for conferences and evenings)
Each of these classes can be taught as 90 minutes or 3 hours, with more in depth material and exercises for the 3 hour versions.

Microbondage:
tying fingers, faces, and toes

Tying delicate structures can require a delicate touch, but there are few things as satisfying. We’ll cover the basics on how to tie fingers and toes to avoid injury, and teach a collection of the best structured micro-bondage ties we’ve picked up from all over. This class is lecture, demo, and tying.

Rope Handling:
get better with rope

Often when people get started with rope, the first thing they focus on learning are knots and patterns. While these are really good fundamentals to get you started, these skills often don’t translate into making good scenes or good performances. This class will cover some of the basics of great rope handling, and will focus on two primary parts: the biomechanics of rope handling, and the techniques that usually equate to better connection. This class is lecture, demo, and hands-on tying.

Painful Rope:
sadistic ties, processsing, and safety

Rope can be a sadist’s best friend. From quick and easy painful ties, to slow and deliberate torture, this class will cover some basic ties for inflicting pain on your partner, and some of the safety risks associated with this style of tying. We'll discuss different kinds of pain, from skin to muscle to bone, and will also discuss pain processing, from a bottoming perspective, and how to stay safe while suffering. This class is lecture, demo, and hands-on tying.

Tengu:
quick & dirty guide to the demon tie

Tengu harnesses come in a variety of patterns, all accomplishing the same shape: hands up by shoulders, and arms tied in against the body. This class covers the basics of the shape, how to use it in play (both on the ground and in suspension), and how to tie one of the common suspension-worthy patterns. This class is a combination of lecture, demo, and hands on tying.

Partial Suspension:
exploring loaded ties through movement

While many think that partials are a good way to begin with suspension, these ties can often be the most challenging for bottoms and tops alike. We’ll talk about partial suspensions, and some of the unexpected challenges that come with this territory. Expect to learn more about upline management, body manipulation, safety concerns, and bottoming skills for when things are “tied up”. We'll cover active-bottoming and micro-adjustments, especially in the context of predicament ties. Class includes lecture, demo, and hands-on tying.

Torsions:
understanding the spine
in suspension

This suspension class explores the intersection of rope and anatomy, to understand the biomechanics of torsion. Understand how harness choice impacts the spine, and what factors lead to a deeper twist. Class includes lecture, demo, and hands-on suspension exercises.

Positional Problem Solving:
finding challenge and ease
(class developed with Fuoco)

This class will explore how the body (and gravity upon it) impact the distribution of load and the experience of pressure within harnesses. Students will leave with a better understanding of how to create both greater challenge and greater ease within their suspensions. This class is meant to be a collaborative class, in which riggers and models both use new language and ways of thinking about the body in rope to push themselves into uncharted territory.

Rolling in the Air:
how to have fun with slack uplines

This advanced suspension technique introduces controlled drops, by rolling through transitions on slack uplines. Learn the how and why this works, and see a demo of what we mean. Then try it out on your own! This class is lecture, demo, and hands on tying. Attendees will need to be familiar with suspension, top and bottom lock-offs, and have an upper body harness that can be loaded from more than one side.

Improvised Harnesses

This class explores the art and structure of improvised harnesses — creating intentional, creative designs beyond standard forms. We’ll dive into how to predict and manage load, assess risk and safety, and apply foundational structural principles to support both function and aesthetic. Students will learn to make thoughtful, informed choices about tension, line placement, and body balance, developing a deeper understanding of how structure can shape experience. This class emphasizes creativity, adaptability, and structural awareness as tools for expressive, interesting, functional rope.

Introduction to
Movement Rope
 

This hands-on class distills the core principles of movement-informed tying—drawing inspiration from contact improv, social dance, and theater—to help rope practitioners explore rope as a shared, responsive experience. We’ll focus on attunement, connection, and movement fluency, introducing foundational techniques for incorporating improvised and intentional motion into your tying. Through guided drills, partnered exercises, and simple floorwork, you’ll learn how to use your body to listen, communicate, and shape your tying in a way that prioritize presence and play. This class centers “yes-and” tying, where curiosity leads and the rope follows.

Contending with Orientalism in Shibari: Futures Beyond Japanese Lineages
 

This discussion-based class examines how Shibari has traveled, been adopted, and been reshaped outside of Japan—and what responsibilities come with that evolution. We’ll look at how Orientalism shows up in the global rope community, from aesthetic expectations to the ways “authenticity” and lineage are framed. Together, we’ll explore how non-Japanese styles and schools can honor the roots of the practice without reproducing cultural flattening or fetishization. Through facilitated conversation, case studies, and shared reflection, we’ll consider where rope is heading, what a decolonial or diasporic approach might look like, and how practitioners can build future-minded, culturally aware forms of Shibari. This offering can also be presented as a panel discussion—inviting multiple perspectives into the conversation.

Intensives - Full Weekend Only

Movement & Improvisation

This is an intermediate floor rope weekend intensive for folks with significant rope experience and a strong technical background, who are looking to uplevel their creative skills and play. We'll spend the weekend on the ground, exploring unstructured movement, character-driven play, and collaborative decision-making for improvisational scenes.

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Taught with @Kasm.of.rope, only as a teaching pair

Moving Bodies

Adapted from an 8-week advanced series (currently on offer in Chicago), this weekend intensive brings pairs together to work through dynamic transitional suspensions. We'll spend the weekend discovering the how (and why) of moving the body through the air, understanding the anatomy in suspension, learning how to manage different hardpoint configurations, and playing with athletic dynamic shape-making.

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Taught with @_lanidae_, only as teaching pair

Suffering in Space

This weekend (2 day) intensive is targeted at students who regularly play with suspension, who are looking to take things up a notch in difficulty (as tops and bottoms). We'll present a series of sequences that introduce advanced elements to add to your play, like rolling onto slack uplines, minimalistic suspensions, and adding intensity with body positioning. This class offers a supportive and collaborative learning environment where participants can expand their skills and push their boundaries, with the guidance of experienced instructors.

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Taught with @_lanidae_, only as teaching pair

Hashira Techniques

Class under development, expected Summer of 2026.​

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Taught with @_lanidae_, only as teaching pair

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