🪢zeme
🐰 cordicella
📍 kinksters (bo) italy
kubicase variazione
December 03
Greetings fellow rope bottoms 👋🏾
Here in Austin (TX), we’re gearing up for our BOA (Bottoms of Austin) end-of-year potluck this weekend, and with that always comes reflection.
Rope bottoming was my introduction to this world and opened a whole new pathway to learning my body, breath, boundaries and the art of surrender. Every year I sit in gratitude for the experiences of learning how to listen to myself, how to soften into struggle to find joy, and meeting intensity with presence instead of fear.
This photo was taken earlier this year, when my love Lief Bound came to The Empty Space studio to co-teach for our Austin community. Moments like this remind me how shaped I am by the hands of those who witness me and walk alongside me. In that same light, I am endlessly grateful for people like Magnolia Monroe, who continue to pour into our community through bottoming education, meetups, classes and the BOA group. The culture we’re building is intentional and rooted in care, accountability, curiosity, and embodiment. I couldn’t ask for anything more.
As we close the year, I pose deeper questions to myself and my body as I journal, and I’d like to close out this post with the offering of some reflective prompts:
🫶🏾 What sensations has your body learned to recognize, trust, or reinterpret this year?
🫶🏾 Where did your rope practice reveal life truths about your needs and boundaries?
🫶🏾Can you already identify needs or desires for the year ahead?
November 07
Curious if anyone has bottomed for the Dense Rope material yet? Would love to hear how it goes/what you think. It’s such a different way of being in rope compared to other styles!
November 05
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November 05 — 08, 2025
There’s no one right way to bottom, and no one right reason to be tied! All throughout our catalog you’ll find debriefs between bottoms and their riggers, in which bottoms share valuable insights about how it felt to be in rope. Take a listen and share your thoughts below! What resonates with you? What doesn’t? What are you curious to explore more?
October 31
• Edited (Oct 31, 2025)
I feel like the theme of "things I wish I'd known when I started rope" comes up again and again when chatting to other rope bottoms. This article really resonated for me, especially making the mistake of thinking "rigger knows best" when I was too much of a beginner myself to recognise risky tying practices.
I'd love to know what else folks in this channel think new bottoms should know?
October 31
“I only bottom and wouldn’t have it any other way”
10 %
“I only/mostly bottom but want to tie more”
30 %
“I switch pretty evenly”
20 %
“I only bottom on occasion and that’s how I like it”
15 %
“I fell victim to the bottom to switch pipeline and now I really only tie even though I miss bottoming so much”
25 %
20 votes
October 31
The Bottoming channel is all about the experience of being in rope, a space to share experience, tips, emotions and resources all about what its like to be tied. Do you have a routine or ritual you go through before or after you do rope, have you found specific techniques that make certain types of rope more or less sustainable, have you experienced something while in rope you arent sure about. This is the space to discuss it.
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