Thoughts on this one guys ?
Getting to Know You: Top, Bottom, Switch or Self-Tie? How do you identify in rope, are you predominantly a top, a bottom or do you happily switch. Or are you one of those amazingly talent people who does all at once by self tying?
Community Agreements:1. Celebrate and embrace the diversity of thought, practice, and opinion. There are many ways to do and practice rope. The Community Discord is a way for us all to engage and interact across differences. While rope connects us all, we are still unique individually.2. Navigate disagreement through discourse. Treat others with respect, even if you disagree. Discord is primarily a text interaction platform, please be mindful that miscommunications can happen.3. Respect each community members’ identities and honor their boundaries/requests about how they wish to be treated. Treat others how they wish to be treated - this includes using their correct pronouns, name, and any other identifying factors that feel important to them. If you make a mistake, take accountability for your actions and try to repair any harm caused. 4. Help create safer spaces for learning and growth through mutual accountability and co-created community accountability. Accountability is mutually co-created. This space is meant to build community and hold each other in that process - sometimes that means making mistakes. Our commitment to accountability begins with a willingness to own and accept that we are all capable of causing harm. Let’s intentionally build a space where making mistakes and making things right is a part of how we operate.5. Bring a growth mindset and be mindful of your learning zones. Check-in with yourself and where your learning zones are. Be mindful when you are in the panic zone and ask for help if you need it. 6. Actively receive in conversation before responding. Receive information down to the last word before taking the time to communicate your thoughts. 7. Make space, take space. Reflect on when you’re able to take up more space in the discord/threads/conversations and reflect on if you need to be creating more space for others. Reflect on if you aren’t participating as much or taking up space, why that might be. Try to find the courage to share your thoughts and take up space, you belong here! 8. Be mindful of the impact of your actions, not just the intentions behind them. Just because we didn’t intend to hurt or harm someone doesn’t change that they are hurt/harmed. 9. NSFW Content. We unfortunately cannot have explicit NSFW content on the community at this time. As an education platform in Shibari we do recognise some content is concerning the practice of shibari but we cannot host explicit material. We do not want to moderate heavily in this space so please be mindful when sharing photographs. 10. This is all challenge by choice. It’s a choice of action to be here and to be participating in this space. Please participate at whatever capacity feels accessible and most authentic for you
November 03
Hi everyone! I’m Anoxia, or Nox for short. I’m a they/them human currently living in Chicago, and I’ve been pretty intense about rope since I came across it in 2015. Really excited to be a part of this community space!
A bit about me: I’m a rope switch, and I started out on the tying side of things. While I’ve been tying for a decade, I started bottoming to rope very regularly this last year. I’ve been lucky enough to study with so many brilliant educators from the US, Europe, and Japan. For the last two years, I’ve been making a living teaching rope workshops and private lessons in the US, and working at Shibari Study. On the team, I’m responsible for our partnerships and events— there’s lots of exciting things to come in 2026!
I’m always around for conversations about bodies and anatomy and nerves, and for discussions about running spaces and events. 😊 Lovely to meet you all!
November 05
First rope oil prototype just came in:) loving the look and feel so far. Will still be a little while before these hit the shop but wanted to share cause we’re excited and it’s really good to see more than a year of work finally result in something ‘touchable’ 🥸☝️
November 13
New blog post up, written by none other than @MoBights. If you've ever wondered about the life cycle of your shibari ropes or what kind of damage might weaken your ropes and be cause to retire them, read on!
https://shibaristudy.com/blog/post/when-to-retire-your-shibari-rope
October 31
Hi everyone! I’m fuoco! I’ve been doing rope since 2012, starting out as a bottom but quickly falling victim to the bottom->switch->mostly-only-tying pipeline. I found circus arts right at the same time that I found rope and made that into my full time career for a number of years before joining the Shibari Study team. Pretty committed to keeping my feet firmly off the ground!
I joined Shibari Study as the Director of Education in 2023. I think a lot about how to teach rope in this digital medium, and I’d love to hear your thoughts on classes that currently exist on this platform and ones you want to see next! Feel free to drop me a DM with questions, feedback, funny stories, etc. I’ll be here updating you about new classes we’re dropping, live instructors we’re booking, and new products we’re launching to improve your learning experience <3
October 31
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November 13
• Edited (Nov 13, 2025)
Been tying a little over two years and love the tutorials on the site. Looking forward to diving deeper and learning some new skills.
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November 13
Rave Rope with A | Hardbeat Byron CH. IX ⛓️| 🐰Aura Grey 📸Afterdarkmedia.au
Fisherman Harness is OG for me. During this performance we were asked to do an additional set. We hadn’t prepared or rehearsed anything, so decided to just get up on stage and have fun. This harness allowed us to do that.
It’s the first chest harness I learned for suspension and it’s my go to whenever I’m introducing suspensions to someone for the first time.
It’s really versatile and I tend to use it a lot, esp when I want to really enjoy the play / transitions in a sequence and not have to be stressing out so much about nerves, like I might in some other harnesses.
Give it a crack 🤙🖤
(I can’t seem to link the video here this time but you can find it by searching in Shibari study’s catalogue.)
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November 13
Happening right now: Dancing with Uplines
Burgundy Rose offers their insights for getting creative with gravity and uplines. Come join us!
https://shibaristudy.com/programs/dancing-with-uplines-stream
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?