hi peeps, I'm Enna and I fell in love with rope in 2020. like many, I got so obsessed I made it my life and picked up a job at Shibari Study shortly after. I've been working as the Director of Admin and Ops for a couple years now and hope to make our little corner of the internet feel a bit more connected and human. I'm excited to get to know more of you here, hear your stories, and keep making this space better together :)
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
in 💬 general-chat
November 09
Since I got shibari study I've been practicing every day for many hours, and now a few days later I'm noticing my fingers are starting to feel a bit raw from the rope. Nothing visible, but I can feel the skin being quite a bit more sensitive than it usually is.
Now of course I understand this is probably normal and expected, but I wonder if there's any tips or things you guys would suggest, other than just taking a break and letting the skin regenerate a bit. Or even if you've had similar experiences.
November 05
Nov
5
Challenge
November 05 — 08, 2025
An important component in many suspendable patterns and a versatile tool for improvisation in your floorwork, take a deep dive into the hojo cuff. If you’re a self-tyer, check out the self tied version of this challenge in the #self-tying channel. Bonus points if you share a pic of your creative exploration with the class ;)
November 05
Nov
5
Challenge
November 05 — 08, 2025
An important component in many suspendable patterns and a versatile tool for improvisation in your floorwork, take a deep dive into the hojo cuff. If you’re a self-tyer, check out the self tied version of this challenge in the #self-tying channel. Bonus points if you share a pic of your creative exploration with the class ;)
October 31
Hi everyone! I’m Kahrin, I’ve been running Shibari Study’s socials for about four years now.
When it comes to rope, you could say I’m an armchair rigger/bottom - lots of theory from editing all those class snippets, but not much hands-on practice (yet😁). I actually tried tying for the first time this year, a few half-hitches on myself, and let’s just say my hands couldn’t quite keep up with my brain haha
Hoping to get some inspo from you all to give it another go. And in exchange, I can share some good music recs for your tying sessions🖤
October 31
• Edited (Oct 31, 2025)
Oooo its time for an intro post... Im Mo, self confessed rope nerd and lover of all things rope related. I always say I started my rope journey back in around 2016 or so, but rope and restraint has been part of my relationship for much longer than that. My partner, who Ive been with for 15 years now, introduced me to a latent kinky side that although I always knew was there I didnt really acknowledge. With trust, communication, exploration she encouraged me to be more open with my kinky side and now I get the pleasure of being the Community Manager at Shibari Study and talk about rope to wonderful people all across the world.
Naturally a top in rope I do also enjoy self-tying, what started as practice actually developed into me enjoying exploring being in rope, but I'm far too much of a control freak and anxious person to be tied by someone else. I joined the Shibari Study team back in 2022 as Community Manager, and now 3 years later I'm super excited that we have an integrated community platform on the website.Outside of rope Im a massive foodie, I love cooking, visiting different restaurants, started to really enjoy travelling (especially if theres good food), and try to burn off all the extra calories by doing martial arts with my family (which involves my wife putting me in arm bars and choke holds... never too far from the spice) If you ever have any questions about the community or concerns then give me a shout, and I highly recommend you go follow some of the other Shibari Study team members to learn more about them
October 31
Hi Everyone and Welcome to the brand New Shibari Study Community,
This community space is designed with you in mind, a space for you to seek advice, share your photos and stories, keep up to date with Shibari Study News and get to know your fellow Shibari Study students. The team will also be joining you on the community so don't forget to give their profiles a follow (and any of your friends you already know on here)
If its your first time checking out the community, please familiarise yourself with the Community Guidelines and introduce yourself in the General Chat Channel. We want to remind you that your "Display Name" on your Shibari Study profile is how you will be seen on the community, so if you need to update it to your scene/preferred name, head over to your profile before your first community post.
If you have any questions or feedback please let us know, or DM our Community Manager Mo. We look forward to being able to connect with our community more, set some fun challenges (dont forget for our Student of the Month challenge, you could win a free Quarterly Subscription) to help you develop your rope practice.
Thanks
Shibari Study Team
October 31
• Edited (Oct 31, 2025)
Welcome to the Community
Hi Everyone and Welcome to the brand New Shibari Study Community,
This community space is designed with you in mind, a space for you to seek advice, share your photos and stories, keep up to date with Shibari Study News and get to know your fellow Shibari Study students. The team will also be joining you on the community so don't forget to give their profiles a follow (and any of your friends you already know on here)
If its your first time checking out the community, please familiarise yourself with the Community Guidelines and introduce yourself in the General Chat Channel. We want to remind you that your "Display Name" on your Shibari Study profile is how you will be seen in the community, so if you need to update it to your scene/preferred name, head over to your profile before your first community post.
If you have any questions or feedback please let us know, or DM our Community Manager Mo. We look forward to being able to connect with our community more, set some fun challenges (don't forget for our Student of the Month challenge, you could win a free Quarterly Subscription) to help you develop your rope practice.
Thanks
Shibari Study Team
in 💬 general-chat
October 31
• Edited (Oct 31, 2025)
Hi everyone my name is Cody (Yorokobi_Domu)
I have been tying on and off for the past few years but really focused over the past year trying to tie everyday.
Something that I have really had a continuous issue with is when tying any type of to my partners hands
Always seem to fall or shift in a way that becomes uncomfortable the arms will drop and cross eachother.
I’ve tried starting with the hands tighter, lose wrapping additional bands for support and I just can’t seem to get there arms to stay “comfortable” in a box tie
On some partners I have found it’s because of flexibility limitations but others that can hold the position themselves it still happens and cuts the play time short. The tk is probably one of my favorite ties in terms of Being aesthetically pleasing so it kills me when this happens and also makes me feel defeated.
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.
This channel is visible publicly, however only subscribers can post and comment. We feel it is important to have this channel public to more widely share the knowledge and resources discussed on this important topic.