Thanks for the offer. Here is a photo. I placed the anchor on top in these but usually I place it between the two bands along this inner stem to open up the leg.

I got into it through social media and decided I would give it a try. To this point, I have very limited experience tying another person, but I would love to experience the connection I see others attain when I visit rope jams.

I don’t know if I can summarize what it gives me, but if I had to try, it might be more intentional control of myself. Instead of trying to unpack that, here are some examples:

* When I self tie, I find that certain restrictions can help my nervous system down regulate.

* When I practice fictions on a pole, I can get into almost a flow state and dance with the rope

* if I am practicing a pattern on my dojo doll, I can get my mind to focus on just that and not be bouncing all over the place

* if I practice fictions on my legs while watching a movie, I pay more attention to the movie and my hands are tied up so I am not on my phone at the same time

Gorgone’s Wide Front Hip harness is a go to for me.

I also Anna Bones’ self tie butterfly harness was so helpful in getting me to think about rope handling that wasn’t always being my back.

I am really excited for the new Burgandy Rose live sessions. Event the intro for me to think differently about my movements which tend to be pattern based and very linear.

Thank you for putting this together. It really took me out of my default mental space which is more linear and pattern based to an area of free flowing curves. Really looking forward to this series.

Thank you for this.  I wasn’t sure what an M-shape was and this helped.

I also wanted to give a shout out to the model.  I was listening to a podcast about how a model can do things that help show off the rope pullers work and I was noticing how this model was angling their feet and stretching the neck, and holding their head in ways that really added to the beauty of the tie.