[Improvers] Ground to Flight: A Freeform Journey - With Mouse and MJ

🚨 We are welcoming back 2 beloved former Anatomie team members for a weekend of freeform tying! This workshop can be booked as separate days or together as a single weekend workshop (save £20 when you book the 2 days). Day one is focused on freeform fundamentals and day two is focused on suspension. See below for details on pre-requisites and see here for our class levels explained.

👉 Our events deal with adult themes. You must be 18+ to join.

🪢 About the class

Join Mouse (she/her) and MJ (she/they) for an immersive exploration of freeform shibari, where creative expression meets technical knowledge. This workshop takes you through fluid ground work on day one, and into free-form suspensions on day two, so is perfect for those wanting to break free from traditional patterns while maintaining safety and connection. The weekend consists of two one-day workshops that can be done independently of each other; only day two requires suspension knowledge.

Day One: Freeform Foundations

Discover how to move beyond structured patterns into intuitive, flowing ties. Through focused exercises and guided practice, you'll develop the confidence to read your partner's body and create engaging scenes without relying on memorised patterns.

You'll learn:

• Techniques for fluid body manipulation

• Methods to enhance improvisational skills for spontaneous, expressive tying

• How to create load bearing ties on the fly

• Strategies to refine your ability to read your partner's body language

• Skills for creating dynamic ground-based scenes

• Approaches to building confidence in unstructured tying

Day Two: Taking Flight

Elevate your practice into partial and full suspensions, teaching you to maintain that same creative freedom while working with gravity. You'll learn to seamlessly transition between ground and air, creating dynamic scenes that respond to your partner's energy and movement.

You'll learn:

• Advanced approaches to weight distribution and balance

• Skills for creating stable suspensions without relying on pre-tied harnesses

• Techniques for seamless transitions between positions and elevations

• Methods for maintaining creative freedom in the air

• Strategies for dynamic scene development

🎫 ticket options

👉 Full Weekend Journey (Recommended)

Experience the complete progression from ground to flight. This option provides the most comprehensive learning experience, allowing you to develop your freeform style from the ground up before taking it into the air.

👉 Day One Only: Freeform Foundations

Perfect for those wanting to explore creative ground work or those new to freeform rope. Focus on developing your improvisational skills and partner connection through floor-based techniques.

👉 Day Two Only: Taking Flight

For experienced riggers who meet the prerequisites and want to focus specifically on partial and full suspension techniques. Prior experience with freeform techniques and suspension required.

👩‍🏫 Who teaches this class?

Mouse (she/her/it) is a queer, mixed race, fat femme rope bottom and accidental rigger from London, living in the Lakes.

Finding her way into rope in early 2018, she started as a bottom with a passion for torture and predicaments, before discovering the joy of tying as well. Since then they have developed into both an educator and facilitator, while still maintaining her love for torture as a bottom.

Mouse's approach is deeply rooted in creativity, using technical knowledge to break traditional moulds. Her fusion style draws inspiration from various archetypes to create something uniquely her own, channelling what she calls Chaotic Toddler Energy™️ into (usually sadistic) ties, while maintaining a focus on bodily manipulation and connectivity.

As a disabled educator living with fibromyalgia, Mouse brings a distinctive perspective to her teaching, emphasising adaptability and accessibility for all body types and abilities. She creates safe, intuitive learning spaces that help others discover their own connections and feelings through rope.

Mouse's Teaching Philosophy

Mouse's teaching is grounded in several core principles:

Body Neutrality & Fat Positivity: All bodies are rope bodies. Techniques are adapted to work with diverse body types, with particular attention to fat bodies and accessibility needs.

Creativity Over Convention: Breaking traditional patterns to develop personal style and authentic expression through rope.

Inclusive Sexuality: Rope is for everyone - whether your interest is sexual, platonic or artistic. All relationship dynamics and orientations are welcomed.

Accessible Education: Classes are designed with modifications and alternatives for different abilities, energy levels, and physical limitations.

Consent & Communication: Strong emphasis on negotiation, ongoing consent, and building trust between partners.

Mouse remains a passionate advocate for body and racial diversity in rope and kink scenes, firmly standing by her belief that rope is truly for everyone.

Munjeeta (she/ they) is a past member of the Anatomie team, a sex educator, and a psychosexual and relationship therapist. Munjeeta has been exploring the kinkier side of life for almost a decade and qualified as a therapist in July 2024. They have been tying with Mouse for years and together they enjoy a playful, affectionately sadistic dynamic. An ex primary school teacher, Munjeeta always said she wouldn’t quit teaching when she quit teaching. And here they are: teaching shibari to adults, instead of teaching maths to 11-year-olds. It’s definitely more fun!

🕒 Schedule

• Doors open: 11:00am
• Class starts: 11:30am
• Doors close: 6:00pm

👥 Who can come? These workshops have pre-requisites

Day One: Beginner Plus & Improvers. See here for our class levels explained.

• Basic rope handling skills

• Understanding of fundamental safety principles

• Previous experience with basic ties

• Strong communication skills with partner

Day Two: Advanced. See here for our class levels explained.

• Completion of Day One AND Confident knowledge of suspension line management

OR

• Proficiency in tying load-bearing chest, hip, and leg harnesses

• Confident knowledge of suspension line management

• Prior experience with partial suspensions

• Strong partnership communication

🧰 What to bring & wear

We have ropes you can use during the class and a communal kitchenette with fridge and microwave. Tea and coffee are free, but please bring your own food and snacks (plates and cutlery provided).

People usually wear comfortable clothing you can move in such as yoga or dancewear. Jeans can sometimes feel restrictive or difficult to tie on.

If you have your set of rope, we recommend you bring it. Please note that the communal rope may not be suitable for suspension lines.

🔴 photo & recording device policy

• Photos and videos are permitted only with explicit consent of everyone being captured — including staff and teachers.
• No photos of the general public.
• No photos with faces in the background.
• Smart glasses are strictly forbidden in the space at all times.

We reserve the right to ask you to put smart glasses away, delete footage, or leave the venue if we see people being recorded or photographed without consent.

❤️ Please note

For our Code of Conduct, see here.

🪢 Flexible Memberships

Join often? Our 6-month Flexible Membership gives you 12 credits for free Jam entries or 10% off other events. Purchase memberships on on ticketing website. Use your code at checkout.

🎟️ Refund policy

Tickets can be refunded or transferred up to 7 days before the event for events priced under £20, and up to 14 days before for events over £20. After these periods, tickets become non-refundable. If you’re unable to attend within 7 days, please join our ‘Ticket Exchange’ channel on Discord to offer your spot.

💸 Financial help available – click here to learn more.