International workshop for rope bottoms

The International Rope Bottoming Festival is a dedicated space for those who experience rope from the bottom.
Whether you're just beginning or have years of experience, this weekend is for anyone who wants to deepen their awareness, strengthen communication, explore personal expression, and care for their body in rope.

Throughout the weekend, we’ll work across multiple dimensions: physical, emotional, and relational. You’ll learn how to prepare your body for challenging ties, move with intention, recognize your boundaries, and express them clearly and confidently.

This is an invitation to embrace the depth of bottoming - not as something passive, but as a role rich with presence, responsibility, and creativity.
We'll discuss safety, risk management, and how to care for your joints and body before, during, and after sessions. There will also be time for self-expression and storytelling: how to bring your personality and imagination into your movement, and how to shape a narrative through your body in rope.

There will be space to listen, reflect, ask questions, and share experiences. This is a weekend to step fully into your role, discover new layers, and bring greater depth and authenticity to your rope practice - not just technically, but personally and relationally.

Riggers are welcome to join (the ticket is the same).

Tickets

The ticket includes the aperitif and both days. You can participate in only one of the two yoga days (the class is identical).
When you purchase your ticket, you can choose the day you want to participate in yoga with Debs.

Program

Friday
8.30 p.m.- 23.30 p.m. Bottom talk and appetizer (bring something to eat and drink to share)

Saturday
9.30-11 am yoga* with Debs
(Please remember to bring your yoga mat and a yoga block.
The practice is open to all levels - including those who have never practiced before).
11-13 Body tension in rope with Saara
13-14 break
14-16 class Assertive communication in class, how to give feedback with Marta
16-18 class Safety in ropes with Natasha
18-20 round table 

Sunday
9.30-11 a.m. yoga* with Debs
(Please remember to bring your yoga mat and a yoga block.
The practice is open to all levels - including those who have never practiced before).
11-13 class Finding your expression in rope with Anna
13-14 break
14-16 take care of our joints (with particular focus on the shoulders) with Claudio
16-18 round table 

* Given the number of participants, yoga classes are divided into two days. You can only participate on one of the two days.

Educators

With 20 years of experience, Anna Noctuelle is a highly skilled Shibari practitioner whose journey began as a personal exploration and evolved into a multifaceted practice. She teaches, models, and performs internationally sharing her passion for this beautiful art form with audiences across the world. Anna’s background in classical dance and her yoga practice infuse her Shibari practice with grace and body awareness, while her studies in Buddhism, Tantra, and Shamanism provide a spiritual depth and mindful approach to her work. She is committed to creating safe, inclusive learning environments where curiosity, courage, and playfulness thrive. She offers workshops, private classes and sessions.

Natasha NawaTaNeko is a Russian-born, Berlin-based experienced rope bottom, performer and educator. Drawing on her background in Sexological Bodywork, a decade of rope bottoming experience, and her studies in bodywork and movement, Natasha brings various somatic aspects such as breathing, sound, posture, non-verbal communication and placement of attention into her teaching.
In 2020, Natasha published a book about rope bottoming and its potential for personal, intimate self-exploration: "Somatics for Rope Bottoms". The book consists of 12 essays - somatic inquiries - that inspire readers to seek the answers within their own bodies and reclaim their agency over the most important decisions that arise when we choose to explore kink.

Saara Rei is a multidisciplinary performance artist and Kinbaku educator with a lifelong foundation in music, dance, education, and public speaking. Since 2014, she has explored Japanese-inspired rope bondage as a medium for vulnerability, presence, and truth. Known for her surreal, emotionally charged performance style, Saara brings a deeply embodied understanding of rope from her years of experience as both a bottom and a rigger. She is a co-founder of Embodied in Rope, a comprehensive educational project for rope bottoms, and co-host of the podcast Model Behaviour.

With 17 years in classical dance and theater, Marta Tenshiko brings deep sensitivity to the body and nonverbal language in her kinbaku practice. She began bondage in 2011, founded Kiri Nawa Kai in 2016, and opened Yugen Studio in 2020. Since 2023, she also works as a sex educator, integrating body awareness, communication, and relationships.
Active as both bottom and rigger, Marta values attention, presence, and exploration. She teaches mainly in Europe and, in recent years, has led workshops in South America, the USA, and Australia, sharing a vision of kinbaku as an intense, conscious, and deeply human practice.

Deborah has been practicing Hatha Yoga since 2014, a discipline that for her has become much more than physical exercise — it’s a space to listen, accept, and grow. A certified teacher and AICS member for Hatha Yoga, postural gymnastics, and hypopressive exercises, she has explored various styles — including Ananda, Ashtanga, Iyengar, Vinyasa, Acro, Yin, and Nidra — weaving their influences into her practice and teaching.
Deborah has taught in many different settings, convinced that yoga doesn’t need a perfect space, only presence. Her classes are open to everyone, because yoga isn’t about performance but about taking time to breathe, feel the body, welcome emotions, and soften the mind.

Claudio Morandini is a Physiotherapist, sexology consultant, and university lecturer. Specialized in pelvic floor rehabilitation and the physiotherapeutic treatment of issues related to the practice of shibari. I provide clinical care, sexological consulting, and scientific outreach. I am involved in academic and professional training with an inclusive, evidence-based approach that is mindful of the complex relationships between body, pleasure, and function.