Nawa Shibari

So I've found myself looking at Nawa Shibari (that's rope bondage to non-Japanese speakers-not that I speak Japanese, I'm just showing off) online today. It came about due to a conversation I've been having online with someone. Someone that I really actually shouldn't be talking to at all really, at least not about bondage-but more on that later.

I've experienced a fair bit of mild bondage in my time: being handcuffed to a radiator; being blindfolded and having my hands tied; someone even once used a shirt to make a leash that they attached to my neck. And I've enjoyed all of those experiences immensely. Looking at the Nawa Shibari images online however has piqued my interest, and I'm wondering what it would be like to take it to the next level.

The thing that I'm finding quite entrancing is how beautiful the imagery is, as well as being erotic; which I would expect. There is something almost artistic in the way these girls have been bound and displayed to the world. And amazingly they don't look uncomfortable, if anything in a lot of them the girls look serene and peaceful-not what you expect from largely pornographic images.

So this begs the question-where on earth do you go to find out how to create these intricate devices? I can find an abundance of rope to experiment with no doubt, but I've never been a Girl Guide or a sailor and I don't want to chance one of my dodgy knots if I'm attempting to suspend myself (or someone else) from the ceiling in some kind of erotic hammock. I knew there was a reason why I shouldn't have dropped out of Brownies as a kid-that was valuable life training right there. If I'd have stayed an extra 2 months I would have got my very own knot-tying Brownie badge and could have been weaving myself a Karada even as we speak!