Self-tying is a fantastic way to get started with rope and build your skills, and can be used to explore intense sensation, engage in mindfulness or ritual, practice for partnered bondage, and more. 

Self-Tie Jams include a friendly and approachable beginning-level self-tie floorwork class presented by Shay Tiziano (who literally wrote the book on it), followed by an Open Space-style rope jam with opportunity to share knowledge, spot for each other, practice, and socialize.

Come learn and tie in the beautiful VoxBody Studio space surrounded by other self-bondage aficionados! If you have an interest in self-tying, we'd love to see you.

Schedule:

• 7:30pm: Doors open for arrival (doors will not remain open during the event, so please arrive by 7:45pm)

• 7:45 - 9:00pm: Introductory self-tying lesson

• 9:00 - 9:30pm: Option for Open Space-style peer-led topics – come with requests for ties/topics you want to learn or share! – as well as practice and socialization. Hardpoints will be available for experienced folks to use during the jam and wind-down time (but not the lesson time). Attendees are expected to have the risk awareness and self-knowledge to participate at a level that is safe(r) for them.

• 9:30 - 10pm: Free play, socialization, and wind-down

The lessons for each of these sessions will always begin with Shay's Safety Speed Round (so she can sleep at night), intention, rope handling basics, and by teaching the building blocks of a lark’s head and half hitch. Following these fundamentals, each of the three sessions will branch off into different topic areas, as described below. No rope experience is necessary – these are welcoming, stand-alone, raw-beginner-level classes. You can come to any single class or any combination of the three!

• NOV 5: Mindfulness and Flow for Self-Tying: Content includes two basic single column ties for self-tie floorwork, free-form spiral-style floor self-bondage, and applying three key aspects of flow states to bring yourself into the present with self-bondage.

• DEC 17: Under Pressure: Content includes discussion & practice of compression-based self-ties, including exercises focused on rope handling, tension, and aesthetic intention explored through variations on a leg tie, chest tie, and intense foot and calf self-bondage.

• JAN 28: Aesthetics, Doubled: Content includes variations on gauntlets, weaving, introduction to double column ties, and an ornamental body harness.