Surrender to Resistance

With Margherita

An embodied container for rope exploration

This workshop is mostly focused on bottoming techniques that can help us navigate the choice we always have between surrendering and resisting in rope. It might even guide us to a broader understanding of active and passive bottoming, creating more nuance in the definition of all these related concepts and how they manifest in the body.

We will discuss what each means to us and why we might choose one or the other for strategic decisions related to both emotional and physical impact, but most of all, we will practice them in relation to physics, intention, and safety.

Rope may be used for partial or full suspension if desired. If you don’t self-tie, you’re encouraged to partner up with someone to swap roles and learn through both perspectives.

Rope tops are MORE than welcome, as this class will highlight useful ideas to explore and understand what our partners in rope might be going through or need in a tie (you might even find this a sneaky masterclass in empathy and a secret manual to body mechanics).

Pre-requisite if planning on tying:
A simple chest harness, thigh cuff, and/or hip harness. 
Sturdy upline.

RSVP is $60 per person

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• Two 40% discount tickets are available per event for PoC, sex workers, and trans folks. Please reach out for the code.

  • If cost is prohibitive and you are not part of these communities please reach out for volunteer opportunities.

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