Workshop content:

In this workshop, roo and Nana offer teaching perspectives for both bottoms and tops. The content is built on their shared practice and experience in face-up suspensions.

The workshop will cover:

• how to build a solid lifting point to the front of an upper-body-tie

• optional hands-on-sides harness OR help with adjusting your chosen harness

• suspension-line management and lifting techniques 

• weight distribution on a single point

• bottoming skills regarding safety and body awareness in suspension

Exercises will focus on building static suspensions that offer possibilities for communication, connection and learning about suspensions together. To take part in this workshop, you should already have some experience in suspensions, be familiar with the required technical skill-set, and understand the risks involved. If you are unsure about something, please ask before attending the workshop.

Please sign up with a tying partner as exercises are done in pairs. You will receive an info-mail about a week before the workshop.

Participant requirements:

Riggers:

• Understanding of your own and your partner's limits, and capability to make informed, negotiated decisions.

• Previous experience in some suspensions, gained from live teaching environments; ability to lock off and manage suspension lines. 

• Experience tying any upper body harness that has 1) a solid upper wrap around the arms and 2) arms tied to the side or back of the body (e.g. gote, tengu, strappado). The tie should hold proper tension and stay in place under load from suspension. 
  

Bottoms:

• Understanding of your own and your partner's limits, and capability to make informed, negotiated decisions

• Previous experience in rope bottoming, and ability to give feedback on tension and potential issues in ties

• Understanding the risks of bondage and suspension, and ability to check for symptoms of nerve injuries

Needed for this workshop:

• Single point suspension gear (when you sign up, please let us know if you need to borrow a ring)

• Minimum of (4) ropes for suspension lines in good condition, 5-8 ropes on the body and prefer 1-2 carabiners

• Clothing made of non-slippery fabrics for those being tied