You’ve heard it a hundred times: after years and years together, passion cools off, and married couples start having troubles in the bedroom. If they don’t take effective measures, they’ll end up growing apart from each other. In our case, Shibari brought back the fire. I’ll tell you how it happened. Well, that’s exactly what…
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I’ve always liked older men; don’t ask me why. In high school, I had a crush on my math teacher. And the same thing happens to me with fictional characters. Especially when it comes to the saga that my generation loves. That’s why I recommend Potterhead Shibari. Allow me to elaborate. You see, I’m a…
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Hi! I found this Shibari folk tale in a book, and I’d like to share it with you: “This is the story of the boy Kinoko (mushroom). They nicknamed him that way because he was very short. Kinoko’s mother, Yuri (Lily), was a young widow, for Kinoko’s father had died on the battlefield. Yuri was…
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Fear has always been there my whole life. I mean it. Since I was a kid, I’ve been afraid of a hundred things, from riding an elevator to travelling by plane, and from eating something unusual to going to the dentist. In other words, there are many things that scare me. And now I want…
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I’m not the only one who gets bored to death doing the same routine over and over again. I know. I’ve asked some friends, and most of them agree that working out for the sake of it is monotonous and dull. I mean, seriously, the whole idea of making the exact same thing twenty, fifty,…
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Normalization has become sort of a buzzword these days. Essentially, it means that something that used to be strange, unusual, or plain wrong, has now become widely accepted. Actually, people are seeing it as something ordinary. For example, videoconferences were a dream thirty years ago; now we all take classes via Zoom. Barely fifty years…
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The dictionary defines a taboo as something that is prohibited or restricted by social custom. In our era of tolerance and open-mindedness, it might seem like a totally outdated notion. And yet, as cancellation culture reminds us, there are still many taboos. Likewise, there are many puritans of all sorts. Since bondage is becoming more…
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The building of an identity is one of the main concerns in today’s society. Most people believe that everyone has the right to develop their own personality the way they want. How does Shibari come into the picture? Well, there’s a stronger relationship between Shibari and identity than you think. First of all, Shibari can…
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It’s not unusual for participants in a Shibari scene—especially tops—to reach a point of euphoria. Psychological literature defines it as a state of extreme happiness and an elevated sense of well-being. This, in itself, is not bad. Actually, we spend most of our lives striving to reach such a state. Feeling good and powerful, transcending…
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Nowadays, it is common to think of ourselves as limitless beings. We believe we can achieve any goal we set for ourselves. We see ourselves as unstoppable. However, there are physical and logical limits to what we can do. Moreover, each person works within a psychological frame, and this means that, for every activity we…
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