I believe in the power of connection. You have to be in touch with those around you, with nature. Most importantly, you have to be in touch with your own true self. Now, this may sound like an unachievable task. However, for me, the best way to do it is by practicing Shibari. You see,…
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Every year, in the residential area where I live, there’s a community festival, in which all the neighbors that sign on to it can perform on stage. Some of them sing, some of them dance, and some of them do magic tricks. And yes, it’s as boring as it sounds. But not this year. This…
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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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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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Let’s make something clear from the beginning: there was no such thing as 90s Shibari in the US. Bondage, like most of BDSM, was an underground practice. There were no websites or tutorials devoted to it. And even the places where it was practiced, were not openly devoted to it. The prejudice against the whole…
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Call me what you want: web model, Instagrammer, IG diva (I particularly like this one), cyberslut, you name it. I’ll stick to the facts. Fact number one is that I have a gorgeous body. Fact number two is that many people (men and women) like to see beautiful bodies on the web. And, finally, fact…
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I was a teenager, and I had a crush on an older man. It’s not unusual. Most teenagers experience the same, at least once. I do believe that mine was more original. You see, most girls have a crush on a teacher or on a charismatic uncle. I had a crush on a Shibari instructor.…
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I want to make something clear from the beginning: I love my husband. We’ve been married for six months, and it is a daily dream. I knew it was going to be like this. My heart told me he was the one. However, my intuition also told me that he was a little bit more…
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