Breath & Body: A Workshop on Breath Awareness for Rope
Exploring breath awareness and body connection for models and riggers of all levels. No rope required.
Description
Dear shibari friends,
We are happy to present a short workshop exploring one of the most overlooked yet essential elements of rope practice — breath.
Breath & Body is an all-levels workshop open to both models and riggers. No tying experience is required and no rope will be used. The focus is entirely on developing body and breath awareness as a tool for safer, more connected rope experiences.
For models, this workshop offers a foundation of confidence — particularly in suspension, unfamiliar harnesses, emergencies, and semenawa or breathplay scenes. For riggers, it offers a deeper understanding of how breath functions under restriction, and the language and awareness to guide less experienced models through what they may be feeling in their body.
Drawing from somatic practice, theatre, and direct experience in rope, this workshop approaches breath not as a technique to be mastered but as a relationship to be understood. We will explore different areas of the body breath can access, how restriction changes what is available, and how this awareness can be a meaningful resource — both practically and psychologically — in a scene.
The session will involve moderate physical movement and floor work. Comfortable clothing is recommended.
We hope to see you there.
AthenShibari: Mezonos 66, Athens, near Metaxourgio metro station.
Floor 2, doorbell Aether/AthenShibari
Bio:
RopeCanvas is a professional shibari model with over two years of experience, as well as a practitioner of rope as a rigger and in self-tie.
Holding a degree in Theatre with a minor in Music Performance, and drawing from several years of dance and somatic mindfulness practice, their work sits at the intersection of body awareness, performance, and rope.
This workshop reflects a personal commitment to bringing deeper physical literacy and safety culture into the shibari community.