When I first became interested in Shibari, its beauty captivated me. The symmetrical patterns and shapes that could be created interested me artistically, but the beauty expressed through a wide range of emotions intrigued me even more… I didn't know yet that beauty, trust and surrender would be so intertwined. The Dawn But then, my interest and openness felt afflicted after experiencing sexual abuse. Not gone; but frozen in time. I couldn’t bring myself to trust another pers

Your Nervous System Is Not Your Enemy Before we talk about Shibari, it helps to understand the system we are working with. The autonomic nervous system governs your body's involuntary responses — heart rate, breathing, digestion, and stress response. It operates largely below the level of conscious thought, responding to perceived threats and safety signals in the environment around you. It has two primary modes most people are familiar with: the sympathetic nervous system —