Persephone Ortega Gomez

When couples come to me for shibari for couples sessions, they are rarely looking for something new. Some are here for deeper intimacy; to feel each other in a way that daily life has slowly eroded. Some are here because something between them needs reigniting, a spark they know is still there but haven't been able to reach. Others are at a threshold; marking the beginning of a new chapter after many years together, or solidifying something they both sense needs to be witnessed. What they...

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 person in sharing and...

When most people imagine Shibari, they picture a quiet room, ropes carefully arranged, and an intimate space between two people. But, what happens when rope leaves the walls behind? What happens when the ground beneath you is the earth, the sound around you is the song of the jungle, and the trees become silent witnesses to your experience? That feeling? That's Bound to Nature. The Meeting of Rope and Nature This modern world we live in constantly asks us to perform, while nature offers us an...