Feeling free while being tied is certainly something i never expected to experience in my lifetime..
Attended a Peer Rope meetup sometime ago, and i was honestly nervous about going.
Arrived like an hour early and just sat in the carpark calming myself down..
And as i sat there my brain was riddled with a million thoughts, and one that stuck out was "was i appropriately dressed for this?" (The answer was "not quite").
Come 15 mins before the meetup, i went into the lift after noticing someone walking towards it..
Little did i know that someone was also headed for the same meetup, so that made me feel a little less nervous about things.
Went up, found the place, was asked to remove my shoes and wash my feet, and then i just sat down to admire the studio.
It was just the perfect size..
Not too large, not too cramped either.
And there were these thick bamboo poles attached to harnesses placed above and bolted to the ceiling.. the floors were all padded, and just off the center of the space were two tatami mats which i guess was the main "stage".
Cushions and blankets were strewn in a pile at a corner, some shelving units, and a basket with tons of jute rope inside.
At the time it was just the four of us, when another arrived and not long after, we all sat down in a circle, and the host gave us our first lesson..
And that lesson was an introduction of the rope itself, and its components.
Now, i have some cotton rope at home which i bought at Nobunaga's (in Osaka) a long time ago at a discount, but boy.. the feeling pales in comparison with a well treated jute rope.
Smells good, too!
The next lesson was how to tie a single column.
And we applied it onto our leg.
And see, here's the thing.
my mind races with thoughts all the time, and when we were instructed on how to do the tie.. my mind just cleared out. Like, silence and laser focus on learning this.
From there we learned how to tie the leg and thigh together, i remembered the host saying munter hitch, and those were probably the only two words i remembered from that night (lol), but when it was all done, i can't help but admire my (sloppy) work.
It felt great!
But what felt even BETTER was when i removed the binds to find that the rope had already left marks on my skin (HRT gave me sensitive skin that easily marks, and i'm forever thankful for that).
My god, it was addictive.
We went again on the other leg.