Self-Tie Rope Jam Series with Shay Tiziano

Shay Tiziano is back for another series of self-tie rope jams for 2025!

Self-tying can be used to explore intense sensation, practice mindfulness, build partnered bondage skills, and more. Come learn and tie in the beautiful VoxBody Studio space surrounded by other self-bondage aficionados! This self-tie rope jam includes a friendly and approachable beginning-level floorwork class, followed by an Open Space style event with opportunities to share knowledge, spot for each other, practice, and socialize. If you have an interest in self-tying, we'd love to see you!

Lessons/themes are different each month! Attend one, two or all of the series (tickets sold separately)!

Schedule:

7:30pm: Doors open for arrival (doors will not remain open during the event, so please arrive by 7:45pm)

7:45 - 9pm: Introductory self-tying lesson

9:00 - 9:30pm: Option for Open Space-style peer-led topics – come with requests for ties/topics you want to learn or share! – as well as practice and socialization. Hardpoints will be available for experienced folks to use during the jam and wind-down time (but not the lesson time). Attendees are expected to have the risk awareness and self-knowledge to participate at a level that is safe(r) for them.

9:30 - 10pm: Free play, socialization, and wind-down

The lessons for each of these sessions will always begin with Shay's Safety Speed Round (so she can sleep at night), intention, rope handling basics, and by teaching the building blocks of a lark’s head and half hitch. Following these fundamentals, each of the three sessions will branch off into different topic areas, as described below. No rope experience is necessary – these are welcoming, stand-alone, beginner-level classes.

• March – Mindfulness and Flow for Self-Tying: Content includes two basic single column ties for self-tie floorwork, free-form spiral-style floor self-bondage, and applying three key aspects of flow states to bring yourself into the present with self-bondage.
• April – Under Pressure: Content includes discussion & practice of compression-based self-ties, including exercises focused on tension and aesthetic intention explored through variations on a mermaid tie, chest tie, and intense foot and calf self-bondage.
• May – Aesthetics, Doubled: Content includes variations on gauntlets, weaving, introduction to double column ties, and an ornamental body harness.

A few notes:

* tickets are for each individual date. 

* If finances are a barrier for your attendance, please email us at voxbody@gmail.com. We have limited scholarship spots available! 

* VoxBody has loaner rope for attendees to borrow during the event, and rope for sale (loaner rope is NOT suitable for suspension).

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* Questions about the event? Email shay.tiziano@gmail.com

About the presenter:

Shay Tiziano (she/her or they/them) is a renowned bondage performer, presenter, producer, and self-suspender known for their innovative, intense performances and friendly, attainable, and risk-awareness-focused approach to kink education. She is the author of Tying & Flying, the first-ever book about self-suspension, Creating Captivating Classes, the first-ever book specifically for kink educators, and editor of the anthology Soaring & Exploring: Self-Suspension for Experienced Tiers & Flyers.

Based in San Francisco, Shay is the stages & entertainment co-lead for the Folsom Street Fair and produces the acclaimed bondage and fetish performance event Twisted Windows. She has been presenting around the US for over a decade and has curated performance showcases for events including the Seattle Erotic Art Festival, Tethered Together, Ropecraft, the SF Mint, Dark Odyssey, and San Francisco Pride.