Swinky 450: Couples Tie Series: The Embrace

Phoenix Phyre / Myrina

Take the hotness of tying your lover up, couple it with the intimacy of exploring each other’s mind and body in real time, blur the lines of “top” and “bottom” until there is nothing left but MIDDLE. Ultimately you will end up locked, literally, into an embrace of passion and patience with your partner.

Swinky 450: The Embrace is the first intermediate tie in Swinky Life’s Couples Tie Series. We take couples who have a good working understanding of a few basic building blocks of rope tying, and using a specific tie and scene, explore the deeper levels of intimacy that can come out of tying each other TO EACH OTHER. Once we begin, each partner is very quickly left with only one free hand, so that the two must work together as one to complete the tie. This workshop strengthens patience, intimacy, and respect, while creating a smoldering sexiness of exploring deeper levels of confidence and passion. Will you laugh? Will you cry? Will you find it insanely hot? (We do!) Truly an experience that will be unique for all participants.

This is our premier couples workshop, and it may just change your relationship for the better. This is NOT your standard class. This is an exploration of intimacy and vulnerability in a dynamic that is normally very polarized, and seeks to deepen, through physical experience, the emotional and cognitive bond between partners. We want to have fun, and your guides, Myrina and Phoenix Phyre, laugh and have fun every time they do this; but your experience will definitely be uniquely your own.

** We ask that you have a general knowledge of rope tying before participating in this workshop. Be sure to attend our “Swinky 103: Intro to Swinky Rope Play” if you’ve never tried rope before or need a refresher! Attending “Intro to Swinky Rope Play” will help prepare you to participate in this workshop. **

Introductions

• Who is Swinky Life?
• Swinky Life’s mission

Definitions

• Rope
• Bight
• Larks Head
• Hitch
• Knot

Goals

• Reverse Tension
• Single-column tie
• Half Hitch
• Daisy Chain
• Nodome
• Munter Hitch

Safety

• Swinky Tie Me Down Safety
• Good Communication
  • From the Top
  • From the Bottom

Techniques

• Review of hitches
• Warm up exercise

Hands-On Practice

• Interactive, guided progression through the tie

Suggestions for Play

• Various implements of love and affection

Untie and Aftercare

• The importance of checking-in and aftercare

Where can you find Swinky Life next?

• Upcoming workshops, online or podcasts