Ep88: Empathy and Emotions in Rope - An Interview Subay

Subay is a Shibari artist and founder of Kokoro Studio based in
Hong Kong. She was first introduced to Shibari eight years ago
and spent the first few years exploring and learning the different
styles from several well-respected nawashi in Japan.  In 2014,
she met and was deeply inspired by Yukimura Haruki, and from then
on she dedicated herself to the study of the traditional Japanese
style.  In 2015, Subay met Naka Akira and chose to focus her
study on his style of semenawa.  She continues to explore her
own style of semenawa which she describes as both feminine and
inclusive. She teaches and performs internationally. Fox and Mya
attended one of Subay’s classes on empathy and rope, and loved her
focus on the feelings and emotions in rope, and in this interview
explore these topics, along with: Some of the feelings Shibari
brings out in Subay herself How a challenging experience with a
Rigger led her to start tying herself Body image and stereotypes
and generalisations in rope bondage What drew her to her teacher,
@NakaAkira The signs she looks for to tell her more about the
feelings of the person in her rope How she knows whether her
students are ready to move onto the next class Some of the limits
of our ability to explore emotions in rope How rope bottoms can
express and communicate their emotions better Why rope tops need
to be as vulnerable as rope bottoms Fascinating cultural
differences in rope communities around the countries she has
visited