Shibari Suspensions: A Step by Step Guide

by Gestalta

Gestalta sets out to teach how to bind a model or partner so that they are suspended in the air. This is a book for those who already have some experience with shibari and want to progress to exploring suspensions. The book shows how to assess and prepare the suspension points, and goes into great detail about the safety aspects of suspending a person with ropes.

The book goes on to show how to tie some fundamental harnesses and gives step by step guidance on how to perform various suspensions.

Genres: BDSM

172 pages, Paperback

Published August 1, 2019

About the author

Gestalta is a shibari performer and teacher with extensive experience both as a rigger and a model. This enables her to appreciate rope from both perspectives, and naturally incorporate the model's point of view into her tying and her teaching. She has performed around the UK, Japan, Australia, and many European countries and regularly travels to teach workshops internationally.

Reviews

[NeroPerfetto · Rating 5 out of 5]

Not aimed at people who are still learning basics, this book contains a ton of solid infos on safety, uplines, patterns and simple flows. It's very easy to follow, full of great photos and explanations. The writing is clear and straight to the point. It's also the most inclusive Shibari resource I've ever seen, finally we get across the idea that every body is able to enjoy ropes.
Truly well done, I had high expectations from a talented rope lover like Gestalta and this still surprised me positively. A must have if you want to suspend partners! I recommend reading it even if you are still only playing on the floor, it's still full of useful infos and techniques.

[Burekeater · Rating 5 out of 5]

I bought the book last year but I re-read it now because at the time I was too much of a beginner to understand many of the techniques explained. I attended a workshop with Gestalta in Berlin and I saw her recently doing a live performance, and I can't help but notice once again how good she is as rope artist.

[Maisie · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is one of my favourite books on shibari. When I wanted to learn how to self-suspend and suspend others, this book helped me so much: it provides one with a detailed overview of the single-columns, harnesses, lock-offs, etc. that you can use to safely and easily suspend someone.

[Lexi Wharton · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very detailed and amazing stuff by step photos. This book is great for someone of an intermediate level and above because even though it does a great job of explaining some basics it is best to get a more in-depth look at all basics before jumping into these techniques.