TANTRIC-SHIBARI Level 1 — Beginner Workshop for Couples & Friends
A three-hour rope experience for two, where rope becomes an intimate language of touch, trust and connection.
In a quiet tatami studio in Berlin-Mitte — no experience needed, small groups of max. 4 couples.
"Shibari is not a technique.
It is a language — one that speaks through tension, touch and presence."
- Together you slow down, breathe, and rediscover each other through Shibari — the Japanese art of rope.
- Guided step by step by artist Dan Carabas.
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THE INVITATION
Are you ready to meet your partner with more polarity, presence and intimacy?
Tantric Shibari brings two practices together: the energetic polarity of Tantra — Shiva and Shakti, holding and yielding — and the dynamics of Shibari, where control meets surrender. The result is a charged, alive tension between you.
The focus is not on complicated patterns, but on sensation, communication and emotional depth.
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Full details and tickets: TANTRIC-SHIBARI Wednesday 18-11-2026
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WHAT WE EXPLORE
A professionally guided session you can carry home:
- Intake & safety briefing before we begin
- Guided partner exercises leading into a full Shibari experience
- A short, playful "Escape Game" to find the right tension together
- Polarity — the play of leading and following
- Presence & mindfulness deepening into trust & surrender
- Slowness & intensity paired with sensuality & intimacy
You'll leave feeling closer, braver, and more connected.
“I thought we would learn some knots. What we actually learned was how to see and feel each other differently. The rope became secondary — it was about breath, eye contact, and how power flows between us when one of us holds, and the other yields. That has changed how we touch each other every day.”
— S. & P., Berlin
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THE SPACE
Step off the street in Berlin-Mitte and the noise falls away. Inside is a quiet, Japanese-inspired room: we tie on original tatami mats, in candlelight, wrapped in a soft, intense soundscape.
The scent of the space, the sound of rope moving over the tatami, every detail is arranged to let you drop out of the hectic city and back into your own body.
A place of calm and quiet strength, held exclusively for you. An invitation to slow down, exhale, and let go.
In a city that never slows down, the rarest luxury isn't time — it's presence.
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SHAPE OF A SESSION
Every session moves in three parts, a simple arc you'll come to recognise:
1. Tying & taking control
One of you leads, the other yields. You learn to place rope with intention — slow, deliberate, present. Trust is built here, in the care of every wrap and the pause between them.
2. Playing with energy
Once the rope holds, the real conversation begins. You explore polarity — leading and following, holding and being held — letting tension, breath, and stillness move between you. Less about knots, more about what you feel.
3. Untying & coming back
The rope comes off slowly and with care. You land together — a moment to breathe, talk, and let the experience settle before stepping back into the world.
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DOING TO BEING
Every session begins in doing — knots, frictions, the mechanics of rope. That focus is the doorway, not the destination.
As the hands get busy and the mind narrows to a single task, something shifts. The mental chatter quiets. You stop thinking about the next step and start feeling the person in front of you. That's the move from doing into being:
- fully present, beyond words
- attention soft but complete
- in flow with each other, carried by the rope
Where doing is effort, being is what's left when the effort falls away, the state most people came looking for without quite knowing its name.
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GOOD TO KNOW
- Max. 4 couples
- €150 per couple (ticket for 2)
- Student & low income: price on request: info@shibari-studio.com
- English & Deutsch
- Wear something easy to move in (underwear, lungi, sarong)
- Binding ticket, not a walk-in.
- Rope sets are provided for the workshop, you can also purchase high quality natural Jute rope, singed and oiled, ready to use.
→ Full details, FAQ & what to expect: Tantric Shibari Workshops
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YOUR INSTRUCTOR
Led by Dan Carabas, multidisciplinary artist working with rope for over a decade — trained with international masters such as Nicolas Yoroï, Felix Ruckert and Hajime Kinoko. His approach, "the art of Shibari with intention," centers presence and trust over performance.
→ For more read Dan's rope journey
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Full details and tickets: TANTRIC-SHIBARI Wednesday 18-11-2026
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