All the Up-lines + safety

All the Up-lines + safety - Pauline Massimo

Last day to buy access: 18th June 23:59 CEST

Last day to watch the recording: 9th July 23:59 CET

Video duration is: 2:30 hours

Buying tickets for this class allows you to access the class recording of this class offered in the past.

What you will learn:

• Intro about materials and hard points.

• Overview of different materials for suspension (ring/carabiner, bamboo).

• Safety keys to minimizing accidents and damages to everyone involved.

• Overview of commonly used attachments on harnesses and ties (anchoring).

• Step-by-step of different uplines on different materials for a variety of complexity levels.

• Tip & tricks exercise for uplines rope handling on up-lines.

• Tips & tricks on how to manage leftover ropes efficiently.

Access:

You will receive an email confirmation once the purchase is finalized, in there you will find the link and code to access the class recording. Please, make sure you add the email correctly and that your inbox is not full, as well check spam inbox in case you didn't received the confirmation email on the main one.

Requisites:

• We believe that anyone above the total beginners level could start to play with up-lines in a safer way, and we do recommend everyone taking this class to be mindful of their own levels, skills and limitations to not suspend bodies right away but after mastering the technique and having a proper instructor and/or a skilled experienced person to spot and help you if needed.

• You will need your own ropes and safety cutting tools, and if practising the up-lines you must have access to some well-done proper hardpoint and material for suspension (bamboo, carabiner or ring).

• You might need at minimum 2 natural ropes (jute or hemp) for practising your uplines at the same time. We do recommend more ropes if you want to include practising them in different harnesses on a person/self. 

• We highly encourage first starting practising and learning the uplines on inanimate objects, such as water bottles, boxes, books, etc. that are not excessively heavy or have a high risk of damaging you while doing the uplines and falling at some point.

About Pauline Massimo:

Pauline Massimo (no pronouns/they), with roots in Brazil and feet in Barcelona, founder of Espacio Nos and Learn Shibari.

They have been very intense and proactively involved in Shibari for more than 14 years, exercising multiple roles as a visual artist, performer, instructor, organizer, learner, researcher, mentor, and among other things, nationally and internationally. Their way of feeling, experiencing, and exposing Shibari, starts from its interdisciplinary and multifaceted base where they explore the infinite relationships with other disciplines and ways of coexisting in the world with a strong tie to radical politics, social constructions, neurodivergence, etc.

They have vast experience giving workshops, classes, lectures, and courses on Shibari and interdisciplinary practices contributing from their own perspective as a rigger, model, and selftier in well-known rope spaces in Europe such as in England, Mexico, Germany, Czech Republic, France, Spain, Costa Rica, Martinique, Colombia, Portugal, The Netherlands, as well as in Brazil, Turkey, etc.

They opt for a more progressive way of studying and learning, choosing precision and detail in their classes. They work from an approach where it takes the student's existing knowledge as a starting point and helps them to realistically approach their goals, always keeping their feet on the ground with conscious practice.

When Pauline is talking about Shibari and teaching, always has in their mind the involvement of both roles with their own complexities and contributing inputs. Both the rigger and model coexist independently and need attention separately, but also as a team working together in having a productive, positive, and intimate journey.

As an agender person, they have no pronouns or gender reference but do not mind having neutral terms used toward them (They/them, for example).

More info:

• Please respect the class ticket policy. Tickets are per person.

• The workshop was designed originally by Pauline Massimo based on more than 14 years of knowledge and experience.

• Taxes are included in the ticket price.

• The workshop is offered at scale prices for different economic situations.

• Participants are not allowed to teach the techniques taught by Pauline without their permission.

If you have any questions, request please let us know via email or form.