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Creative Intimacy & Rope Alchemy

 

Awaken your senses, heighten connection, and bring a whole new level of playfulness into your relationships. Whether you're new to rope or looking to refine your skills, this experience will guide you in creating electrifying moments of surrender, power, and intimacy.

Many people have a deep yearning to have richer connections, to have more aliveness in their relationships. 

 

Yet they don’t know where to start.

 

The truest way to enliven your connection to others is through:

introducing novelty

 presence & attunement

vulnerability & sharing greater emotional depth

sensory & physical connection beyond words 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THIS COURSE IS FOR YOU IF YOU CRAVE…

âś” A deeper, more embodied connection with your partner, lovers, and friends but don't know where to start
âś” Playfulness and adventure to bring aliveness into your intimacy
âś” The art of touch, trust, and sensual surrender
âś” Empowered leadership with confidence and attunement
âś” A skill that turns every encounter into a mesmerizing dance

Shibari isn’t just about rope.  It’s about connection. And once you learn how to weave that connection into your touch, your presence, and your play… intimacy will never feel the same again.

ARE YOU READY TO UPLEVEL YOUR INTIMACY?

Experience

The program overview...

Duration: 3 months // Starting March 24th, 2026
Core calls: Live weekly Zoom classes with Kati + Guest Speakers + Bonus Calls
Time: 2hr calls weekly (bonus call times vary)
Platform: Rope Alchemy Course + Zoom Live Calls
Includes: Guest experts & In-Person Rope Alchemy Immersion 

 

You’ll receive:

  • LIVE weekly classes (teaching, practice, Q&A)
  • Expert Guest Speakers 
  • Bonus Calls (Rituals, Group Tying)
  • Rope Alchemy Course w. Lifetime Access  (pre-recorded instructional tying videos)
  • Homeplay assignments to integrate what you learn
  • A private community space for connection + reflection
  •  3-Day Rope Alchemy Immersion in Salt Lake City with Kati June 12-14th
  •  ...and more! 

 

Who is this for:

Creative Intimacy Program is for anyone longing to connect more deeply with their sensuality and creativity as pathways into intimacy through Shibari ropes. This is an inclusive space welcoming all genders, races, sexual orientations, and levels of ability.

Creative Intimacy is designed for both beginners and those with more experience. Beginners are welcome, while seasoned rope lovers will find depth, nuance, and fresh inspiration. All Shibari ties in this course are floor-based; there will be no suspension.

Creative Intimacy Program encourages to practice inside and outside of the program with others.  There are solo and partnered practices. Partner can be friend, lover, neighbor.  Anyone you could build a deeper connection with. 

Rope Alchemy Course, hosts the pre-recorded instructional Shibari Classes, featuring mostly partner ties.  There are several self-ties. 

 

Join the Program

Inside This Transformational Journey, You’ll Discover:

✔ The Curious History of Shibari – Where it all began and how this ancient art form became a breathtaking practice of trust, intimacy, and play.

✔ The Soul of the Ropes: Intention & Energy – There are a multitude of ways to connec to ropes, what is your style? .

✔ Rope Communication for Play Spaces – How to have the language and vocabulary to open vulnerable spaces of exploration with new play partners

✔ Boundaries & Consent in Ropes – Master the art of conversation in intimacy, creating a container to cultivate safety and trust, so you can surrender deeper and play bolder.

✔ Reducing Risk: The Sacred Practice of Awareness – Understand your partner’s body, nerve safety, and practice with confidence.

✔ Foundational Ties for Upper & Lower Body – The essential ties and techniques to tie in classic positions. 

✔ Two Rope Harness & Connecting Ropes – Build studier harnesses for floor-play

✔ Self-Tying: A Love Affair with Yourself – Discover the magic of tying your own body, for art, pleasure, practice, and entering altered states. 

✔ Rope as Language: Evoking Emotion Through Tension & Release – Learn to create desire, longing, and tenderness through every wrap. 

✔ Sensual Untying: The Art of Prolonging Pleasure – Because sometimes, the way you release a rope is even more powerful than how you tie it.

✔ How to Explore Rope Improvisation – Ditch the script and learn to move intuitively, cultivate your own creative flow with body movement, energetics of touch, and unpredictability. 

✔ Creating a Scene: Crafting an Unforgettable Session – Set the stage, build anticipation, and guide your partner through a unique experience.

✔ Live Session: Witness the Magic in Motion – Watch an intimate, real-time Shibari session and absorb the subtleties of connection, technique, and flow.

 

Are you ready to step into this world of novel connection, exquisite charge, and boundless intimacy?

3-Month Journey

Creative Intimacy & Rope Alchemy

 

Foundations & Boundaries Dojo

week 1 & 2

How to get started in ropes.  Finding partners & building play spaces with aligned intention, clarity, & scene communication.  

Sensual Embodiment & Attunement

week 3 & 4

Develop abiliity feel self & other in a scene, creating safety, & trust.  Energetics of rope, movement, and tension.

Power, Surrender, &Expression

week 5 & 6

Explore embodied power dynamics, control and surrender, and improvisation. Mood, creativity, & expression for unique, unforgettable scenes

 Pain & Sensational Kink

week 7 & 8

Flirting with the edge of intensity.  Body activation through sensation in building thresholds to pleasure

Aftercare & Regulation

week 9 & 10

Integrate experiences through aftercare, nervous-system regulation, and repair. Close the scenes with tools for sustainability and growth.

3-day Rope Alchemy Immersion

week 11 & 12

Live in-person Immersion to connect, tie, ritualize, and explore together. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

          Guest Experts

 'Anatomy, Body Awareness, & Safety for Floor Play'

 

Nadia is a switchy rope educator, consent advocate, and Doctor of Nursing Practice who brings a rare blend of medical expertise, lived kink experience, and heart-centered teaching to her work. One of her many strengths is translating complex clinical knowledge from her doctoral training into accessible, practical guidance for rope practitioners of all levels. Her teaching style is grounded, warm, and incredibly precise, making nuanced concepts easy to understand and apply. Nadia is based in Houston, Texas.

Nadia and her partner, Niho, performed last year at Elevation Rope Conference, where I first witnessed their style. The care, precision, intensity, and beauty in their rope was deeply moving. Their dedication to rope education and to cultivating safer, more conscious kink communities is what draws me to them so strongly.

 

'Thrill of Improvisation'

Tati, as I like to say, is a force of nature. With over 15 years of Shibari experience, she has trained, taught, and tied around the world, studying with renowned Japanese and European Masters. Through these lineages, she has cultivated a style that is distinctly her own: a rich fusion of Aikido, tango, tantra, domination, elemental forces of nature, and human psychology.  She is one of a kind!

Tati is also the creator of Shibari Theatre, which she hosts internationally. Her theatrical work portrays a story, symbolism, vulnerability, raw emotion, culture, and meaning into provocative, immersive performances that explore the depths of the human experience.  I have had the immense privilege of performing in, being tied for, and witnessing Shibari Theatre...and there is absolutely nothing like it in the world.

Tati has been one of my biggest & most beloved influences the last 5 years, as a mentor through out my rope journey. She has deeply influenced my style & perspective of rope.  

'Body Manipulation'

 

Nate, known as the Knotty Devil, is indeed just that. Their style is a potent blend of precise aesthetics, fine attunement, knotty predicaments, and fluid, embodied flow that heightens connection. With a background in martial arts, Nate brings a deeply informed sense of movement, structure, and presence into their rope work.

Having avidly studied with masters of Japanese and European lineages, Nate specializes in creating rope sessions that emphasize connection, the space in between, the pauses, and the tension. Their rope is a dance. A tease. An intimate conversation in motion.

I had the special privilege of tying with, being tied by, and co-topping with Nate a couple of years ago. Our styles complemented each other beautifully; feeling deeply familiar, inspiring, and eye brow raising. 

Meet your instructor

Kati Bird

Kati Bird is a renowned Shibari Artist & Sorceress, specializing in Somatic Trauma Therapy, Sacred Kink, & Creative Intimacy.

Kati creates transformative spaces where conscious connection and play are pathways to depth, healing, transcendence, and meaning through ritualized symbolism. Her approach is rooted in presence through sacred touch, tantra-inspired practices, authentic relating, non-violent communication, conscious kink/BDSM, and creative intimacy.

Kati has taught & tied internationally, including as a featured educator for the renowned psychotherapist Esther Perel, where she brought her unique perspective and transmission of creative intimacy with the rope.   With expertise in kink and play spaces, she emphasizes boundaries, consent, and communication as gateways to expansion for personal and collective healing, expression, and freedom

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Starting March 24th, 2026

 

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