Writer shares her experience at a shibari workshop in Riga

A first-person account published by TVNET describes the author's decision to attend a shibari workshop in Riga. Shibari is a rope-tying practice of Japanese origin that uses ropes and knots, and many people are unsure what it actually involves.

Preconceptions before attending

The author admits that for a long time the subject sat somewhere between the thought that it "looks beautiful" and doubt about whether she wanted to see it up close. She writes that she had built up a set of stereotypes about shibari without even checking them. In her mind the picture consisted of ropes, knots and the human body.

Questions on her mind

In the background she also always had a curious question about what really happens in the practice. She lists several questions she had: whether it is painful, whether it is only about sex, and whether it is meant for "ordinary people" at all.

The decision to go

At one point the author realised that guessing was enough, and she simply went to the workshop. The available excerpt does not describe how the session itself went, where and when it took place, or what conclusions she drew. Those details fall outside the text provided and can only be found in the full TVNET article.