Directory of Instructors
Find the perfect bondage instructor
Seattle is fortunate to have a number of excellent bondage instructors.
In keeping with our curation policy, this list contains everyone who is currently teaching in Seattle except for people we consider ethically unqualified to teach. If an instructor isn’t listed here, we recommend you be very careful about taking classes from them or playing with them.
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With about a dozen instructors, Full Circle Kink is Seattle’s largest kink teaching organization. FCK is known for highly polished classes and world-class handouts, with classes that span the range from an introductory bondage series to detailed technical dives on topics like technical rigging and defamation law. Disclaimer: Full Circle Kink and Rope in Seattle share ownership.
Since 2015, KinkRx has been teaching high quality BDSM public classes and private lessons in Seattle. They cover beginner to advanced skills of shibari, dominance and submission, rough sex and body play, impact play, needle play, as well as the skills for creating rewarding play experiences. They are known for deep technical knowledge, premium curriculum development, and strong teaching skills. They also have extensive experience in working with people who are looking to use BDSM as a way to enrich their relationships and cultivate strong connections with their partners.
Magpie Kink consists of Mz_Magpie and friends. They teach classes on rope bondage, sex toys, polyamory, and more.
Shibari Nightfall is the brain child of Lancifolium and TheRawKitty. Founded in 2022 by their passion for rope, consent, and community building, SN is known for running bondage parties, classes, and sponsoring out of town instructors.
Alice Sky (she/her) is a Seattle-based rope enthusiast, educator, and model. She started her rope journey in 2016 as a bottom, but has begun topping over the past few years. Alice loves rope bondage for its combination of connection, athleticism, intensity and aesthetics. She has performed at the Seattle Erotic Arts Festival and teaches with Full Circle Kink and privately. She holds a Master’s in Teaching degree, and is passionate about applying her expertise to improving kink education. You can find her on Fetlife @1timeatbandcamp and Instagram @One.time.at.band.camp2
Blaming Lilith (she/her) has been tying since 2016 and discovered her love for suspension in 2018. She ties as a creative outlet and a way to socialize with some of her favorite people. She co-hosted the Witchy Rope Enthusiast Group (WREG) in Seattle for four years and occasionally teaches formal classes. She is an advocate for empowering tops of marginalized identities and believes rope education should be accessible.
Dan (Nerves of Purple) (he/him) is a queer, top-leaning rope switch based in Seattle. He has been active in the rope scene since 2017. His style of rope is best characterized as sensual, functional, and connective. With a medical background in neuroanatomy, he takes an analytical approach to rope, with an emphasis on nerve and body safety. He performs as a duo with Esjay the Dreamer. Their joint mission is to promote shibari as a movement and performing art.
Daniel McGlothlen is the queer/gender queer proprietor of visiblerestraint.com (NSFW), a kinky, queer porn site that’s been around for a couple of decades. They are a kink performer, educator and enthusiast. They have been facilitating Pan Eros Foundation’s Hypnokink Enthusiasts Group (HEG) for about a year and Men Tying Men for about 3 years. They have taught workshops for Pan Eros Foundation, Seattle Leather Service Corps, Dog House Leather, Seattle Men in Leather, Can You Knot (in Los Angeles), and PNW Leathermen's Campout (in Portland). Daniel is also pursuing a bachelor’s degree in Psychology, with an emphasis on Sexuality and Gender Studies. Daniel lives in Tacoma with their husband Craig.
Drea (she/her, @subtly_mean) is a switch that has been doing rope since 2017. She’s been volunteering as a DM at Subspace since moving to Seattle in 2022 and currently co-hosts the RBU:Munch with Stella.
Esjay the Dreamer (she/they) is a queer, gender-queer, bottom-leaning power switch based in Seattle. As a circus and flow artist, movement and physical fitness are her life, and are passions that she brings to her rope practice. Her educational style emphasizes body and emotional nourishment. She performs as a duo with Nerves of Purple. Their joint mission is to promote shibari as a movement and performing art.
J (they/ he), also known as TheRawKitty, is a switch who got their start in kink as a bottom back in 2014. They entered the bottom-to-switch pipeline in 2017 and have been obsessed with tying ever since. J is passionate about performing, educating, and bringing beginner-friendly events to the greater Seattle area.
Kasm is a queer, kinky switch and self-tier based out of Seattle, who started in rope in 2017. They have been a rope instructor since 2018 and have presented at conventions such as Kinkfest and RopeCraft. In the classroom they prioritize personalized instruction and building an environment that is safe to flail in. In their personal practice they enjoy physical and emotional movement, playful exploration, meditative endurance, and auto-masochism.
L (she/her) is a bottom leaning switch who first touched rope in 2018. Well known for her love of pain, she enjoys the challenge, art, and variety of sensations rope can provide. She enjoys teaching (especially bottoming skills), organizing events, and creating safe and sustainable community. She runs Shibari Nightfall with J, TheRawKitty. You can also find her as xflyingflower on Instagram or @Lancifolium on FetLife.
Mz_Magpie is a versatile switch who has been an active part of the community since 2010. She teaches classes on rope bondage, sex toys, polyamory, and more.
Provocations (IG @Tie_Rope_Take_Photo) teaches private rope lessons to students of all skill levels, from beginning ground work to advanced suspension. He specializes in suspension safety and emergency management, predicament bondage, adapting ties to your partner, and suspension transitions. Please message on Fetlife to discuss instruction.
Shibari Shawn is the founder and lead instructor at the House of Knotty. He is a gay kinbaku artist and rope bondage educator living in Seattle. He is a member of the Seattle Men in Leather and the chair of the education committee for the Seattle Leather Service Corps. He is also a member of Suspended Animation and participated in Burning Man 2023.
Spontaneity brings a highly analytical and adventurous approach to self suspension, informed by years of fucking around and finding out. She is motivated to teach others so they too can fuck around and find out.
Stella (she/her, @blushofalush) is a rope bottom who’s been getting tied up since 2015, volunteering as a Subspace Dungeon Monitor since 2019, and running the RBU:Munch in North Seattle since June 2021 with co-host subtly_mean. She has lots of opinions on tying and being tied.
Valley Roses Teaches with Full Circle Kink as well as on their own.
Air (they/them) is a queer non-binary neurospicy poly switchy shaninstigator of magnitude. They have been involved in the Rope/BDSM community for just shy of a decade, with a primary focus in Japanese inspired rope bondage. As an avid self-tier, rigger, and rope bottom, they've showcased their creative, precocious, and hilariously sadomasochistic style at both national and international level events. Committed to fostering inclusivity and non-judgment, Air passionately guides individuals on their magical kink journey with skill and contagious enthusiasm.
Icky is a queer, non-binary, switchy pain enthusiast who started their rope bottoming exploration in 2013. Their teaching has developed in kink in tandem with their career in social services, focusing on intersectionality and exploring power dynamics in consent negotiations. Icarus now resides in Los Angeles where they are most passionate about building systems of community care and creating queer performance art with their kink family. They have had the pleasure of teaching sharps at Voxbody and rope for Shibari Study and multiple conventions.
Lief Bound is a full time rope artist and educator based in San Francisco, California. They have been obsessed with rope even before getting the chance to pick it up and now they can’t put it down. They got their start in the Boston scene attending rope cons such as Bound in Boston and FIRE. Since moving to Los Angeles, they have grown to become a part of the local community teaching classes, private lessons, and creating queer kink art. They’ve taught for Tethered Together, Dark Odyssey, Rope Craft, and Shibari Study. Lief is excited to share their passion with you.
Natalie Rose / ShesANatural (they/she) is the founder of Bondage Soup. They are an AAPI, queer, poly, body positive, lifestyle coach and kink educator. Their practice centers around platonic kink, with a particular passion for hands-on classes that focus on building blocks for all bodies, genders, design of relationships and community. They offer rope education from the standpoint of the tying pair being a team, and allow their experiences as a bottom to influence how they tie others.
Ron Swanson is a nonbinary butch sadist whose primary kink interests are rope and sharps. Ron is a graduate of Bondage Soup, a 12 month progressive rope program, and loves tying with people of all different shapes, sizes, and abilities. Ron has been known to switch “for science!” Ron’s background in the mental health field informs their desire to “hurt not harm” and to create space with partners that is as physically, emotionally, and psychologically safe as possible.