Saturday 6 May 2017

BDSM Glossary - 1

Since there are many questions around jargon and terminology and since am such a good girl for wanting to answer these questions, here's another series of posts on BDSM Glossary.

Bondage - Bondage is the first jargon in the entire BDSM acronym. Bondage is about binding someone. Could be mental, emotional, physical or various combinations of these.

Since there are many questions around jargon and terminology and since am such a good girl for wanting to answer these questions, here's another series of posts on BDSM Glossary.

Bondage - Bondage is the first jargon in the entire BDSM acronym. Bondage is about binding and restraining someone. It could be mental, emotional, physical or various combinations of these.



Bondage, or for that matter, any activity in BDSM can be classified as mental as well as physical. From a practitioner's POV, the mental games are sufficiently risky to be taking them casually. More so, because they can have impact on the day to day life. For instance, if someone wants to do hypnotic bondage, they better be trained as a hypnotist, rather than experimenting with another's mind.

Frankly, mental bondage is more of a lifestyle choice and a risky one ta that. Not to be taken lightly, one should practice it only with seasoned and trusted partners.




On the other hand, physical bondage is usually a kink for most people. There are lots of tools that people use for physical bondage. Silk scarves, hand cuffs, ankle cuffs, hog ties, ropes, harnesses. Sometimes people even use saran wraps, tapes, tie bands etc. One needs to be conscious when indulging in bondage to not cut off blood flow or breath.




Some of the bondage is also done for artistic and aesthetic pleasure.  One of such Japanese styles of  rope bondage is called the Shibari. A lot of Shibari practitioners find it meditative.




Shibari is used to create many artistic patterns like corsets, clothing, feet bondage, or for typing the body in different poses and forms.


This post isn't a very detailed and exhaustive post. Ideally, bondage is a subject good enough for independent treatment in a small book. However, I do hope, this kind of takes you through the very basics.

Till the next post, be well and play safe,
© Asmi Uniqus 2017

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