March (she/they) is a curious student of rope as a medium for power, vulnerability, pain, & release.
In her teachings March focuses on facilitating personal growth, cultivating relational resilience through enthusiastic consent, & striving for active effective communication.
In 2015 March began falling hard & fast down the rabbit hole. Through that long journey she ultimately realized she identifies as an ever-evolving rope enthusiast.
March can often be seen teaching & performing nationally & organizing events throughout her local community.
March has taught for many notable organizations such as Tethered Together, Harvard University, Chicago People of Color, Ropecraft Chicago, Carter Johnson Library, Wellesley College, New England Rope Education Network, Anomaly Kink, Rednawa Studio, Bondage Expo Dallas, & Dark Odyssey.
Mandy Von Strange is a rope alchemist, energy worker, & community educator. Through her teaching she weaves together energy work, ritual, & the alchemy of rope to craft a unique experience for each tie.
Her primary focus is on blending structured technique with the fluidity of energetic exchange. She approaches rope as a transformative medium — an alchemical fusion of body, spirit, & intention.Whether grounding & meditative or cathartic & intense, each session becomes a bespoke energetic transmutation.
Mandy Von Strange created The Bondage Lab of Tidewater, has taught beginner rope & self-tying classes throughout the Hampton Roads & Williamsburg Virginia areas, performed at MX Virginia Leather 2018, & was a presenter at Shibari VA in 2023.
Her work is rooted in safety, consent, & inclusivity. She strives to ensure all who engage with this art feel welcome, seen, & empowered.
Lynn (she/her) is a pansexual switchy Kitten who has been exploring the kink & BDSM lifestyle for over a decade, with a more active role in her local community since 2017.
She currently serves as a co-facilitatir of the Hampton Roads Community Munch, is board member of the Knighthawks of Virginia, & is the Current Ms. Virginia Leather 2025.
Lynn is deeply passionate about fostering safer & more inclusive kink spaces. She regularly contributes to the community by hosting munches, supporting educational, & volunteering as a dungeon & play space monitor.
Whether she’s tying knots, teaching basics, or simply helping newcomers feel welcome, Lynn brings both experience & empathy to every interaction.
Her mission is rooted in creating spaces where consent, communication, & kink can thrive for everyone; regardless of identity, experience level, or dynamic.
Winter Nawa (they / she) is a community organizer, rope performer, & rope educator.
She was staff at the Morpheus Bondage Extravaganza (MBE), which is an annual international rope performance event based in Toronto that features worldwide satellite locations.
Winter Nawa performed internationally as part of MBE & also co-produced the Philippines' stage.
Winter Nawa started the Manila Rope Group in the Philippines, helped set up the North Bay Rope Lab in California, & recently started the Mac Rope Brunch.
All of these endeavors included organizing munches, creating curriculums, making lesson plans, & teaching in group settings.
Mina has been an active member of the Philadelphia kink community & the larger rope community for 20 years.
She has spent that time as a professional dominatrix, an event organizer, an educator, a mentor, & being an active participant.
Mina's primary passion & area of expertise is rope bondage & suspension. She prefers to tie using nylon rope.
Throughout her journey Mina has taught classes, presented demos, & performed at events & venues across the country.
Additionally, Mina created & hosted her own bi-annual Rope Unconference in Philly in 2023 & 2024.
The rope community is home to Mina & she truly values those who contribute to it & find joy in it, as she does.
You can find her on fetlife @Mina_007 or on Instagram @Mina007phl
Smolsprout (they / them) is a rope switch from the NJ / Philly area.
They have been in the kink scene since 2016.
Smolsprout has taught & performed for several years.
They are currently pursuing a Masters Degree of social work & human sexuality education.
Smolsprout lives with chronic pain from hypermobility (hEDS).
This has taken them on a great journey of using Pilates for symptom management.
Walking this path ultimately inspired them to pursue a certification to teach Pilates.
BurningEnigma, also called Jem (she / they), is a non-binary & self-proclaimed Rope Brat.
She has been active in various kink communities since 2009.
BurningEnigma's journey began as a pro Domme’s assistant, where she fell in love with the connectivity & versatility that rope offers.
They are passionate about creating stable, function-focused ties for all abilities & body types.
They're also an advocate for active bottoming as a skill to mitigate risk.
Jem believes that education & radical self-awareness are key elements to creating the most rewarding moments in rope.
Stoopidkitty has been a switch in rope for over 10 years.
She learned from Bluerisk, Marcuslikesit, Sluttyhands, & Bound2fly in the NYC area.
She considers herself somewhat in a Barcus & Addy / Marcuslikesit tradition.
She does not worry so much about western v.s. eastern styles of tying, but chooses to focus more on building & experiencing a connection & flow between bottom & top.
Most importantly, Stoopidkitty does all of this while having a grand old time & not worrying about being right or judged, but about being vulnerable & unconditionally authentic.
She joined the SF rope community in 2021 & she can often be found helping at The Space's Rope Share. She is currently teaching in south Florida & has presented at Summercamp, Tesfest, Naughty Noel, Naughtygras, Beyond Leather, & Brimstone.
Francesca (vitanyroyale) is a rope obsessed bottom leaning poly & queer switch.
She has practiced Shibari in varying forms since 2020.
She has chosen to take a service oriented approach. She enjoys the push & pull of energy exchange, building emotional connections, testing limits within safe containers, & exploring the deeper reaches of catharsis through rope.
She enjoys a range of experiences bottoming as well as topping in rope from meditative rope to erotic (nonsexual) Kinbaku & Semenawa practices.
Outside of being currently tied up at the moment, she enjoys video games, metal & alternative music, terrible dad jokes, & pineapple on pizza.
She's always up for learning something new, discovering alternative perspectives, & exploring all the countless facets of life.
Nevertheless is a rope educator with roughly 9 years tying & 5 years as an educator. Her experience is primarily, but not exclusively, as a top.
Nevertheless has organized Orlando Rope Bite on & off for years,
They are also a founding organizer & educator for the Rope Study Group, which is a curriculum based rope education series in their local community.
She has taught throughout the United States as well as at numerous rope conventions such as Tethered Together, FIRE, SMIRC, & Snowbound.
Though able to teach rope at all skill levels, their passion in teaching lies with intermediate & advanced rope; both in the realm of technical skills & play / soft skills.
Nova has spent the last 10 years in the community practicing rope & educating in her local scene since 2021.
Though her home base is in Florida, she has sought out education from multiple sources over the years, including attending national rope conventions & investing in private lessons & classes from a variety of educators across the United States.
_Nova_ is also a licensed medical professional.
She loves to synthesize her experiences in this field with her knowledge of rope to educate her community & better inform her own practices.
Breezypeezy is a rope bottom, artist, & figure model.
She has been living & working in south Florida for the last 10 years.
She is an active member of her local kink communities & has a particular passion for bondage & a special place in her world for rope bondage; especially the connection between partners practicing it.
When not actively in ropes, she can usually be found modeling for any number of art schools throughout south florida or in her home studio creating textile art or writing poetry.
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