exploration of boundaries and surrender

Shibari Healing

in Ghent

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Sam

Studio ES

Sam

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Wat kan ik je over Shibari Healing vertellen?

At Studio ES, Shibari Healing is a potential part of the Phoenix Rising journey — a personal transformation journey in which I guide your body toward exploring letting go of control, surrender, and your boundaries.

The rope touches your skin. Your breath slows down. And somewhere in that moment — between holding on and letting go — something moves deep inside you that words could never reach.

Shibari Healing is bodywork with rope, rooted in Japanese tradition. A practice that doesn’t work through the mind, but through the body. Through touch, tension, presence, and the subtle energetic exchange that arises when rope creates a connection between two people.

The rope itself does nothing. What it does depends on YOUR intention.

What Shibari Healing Does

Shibari Healing is not a fixed treatment with a set protocol. The intention you bring determines how the session unfolds — and no two sessions look the same.

🌿 Surrender and safety
For those who are constantly steering. Those who find it difficult to let go of control — in the body, in relationships, in life. In the rope, you discover what happens when you surrender to something greater than yourself. Not because you have to. But because it feels safe enough.

🌿 Exploring and shifting boundaries
For those who want to discover where boundaries truly lie — not where you think they are, but where your body FEELS them. Shibari makes boundaries tangible, negotiable, and movable in a way that no conversation can match.

🌿 Energy activation and emotional release
The rope is a conductor. Of touch, of presence, of life force energy — called Chi in the Japanese tradition. Where attention goes, energy flows. What has been stuck in the body for years is finally allowed to move, flow, and let go in a shibari session.

🌿 Confronting fear or triggers
For those who KNOW something but cannot break through it. A specific fear, a pattern, a reaction that keeps returning. The rope creates a controlled environment in which you can safely approach what you normally avoid — with guidance, at your own pace.

How this works

Shibari Healing is not a standalone session that you can book by the hour.

This modality is available as part of a Phoenix Rising journey, in which rope is used at the moment your process calls for it — as a supplement to other forms of bodywork, tantric energy work, and somatic guidance.

Do you want to learn shibari as an art and connection practice — to practice yourself, alone or with a partner? That is a different path, with its own offerings. Discover the Shibari Initiation Weekends and Private lessons.

Shibari Healing starts with Phoenix Rising

Phoenix Rising is the journey within which shibari healing is available. Discover what that journey entails, who it is intended for, and how to step into it.

Or schedule an alignment call directly if you already know you are ready.

Testimonials

What they say

Shibari is highly recommended if you are looking for ways to let everything go for a moment, to come to yourself.

“I had never heard of Shibari. He had my attention immediately. The way he explains everything, with care and respect, makes you gain trust very quickly. I know few people as caring as him. He is very professional and finds it important that you feel yourself good with everything that happens.

Every knot is so careful, with such an eye for detail that I feel very safe and can fully surrender. That is exactly why Shibari is so enriching for me.” Being able to—and having to—let go of control during a session is something that gives me a lot of peace and allows me to reach a state of total relaxation.

Shibari is highly recommended if you are looking for ways to let everything go for a moment, to come to yourself.”
-Britt, Schoten

Sam has my full confidence, takes my insecurities into account, and senses me incredibly well.

“When I contacted Sam for my first Shibari session, I had already done some research as usual. I was looking for a way to relax mind and body and had always been curious about different forms of non-erotic bondage.

At the start of my first session, I was nervous. I was warmly and cordially received by Sam, and he communicated the goal of this session very clearly. He also asked me questions himself to ensure I understood everything and calmly explained the safety procedures to me. The session itself exceeded all my expectations. The tension on my skin combined with meditation gave me a wonderful sense of tranquility.

Will I go back again? Absolutely. My next session is already booked.” Sam has my full confidence, takes my insecurities into account, and senses me incredibly well. Shibari represents an enormous added value in the search for my ‘being’.

-Hanne, Rijmenam

My experience with Sam was deep and magical.

“My experience with Sam was deep and magical. He was very professional and created a beautiful safe atmosphere to experience the session. I felt supported and safe. In less than 30 minutes, I trusted him completely and let everything go. After the session, I felt very calm, relaxed, and in a ‘high’ meditative state. I can highly recommend it to you.”

-Martina

The focus on my body and feeling the ropes carrying me is so relaxing.

“The focus on my body and feeling the ropes carrying me is so relaxing. The untying was also special and released something in my body that I find difficult to describe. A kind of liberation. At the end, I felt much more softness for myself, inner peace, and was very relaxed. Recommended.”

-Inge, Lokeren

I felt the energy flow as the rope touched my skin. It was a beautiful experience.

“Sam managed to create an experience where I felt safe throughout the entire session, even though it was the first time I tried Shibari.

I felt that in the beginning, I needed to be held and go inward because I was mentally processing some personal things. Sam sensed that intuitively and responded by doing the first tie very tenderly and comfortingly. I had to cry and I opened up.

After that, I felt I was ready to unfold and could get more into the experience. I let Sam follow his intuition when placing the second tie. He did a tie that activated and sparked my whole body. I trembled and felt the energy flow as the rope touched my skin. It was a beautiful experience.

Sam is very knowledgeable with energy, holding space, communication, as well as with the art of Shibari.”

-Filippa

How to begin?

Shibari Healing is only available as part of a Phoenix Rising journey.