workshops

Teaching is one of my greatest passions, and I approach it as both an art and a shared journey. With a background in music, dance, education, and public speaking, I bring a blend of structure and creativity as well as intellect and embodiment into the workshops I facilitate.

Much of my work centers on the exploration of suffering - both physical and emotional - and how it can be transformed into presence, connection, and even joy. Through my personal kink practice, I’ve come to understand suffering as the space between what is and what we wish could be. When we meet that space fully, without resistance, it can bring us into profound presence. This realization forms the heart of my teaching.

In my workshops, I create space for participants to explore intensity, vulnerability, power, and sensation with intentionality and care. Whether the topic is shibari, bottoming, performance, or emotional processing, I aim to offer tools that help people deepen their self-awareness and engage more consciously with themselves and others.

Playfulness and humor are essential parts of who I am, and they show up in how I teach. Even when exploring heavy or complex topics, I aim to create an atmosphere of curiosity, levity, and permission. My goal is not to hand out rigid answers, but to open doors - to guide others toward discovering their own questions, their own truths, and their own embodied wisdom.

Whether I’m teaching solo or in collaboration, I see every workshop as a collaborative space of inquiry.

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“This workshop helped me to delve deeper into the emotional and physical aspects of rope play for me as a rope bottom. By bringing different aspects of acceptance, endurance and submission to the forefront I learned a lot about myself and how I cope with pain. I especially enjoyed the vibrant energy of Saara who kept everything interesting and provided lots of insights. The workshop had a good rhythm with theoretical discussions and practical tying exercises.” by Maria, Bottoming for Semenawa
“Super grateful for this workshop. I really appreciated Saara as a facilitator; knowledgeable, openminded and incredibly engaging. Liked both the discussions and the examples. Very educational. Amazing.” by EVB, Bottoming for Semanawa
“An amazing workshop even for riggers.” by Miguel, Bottoming for Semenawa
“I was there mainly thinking: curious of what they would teach me as i know my rope style is mostly improvisational anyway. Yet what i did not expect, or even think of, is how deep we went into the connection part between top and bottom. It really inspired me to learn more on how a couple can create a real experience together, instead of one more passive receiver and active giver. Thoroughly enjoyed this workshop with lots of giggles and laughter.”
by Melinde, Improvisational Tying
“I've been wanting to participate in Saara’s “Shame and Humiliation Play”-Workshop for as long as I had discovered that s/he’s facilitating it - and boy was I happy when I finally had the chance to take part in it! Saara’s funny, cheeky and witty way of holding space offered me and my partner two days of intense introspection and curious group exploration. Saara and her partner Swen are well-aware of how kink and kink education cannot escape its commodification form. They are neither offering ecstatic revelations in a can nor deep healing. But what they do offer is critical and thought-provoking honesty paired with an uplifting and silly goofiness that is unrivaled. Not a month has gone by without a thought or feeling from this workshop revisiting me and I’m curious about in which ways this workshop will continue to offer me advice for future life experiences.” by Betül Artemis, Shame and Humiliation Play
“Saara is both analytical and passionate in her way of exploring and teaching rope dynamics. Her workshops always has an underlying structure that makes them constructive for the participants and she is also able to adapt and communicate really well to ensure that you feel validated. I might add that you're almost guaranteed to laugh while learning with her.”
by musubi, Mean Rope (Tying/Being Tied)
“The workshop was absolutely wonderful! It was both physically and emotionally intense, reaffirming the insight into how much music and mood affect how we interact with each other, with or without ropes. The workshop is rather physical and playful, so please expect some rolling on the floor. Me and my partner truly enjoyed the workshop, and we would heartily recommend it to anyone who is interested in taking intimacy and closeness one step further.” by Spikyheels, Movement, Sound, and Rope
”I attended Saara’s stable structures for the upper body workshop and found it both fun and educational. I think the setup with the free part in the beginning and the structured one after was great, just to find creativity and dare to try something different. Also, that really made you aware of your part as a bunny and how different things feel, which made it easier to give feedback later inte the TK. In short, a great workshop!”
by L, Stable Structures for Suspension
“Lovely workshop. Happy, easygoing feel to it, I felt so free, liberated, and safe in the space. Interesting to experience the difference and impact sound/music can do to a session. Also, a good group of people. Love to participate again. Thank You! 🌟”
by Lempicka, Movement, Sound, and Rope
“This was as unusual as a class totally devoid of learning any patterns or way to tie. The focus was not what the ones tying should do to try and ensure a good enough situation for us being tied, but how powerful our mind is at shaping that situation for ourselves. Saara's combination of curiosity, openess, experience, insights, intellect and empathy makes her an authority when it comes to teaching about the power of surrendering. For me, she touches the core and the biggest obstacles for me to really being able to enjoy and and explore rope. To truly let go and trust the other person, and yourself, and the situation you create together - to let go of not only the superficial control, but also the inner ones; fears, expectations and wishes. To recognise when hopes and wishes surface and let them go - as they stand in the way of being present and enjoying all the dimensions in what is actually happening. To not predict and look for possible problems in advance, but wait and see what actually happens. To notice every new state as but one of many that come and go, accept, allow, incorporate, adjust - not the outside but the inside world - relax and embrace how you can stay with what is actually there. I've been doing rope for four years. But in this workshop, I relaxed into trust more than I've ever done before. And it made me very happy. Saara is a powerful guide into rope, and into yourself, that makes me grow every time.“
by nibbles, Bottoming for Semenawa
“This workshop was brilliantly designed, using simple exercises that allowed participants to really experience some of the key emotions that guide our nonverbal tells, expressions and cues. Thus allowing us to observe both our own reactions and the responses we get from others, especially in social interactions in which there is some ambiguity, power dynamics or even sexual tension at play. All this, while never crossing the lines of the participants' integrity. This was not a lecture, but a really important life lesson learned through experience. Thank you, Sarah, for a truly thought-provoking workshop!” by Mattias, Nonverbal Communication
“I attended the beginner’s workshop. It was a fun workshop showcasing basic techniques and some interresting new aspects of shibari. The dancing background shines through.”
by Carl, Bondage for Beginners
“The workshop was very good: my vanilla partner understood the meaning of Semenawa better. My role as a rigger extended more, in a way that more #emotions can be triggered. Looking forward to come to the next workshop with my other rope partner. As teachers, Saraa and Natasha know very well what they are sharing, thank you for that.”
by Bop, Bottoming for Semenawa
“I participated to the Body Play workshop near Orgiva in October 2019. The main attraction for me was the introductory shibari workshop taught by Saara. I absolutely loved the whole shibari workshop, every minute of it! Saara gave us a very practical training focussing kn the interaction with the other member we were playing with. She offered a good balance of technical information and practice time, while reminding us regularly of safety guidelines. She was great at leading a fairly large group. It was perfect! Thank you for your gift!”
by Martin Beaudoin, Body Play - Shibari
”Saara is definitely a great and skilled teacher, she knows what she's doing and she does it with passion. It's nice and fun to learn from her, her focus is not only on the rope or connection but also on all the emotional and fantasy part that the session can carry. Can't wait to learn more....”
by Nico, Custom Shibari Workshop
“It was... Well... A experience for sure. I found them very capable of sharing there knowledge. They for sure put up a show, which made me nicely uncomfortable as this was a somewhat triggering workshop where i wanted to get more knowledge of. So it's still marinading inside of me, most likely with great outcomes within some time.”
by Melinde, Shame and Humiliation Play
“An amazing workshop for beginners, a good focus on fundamentals and inspiration for future rope play. I can recommend going to this workshop for anyone interested in learning about bondage!”
by David, Bondage for Beginners
“Rather peculiar and enlightening exercises from the workshop, allowing for one to self-explore their own behaviour and hopefully develop further communication skills that can improve their interaction with others. For some, it needs to be maintained otherwise it gets lost very easily after a short period of time already. The more one practices it. The better their nonverbal communication skills and body language improves.”
by Lazander, Nonverbal Communication