From an energy management point of view suspended bondages do two things. They target specific pressure points or entire erogenous zones and they divide the two main Ki-channels – the “Governing Vessel” and the “Conception Vessel” into sections (sometimes that section can be one, on other words there will be no windings over these channels). Through doing this the entire experience of the bondage is intensified and through the combination with other impulses the “suspendee” is being brought to a different level of awareness

Sections and targets

The windings of the support ropes are not just there to fight the gravity pull. They serve other, equally important – purposes at the same time. Mutlitasking ropes, so to speak. Every rope around the torso has an effect on the two main Ki-energy meridians. When the recipient is not suspended they will either stimulate the flow of Ki through these channels or will mildy obstruct this Ki-flow (depending on the tension of the ropes). In a suspended bondage these windings will form a temporary damn in the channels, effectively containing the Ki energy within a section. In a belly down position, you will be building dams in the “Conception Vessel” (running from the top of the head down to the anus on the front of the body) for example. In a belly up position you are targetting the “Governing Vessel” (from the anus to the top of the head alongside the spine). In a top-down position you will usually be blocking both.

Temporarily blocking this energy flow is NOT a health risk. On the contrary actually, you are doing these meridians a big favor. What happens is this. Catch a tiger and confine it to a cage for a short time. The respons of the tiger will be aggression, because it is no longer free to roam the plains at will. Its normal energy, that can flow freely through its body and interact with whatever is sharing the plains with the tiger, is suddenly contained to a very small area. That means you are restricting the energy and compressing it into a very small container. That is exactly what you do if you build a dam on one of these main channels. Ki energy is no longer free to follow its normal course. As a result, it will build up (to understand how disharmony creates energy between Yin and Yang, please turn to the Level 1 CD).

Disruption of harmony creates an intensified flow of energy between Yin and Yang. Your windings have disturbed the harmony within the channel, ergo, more energy is building up. It just cannot follow its normal course and is now contained within a section. Still, it wants to flow, so it will look for alternative routes and find other meridians it can use, until the dam has been removed. This creates a lot of energy activity within the section created, making it more active. As a result, all Tsubo (pressure points) in that section will be very active.

To the body, that is a good thing. More energy is what it wants and since the energy flows we are talking about here are sexually related, there will be more – and better – sexual activity AFTER THE EVENT. That does not necessarrily mean that someone, who has been in a suspension, will suddenly be very “horny”, but sexually related activities or experiences will have a deeper, intensified impact. This, for example, may include such things as just enjoying each others’ company, bonding or ending up in each others’ arms. Next to that, it intensifies the receptivity of Tsubo (pressure points), all of them, hence including the ones that have a sexual function. In a suspended bondage we call them targets, since all the Tsubo in the erogenous zones are becoming more active and in a suspension we are not so much targeting individual Tsubo, but entire zones (i.e a multitude of Tsubo simultanuously).

Sections and targets in a suspended bondage:In this suspension the “Conception Vessel” has been divided into four sections. The tied wrists are a target, but not stimulated in an intensive way, because there is no extra pressure. This area is being stimulated in the way, it would be in any other bondage. The areas above and under the breasts however, as well as Hara and the ankle zones are stimulated in an intensified way, since the suspension windings create extra pressure. Due to the position of the body the main focus of this suspension is on the breasts, not only because of the pressure and the level of discomfort, but also because this bondage interferes with the ability to breathe (in metephysical terms this also means the ability to open yourself up for more ideas). Now there is only one main “concept” and this concept happens to be the breast area, hence the vast majority of concentration capability is focussed on that area.

The above article is a reprint from our information/educational site Kink Culture.
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