Self-suspension

Suspension in which a person ties themselves and is lifted in their own rope rather than being tied by a rigger; Japanese jizuri.

Self-suspension joins self-tying and suspension. Shibari Study gives jibaku as the general Japanese word for tying oneself and jizuri (自吊り) as its narrower term for self-tying when the result is a suspension. Anatomie Studio describes self-tying as tying your own body, and notes that spotters, people who watch over a scene and help if needed, are common and highly advisable for self-suspension. Wikipedia, citing a forensic textbook, mentions that self-induced suspension bondage may involve autoerotic asphyxia.

Sources

  1. Glossary — Shibari Study
  2. Shibari terminology: a guide to rope bondage vocabulary — Anatomie Studio (Kink and Cuddles)
  3. Suspension bondage — Wikipedia