Self-tie

Rope a person ties on their own body, for practice or to connect with oneself; Japanese calls it jibaku, and self-suspension jizuri.

A self-tie is rope a person ties on themselves rather than with a partner. Anatomie Studio presents it as a way to practise and to connect with oneself. Shibari Study gives the Japanese equivalents as jibaku (自縛), self-tying or self-bondage, and jizuri (自吊り), self-tying in suspension; Jisho lists self-bondage among the senses of jibaku. Wikipedia’s article on self-bondage rates it as riskier than many BDSM practices, partly because no one else is present to help, and notes that numb limbs can make a planned way out unusable.

Sources

  1. Shibari terminology: a guide to rope bondage vocabulary — Anatomie Studio (London)
  2. Glossary — Shibari Study
  3. 自縛 — Jisho.org
  4. Self-bondage — Wikipedia