Julia Seifried
Munich rope and sex coach who came to rope as a model before tying herself, and teaches couples day workshops, private lessons and online courses that treat rope as a tool for closeness rather than power play.
Julia Seifried is a German rope teacher who works under the label “Fessel Coach” (bondage coach) and teaches couples and individuals from Munich. Her site describes her as a rope coach, sex coach and rigger, and says she learned rope first as a model and later as the person tying; her about page puts her experience at ten years as a rope model and nine as a practicing rigger. She also describes herself as a trained sex coach and “spaceholder”, and says she has been part of the kink scene for more than twenty years.
Approach
She frames rope as a language for things that are hard to put into words, such as longing, holding, surrender and closeness. Her about page stresses that her work is not about control, dominance games or pain: she uses rope as a tool for closeness, sensuality and awareness, and presents her classes as an alternative for people put off by the dark and extreme image of bondage. Her teaching emphasizes simple techniques over technical perfection, clear communication of needs and limits, and safety.
Workshops and lessons
Her core format is a seven-hour day workshop for couples in a group of at most five pairs. Touch of Rope (Level 1) teaches easy ties meant to feel good for beginners who do not want to get lost in technique, and includes a manual for participants. The Art of Rope (Level 2) is for couples with first experience and teaches them to build a flowing session with one or two ropes, using a blueprint for when ideas run out; an online course records the techniques for practice at home. Her workshop page lists dates in Munich, Frankfurt am Main and Berlin, while her about page places her workshops and private lessons in southern Germany, in Munich and Oberndorf am Neckar.
Besides group workshops she offers private lessons, one-to-one coaching online, sessions in which she ties clients, and self-paced online courses for individuals, including a self-tying course and a course on rope outfits. Fesseldialoge is a workbook with more than thirty questions for the rigger and model roles, meant to help partners agree on what each wants from a session. She also writes a blog on learning rope and shibari.