BLRS Lab

Thursday June 26th, 2025. 7:00pm-10pm

We heard you! We’re bringing to you a monthly event occurring every last Thursday of the month where you get to:

  • learn and share skills, insights and experiences in many things having to do with your rope practice

  • practice your ties in a casual environment

  • come solo or without partner(s)

  • meet potential tying partners

All styles and skill-level of rope practice are welcome! Each month we hope to have a different facilitator who is familiar with the community and the scene to help you get situated and comfortble

  • This includes self-tiers and partnered practitioners.

  • For uplines/suspension, bring your own hardware/hardpoint if you prefer something other than bamboo.

  • No worries if you don’t have rope. We have spare rope at the studio to borrow for non-loadbearing ties. (And someone might lend you their rope).

  • If you don’t have a partner, it’s ok! There just might be another solo person who’s looking for a partner.

Each month, we will have a different facilitator who is familiar with the community to help you get situated and comfortable.

  • June: _Mephistopheles_

  • July: TBD

  • August : TBD

What to expect

  • Casual peer-to-peer learning and practice environment

  • Affirmative, supportive and judgment-free zone

  • Not an official educational setting

  • Not a play party

  • BYO dinner, snack or drinks if you’d like. (there is full kitchen access

Tickets

  • $20 + processing fees

  • Tickets are per person

  • Refundable up to 72h before the event

  • All new attendees are vetted, please go to this link before you get your ticket

About our June facilitator:

_Mephistopheles_ is a rope top and a sadist whose rope journey began with bedroom and outdoor bondage when he was a teenager. He officially joined the kink community/FL in 2021 but was exploring M/s and D/s power exchange relationships and other kinks for more than a decade prior to that. He has a solid foundation in western style rope bondage (tying with synthetic fibers, using carabiners, spin shackles and other rated hardware and suspension from a ring). He attended the inaugural BLRS performance and observed @Odys and @VioletRain showcasing Naka Akira inspired freestyle Kinbaku/Semenawa and he was immediately awakened and inspired by the beauty and torment that he witnessed.

Since that day, _Mephistopheles_ has been exploring Naka style inspired kinbaku, history and philosophy. He has taken every progressive class offered by Kinbaku Odyssey (taught by Odys) and has attended many private events/rope shares/classes/SRMs with Odys and other prominent rope tops in this style, including the Naka Akira workshop in 2024 held in Richmond, VA. He ties an average of 4-5 times per week, mostly at his home studio in Reston, VA.

FL: _MEPHISTOPHELES_