I love rope bondage for the intense, touching, and erotic connection that it can create—and I’m also obsessed with shibari as a craft. Based in Berlin, I offer regular study groups and weekend intensives at Daruma Berlin and also teach internationally at festivals, retreats, and conferences.

My teaching style emphasizes adaptability and safety—and leaves room for creativity and connection. I believe that participants learn best in well structured classes, in which the specific skill sets of both riggers and models are foregrounded. In my classes, participants are encouraged to explore the mechanics and logic—the why and how—of rope.

Outside the rope world, I am involved in Awareness work and kink in Berlin.

You can find me at @ztellaropes on Instagram or @Ztella on FetLife.