@Bravo_Juliet, a rope bottom and listener from the UK, asks the Rope Podcast whether a top can experience some of the feelings and headspace that are more traditionally associated with bottoms as she asks: “Can rope be relaxing for tops too?”
Fox and Mya explore this topic, touching on:
- What ‘bottom space’ in rope might look like
- Cathartic triggers for bottoms
- Pros and cons of altered headspace in rope
- The importance of not pressuring yourself to feel a certain way in rope
- The influence of the bottom’s emotions on the top
- Barriers to a top relaxing in rope
- How a bottom can support a top to a different headspace in rope
- The limited research on altered mindstates in tops and bottoms in BDSM
- Fox’s experience of a different headspace as a rigger
- Conditions to achieve ‘flow state’
