asking for bastinado . . .

Serafina and I were partaking in some BDSM style activities Friday night, we'd been playing with clothespins and other goodies in our current sleeping space.  My darling slave/wife was well into into what is commonly called subspace, when it seemed to my mind, that Serafina was in a mindset where her inhibitions were down, and I might try to talk freely about her darker desires.

It's hard, sometimes, to discuss BDSM activities without eliciting odd feelings.  We know in our hearts and in our minds that there's no shame in saying what we want to give or receive, but yet it's hard to put those desires into words.  Sub-space isn't always a productive mindset, there are times it's so deep that a submissive has trouble vocalizing anything, let along forming coherent sentences about desires.

That first edge of subspace, before she's fallen deeply, does seem to me to be a good point to "extract confessions" from a submissive.  I'm not talking interrogation, that's an entirely different mindset for everyone, instead I'm simply talking about getting a girl to open up when she's really feeling her submission, feeling owned and safe enough to allow herself to become vulnerable.

It was at a moment like this, when Serafina asked me Friday night to experiment on her with a technique called bastinado . . .

Foot whipping, variously known as bastinado, falanga (phalanga), and falaka (falaqa), is a form of corporal punishment in which the soles of the feet are beaten with an object such as a cane, rod or club, a stout leather bullwhip, or a flexible bat of heavy rubber. It is sometimes favored as a form of torture because although extremely painful, it leaves few physical marks.  (from Wikipedia)

That wasn't the only "confession" she made, but it was one which opens a new door for us.  Of course I'm excited to open another chapter in the way we interact, not to mention work on new techniques and torments.  Without a doubt, I'll combine some foot tickling and some other sensation play (think wartenberg wheel) into a scene with the bastinado.  And, I certainly won't confine myself to just using my canes on the soles of her feet, I'm interested in the effects my floggers and crops will have as well.

If there ever was a time to think of me wearing an evil grin, my dear reader, it's now!