Total Health: Marika Leila Roux of Shibari Study On How We Can Optimize Our Mental, Physical, Emotional, & Spiritual Wellbeing

Daydream, a lot: one of the most powerful things I’ve discovered in the last few years is the power of intentional daydreaming and how it can contribute to manifesting your vision(s). Energy flows where attention goes; it can be as simple as that. I’m not saying that anything and everything you wish for will instantly come to reality, but in my experience, you can train your mind to sharpen its apprehension of reality to dream within its realm. With some practice, this skill can feel quite like magic. Lately, I have been doing this regularly, sitting or lying down with the specific intention to daydream about something freely and deeply I really want or need, and, in time, it just happens. At first, my flatmate thought I was joking when I said “you remember this thing/person I manifested a few weeks ago? It just came into my life” but when I explained to her I do it very often and consciously she started doing it too, and guess what… it works. Do not confuse this skill with luck. If I compare luck to raw intelligence, then daydreaming is like education.

I had the pleasure of interviewing Marika Leila Roux, Co-Founder of Shibari Study.

With more than a decade of Shibari experience behind her, both as a rigger and model, Marika (aka Gorgone) is one of the most authoritative voices in Western Shibari today. Co-founder of Shibari Study, she was the first instructor on the site. She also serves as a content manager and creative director of the company, as well as being the spokesperson and…