Classic Spread Eagle Bondage Position

Now… let's get down to business. For the sake of ease, let's assume that you are the dominant party and that previous bondage sessions with your bondage partner went well. Now that a base of trust has developed between you and your partner, you have negotiated a bondage scene that involves spread-eagle bondage. Where to from there? Time for a little Q & A: (1) Do you want the bottom to lie face-up or face-down? (2) Do you want the bottom's wrists tied spread apart or tied together? (3) Do you want the bottom's ankles tied spread apart or tied together? (Wiseman, 194). As depicted in countless books and movies, the classic spread-eagle bondage position involves the bottom being secured face-up with both their wrists and their ankles tied apart. Slight variations and kinky deviations from the standard spread-eagle bondage scenario bring with them both advantages and drawbacks.

Spread-eagle position #1:
The Classic. Position: Bottom is tied face-up with both wrists and ankle tied apart. Advantages: Excellent access to the bottom's genitals, inner thighs, and perineum as well as to the submissive's upper body, which permits extensive play with the front and sides of their chest, their breasts, nipples, and armpits. With the help of a small supportive pillow for the bottom's neck, cunnilingus or analingus, though not necessarily fellatio, can be performed for an extended period of time. If "tie and prolonged tease" is the type of bondage scene you are interested in exploring, then the classic spread-eagle bondage position should fit the majority of your needs. Disadvantages: Fellatio is very difficult to perform in this situation, and anal sex is almost not worth the effort unless there is significant slack in the ropes—however a variant of the classic spread-eagle bondage position does exist which facilitates anal play—more on that later though. Also, if a man is the bottom, penetrative sex is not always easy and greatly depends upon the softness or firmness of the surface he is lying on. However, a woman who is in classic spread-eagle bondage is very vulnerable to missionary position intercourse and both women and men tied in this bondage position can be the recipients or givers of masturbation pleasures. An interesting side note: many men find it difficult to reach orgasm, no matter how skillfully stimulated, if their legs are tied apart—use this little tip to your own discretion!

Straightforward variations upon the classic spread-eagle bondage position include having the bottom with wrists tied together and ankles apart; wrists tied apart and ankles together; and wrists tied together and ankles tied together. More complicated variations on the classic spread eagle bondage position would be having the bottom with wrists tied apart and knees tied apart and elevated; or with hands tied behind the back and feet apart; hands tied behind the back with ankles bound together; and in having the bottom tied in a classic spread-eagle position with one arm tied loosely enough to be capable of reaching genitalia. All of these classic bondage variations will be analyzed in depth two separate articles—one treating the more straightforward bondage techniques and the other looking at the kinkier bondage deviations.