Andy är en grym workshopledare. Han förmår att skapa en trygg grupp och samtidigt skapa utmanande situationer. Jag har lärt mig massor om rep och att binda och bli bunden. Steg två är verkligen en fördjupning, framför allt i känsla, … Continue Reading Göran
about andy

Andy is a student of theatre and tea, a medical massage therapist, a former organizational coach, a conscious kinkster, and a teacher of European and Japanese rope bondage. Living in Stockholm, Sweden and working around northern Europe. During his fifteen years of BDSM, he has been a slave, an owner, a hedonist, a purist, a magician, and a slut.
Are you looking for peace and tranquillity to meet yourself and others?
My work aims to create magical rooms where people can rest, heal and grow. My tools, spirit and experience spring from neuro-semantic team building, medical massage therapy, European theatre, and Japanese rope bondage.

I work with both groups and individuals, and I love that the world is allowed to be complicated because that makes every meeting unique. My time in Japan engraved into me the presence, passion and embrace for the glimpse of zen that exists in every movement of life – and this I gladly share with you in a session, workshop, or with a cup of tea.
In the stillness between moments, life happens. Pause, witness.
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What is next?
andy@andyburu.se
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+46 730 312209
Weekly Musings and Upcoming Events




Do you want to hire me?
I’m available for workshops, performances, and consultations, both commercial and artistic. My year schedule is something like…
January to March on vacation
April to June teaching in northern Europe
July and August touring festivals and events around Europe
September to December teaching in northern Europe
My rates vary depending on who you are and what you do. Here is a guideline with VAT and travelling and accommodation costs excluded.
Evening (3h)
4.000 SEK / 400 EURO
Day (6h)
8.000 SEK / 800 EURO
Weekend (18h)
24.000 SEK / 2400 EURO
If you have an artistic non-profit project, cut the price in half, but double the price if you have a money-focused commercial project, like me doing a behind-the-scenes rope installation for your high fashion marketing campaign.
I offer two types of collaborations. Either you make me an offer (based on the guidelines above), and I’ll invoice you the day of the event, and you then have two weeks to pay. Or we can make a risk-and-profit sharing set up for a weekend or longer events, where we share the profit 70/30% after all expenses are paid.
I also do some passion projects for free and am always open to negotiating, so please don’t hesitate to reach out.
Venues and group sizes
It depends on what you want me to teach. I’ve done workshops with 400 people in festivals and intimate gatherings with three couples. But here are some guidelines.
Bondage workshops that include full- or semi-suspension are limited to around 8 couples for safety reasons.
Play party-focused work needs at least 12 participants to work well.
Three people or two couples is more of a session and less of a workshop.
Bondage workshops where I provide the ropes are limited to 75 people due to what I have to borrow.
My usual workshop times for a weekend are; Friday 19-22. Saturday 10-13, 15-18 & 19-21. Sunday 10-13 & 15-18.
I can teach bondage for a week without suspension points.
Retreats where we also eat, sleep and isolate ourselves from the outside world generally go deeper faster.
What do I teach?
To be honest, most of my workshops nowadays are improvised around a previously decided topic. I have a large collection of intimacy exercises, play scenarios, bondage narratives, and philosophical ideas as inspiration. However, it seems like I still need to write something to help promote my events, and below, you can see some examples of that.
Previous collaborations


















Musings about Andy

Interview with Eesti Nainee (2023)

Rituals and Paradoxes, my book project (2023)

Yearly Playlist (2022)

Navigating spirituality and sexuality (2022)

Interview: Freedom and Surrender by Relational Spaces (2022)

The playlist of 2021

The movie PLEASURE and on BDSM and pornography (2021)

Volunteering at events (2021)

Interview: the UNcivilized podcast (2021)

Swedish podcast “Hur Kan Vi?” about BDSM and trauma (2021)

The sad battle of feminist influencers vs BDSM practitioners (2021)

Social media, power games, and BDSM play (2021)

Interviewed by Mofjrdtalks Podcast (2021)

This pandemic and surrender (2021)

The skeleton woman (2020)

Love love love and relationships (2020)

Interviewed by The Modern Erotic Podcast (2020)

Festival Summer Playlist (2020)

To my beloved predator (2018)

Male sexuality and society (2020)

Interviewed by TantraLiv (2020/SWE)

Portraying sexuality (2020)

Interviewed by Relationsverket (2019/SWE)

What is a “bold” workshop? (2019)

Interviewed by The Robin Hallsten Experience (2019)

Flyer for autumn 2019

This summers playlists (2019)

What I teach in Swedish and English (2015)
Testimonials
Repsessionerna med Andy har överträffat alla mina föreställningar och eventuella förväntningar. Hade till för några månader sedan aldrig trott att jag skulle pröva på detta med att låta mig bindas. Det låg långt utanför min personliga comfort zone. Tanken väckte … Continue Reading Lena Månstråle
Being bound by Andy was an extraordinary experience. His calm and focussed presence very quickly put me at total ease and I could fully relax into the experience. Within minutes my mind went into “thoughtless mode” and what followed was … Continue Reading Annelie
Lite svårt att placera helgen… Å ena sidan intensivt, djupt, utmanande, nytt. Men samtidigt väldigt enkelt, okomplicerat, inget märkvärdigt alls. Som i att det kändes så intuitivt rätt och enkelt, som man gjort det hela livet. Som ett kroppsminne nästan… … Continue Reading Martina
Andy är tydlig, bjuder på dig själv, skapar trygghet, kunnig både kring kropp och rep, pedagogisk, trevlig, kreativ, personlig, engagerad och genuin.
Jag har provat många olika healing- och behandlingsmetoder de senaste åren och måste säga att min repterapisession med Andy har varit ett av de bästa sätten för mig att förlösa undertryckta känslor och släppa energiblockeringar och fysiska låsningar i min … Continue Reading Susanne
Tack alla att jag fick dela den dagen med er. En intensiv upplevelse – men efter en natts vila känner jag mig lugn och tillfreds. Aldrig trodde jag att rep kunde ha en så förlösande effekt på så mycket.
Tack för en fantastisk eftermiddag! Jag och en av de andra gruppdeltagarna försökte analysera upplevelsen efteråt men det blev mest att vi satt som två fånar och flinade ikapp.
Jag rekommenderar Andys repterapi varmt! Det var en fantastisk upplevelse för mig. Jag är ofta väldigt aktiv och initiativtagande – i intima möten, i jobbet,i det mesta jag gör – och kan ha svårt att slappna av, ta emot, be … Continue Reading Sandra
Jag sökte upp Andy pga att jag var nyfiken och ville testa något nytt. Hans sätt att möta en och “hålla space” är otroligt bra. Man känner sig trygg och säker i hans sällskap. Så är ni nyfikna som jag … Continue Reading Sofia
This summer I had been lucky to see the shibari workshop performed by Andy Buru. I love shibari as an art form and as a tool for opening true desires. However, I’ve always felt that it was too technical and … Continue Reading David
It was a journey between Mother Earth and Universe. With unconditional love connected from the first moment to the last breath together.
Under många år har min hals inte varit min egen. Andetag mot min hals. Närhet med min hals, det gick bara inte. Och det var därför jag vände mig till Andy och hans repterapi. Att utmana. Trigga. Ja, möta det … Continue Reading Juli
Taking a session with Andy has been for me a journey into unknown that opened to a deeper intimacy inside myself and a level of relaxation I haven’t felt before. Andy’s strong presence with compassion created that safe space, that … Continue Reading Cristina
Workshopen öppnade ögon för så mycket. De små sakerna du sa och hur de kan appliceras överallt och i relaterande med människor. I litet och stort. Till exempel så mediterade jag och min älskare med varandra och hade sedan sharing … Continue Reading Anna
Really good workshops! Andy creates a safe, fun and sensual space for exploration of intimacy through the use of ropes. Highly recommend!
That was quite a mind blowing 4 days. Remembering how apprehensive I was about taking the leap, as new as both me and my partner are to both BDSM and tantra, but now afterwards I am so grateful that we … Continue Reading ‘N’
Det känns som att jag har fått lära mig stegen till en ny dans. En dans som jag tidigare inte visste om. En dans som nu efter bara några korta övningstillfällen skänkt mig stor njutning! Mer handfast får jag väl … Continue Reading Gabriel
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I am still processing the beauty of the first session – and feeling extremely good about it. Something big changed inside myself and I feel confident about my own identity and force. It was a spiritual enlightenment, solving questions that … Continue Reading Ilana
Every session with Andy is like opening a mysterious box of secrets – secrets that are deeply hidden under numerous layers of external garbage that I tend to call “self”. I never know what I’ll find inside. I come with … Continue Reading Olena Mulyar