A Caning Session described by submissive.

1. Master and I quietly look around the dungeon and discuss the pieces of equipment we would like to try and those we do not like the look of.

2. Though I put plenty of input into the choice of equipment, it is Masters final decision on what we play on. The truth is there is no point putting me on a piece of equipment if i am not comfortable or feel vulnerable. It is important to Master that I enjoy the experience and I am not spending my time unable to relax into the play because I am not happy on the piece of equipment.

3. Normally the choice will be something that I am able to lay face down on, exposing my bottom and back for play. I will normally put my blanket that I take everywhere with me down on the equipment first both for hygiene and comfort. Master does not normally tie me to the equipment as we enjoy the freedom that the ability to move gives us. During play I may rest my head on my hands or move letting my hands dangle over the side of the equipment. I am experienced in this type of play and subsequently understand the dangers of moving during play. Both Master and I have played together long enough to understand the ways that we both move. Master can read my body language very well. Master may or may not blindfold me.

4. Master will start warming me up by lifting my skirt, and leaving my top(normally a corset) on, giving me time to relax before moving into full play, but also having some fun and with the restriction of a corset this is very nice. Master will normally start with a small rattan cane. This will be used on my bottom, lightly bouncing, enough to make my toes wriggle and my buttocks to clench slightly, but not too hard which would stop me from relaxing.

5. Master will move from one cane to another within our thinner range of canes, single and double canes in rattan, dragonwood and Perspex. He will keep a steady rhythm going, not increasing in strength and moving over the whole of my bottom and tops of my legs. He may also cane my shoulders and upper back above the corset. This will be done lighter than on the bottom. It takes me longer to relax my back.

6. Master will stop from time to time and stroke the caned area to gauge the way that the play is going and to give me a warm sensation. He may do some light spanking, often with an upward motion on the bottom, again warming up the area. This warming up time may take anything from five minutes to half an hour, or even sometimes the play may not progress beyond this stage (that doesn't happen often lol)

7. Once Master is happy that I am warmed up He may progress in two different ways. The first would be to loosen off my corset and then to build on the play. This would be done if i was not feeling totally comfortable with the surroundings, or just having a shy day. The other way would be for Master to remove my corset and skirt leaving me just in a thong, giving Him a large area (very large lol) to work on. It may sound silly but this is a very vulnerable time for me and if this procedure is not done carefully i may come out of the relaxed state i am in and become too aware of my surroundings. I become aware of others watching and i would not feel happy in undressing in this environment.

8. Once i am undressed, Master will continue caning at the same strength he had when warming up to relax me totally, but now He must be aware that i may get cold if He does not play with all parts of my body. Master will work my back, bottom and legs using all the canes. At this point He will use even the large thuddy five eighths, but He will be using them with a steady rhythm, not too hard. He wants me to relax, to enjoy the experience. This period of time, the final warm up may take up to an hour. This is a lovely intimate time with lots of stroking from Master or running His nails over my warmed skin. This is a time when Master may whisper in my ear sweet nothings or total abuse that is just for us and not to be shared. This is the time when slowly without me really knowing Master is building up the strength, but as it is kept rhythmical it is hardly noticed.

9. Master will at some stage move up to full play. This often happens without me even being aware of it, i am by now so relaxed and enjoying the experience. The canes may now be hitting hard enough to leave distinctive white lines especially across my bottom. i may react with a groan or even by lifting my head. Master will work from a sharp small stingy cane, hitting hard giving sharp stings, then move straight to a heavy thuddy cane. It is the heavy cane that takes me very deep. Master has to be careful because my response to the heavy cane can give the impression that it is hardly touching me, when in fact it is hitting me very hard. That is where Masters skill and knowledge of me is vital. During this play rhythmic caning may include slow, definite strokes, the type that is so often attached to this type of play. This is also the time when i may lose myself completely. The sensation is not that of pain. If Master was hitting me at this strength and in the way that He is now without the build up, i would definitely say something. i want and need pleasure via pain but not to be beaten. Thankfully Master comes from the same direction. This long, deep heavy play can last for an hour or more, but if the warm up has been long, then often my skin can become tissue like and if Master maintains this level of play for too long i can and have been cut. This is something that Master tries hard to avoid.

10. Once Master feels that play has gone on long enough, whether it has gone to the heavy play or not progressed past warming up, there is always a calming down time. This is when Master slows the pace of the caning down completely, the strength is reduced and there is a lot more stroking. Master will often cuddle and kiss me, whispering to me. Depending on how heavy play has been and how deep i have progressed, will dictate how long this calming down will take. It is a very intimate time. Master slowly brings me back via gentle stimulation with cane and hand to the real world. I am able to relax and enjoy the sensations of my body. Master will not rush me at this point. It could take half an hour or more, gentle play, strokes, kisses, allowing me to gently float out of the depths of play. Often as i come out Master and i talk a little. Sometimes there may even be a little light hearted banter, which may end up with me getting a hard (playful) stroke of the cane. This, if it happens is a fun time.

11. It is up to me to decide when i am ready to sit up, to in effect end the session. Unless i have gone too deep, then maybe the session would end mid-heavy play. This does not normally happen in clubs, as i am not able to release myself totally. Master will wrap my blanket around me not just to stop me getting cold, but as i come out of a session, i become aware of others around me. The blanket is there for my modesty. Sounds silly when i have been lying naked except for a thong for the past two hours or more, but during play my mind-set is very different.

12. Master will not rush me even if others are waiting to use the equipment. He will give me time to focus on the world again. He will get my glasses out and give me a drink of water. All the time i am still sitting on or near the equipment. Normally i take a t-shirt to wear after play. Master will put this on me, and then and only if i say i feel ok, will he leave me sitting on the equipment while he tidies away what we have been playing with. He always keeps one eye on me and constantly asks if i am ok, never moving more than a few feet away from me. He will help me to stand and often leaving all the bags and "toy" boxes behind, He will he take me to a chill out area. He will not leave me alone there until i say im ok, or our friends are there.

This is just an example of how we may play in a club. During the session i may be hit with a cane hundreds of times, but they are not hard. It is sensual, rhythmical caning, only as heavy as my body at that time can enjoy. During a heavy session i may be struck with a cane hard enough to leave distinctive white lines hundreds of times, but they are after a build up and only when Master can see that my body and mind can take it and enjoy it.

Normally we would include floggers within our play, Master moving from canes to flogger then back again. We have three main floggers, we use a light suede one, a heavy leather one and a light bungee rubber one. All of them can be used lightly in the warm up times and can be used in the heavy play time. The suede flogger is particularly nice for the calming down time. We also have crops, paddles and a whole host of other things that may or may not be introduced in any session. I particularly enjoy differing sensations so mixing "toys" moving from one to another works really well for me.

We also use all parts of my body in play, especially if in private. My bottom, legs, inner thighs in particular, the soles of my feet, my back, shoulders my arms, my stomach and my breasts, and don't forget my fanny. They have all been caned, flogged etc, but they are always done to an appropriate level, to the part of body, my mind set, the time of the month and of course where we are playing.

Canes so often get a bad name as they are only used in the "six strokes of the cane" type of play or as a punishment tool. When a Master understands and masters the craft of sensual caning they are able to use them to give pleasure, not to inflict pain.

I have seen submissives take a long heavy session with a flogger, but cringe back when a cane is produced, often because of a bad experience in their past. That person must have been through a terrible experience to give them so much fear. Who is the person who inflicted that experience? i hope it was not via BDSM, as in my opinion real fear is not what BDSM is about.

Now there are some who really enjoy "six of the best" and i have also done this type of play, but this is different. For me it is done on an endurance level.... how many could i endure? That is not the same as a caning session.