The tie travels with them

Wrists, arms or torso are bound, but nothing is anchored to furniture, so the body can still stand, kneel or lie down. The most forgiving kind of bondage: it takes the hands away without deciding anything else, and it is the first tie most people should learn.

Bondage-tape arm wrap Bondage tape wrapped along the arms. It sticks only to itself, so it never pulls hair or skin, and it is the cheapest way to find out whether being wrapped does anything for you. EasyNot past 15 minWorks alone
Box tie, wrist to the opposite elbow Wrist to opposite elbow behind the back. The classic arms-behind shape, and the one where nerve safety actually matters — keep rope off the mid-upper arm, check the fingers, and come out well before an hour. EasyNot past 15 minWorks alone
Cuffs joined by chain Two cuffs joined by a length of chain. The chain lets you set how much the hands can do and it makes noise, which does more work than people expect. EasyNot past 15 minWorks alone
Feet bound, everything else free Ankles bound with the hands left free. Useful when you want somebody helpless about where they are but still able to hold on to you. EasyNot past 20 min
Held, not tied Wrists held in your own hand instead of tied. The gentlest restraint there is: nothing to buy, nothing to cut, and you feel every attempt to pull away. EasyNot past 6 minNothing to buy
Padlocked wrist cuffs Cuffs closed with a padlock. Nothing physically different from a buckle — everything psychologically different, because a key exists and it is somewhere else. EasyNot past 15 minWorks alone
Wrists bound in front Wrists bound in front. The first real tie almost everybody should learn — it takes the hands out of play and changes nothing else, and it is easy to see and easy to cut. EasyNot past 30 min
Wrists in a dressing-gown belt The first tie most people ever do, and the one that needs nothing bought: wrists in front means they can still steady themselves, so it works standing, kneeling or lying without becoming a different position each time. EasyNot past 20 minNothing to buy
A shirt put on backwards For anyone who wants the folded-arms feeling of a sleeve without owning one — the arms are crossed and held across the body rather than pulled back, which is the gentlest way to take both hands away. MediumNot past 18 minNothing to buy
Rope harness around the breasts Rope above and below the breasts. Decorative and functional at once: it frames, it tightens with the breath, and it gives you a handle on the torso. MediumNot past 10 min
Wrists behind, in a pair of tights Wrists behind changes the whole shape of a body — chest forward, shoulders open, hands out of use — and tights are the forgiving material to learn that on, because they give before they mark. MediumNot past 15 minNothing to buy
Wrists, front, timed Wrists in front on a timer, alone. The only sane way to start self-bondage: hands in front so they still work, two tested ways out, and a short clock. MediumNot past 20 minWorks alone
Zip-tie wrists Zip-tie wrists. Sharp, cheap and completely one-way: shears are not optional here, and this is the tie that teaches people why that rule exists. MediumNot past 15 min
Armbinder, both arms in the sleeve Both arms sleeved together behind the back. Draws the shoulders back and the chest forward; short by nature, because shoulders complain long before anything else does. HardNot past 20 min
Nose hook guided by head harness A hook at the nose steered by a head harness. Pure humiliation play — no strength involved, all of the effect in what the face is made to do. HardNot past 5 min
Reverse prayer, crossed wrists The same shape with the wrists crossed, which closes it further. Take it as the second step after the parallel version, never as the first. HardNot past 7 minWorks alone
Reverse prayer, parallel wrists Wrists together behind the back with the palms up between the shoulder blades. A shoulder stretch as much as a tie — beautiful, demanding, and measured in minutes. HardNot past 7 minWorks alone
Straitjacket cross-body hold Arms crossed and held across the body. Full upper-body helplessness that a person can still walk around in, which makes it the shape for roleplay rather than for stillness. HardNot past 12 min
Wrapped, nipples and ass left bare Wrapped from the shoulders down with the nipples and ass left open. Total stillness with specific places still reachable — sensory play, not struggle play; watch for heat. ExtremeNot past 18 min