Preparation
First, some general advice. Spanking is a noisy business! It is strongly recommended that you save your session until you can be sure that you have the place to yourself, and that you are unlikely to be interrupted. We suggest you take your time to think about what you are going to do, partly to help with the physical preparation of location, clothing, equipment etc, and partly to prepare your mind.
When the time is right, go for it whole-heartedly. Decide what you are to 'be punished' for, and assign a fixed 'sentence' which may be made up of a number of separate punishments. These could include your mode of clothing, 'corner-time' (or some other similar style of punishment that you find humiliating and therefore erotic), 'chores' (which could include writing 'lines' or an 'essay', various types of spanking, and various positions. In order that you don't back out on yourself, why not write your full punishment out in detail? Doing this will probably get you 'in the mood', and may help you get past feeling silly, which is often an obstacle when experimenting with self-spanking. Be strict with yourself, you are about to be punished.
Hand-Spanking Technique
This is where self-spanking has to diverge from the traditional spanking position. You will find that when bending over (either standing, kneeling, or bending over furniture) your arms simply are not long enough to deliver a satisfactory smack to your bum. In practice, you need to arch your back in the opposite direction, at least a little. This allows your arms to reach lower, and therefore you can 'get at' the lower half of your bottom, which is where the most satisfying sensations are to be found. It follows then, that a standing or kneeling upright position will probably be most suitable.
Here is where the self-spanker gains a huge advantage. You get to feel first hand what your spanks feel like, and you can adjust your method until you feel it is right for you. All the normal hand spanking methods apply, firm flat palm, cupped palm, fingers only, spread fingers. And pretty much all areas of your bottom, thighs, and areas in between are open for chastisement. And primarily for the really daring girl, laying spread-legged on your back makes inner thighs and pussy accessible.
It is probably better to deal with your left cheek by using your left hand, and your right side with your right hand. Everyone is different, and you will develop your own personalised technique over time. Why not write in and let us add your favourite method to this page, many other readers will be most appreciative!
Implements
The use of some form of tool makes things both easier, and more complicated. The extra foot or so of length allows for you to reach your bottom better, however, it is possible to 'mis-hit' and cause yourself undesirable pain. Once you establish your toy of choice, you can 'reserve' it for your own special purpose. If it is an ordinary everyday item, it can be 'hidden in plain sight' without arousing anyone else's suspicions.
Cane
Any short 'stick' can be put to good use, and unlike a proper disciplinary cane it can be rigid so common garden canes or plant stakes can be used. 18 inches to 2 feet in length is ideal. But the technique required is not immediately obvious. The obvious grip will restrict you to downward pointing diagonal strokes across your bottom, not good. Your cane should be held so that, in the standard grip, its length protrudes out of the back of your hand instead. With this grip, when the arm hangs loosely at your side a quarter twist of your wrist will lay your cane's length horizontally across both cheeks. The cane is applied with a flicky twist of your wrist and fingers, not with a swing of your arm. Experiment with light taps, concentrating on getting even contact across both cheeks. When held between fingers tips and thumb, the little finger can supply quite a rapid flick to the stroke. It takes practice, but in time you should be able to deliver yourself quite a stripey rump.
Paddle/Slipper
Many common household tools make excellent chastisory implements. The stiff and flat variety are easy to handle and provide as much sting as you would wish for. Wooden spoons, spatulas, hairbrushes, bathbrushes - your kitchen and bathroom are full of items that will give a wide range of sensations from sharp and stinging to deep and thuddy.
Strap/Belt
An often used tool by the self spanker, and it has the advantage of being an erotic spanking implement for many people. Plenty of sting and flexibility, but you need to be careful as the flexibility can lead to off target strokes. It can either be doubled twice and used more or less as a paddle, or it can be used by swinging your arm across the front of your body and allowing the strap/belt to wrap around behind you. With a fairly short strap it's possible to swing it between your legs and upwards, reaching those very sensitive areas of the buttocks.
Electrical Flex
Although we have no personal experience, this implement has been mentioned by self spankers more than a few times. The idea is that a length of heavy duty round flex (such as comes with extension leads) is doubled or quadrupled and applied as per a strap. Apparently it is very effective.
Hints and Tips from Other People
This topic has been aired on the Message Board, and listed below are some of the ideas provided by members:
From Jesse: To self spank you need heavier implements, different ones
then you would ever want used on you by someone else.
A heavy bath brush with an extra long handle. An extension cord. Yes I know,
that sounds terrible, but over clothes at first, it delivers a lovely thud, not
sting. And when real connoisseurs get together, they like to discuss whether
thud or sting or a combination is better. I'm a thud person. LOL. You fold it in
four, and hold both ends in your hand. Have fun.
From Marina: I spank myself quite often, usually when I'm forced by evil circumstances to go without. Hand-spanking myself just never worked for me. I always felt silly trying to do that. I have plenty of toys that work great for that purpose, though: a hairbrush, a pretty wicked two-tailed short rubber whip, various smaller paddles, a tawse, a leather paddle/tawse combination (for those days when you just can't make up your mind), even a child-sized leather belt that works great for self-spanking when doubled up. The bristle side of the hairbrush always creates that lovely day-after burn, you don't even have to smack hard and the feeling is similar to a sunburn. I get pretty creative sometimes with positions, too - being flexible helps.
From SubEditor: It could just be that self-spanking isn't necessarily
a poor substitute for someone else doing it to you. As masturbation is to
intercourse, so is self-spanking to spanking? Not necessarily inferior, just
different, with all pleasure focussed on the individual doing it.
From KTfromMT: I have never actually tried self spanking, but I have
thought of some interesting positions. One is called the diaper position. Where
you are laying on your back on a bed or floor and have your legs up in the air.
Another is a modification of this one. If you can't hold your legs in the air
for that long you could use a chair or the wall even to rest your feet on.
Firmhand39: In my earlier years I found that a belt, with me prone, over a chair, gave a nice zing.
