SUBMISSION IS BIGGER THAN EROS & BDSM 

Submission precedes Eros.  Submission precedes any relationship with another human being.  Submission precedes the Dom-sub dynamic.

Submission is bigger than all these relational and erotic frames.

At its core, submission is a way of being, a way of engaging life and existence.

Submission says YES.

A submissive seeks to be in a YES with existence.

In the religious and spiritual frame, submission says YES to the shape of the present moment.  Submission says YES to the from life has taken in its current flow.

Submission wants to surrender to what is, and yet, the submissive retains their agency - to act and decide within this yes, within the shape of this present moment.

In the Dom-sub dynamic, the submissive brings this same yes into the dynamic, into the scene.  This YES does not preclude the submissive’s desires and boundaries.  The whole idea is to set one’s boundaries and to express one’s desires clearly enough so that the submissive may be able to be in a YES during their connection with their Dom.

This practice of being in a YES WITH AGENCY is the art and practice of submission.

It certainly is wonderful if the submissive knows how to bring this YES WITH AGENCY to their connection with their Dom, but in truth, their practice of submission should commence long before any such relational dynamic.  

Submission is an embodiment that all of us can take on as a life practice — even the one’s who play the Dominant in a BDSM scene.  Submission is bigger than the Dom-sub dynamic.  

In this short class, we will explore this wider spectrum of submission and do some exercises to embody and experience submission in a non-erotic context.