Discipline Exercises

[donriser]

Thank you for the response. It seems we have some similar views on the term discipline.

As far as a mantra, well mantras have a great history to them in religious or spiritual contexts as a means of focus or meditation. It can a be a word or phrase or even a prayer repeated continuously or periodically throughout the day.

My exposure to them in the BDSM context has come through the Academy here at the library where occasionally a Taskmaster (Dominant) will use one in a task as a means of focusing in submission. For example, a recent task I completed had this mantra (said it a lot - it was meaningful to me and has stayed with me these few weeks later) "Good submissives follow their instructions. I am a good submissive. I follow my instructions. I demonstrate my submission in . . . " Of course there was a specific way I demonstrated my submission, but the mantra came to represent more to me and I began thinking of other ways this was true - especially when doing things I may feel some resistance to or fear of. In that way it added to my discipline because it helped me focus and reinforced what I wanted on a deeper level than simply focusing on my fears or resistance. It strengthened my self-discipline and helped me in my submission.

I hope that helps. May have said too much, but hopefully not. I'm still trying to guage how things work here.

[stripedangel]

I hope that helps. May have said too much, but hopefully not. I'm still trying to guage how things work here.

Your knowledge seems to be extensive, and (whodathunkit) i appreciate this post! i believe that you will do fine here.

[Mr.FixIt]

Thank you for the response. It seems we have some similar views on the term discipline.

As far as a mantra, well mantras have a great history to them in religious or spiritual contexts as a means of focus or meditation. It can a be a word or phrase or even a prayer repeated continuously or periodically throughout the day.

My exposure to them in the BDSM context has come through the Academy here at the library where occasionally a Taskmaster (Dominant) will use one in a task as a means of focusing in submission. For example, a recent task I completed had this mantra (said it a lot - it was meaningful to me and has stayed with me these few weeks later) "Good submissives follow their instructions. I am a good submissive. I follow my instructions. I demonstrate my submission in . . . " Of course there was a specific way I demonstrated my submission, but the mantra came to represent more to me and I began thinking of other ways this was true - especially when doing things I may feel some resistance to or fear of. In that way it added to my discipline because it helped me focus and reinforced what I wanted on a deeper level than simply focusing on my fears or resistance. It strengthened my self-discipline and helped me in my submission.

I hope that helps. May have said too much, but hopefully not. I'm still trying to guage how things work here.

That's what I thought you meant by "mantras". I just had never considered mantras to be useful in relation to BDSM...Interesting point of view...Thanks!

[Red Dragon {mpellegrino}]

Aloha

just a thought (sorry if its already been suggested). Why not join the Acadamy and have her do a Task from there as a form of discipline?

regards Dragon

[Mr.FixIt]

Aloha

just a thought (sorry if its already been suggested). Why not join the Acadamy and have her do a Task from there as a form of discipline?

regards Dragon

We checked into the Academy. Stripey filled out the questionaire (which was very useful information for me). But when We started looking at the setup, it doesn't appear to be the right place for Us. We have been married for 12 years, and in this lifestyle increasingly over the last two years. I could never allow her to accept tasks from others, and I could never feel good about tasking others myself. She is my slave, but We belong to each other. Your advice may be good for others, but it will not work for Us. Thanks anyway!

[denuseri]

my owner has had me personally used mantras and other meditation techniques like tantra to help with my disipline and conditioning for a variety of things, (not all of them bdsm related).
Focus on His desires and intentions to bring my submission to his will to the forefront has and is a primary consern with regards to disipline in my relationship with my owner,, he has me under his will so to speak at all times, (even in here) sometimes its a more structured enviroment, such as, 0500 awake and clean house make bed etc, then prepare breakfast, then awake master in appropriate fashion, kegal excersies etc etc, like a schedule,
in other ways its much more circumstancial, depending on the situation, i ask myself what He would wish for me to do etc and in many instances something ive eaither invented myself to please him or anticipated he would desire has become incorperated into the realm of my submission ,
He has used a wide variety of disipline building excersises from cr(orgasm control/ no mastubation restriction etc) to dressing apropriately to his wishes, positional excersises, assigned behavoral tasks, preforming certian activites such as dance classess, even to being under the modality of the she quadruped and unable to verbally speak etc,
He has allways told me that such given tasks are not punishments because in our type of D/s relationship punishment is ussually swift and very direct.
over the years ive actually come to see the hidden wisdom within many of them as training to improve my submission to his will, especially ones i used to find uncomfortable at first such as remaining in an Ushiro Takatekote (arm box tie) wilst preforming certian tasks around the house etc etc
Reading and studying, eating what i am fed, (i love to be fed by hand) going to school, the gym, shoping etc etc, all become part of his dominion over me, all of them make up the love and freedom of my submission to his disipline ,his will

hopefully you and stripey can garner something to use for your own relationship from the above Sir, my owner and i are allways happy to help or give ideas, though admittably it would help to know what sorts of things you allready have her doing for you as disipline building excersises etc,

[Ozme52]

I reiterate... positions. Make a set that pleases you.

...and once you do... this thread will be worthless without pictures.

[tessa]

I reiterate... positions. Make a set that pleases you.

...and once you do... this thread will be worthless without pictures.

You and your need for visual imagery...

[stripedangel]

I reiterate... positions. Make a set that pleases you.

...and once you do... this thread will be worthless without pictures.

Figures, Ozme you'd try to weasel some durty pix out of this.........perv.

[denuseri]

what are yu camera shy sis? winks