Fulfilling Followership
SubVerse Unassertiveness Training
Introducing Unassertiveness
Unassertiveness, passivity, submission and surrender are all very
important concepts to me. I believe it is as important to be a good follower as
it is to be a good leader, to be happy to lose as well as to win, to feel
fulfilled at the bottom as well as the top, to be dependent, weak and
vulnerable as well as independent, strong and tough. Through experiencing the
many sides of unassertiveness both in my professional and my personal life, the
good and the bad, the beneficial and the damaging, the negative and the
positive, I have discovered the empowerment behind vulnerability. I have found
that sometimes it is important to be unimportant.
Workshop
Agenda
The SubVerse Unassertiveness Workshop is an appreciation of the passive,
the submissive and the surrendered through discussion, quizzes, role-play,
puzzles, poetry and paraphernalia. We explore the paradoxes of being
unassertive, passive and submissive, the feelings behind unassertive behaviour
patterns and their practical usefulness. The workshop is sponsored by Mindscape
Jung, the Yes Party and the SubVerse Poetry Tea Room. It is open to all. For
details of forthcoming workshops please visit SubVerse Events at the SubVerse
Poetry Tea Room at http://www.elle.finn.btinternet.co.uk/SubVerse.htm
Correspondence Course
The Unassertive Correspondence Course features a selection of soft
options from the SubVerse Unassertiveness Workshop suitable for solitary study.
On completion of all twelve units candidates are eligible to self-certify
themselves as “true submissives” or “real dominants”.
Unassertiveness Workbooks for the correspondence course are available from
SubVerse,
Training
Units
Unit One: The Ten Unassertive Suggestions
Unit Two: Frightened or Angry?
Unit Three: The Logical Heart Flow Chart
Unit Four: The Mindscape Jung Self-Help Guide: Personality Predictor
Unit Five: The Mindscape Jung Self-Help Guide: Psychological Horoscope
Unit Six: The Unassertiveness Quiz
Unit Seven: Japanese Tea: Poetry and Philosophy
Unit Eight: The Open Minded Quiz
Unit Nine: The Bluffers Guide to BDSM
Unit Ten: A Thing of Beauty
Unit Eleven: Anything goes?
Unit Twelve: The Submissive Self Examination
The
Ten Unassertive Suggestions
1.
Give generously, joyfully and unconditionally – you may not get anything
in return.
2.
Entrust yourself to another – have faith in their decision making
abilities.
3.
Accept inequality – happiness can be found at the bottom as well as the
top.
4.
Let others have their own way - put other people’s desires before your
own.
5.
Live quietly in the background – obscurity can be just as fulfilling as
celebrity.
6.
Appreciate passivity – it is a peaceful island in a challenging sea.
7.
Let your emotional side submit to your rational side-feel freely, think
carefully, speak tactfully, act responsibly.
8.
Let others lead, then follow them – offer suggestions, but don’t make
demands.
9.
Abandon yourself as an individual – you are a small part of a large whole.
10.
Remember you are not your own
person – you belong to someone else.
Sado Haiku = Japanese Tea Poetry
First Principle: Wa – Harmony
Order brings us peace
Through service and selflessness
Find equality
Second Principle: Kei –
Respect
We have this one chance
To cherish our gift of time
Nurture it humbly
Third Principle: Sei – Purity
Clean your heart and mind
Abandon entanglements
Wash away your self
Fourth Principle: Jaku – Tranquillity
Truth in poverty
Perfect in incompletion
Natural beauty
Comments
from our satisfied customers
“By far the best and most challenging session at the pervefest.”
Further Information
The SubVerse Poetry Tea Room
http://www.elle.finn.btinternet.co.uk/SubVerse.htm