Being ourselves

This is the focus on all of these workshops, being ourselves. However through our lifetime we all have been steered off our path so we can comply others thoughts, ideas and rules.

As with each of these workshops we will be using the road safety mantra – Stop, look and listen, if it is safe then cross the road. This time with our relationships with others.

Stop

Stopping in this context is pausing for a moment, becoming present and grounded. Then you will be able to sense the energies around you. If you are having difficulties with this I will talk you through a meditation the will lead you to become grounded and present. Raising your awareness to what is around you is key, else you will just carry on with your day without even noticing the subconscious interactions that are happening to you.

Look and Listen

There is more to looking and listening, there is also feeling, the feeling you get from your heart and hara. Hara is just above your belly button, you may have those moments when your gut tightens in a particular situation, this is your hara.

Practice is the key to sensing others, this is difficult for some as they are so focused on pleasing others they forgo their our energy. Practicing to stop and be present in the moment you will start to notice how others are steering you down their path.

During the workshop we will be doing some activities that demonstrate how you can sense others energies and how you typically respond to them.

If it is Safe

Our responses to stimuli are pretty much set, or so many people think: you see someone you think you know and you have a response, it may be a good or bad response, they turn around and they are a stranger and you feel a fool for behaving the way you just did. It’s happened to me a few times.

As with the earlier workshops we will revisit the space between stimulus and response, when you are present this space seems a lot longer in time, so you have longer to make an appropriate response, the response that serves your highest good.

The space between stimulus and response is where all our decisions are made, when you are panicking or stressed then the decision is quickly drawn from passed experiences and you repeat that experience, it doesn’t matter if it is good or bad for you, you just do it and hope it is good enough to resolve whatever the stimulus was. I’d guess it wasn’t successful and you feel even more panicked or stressed than before.

This workshop, through the activities, will demonstrate and you will get the experience in a safe environment that you can make the decisions that serve you without malice to yourself and others.