Lorna
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I have done one exercise both ways with Hayden and it was very interesting to see how it unfolded. I went first and was inspired by Ariella and her mobile phone and I have been walking, in silence, leaving my phone off and behind. What I noticed was that while speaking to Hayden, I deleted Instagram, Facebook, X and my news widget and that’s been terrific. I also picked up dog poop (other peoples dogs!) and have changed my shopping habits and cancelled Amazon so a lot of shifting. I enjoyed doing the exercise with Hayden and saw that the focus on emotions goes in a very different direction than ‘doing good for the planet’. Looking forward to my next one tomorrow.
I don’t like writing long posts here so I will sum up. I have done 7 and have had 2 folks interview me and the most important thing that I have noticed is the impact of the sensory part of the inquiry. When I try to go to emotions too quickly, many folks find it hard: really immersing in the 5 senses helps to deepen the intimacy in a way that is more natural and major manageable for people who are awkward or who I dont know well.
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I had a conversation with a friend of mine who has created a mobility device for disabled folks and her passion is the ‘sick care’ system and how the consensus reality of our society makes us unhappy and destroys the planet. She is as ‘radical’ a thinker as Josh, but in a different way. When I asked her to imagine a place in nature, she said ‘oh I close my eyes and I am there- dont need to go anywhere- its all in my head, available when I close my eyes’. she said ‘I am nature, I feel calm, my head settles and it feels like all my molecules are the same as nature, I am a tree, an ocean, I am one’. I was a bit stunned by this and her certainty gave me a sense of bewilderment because she didnt seem very emotional when speaking…but it lingered with me afterwards and I closed my eyes many times to see what she was saying and of course she is right- its imagination, available anytime.
So I did my first practice with my friend Brenda who lives in Denver.
I had invited her to join us so she knew about the program and was happy to be the subject of the practice. Her face lit up when asked about how important the environment was to her and she gave great detail about how she loves the mountains and rivers and is really fascinated by insects and other little creatures. She said she feels peaceful and that ‘all is well’ in the world- there is a sense of ‘order’ when she is in nature. She feels relaxed. She then went on to say how much she loves the ocean too but her heart seemed to be with the mountains and rivers. She liked when I said her emotions back to her. She then went on to say that she is part of a group called ‘the green gals’ and they meet every month (about 30 of them)! They do challenges and they feel good about themselves but it’s not FUN. She had send them all the link to your program and they want to know all about the ‘fun’. I think it would be worth doing a program just for them.