Am realizing how I’ve been avoiding outing my woo in front of “normal” people. Hmmm.

And Sanders? Everyone loves you. Not just ducks :)

Right now, I’m in Niger (north of Nigeria) and wish I could go to the retreat…

About “That thing you do when the room gets all buzzy and tingly? Like the crazy force field effect?” Totally true. At least for me. I was at the North Carolina retreat and saw Havi Shiva dance one evening, as part of her end of week ritual: the room was INDEED all buzzy and tingly.

(so there !)

However I do think that there is something different about in person stuff to via phone or via audio which is one of the reasons why I still facilitate and teach in person rather than do virtual courses despite one of my friends urging me down this route.
.-= creativevoyage´s last post … Retinal Perspectives =-.

I think it’s because it’s descriptive of what it actually is. When you’re clearing space, that’s what you’re actually doing, clearing out bad stuff. Whereas ‘holding the space’ just doesn’t *mean* anything to me. It’s so *vague*. It doesn’t describe what it is. What are you holding? Nothing!

So we could say ‘creating energy’ or ‘building an atmosphere’ or ‘setting a group intention’, or any number of things that are clearly no less wanky than phrases involving space, but they wouldn’t bother me because they’re actually descriptive. (Though I would need to put air quotes round the word ‘energy’, for my own personal sanity. :) )

And now I’m going to stop, because waffling about whether or not a phrase sounds wanky to me is clearly in and of itself wanky. And I’ve used the word wanky, like, a zillion times on this page.

Maybe I’m just feeling the glow of my Mother-in-law’s lounge (and it’s a pretty good buzz, let me tell you) but I’m *loving* being part of the comment-mice here.

And I want to go through and @ at people, quoting and saying, ‘Yes!’ and stuff.

But I’m jet-lagged.

I am, however, going to come out.

Ready?

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I hold the space.
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(Well, I *did* train as a space clearer with Karen Kingston, so it’s hardly surprising…)

I even *say* ‘hold the space’, but not to my corporate types.

Oh, and the buzzy, sparky room thing?

The first time S saw me do that he was like: Seriously? Can you do that? With people with C-something-O in their job title?

(I even get them to close their eyes. I know. Cutting edge.)

And the alone time? Especially important when you’re *running* the event.

Though if the people are cool, I have to force myself to have alone time because I just want to hang out and chat and play chubby bunnies (Chubby Bunnies!). And then I regret not having a bit of shhh-alone time, to recharge.

When I get around to running a conflict-resolution-y retreat-advance-stay, it’s *so* going to be a slumber party.

Pyjama-high-five!
.-= Andrew Lightheart @alightheart´s last post … Speak mindfully =-.

And my apologies to everyone for this extended interruption of the original interruption. And now back to retreats! Like treats x 2 :-) Havi, your Destuckification Retreat definitely sounds like a treat x 2.
.-= Erika Harris´s last post … Happy 1-Year Birthday, Joyful Work for Sensitive People! =-.

THAT SOUNDS AWESOME. :) :) :) :) :) :)

That is so “what I would look for in a retreat schedule.”
.-= Blue´s last post … Two Quotes from Finite and Infinite Games =-.

All kinds of jargon are alienating, and eye-rolling is a way to counter that, but you’re quite right that it would need to be fond, playful, inclusive ‘we all get this joke’ eye-rolling, not exclusive ‘you’re such a muppet’ eye-rolling.