Posted by Frank Nothing in the workshops is frightening. What is frightening, especially for the Beginners, is the thought of all those flaming hoops that you imagine you’ll be made to jump through. After entering the room this over-revving imagination is quickly put to rest by the view of the others: very normal persons, all suffering from avoidant paruresis, and therefore logically initially just as frightened as yourself. Have I been cured? No. Have I cured myself? No. I am in recovery. It shows on my face: I’m smiling! __________________
on 27/3/2007, 10:08 pm
I have just returned from the March Improvers Workshop in London. For many years already I have difficulties using cubicles, unless they are fully enclosed, no sounds leak out and nobody is waiting for me or even aware that I’m there in the first place. I need to be seen nor heard nor perceived.
The Beginners in January allowed me to feel markedly more at ease while away from home. Normally I will still choose the cubicles. But I am happier, more relaxed and inevitably more successful in doing so.
And the Improvers Workshop reinforced the basis for those feelings.
It is like descending down the ladder or sloping floor into an unheated swimming pool. It feels awfully while you’re still not fully in the water.
But everybody coming to even the Improvers is apprehensive. WE prefer to feel cool when out of water!
Workshop leaders nor co-participants need to make anyone do something he doesn’t want to do.
But the workshops are successful in empowering the individual to unconsciously forget the limits of what he (or she) feels happy to do.
But some op the flaming hoops have given way to flaring hopes.
There is light at the end of the tunnel.*
* well, what else to expect after the passing of two months and the change of the hour!
Last time I exited the Channel Tunnel in darkness, but now the sun didn’t set until we were approaching Brussels.
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