This was one of my favourite parts of the weekend with Jerry. We did an exercise where we were only allowed to say "blah." And we were to tell our partner about a problem we were having, and then our partner would give us advice, also saying nothing but "blah."
Rewind to break time right before the exercise. I had just had a conversation with Jamie along the same theme.
Blah, blah, blah what should I do? I don't remember how I responded, but it didn't feel all that inspiring. Back to the exercise:
I felt much more
present listening to the
blah blah than I did when we were having an actual conversation with words. Taking away the content opened a path to the other-than-conscious. I was much more aware of Jamie's physiology, tonality, facial expressions, posture, etc. At the same time, I felt a calmness and sense of peace. It sort of took the pressure off of having to know anything or give a right answer. I just had to be there. And it didn't matter
what I said, but
how I said it. How do you communicate presence and warmth and caring? That's what came out of it. And in the process, I felt more deeply. There was a deeper sense of connection that hadn't happened in our previous conversation. All from a few blah blah's.
P.S. blah blah internet down blah blah no post yesterday blah blah sorry. :-)
After much coaching from Jerry about "just get the faces," here's a nice shot of Suzanne & Jeff with Jerry.
Wayne's Harem: MJ, Adrienne, Mo. ;-)
Love this pic of Kristen & Paul. So sweet.
Pilar & Dimitrios
Hi Jamie. :-)
This photo doesn't do them justice, but Paul & Kristen decided to wear low-pants during lunch break with their underwear sticking out. How come you only see young men & no girls doing that?
Keeper-of-the-Keys, Wayne & Marjorie
Mark. Yeah, I don't know what he's doing here.
I love this photo because it shows so much activity. Mark & Kelly were stretching each other's backs, Marjorie is getting a shoulder massage, Jordan smiles for the camera, as does Suzanne. Rob looks away... and Jeff--again with the photo bombing! Brilliant. Oh, yeah. And it's a pretty nice shot of me & Anne together.
