Hallelujah

Life is so good. I am on the other side of another weekend of teacher training, reborn in a little way on this chocolate eggs and bunnies Sunday. This is so different from the first training – at the end of those weekends I was drained physically, emotionally, and energetically. This training is more demanding emotionally and energetically, but more invigorating, too.

Lessons learned from this weekend:

1. Sacred play. I reminded myself of it this morning during the practice when I started taking myself too seriously. This is how I ended up with a practice full of bizarre transitions and handstands, and it was fun!
2. I would likely benefit form giving more hands-on reiki. I gave some this morning, and I think that is part of what sustained me through the day.
3. Vulnerability = love. The cool thing about being in a safe place is that every insecurity in the world bubbles up. I saw it happen with some members of my cohort, and I see it happen to me. This has been a tremendous opportunity to wonder if every word that comes out of my mouth is ridiculous (more so than I usually do).  It happens, and then I have a, “really, you too?” conversation and on life goes. For any of you from the group who happen over here, hi! and you are all tremendous.

As for today’s birthday month celebration, it was initially to include purple flip-flops, but as I found myself in the middle of an empty department store parking lot after training, that was when I remembered that today is one of those holidays that a lot of people celebrate. How could I forget zombie Jesus* day with all of this rebirth going on? So instead, I went home, downloaded the K.D. Lang version of Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah and listened to it more times than I care to admit here.

* I mean no disrespect. I make fun of my own holidays, too. For example, we are presently in the middle of “They Tried to Kill Us But Didn’t Let’s Eat,” which actually could refer to most of the Jewish holidays, except for the tree one.