Mar 08, 2018 17:39
Night 3 of 6.
Last night (I'm a bit late posting) was night 3 and the participants are becoming more like friends than acquaintances, with some people displaying a marked preference for some over others. Its been interesting to watch (and participate in), particularly when those cliques are broken up during activities. Its a bit like being in school again. Hee!
We worked on spontaneity last night and began with some exercises to continue building on the skills we learned in the previous two weeks. Had we done any of the exercises from last night on the first night I think we all would have frozen and not had the foggiest idea what we were doing. We all did rather well.
One take away from last night was the importance of focus. We did an exercise where we had to mime doing something and state to the group we were doing something completely different.
*Mimes eating an apple*
'I'm changing a tyre!'
Some of the combinations were hilarious, some were slightly disturbing and everyone got it wrong once or twice to start with. I found I was so delighted by everyone being silly that I once forgot what I'd planned for my own performance, and stumbled. I got there in the end, but the point was a good one. FOCUS.
There has been some serious, secret speculation within some areas of the group as regards what people do for a living. We get tantalising insights into their lives ('I need to be more convincing in front of small, adversarial groups of say 9 or so' - a lawyer maybe?) and we have some hope that there will be a big, if entirely voluntary, reveal on the last night.
I've noticed my behaviour continuing to change. I'm not getting as angry as I did before. Driving on the freeway is a good example of this. Driving on the South Eastern Freeway is a good way to blow an artery because there are so many people who, thanks to recent housing developments in the Adelaide Hills, bring their city driving habits onto the freeway. I have in the past been highly vocal in my criticism of other people's driving styles, to the point where I realised I had to calm the heck down because I'd end up either having a heart attack or I'd get my lights punched out. To say that I am a pool of serenity would be a huge overstatement of my mood, but I find the little things that used to yank my chain don't bother me now. Except people driving in the fast lane when not overtaking and not doing the speed limit either. I know its wrong to have gun turrets fitted to my RAV4 but I still fantasize about it sometimes.
I'm also not losing my shit at the kids as much, and I've noted with some grim amusement that my heart rate is lowering. I put all of this down to the breathing exercises that we are doing in class, that I'm trying very hard to replicate at home and when I'm driving.
I really do think this course is amazing.
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