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Jean
Jun 18, 2011, 12:22:31 AM6/18/11
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It’s now 20 days and forward...
I’m still intrigued by how things have changed for me since beginning
to decloak. My home seems different, my city, my work, my friends,
and mostly me. I don’t wonder at how simple this seems to be – I
really do get that my body has always known what to do. My brain just
got in the
way. I find myself laughing at things that used to annoy and anger
me. I sit in silence and that is absolutely wonderful. I don’t have
conversations in my head anymore – or at least so many fewer. I don’t
talk to myself, especially while driving. I find myself not planning
for the day. I still write things down to remind myself of
appointments, but the things that seemed of paramount importance to me
before just don’t anymore.
I’m working with a former student right now on her Master’s Research
Paper. It’s been cognitively tiring and challenging. When she first
asked me to help her, I didn’t know if I would be able to help. Boy
was I wrong! I’m absolutely phenomenal at it. I went in to a gym
club last week to help a gymnast I used to coach to work with one of
her gymnasts. While I don’t have the coach’s technical knowledge,
it’s only because I never did the moves she’s teaching. I left
smiling because I knew that I understood, not only the move, but how
to help the gymnast accomplish what her coach was working with her
on. I knew what to say and how to say it and it worked. I’m a
phenomenal teacher. I worked with my church choir and found myself
asking them to believe that they are good singers [and they really
are] and to trust that their body knows what to do. And it worked.
I’m reminded of Lisa saying that she doesn’t plan what she is going to
say when she is speaking – that she has no idea what she will say and
where it will go. I remember saying that I was looking forward to
getting lost and having some weird conversations. Well, I do
sometimes get
lost but I know that I say what’s important when I speak. I find that
I listen better because I’m not planning what I will say while someone
else is speaking. I’m present to the person I’m speaking with. I may
start with the idea of what I might say when they finish but I follow
what they say.
So what I do end up saying may not be what I thought it would be.
It’s like I have no idea where things are going and that feels so
right. How rare that, by giving up my need to control what will come
out of my mouth, I’m more in control that I have ever been. I’m here
and present to everyone I speak to – including myself.
I hear myself speaking to a friend about what’s going on in her life.
And I’m reminded that everyone is really an aspect of me. We are so
alike. And I can almost hear Naomi [and I feel her beside me] saying
“Yes!” and “You go, girl!”
Life seems so much gentler to me. I feel so much gentler, especially
with myself. It’s as easy as reminding myself to check in – are my
shoulders down, is my belly soft, am I breathing in and remembering to
exhale. That and reminding myself that silence is truly golden. I
can hear Lisa saying “Shut up”.
I was talking to a colleague last night and told her that Decloaking
has been the best thing I’ve ever done for myself. I commented that I
have not taken myself to task for not doing Decloaking two years ago
when my sister suggested that I do it. I know that I needed to be the
person I was
those two years later and before I went to Nova Scotia so that I can
be the person I am right now. It was the right time for me and yes,
it was genius!
Who knew it could be that simple and that compelling? Now I do!
I’m still intrigued by how things have changed for me since beginning
to decloak. My home seems different, my city, my work, my friends,
and mostly me. I don’t wonder at how simple this seems to be – I
really do get that my body has always known what to do. My brain just
got in the
way. I find myself laughing at things that used to annoy and anger
me. I sit in silence and that is absolutely wonderful. I don’t have
conversations in my head anymore – or at least so many fewer. I don’t
talk to myself, especially while driving. I find myself not planning
for the day. I still write things down to remind myself of
appointments, but the things that seemed of paramount importance to me
before just don’t anymore.
I’m working with a former student right now on her Master’s Research
Paper. It’s been cognitively tiring and challenging. When she first
asked me to help her, I didn’t know if I would be able to help. Boy
was I wrong! I’m absolutely phenomenal at it. I went in to a gym
club last week to help a gymnast I used to coach to work with one of
her gymnasts. While I don’t have the coach’s technical knowledge,
it’s only because I never did the moves she’s teaching. I left
smiling because I knew that I understood, not only the move, but how
to help the gymnast accomplish what her coach was working with her
on. I knew what to say and how to say it and it worked. I’m a
phenomenal teacher. I worked with my church choir and found myself
asking them to believe that they are good singers [and they really
are] and to trust that their body knows what to do. And it worked.
I’m reminded of Lisa saying that she doesn’t plan what she is going to
say when she is speaking – that she has no idea what she will say and
where it will go. I remember saying that I was looking forward to
getting lost and having some weird conversations. Well, I do
sometimes get
lost but I know that I say what’s important when I speak. I find that
I listen better because I’m not planning what I will say while someone
else is speaking. I’m present to the person I’m speaking with. I may
start with the idea of what I might say when they finish but I follow
what they say.
So what I do end up saying may not be what I thought it would be.
It’s like I have no idea where things are going and that feels so
right. How rare that, by giving up my need to control what will come
out of my mouth, I’m more in control that I have ever been. I’m here
and present to everyone I speak to – including myself.
I hear myself speaking to a friend about what’s going on in her life.
And I’m reminded that everyone is really an aspect of me. We are so
alike. And I can almost hear Naomi [and I feel her beside me] saying
“Yes!” and “You go, girl!”
Life seems so much gentler to me. I feel so much gentler, especially
with myself. It’s as easy as reminding myself to check in – are my
shoulders down, is my belly soft, am I breathing in and remembering to
exhale. That and reminding myself that silence is truly golden. I
can hear Lisa saying “Shut up”.
I was talking to a colleague last night and told her that Decloaking
has been the best thing I’ve ever done for myself. I commented that I
have not taken myself to task for not doing Decloaking two years ago
when my sister suggested that I do it. I know that I needed to be the
person I was
those two years later and before I went to Nova Scotia so that I can
be the person I am right now. It was the right time for me and yes,
it was genius!
Who knew it could be that simple and that compelling? Now I do!
Leona McIsaac-Moran
Jun 18, 2011, 5:35:14 AM6/18/11
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Wow ! And thanks so much for sharing Jean
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Louise LeBrun
Jun 18, 2011, 2:43:58 PM6/18/11
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Jean, thank you for taking the time not only to capture the many layers of your personal Decloaking experience but for being willing to share it, with all of us.
I have known for a long time the degree to which this process changes lives. I never tire of bearing witness to one woman after another, reclaim the magic and majesty of her own life. And even after 20+ years, I am living proof that it goes on... and on... and on! The good news is: it just keeps getting better!
I appreciate your willingness to let me into these deeply meaningful moments in your life.
Much aloha,
Louise
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Naomi Irons
Jun 18, 2011, 3:19:54 PM6/18/11
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Hi Jean,
Like Louise, I continue to marvel in the transformative process of Decloaking and Living Authentically. It allows us to see we have been here all along- just waiting to be reclaimed. Nothing broken, nothing dysfunctional- just the genius of us waiting to be in flow in our bodies so we may discover ourselves Authentically in the moment!
It continues to be an honour to bear witness to who you are becoming in a BIG way!!!
You GO girl...lol!
With RIG,
Naomi
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AngelaB
Jun 19, 2011, 10:22:45 AM6/19/11
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HI Jean,
Thank you for sharing your experience. You trigger something awesome
inside me yesterday (tidal waves) and today I'm full of wonderful
insights. Thank you so much. I'm so very grateful :)
Angela :)
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Thank you for sharing your experience. You trigger something awesome
inside me yesterday (tidal waves) and today I'm full of wonderful
insights. Thank you so much. I'm so very grateful :)
Angela :)
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> 'Conversations from Within'*
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> *
> Specializing in unique programs and coaching sessions to awaken women and
> birth a new paradigm... one woman at a time.
>
> **CODE Model Coach™
> birth a new paradigm... one woman at a time.
>
> WEL-Systems® <http://www.wel-systems.com/index.htm> Program Facilitator
> Certified Doula
> Registered Massage Therapist
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> Website:www.naomiirons.com
> Facebook Page: Conversations from
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LJWeiss
Jun 19, 2011, 10:30:57 AM6/19/11
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Thank you so much for sharing Jean!
I am touched and honoured to have been a part of your experience of
yourSelf and I continue to marvel in the notion that change does not
have to take a long time and be a struggle, it is as simple as
inhaling and exhaling.
Hugs,
Lisa
I am touched and honoured to have been a part of your experience of
yourSelf and I continue to marvel in the notion that change does not
have to take a long time and be a struggle, it is as simple as
inhaling and exhaling.
Hugs,
Lisa
Sheila Winter Wallace
Jun 19, 2011, 1:34:11 PM6/19/11
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Welcome home, Jean...to yourSelf.
I send you much aloha (alo = space; ha = breath; aloha = breathing space, space to breathe; coming home to mySelf is me choosing to reclaim and to own mySelf, as the sacred space that I AM to breathe me, the holy, the ONE in and for my own life.)
Welcome home.
S.
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