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So, I signed up for Pagan Schola 100.
For those of you not in/around the Ottawa Pagan community, this is a free class wherein students learn how to work with energy (grounding, centering, shielding, calling, invoking, bidding farewell, etc) and how to improve one's awareness of energy (and energy-people) - this last, in particular, is something I'm really not good at, and would like to improve upon - and also how to work in a (co-ed) group (something else I'm not familiar with).
Anyway. Last night was the first class.
I think it went pretty well. I like the people I'm working with, and we all seem to have good senses of humour and a lack of The Dumb, which is good. :-)
Last night, we did all the Intro Class stuff about the point of the course, and why we've all decided to take it, and such-like. Then we did Activities.
Specifically we got paired up and one was the Sender and one was the Receiver (we took turns). the Sender had to draw a shape or a number (2-9) on the hand of the Receiver using energy to do it. And the Receiver had to (try and) become aware of which hand was being drawn on and what was being drawn.
I'd like to point out that, at this point, I kinda suck. :-)
I'm reasonably quick to pick up on energy moving around, but I can't yet tell where it's being directed, let alone what it's being directed to do. :-)
That said, I'm sure I'll get better. :-)
We then tried the exercise again, but the Receiver used a shield.
To my great surprise, I can make a shield.
It's patchy and sketchy and not-much-there, but I can do it.
Now I just need to find something that works a bit better for me than Big Blanket-y Cloak.
My partner made a shield of rooted vines. Which is a really neat idea. :-) Not necessarily one that would work for me, but a very cool idea. :-)
Anyway, next week is more stuff about shielding and awareness ("kenning"). That should be really cool. :-) Until then, I need to practice. So yay. :-)
For those of you not in/around the Ottawa Pagan community, this is a free class wherein students learn how to work with energy (grounding, centering, shielding, calling, invoking, bidding farewell, etc) and how to improve one's awareness of energy (and energy-people) - this last, in particular, is something I'm really not good at, and would like to improve upon - and also how to work in a (co-ed) group (something else I'm not familiar with).
Anyway. Last night was the first class.
I think it went pretty well. I like the people I'm working with, and we all seem to have good senses of humour and a lack of The Dumb, which is good. :-)
Last night, we did all the Intro Class stuff about the point of the course, and why we've all decided to take it, and such-like. Then we did Activities.
Specifically we got paired up and one was the Sender and one was the Receiver (we took turns). the Sender had to draw a shape or a number (2-9) on the hand of the Receiver using energy to do it. And the Receiver had to (try and) become aware of which hand was being drawn on and what was being drawn.
I'd like to point out that, at this point, I kinda suck. :-)
I'm reasonably quick to pick up on energy moving around, but I can't yet tell where it's being directed, let alone what it's being directed to do. :-)
That said, I'm sure I'll get better. :-)
We then tried the exercise again, but the Receiver used a shield.
To my great surprise, I can make a shield.
It's patchy and sketchy and not-much-there, but I can do it.
Now I just need to find something that works a bit better for me than Big Blanket-y Cloak.
My partner made a shield of rooted vines. Which is a really neat idea. :-) Not necessarily one that would work for me, but a very cool idea. :-)
Anyway, next week is more stuff about shielding and awareness ("kenning"). That should be really cool. :-) Until then, I need to practice. So yay. :-)
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