How can blogging and fire walking be similar?
Some years ago I completed some NLP training with Jane Talbot - the master practitioner course included the option to do a FireWalk. I signed up for the training and was very clear on many occasions that I would not be doing the firewalk but would happily support the others and would observe from the sidelines. On the evening of the firewalk (which I still vividly remember) we prepared the fire and ourselves and I watched as others started to walk across the glowing embers. To my surprise I found myself, without any conscious thought or premeditation, sitting on a log and removing my shoes and socks ... I then, still in some degree of abstraction, walked across the fire.
I have recently started studying again and one of the modules I'm doing (Managing Systemic Change) strongly encourages students to reflect on their learning and capture thoughts through a blog. I signed up for the course and was very clear that while I would write to capture my learning and my thoughts I would not write publicly. And here I find myself, without much conscious thought and certainly no premeditation, writing in a public space and posting thoughts which can be read by others.
And having started, the words are pouring out 😄
Jane Talbot can be found at:
- as a writer, storyteller and coach
- on twitter as @IntrepidJane
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