Life Imitating Art (again) (S21E4)

love settle in and listen and see where the episode takes you so earlier today at lunchtime I co-hosted a lunch and learn about the nervous system at work and if you came along it was really lovely to see you there I know there were quite a few uh technical challenges with it um Which I think was really interesting, and actually maybe that's the theme for today, is about how often life offers us these challenges, these moments maybe of conflict or tension or resistance.

in order to illustrate the very thing that we're practicing or seeking to learn or wanting to teach others.

And I'm really mindful as I sort of say these words, you know, the universe offers us these things.

Like that can sound a bit woo-woo if that's not really the way that we see the world.

And, you know, and for me, I'm comfortable with that language.

That feels okay for me.

And I recognize that for some of us, perhaps it doesn't.

So maybe an easier way to frame that is to say how interesting it is how we can be presented with something.

Something happens around us that... holds a lesson within it of some kind.

And we might call it irony.

We might call it happenstance.

We might call it a coincidence.

We might call it anything.

In a way, I don't think it matters what we call it.

We might call it the universe.

I don't really think it matters what we call it.

I think what's interesting or what feels interesting for me is what we then do with it.

And so I was co-hosting this event today all about the nervous system and really specifically talking about the nervous system at work.

And my co-host, lovely Grace, who I've run a few retreats with, some of you may have joined us on those.

And You know, it's an area of speciality for Grace and myself, this working with the nervous system.

She has a long history in nursing and as a somatic practitioner and in training others about how to work with the nervous system.

I've obviously got all of my background, all of my training and the coaching, but also the somatics and trauma-informed training that I've done.

And so, you know, we're both really fascinated with the work of Polyvagal Theory and Deb Dana and Stephen Porges and see how valuable it is when we're working with our clients, both in group and one-to-one.

And so we've teamed up to offer this out into the world.

And so today's event was a free event just to give people a bit of a taster.