Podcasting Update

Michael and I made four attempts to record our first podcast the other night. The best segment was a snippet where I lost it and screamed,"I can't do it! I can't do it!"over and over. We deleted the rest, but he kept that bit because it was funny.

And it was the most authentic moment of the whole damn night.

Why is this so daunting?

But the good part is that we practiced doing several 'faux podcasts' and discovered that we needed to toss the original approach entirely. It was stuffy, pompous and dumb sounding. The best results unfolded when I did what I normally do as an anthropologist: ask questions and just listen. So that's we'll we'll try next time, maybe today/tonight.

Please cut some slack on our first few podcasts. They'll get better as we go along.

Healing Weekend with Ariana Lightningstorm: Who is interested in joining me?

I have utterly failed at self care for the past few weeks, months, and maybe even year. Getting this train stopped and turned around is really, really hard, so I'm upping the ante. Cat has helped me get back on the exercise train, and Mythical Journeys helped me figure out what I need to change...but I need to schedule periodic outside reinforcers to keep me on target with my work.

So...Michael and I are scheduling a Healing Weekend here at our place in January. Our guest healer will be Ariana Lightningstorm, of Free Spirit Gathering and Kiva fame. Ariana works in various modalities. She is:

* a wonderful massage therapist
* a gentle and caring Rebirthing/breathwork specialist
* an energetic healer who offers Reiki, Quantum Touch and other energetic modalities
* She also practices and teaches palmistry and Tarot.

For more about breathwork, you can go here:

http://www.mdrbc.com

For breathwork, Ariana has a sliding scale of $40-$75.
For massage, she charges $1 a minute, or $60/hour.

Ariana can arrive on a Thursday and will be available to do massage, breathwork and divinatory work on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. We are tentatively thinking that January 18th, 19th and 20th will work best for this.

Our place is small, but we can schedule individual sessions from Friday-Sunday. I think we'll host a class (on divination or perhaps energy work) Friday or Saturday night and ask attendees to contribute $3-5 each. Blue Star asks its initiates to learn about methods of divination other than Tarot; Ariana can offer some help in that regard because palmistry is her specialty. Maybe I can find a larger location/household willing to host that class.

I've scheduled breathwork and massage for the weekend. Who else would be interested in joining me in some part of this work? Who might be interested in hosting a class? What kind of class/classes are you most interested in experiencing?

Palmistry/Tarot?
Energy work/self healing/self care?
Something else?

NOTE: Elphaba in York, PA has offered her place, which can sleep 8 in beds and more with sleeping bags, as one possible location for all or part of the weekend. When you answer, please note if this would make the weekend MORE difficult for you or EASIER for you.

One possibility is that Ariana could work here Friday and we could head up to elphaba's Saturday morning.

Please comment on what would and would not work for you.

If there is enough interest, we can schedule multiple weekends.