New Trails Learning Systems
Ending the notion that suffering is necessary for learning
Changes
“……turn and face the strain.” David Bowie
This week we hosted our gathering we call Salon. We talked about Change. We had the chance to talk about how fear of change balances with excitement about change and how trepidation and excitement are so closely linked and how we are better able to manage our fear of change when we feel connected and supported.
Last year around this time, I was invited to fly to Germany for a couple of events, one of them a presentation of Movement Method for a public-school district in Ahlen, Germany. Not sure what to expect, I prepared well, practiced my very rusty German, and tried to learn to breath while presenting.
“You be-slubbering, flap-mouthed, horn-beast!”
“YOU infectious, half-faced, maggot-pie!!”
“Do YOU bite your thumb at us, sir????”
“DRAW IF YOU BE MEN!”
And so began a glorious day at New Trails Learning.
“Do you know what my favorite thing about horses is?”
The boy paused and listened. I went on-
“My favorite thing about horses is that they always forgive me – no matter what.”
I got up early, cleaned the stalls, fed the horses. I pet the dog, kissed my husband and flew across the US. I arrived at midnight and hopped a cab to a funky rented bedroom hosted by a kind stranger. The next morning, I put on warm clothes and hiked a mile or so through an unfamiliar city. I descended three floors down into a basement of a high-rise. In my backpack was my presentation – my 25 minutes of the best I had to offer.
Flatulate: to emit digestive gases from the anus, especially with accompanying sound (https://www.yourdictionary.com/flatulate)“Fart: This is not an accepted medical word for passing gas. Excess gas in the intestinal is medically termed "flatulence." (But what is excess gas is difficult to define since symptom-free individuals have recorded approximately 14 passages of gas per 24 hours!)
Last year Rupert and I presented in Germany at the German Kuratorium for therapeutic riding in Fuerstenau. I was asked to translate for a lovely couple from Japan who signed up for this German conference struggling to understand German. We spend a couple of hours together, and the very appreciative couple left after watching our presentation and demo.
Little did we know...