When Six become Three -

[sisalfish]

Thursday's ritual and trance for our Samhain celebration were pretty indicative of what happens when Kimber, Jasmine and I  come up with most of the plans. Dark. Prop-heavy. Complicated, but also with a structure that lets us find our way through. Four speaking voices in the trance

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[shauna_aura]

Heh...sorry to hear that you all got sick, however, glad to hear you had people who were able to step in and improv.

What I'm experiencing a lot lately is gratefulness for my training in being able to step into something and wing it. Mark and I don't always have the time that we really should devote to planning rituals and intensives, and I'm so grateful for all the training and opportunities I've had in improv workshops/ritual.

On the other hand, I'm often surprised/shocked/baffled when I am talking to someone and I ask them to present something (like, 15 minutes to an hour, or step into a ritual role) and they tell me that oh no, they couldn't possibly without a few weeks to plan.

A good reminder that it took me years to be able to step in and improv like that. That I used to be the one who needed days/hours/weeks of planning.

[sisalfish]

Yes, I remember that too - the first time I was asked to do something (it was trance, and I barely knew what trance was ...) with no preparation at all. I remember someone asking if I was nervous and I said I couldn't afford to ask myself that question or I'd become completely non-functional.

When I sort through what I've learned that I deem truly useful - "doing it scared" is definitely a useful concept and practice. When I urge the women I mentor to act from that approach, what I notice is how much more deeply they connect to and move the energy of the "now" - rather than the energy of their plan - and how much energy and heart their spontaneity brings to the work. A lovely thing to see -