a cool sculpture at omega

a cool sculpture
Originally uploaded by tuckergurl.

This weekend I took an amazing seminar at Omega Institute for Holistic Studies. It was a workshop called Reality Check taught by Iyanla Vanzant who is known from Oprah or from my fave show, Starting Over.

I have always wanted to go to a workshop like this but they are usually insanely expensive. Omega keeps it pretty cheap. I stayed in a dorm and ate the best vegetarian food I have ever had. (They really, really need to put out a cookbook.)

I have a hard time telling what I learned at the workshop exactly. It's not really easy to put into words. I was cynical about doing the workshop. I just tend to be cynical about most things. Lately though I do not actually think I am cynical. I think that I have just fallen into a pattern of being cynical though I no longer think I am cynical anymore. I now think I am over being cynical. I am a lot more open and hopeful.

A woman in my workshop pointed this sculpture out to me when she saw me taking some last minute photos. I did not even see it. It got us thinking about going deeper and deeper inside yourself to really get to know yourself. (If that makes any sense.)

Some people had some HUGE breakthroughs. I think I walked away with a bit of a new outlook about some things in my life. I kept to myself. It was nice to be around people that I did not know at all when you are in a situation where you are talking about really personal things. I liked that I was not bound by the way that others see me. I could be the me that I wanted to be.

Comments

[L. Britt]

I'm sorry for you that you feel you're not allowed to be the person you want to be back in your real world. I hope you are able to transform despite limitations placed on you by other people. Because if people truly care about you, they'll go along for the ride.

[tuckergurl]

I think I put the limitations on myself as much as other people do so I am as much to blame. I am not that troubled by it though. For the most part I am myself fully. There are just certain situations I have to work on.

[Quel]

I wish I could be the "me I want to be" more often around anybody. Like you, I'm more likely to do that around strangers or a select group of friends. It'd be nice to be less selectively self-conscious.