Well it's the wee hours of Saturday morning so I might as well write my report
One thing that is interesting about the thought of attending the Natural Brilliance Retreat is. "I've already done home study course."
I also learned something interesting from Pete. When you attend a lot of seminars or retreats things have a knack of repeating themselves and most people switch off with the I already know this. Pete ask himself How can I use this? It's an interesting idea so I tried it.
I already did the Natural Brilliance course. It was one that didn't seem to do anything for me but I later realised the concept had snuck up on me.
The retreat started with an evening get together and meeting the people who will be particpating.
Paul started the training? the following morning with a visual demonstration. In the afternoon we had our outdoor challenge.
Shawn will be pleased to know his nickname Sneeky has been transferred to my dog. Shaw was responsible for our outdoor adventures.
We had a storm on Monday and our Lava was soaked. The Radisson provided two rooms for our indoor outdoor adventure that afternoon.
We did a lot of integration of what Paul explained to us, using Brain Spa (don't ask me what that is I'm not going into the details). Also Win Wenger had us run a couple of techniques to work on our goals and apply the Natural Brilliance step. I came up with a different way of doing it. We would have loved to test it out but the days were long by the time we said goodnight to each other they were crawling to their beds.
I had the good fortune to run into Win at the airport we were both collecting our bags and decided to share a taxi to the hotel. I mentioned a technique I've developed and he asked me to write an article on it. I also had the opportunity to test out another technique. So by the end of the retreat I had promised Win three articles.
Tuesdays outdoor adventure was a real adventure. I was the mad beaver taking photos for our group running around on a nice warm sunny day in the sun. regularly wiping perspiration from my face and hands. I was the last to do the challenge and when they prepared me I was thinking 'really people I just wanna sit down now'. I'll think twice before I pull the mad beaver stunt again.
Nah it was too inspirattional, watching the emotions through a camera as my team members broke through some personal challenges. We were still talking about it the next day.
We also learned a powerful lesson at the next days ourdoor challenge... Don't trust Shawn.
The close on Thurdsay was not so much a close since for many of us it was another beginning.
In the beginning I mentioned Pete's thought about how to approach stuff you're being told that you think you already know. "How can I use this, right now." At the Natural Brilliance Retreat I had the opportunity to do exactly that. I couple of things I learned is. Just because we know it doesn't mean we are using it or even using it as fully as we can. And 2nd we don't always hear the support that other people are offering us. It's often a silent, 'you can do it. I know you can keep going.' They are often silently said but if you could hear the recording later after you've given it your best shot, you'd know more often than not, family, friends and even strangers are cheering you on like an athlete at the Olympic games. There are more people for you than against you.
Alex
