Grounding and Trusting Oneself

While attending a CI workshop in Goa, at a wonderful space under a huge Banyan Tree with sunlight shimmering through it’s leaves, having finished a set of partner exercises we sat down in a circle to share our experiences and feelings. Two other participants began the sharing with how they where able to trust each other letting them both share weight, lift and fly each other easily.

Having sensed this theme of trust issues within the group, I chimed in with my perspective on trust. I shared that indeed it is not only about trusting the other but more so of trusting oneself, to be able to sense, perceive and catch myself in a fall. Being comfortable in different orientations and knowing your center of gravity. That in turn lets you work within your limits but also take risks leading to expansion of your capabilities and limits.

The facilitator resonated with me by adding that indeed trust is not something that you just give, it comes from within, with awareness of your presence and body sensations leading to an even greater connection and perception of the other, navigating tricky spaces, communicating and negotiating each others limits and boundaries.

The more I practise CI the more I find myself trusting my body and its sensations to guide me into ways of catching myself from falls, having more spacial awareness, acknowledging my emotions and reading others intentions.

Essentially being comfortable handling new, unknown and challenging situations.