I like a lot of 'eye contact hippie' category things. Feeling into energy together, crying together, crazy weird spiritual experiences, bizarre communication styles - I'm into it.
But I feel very turned off by the vast majority of classes/communities around this stuff. 1/
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Tantra classes, relating games, or anything that's exploring other modes of being in an instruction/exploration setting make me wanna throw up in my mouth.
I suspect it's due to the structure? Like 'trying' to make it happen transforms it from beautiful into a creeping horror. 2
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The biggest exception to this is circling. Circling has a container and has people coming with intent to do a weird thing, but it seems okay - maybe cause I've done almost exclusively surrendered leadership which is basically full anarchy, and that feels sufficiently organic?
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What is bizarre communication styles? In my head I imagine people just making weird sounds at each other.
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Completely agree. Part of the appeal is an almost primal sense of connection. Putting that into a class setting sanitizes it beyond recognition, and trying to absorb that dry form in a group you didn’t choose amplifies the cringe factor.
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Check out "the farm" in Summertown TN, cool hippie midwives, Ina may Gaskin. I went there for nurse training very cool.