One second I'm excitedly heading to my third session of the day entitled "Emotional Intelligence in the classroom" which according to the session guide I carried is
The ability to withstand emotional flooding when teachers are triggered by students or events that occur within the school setting. Unlike the skills gained in higher education, which help teachers get their jobs, emotional intelligence helps teachers to keep their jobs.
Juuuust what I need!
Next thing I know I'm on a chair with my eyes closed and is asked to "let go of all my thoughts and concentrate on my little toe". FOR A WHOLE HOUR.
Oh and it gets better, we were taught how to "meditate while walking"- which basically makes you look like a crazy person (even the instructor advised us not to do it in public!)
And then picture our "enemy" (the closest thing I could think of is my most pain in the neck kid!) and say stuff like "may you have health and wealth and be happy and eat frog legs" or something, OVER AND OVER.
I won't lie to you, I kept my eyes shut maybe for the first 10 minutes (BARELY- I was dying there). And spent the rest of the hour contemplating if I could sneak out of the room without anyone noticing. I woulda fell asleep but the AC was on too cold and was hitting me directly.
It's just so funny cuz I'm like SOOOOO NOT the meditating type. I mentioned that in earlier posts, I'm so fidgety and hyperactive to the point of driving the people around me crazy.
So being cooped up in a small room "meditating" and offered advice about the best "meditation retreats" around the world- where she claims they do THAT, like, ALL DAY- isn't exactly my cup of tea.
Misery loves company, one of my friends at school attended it with me (I talked her into it. Poor thing). When we got home she called me and we spent like 30 minutes cracking up as we remembered the session. I'm sure we'll have plenty more to laugh about as the year passes!
Oh well, I guess that's the silver lining!
6 comments:
YOU meditating? I only made the mistake of taking you to yoga once. This is hilarious. I think your little toe must've been curled up in agony :)
By the way, here's another blog entry with the exact same title as yours: http://dishyum.blogspot.com/2006/03/om-shanti-shanti-shanti_22.html
Enjoy.. and happy snoring!
LOL
Well, what do you know! I'm not the only one who sucks at "Shanti-ing":P
Funny post:D thanks for sharing it sis!
I've learnt my lesson though, next time I hear so much as "medi"- I'm running for the hills!!
Om SHANTI SHANTI SHANTI
darn! It's stuck in my head!
Mabrouk the "new look" sisso ;)
So where's the new post to go with it? :P
Love,
Sleepless Beauty
Allah iybarek feeki;)
I wanted something more lively and colorful (like..your apartment!:P), but since I am forced to use a "template" (cuz i'm like design-illiterate:P) that's the best I could find! (I DID customize it though- badly:P)
New post.. Comin up! (just as soon as my brain wakes up- i've been having so much sleep these coupla days- oops, I should prolly be more considerate, shouldn't I?;)
Get sleep woman, there's no such thing as a "sleepless beauty", not even "jameelet 3arjan" can get away with it:P
Ciao Bella;)
You're so funny! That post made me laugh out loud. So, meditation really isn't for everyone, huh?
Yep Nancy, definitely not for me! (or the other lady in the room who as we "Om SHANTI SHANTI SHANTI-ed" was text messaging!! ;P
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