Barbara Janell
By Mark Linggi (04/21/10 23:55:40)
Ok. I'll admit it. When I first heard that we would be telepathically talking to animals and trees, I was just a bit skeptical. I wasn't going to dismiss the concept completely, but I was a bit worried. I showed up to class worried, but with an open mind as well. In the end, for me, the exercises made complete sense and was a success.

Since our class on Thursday, I have yet to try any of the techniques, so I suppose I will talk about my initial reactions to what happened.

Barbara Janell made perfect sense. I feel as if I have encountered many of the different things that she talked about too. The breathing exercises were calming and created a different aura around the room that somehow changed the entire atmosphere. I understood what she meant by an animal's presence within a room, and how it changes based on their character and if they are present or not. Even the exercise of sensing problems with someone, animal or human, sparked my memory. In my sophomore year of high school, I had an appendicitis. Like most, it happened suddenly and without warning. A couple months later, a very close family friend was told about this. She said that on that particular day, for some reason, she thought of me and had hopped that I was doing ok. I realized that what Barbara Janell was doing, sensing animals, was no different then sensing people.

I m a bit perplexed about the tree exercise however. At first, I felt as if there was nothing there. I was just standing with a tree against my back and the cool shade pouring over me like it had done a thousand times. I wasn't sure what was going on, but at first, I don't think I felt anything. But for some reason, I keep thinking back to that exercise and wondering if I felt anything. The low branches of that tree seemed to fit my back so comfortably. Maybe because I am still wondering if I felt something, makes me hopeful that something was still there.

I am glad my initial reaction of skepticism was rejected. I enjoyed the exercise and I hope that it works with animals that I encounter in the future.


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