We had another lovely session here in Ōpōtiki on Monday. The focus for this session was finding our voices. We had the brand new venue at Te Ao Hau Trust (thanks to one of the parents who noticed the old venue was a bit cold) which has been gifted to us for the rest of this term. It was just perfect. We are sharing the room with a lady who is using it for mirimiri so as you can imagine, the room has a very zen feeling when you walk in. There were plants everywhere and the room was filled with the aroma of essential oils. It is a small space, but that makes it all the more cosy.
We started the session learning about the throat as an energy centre. People who have an overactive throat centre often talk too much and over share. This led to a discussion about how it's lovely to open up and share in order to connect but to wait until we can trust someone before sharing. if we share with the wrong person, they may share our stories with others for attention if they're not true friends. The opposite to this is an under-active throat centre, this is when someone doesn't talk and share enough, they don't have the confidence to share their truth and express their wants and needs. This can lead to poor boundaries and a lack of connection with others. People with overactive or under-active throat centres will often suffer from throat problems - laryngitis, tonsillitis, strep throat, to name just a few.
I am teaching the girls how to be their own healers so we held our hands on the base of our necks and breathed in light blue light. We then did a sound meditation and chanted the Sanskrit word ham - an exclamation expressive for anger, courtesy or respect . The girls found this funny until I made it a competition - how long could they chant ham for before running out of breath? Of course, I won each time. We then said our affirmations such as - 'I speak my truth with confidence, I listen as much as I speak, I am able to express my wants and needs.'
After that, we completed more activities focusing on our strengths and seeing what skills we would like to improve on. I reminded the girls that the more we focus on our strengths, the more we can increase our confidence and self-esteem.
We then continued with our I Am art. We will spend one more week on these.
We finished the session with me sharing the story of this very empowered 13 year old Mongolian girl, teaching the girls that you are never too young to follow your dreams. The link to the documentary is here. I encourage any girls around the age of 13 to watch this
Oh, and the treat this week was chippies. No, not the healthiest but everyone enjoys a small bag of chippies. Next week is hot chocolate week!
Much love,
Emma
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