What I should have said to Paul Lundberg

Personal Development, Shiatsu Practice

With some trepidation I attended my final regular weekend with Paul Lundberg at the Brighton College. The nervousness came from the fact that in the previous couple of years I have not quite “got” Paul Lundberg’s approach to shiatsu. Nothing connected and I could not understand what all the fuss was about.

I found myself enjoying the weekend and starting to develop my own small insight into Paul’s view of shiatsu, Ki and energy work. I actually found it a very exciting vista and one that I look forward to exploring in my own practise. Unfortunately, when Paul completed his weekend with a request for feedback what I said was a bit pathetic. What I said was true: I did learn more about using the ground and the use of breath but really I should have been more honest.

A Sceptic would not be too strong a word to describe me on Saturday morning. But by Sunday evening many of Paul’s teachings had really resonated with me. I admit there are still aspects that I find difficult to approach but there is much that I have taken away and started to play with in my own practise. I am not gong to delve into the detail in that post. I would rather expand on these experiments in future posts.

Today I just want to express my disappointment that I had not been more open in my feedback on Sunday. I am sure that Paul Lundberg would have appreciated me being honest in my appraisal since it described a real change. I will try and feedback this information and more via my College.

Tony Brown @ February 19, 2008