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Tuning in De-Light Playshop |
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What’s on your list today, Super mom? Work, household chores, scheduling appointments, organizing the kids ofr school, keeping everyone on time for music and sport practice and running Mom’s Taxi Service? It’s no surprise that many women today describe their priority position on the family totem pole as “bottom of the pile,” or “low on the list,” and “no time for me.” For many harried women, there’s usually too much day and not enough rope left to tie it all together. Sure, it’s the stress of modern-day life. But how much of that stress is a culmination of half truths and complete untruths that you’ve been told and internalized as person “expectations and limitations.” Does it have to be that way, and what happened to the fun in your life? The joy, peace and harmony? Enter Maggie Reigh, crusader and champion of retrieving and reviving joy and connection. Destroyer of self-doubt, anxiety and those annoying self-talk tapes in your head that keep you from being ‘The Real You.’ Author, educator and veteran seminar speaker, Reigh attacks the boundaries of the ‘box mentality,’ and replaces it with the “power of nos.” “We all carry old judgements from the past,” Reigh states emphatically. “Most of us experience a lot of resistance and stress, in our lives. We cram too much stuff, in too small a container. And we have a lot of negative chatterboxes in our head - some 60,000 thoughts per day - too many are self-limiting.” Reigh says that learning to isolate and eliminate those self-limiting thoughts can lead to a revitalization of body, mind and spirit. It can help “quiet the mind, breathe vitality and passion into your life and into your work.” Using play (not work)shops, Reigh helps women recognize those negative and limiting self-tapes, and how turning those thought processes around, can make a remarkable difference in life style. “it’s about de-stressing,” Reigh explained, “it’s about moving the energy through, reconnecting with the real you, staying centred, productive and happy.” Using techniques that include storytelling, creative dance and art, Reigh gets women, and sometimes men, to explore, confront and name their person ‘chatterboxes’ to help eliminate daily life stresses. Naming ‘them’ also helps in dealing with and dispelling negativity. Common self-talk includes comments/reactions to guilt, boredom, resentment, anger, envy and self-doubt. Recurring negative self-thoughts such as “I can’t do that,” “What will people think?” and “I’m too stupid,” severely limit personal joy and potential, while adding to daily stress. “Many of us live behind a façade that’s been engineered by those inner voices,” she added. “In the playshops, we get rid of those, learn that the power comes from inside of you, not outside.” You can learn to create instead of react. Respond not resist. “As women we tend to twist and turn ourselves inside out to please the world,” she said. “We put or children, our men, and work before us. Getting connected to your true self, will help you experience a deeper more meaningful connection with others.” Reigh also teaches women to check their posture and body language to get in touch with how they’re responding to a situation. “Playshops create a safe space where expressing and getting in touch with your inner self is OK,”she said. “It’s free of judgement, and a lot of fun. “there’s a lot of laughter going on while we deal with the root of the problem, bring out the core of who we are.” While some may balk at attending what on the surface sounds like a re-run of the `60s peace - love - harmony mantra, Reigh points out that even Bill Gates brings in “play experts” to keep his employees happy and productive and teaches them how to “step out of the box.” Reigh added that tit’s time to think about priorities we’ve created as a society. Playfully posing her own question Reigh asked, “Prozac is Ok - but ‘playshops and ‘play’ are weird?” |
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