So I am sitting outside in a field looking over the big field of omega looking over the

main hall where we've been having our workshop all week.

Sitting in the grass so I don't know the quality of this recording.

I don't know if we're going to hear birds chirping or people walking by on the trail, but

I'm going to do my very best to follow through and record a podcast for you even though I'm

here at omega and pretty much every moment of my day is taken, but I didn't want to let

the week go by without at least checking in with you guys and telling you what this week

has been for me.

So when it began on Monday, I had two goals.

I had the goal of educating you guys and everyone who came on the methods and practice of my

work and all the amazing things that I have seen happen in my own body and in my client's

body of bodies over the years and also to expose them to the work of these fantastic amazing

humans that I brought along with me as guest instructors, Athena Allred, Aaron Chavone,

Caroline Dewey, Lisa Schlossberg and Ruthie Lindsay who all brought the most incredible

powerful messages.

But I had a second goal that was equally as important which was and has become creating

community.

So these were 42 people who came together, who had never met, not one of them came knowing

anybody that was in the room.

And I explained to them on the first day one of the most important things about chronic

pain recovery is realizing that we're not alone.

And so I had all sorts of activities designed to help them meet and connect and what I have

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