Monday, June 16, 2008

Practicing What I Preach

I have now been in my new office for one week and a busy one at that. The interesting thing is that I've had so many clients this week and all of them are having fabulous, mind-blowing, pattern-changing sessions. Is it the feng shui? The green walls? Or is it me?

I know that I've been different in the new office. I'm not sure if it's the new-ness of the space, but I am finding myself being extra mindful and extra present. There are more and different ambient sounds at this new space and I know that I've been working harder to be completely present. My intention being that by creating this complete sense of being present that all potential distractions fail to become part of our experience. This appears to be a very fine example Healing Presence in practice. It's not that I wasn't using it before, every day with every client. I just don't know if I was doing so with the kind of consistency I am now.

I've also been exploring an understanding of the sacredness of our relationship - my client and I. Not in some sort of esoteric, "I feel the presence of the divine" kind of way, but in a really - dare I say it - PRACTICAL way. I know that is the right word, but I'm not exactly sure how that is. It's not that I don't have transcendent experiences in the work because I do. It's more a recognition that the sacred need not be transcendent to be real.

Then again, maybe it's just the new wall color.