Hi,

I am taking the Supercharging class in August. I was wanting to know if it would be a good idea to get the Superchargind DVD's now and start with the techniques. Or, should I wait and take the class and just use the DVD's for review? I guess I don't want to start using the techniques inappropriately and then have a hard time breaking bad habits in August when I take the course.

Hi, as you are going to take the class and get the DVD, if I were you I'l buy the DVD and study before taking the class.
I got the DVDs,(didn't do it live yet) when I took Core Transformation I talked to Alain and Jody about some doubts I had when I watched the |DVDs.
Most of the class consists of Alain watching peolple doing the exercices and correcting them.
I think that learning in advance will be a good experience.
Be positive,think on what you'l gain.
Wilson

take the dvd"s!
When you hit the Core class, there are times when Alain and Jody know you are doing the correct thing, but YOU can't realize what it is.

Alain stood beside me as I did the "behind the eyes", saying, just a bit further back - There! you have it" I do? What is it that I have?
I didn't stop to ask, idn't think of it, cuz I HAD it!

Now, the question that is burning in my mind is what did I have, and where did I leave it?

I couldn't feel a difference, and I didn't KNOW I couldn't feel a difference.

HE (Alain) did, he could SEE it, but I am just stuck with occasional bits of color, unlike our mentor, and have no idea what "it" is or how to find "it" again. Lost it in the fog...

If you can take, steal, question anyone or thing to find out ANYTHING about a class you are interested in, do so now, before the class, and WRITE DOWN THE QUESTIONS YOU HAVE no matter how silly they sound to you later. They are valid, and Alain and Jody have no problems with any questions that are asked. The only problem is with UN-asked questions, like mine is/was.

I wish I had more time between classes, as I left a trail of questions from class to class.

Slow down, absorb from the DVD's you have available and then charge!

Alain and Jody will answer in as much detail as is needed, but ya gotta ask the question, first.
Wilson is extremely right on the mark.

lots of learnings,

zeneagle

You know that we encourage questions and are constantly asking you if you understand as we do this work. Well, anytime and in any class do question what you are experiencing and of course, try it away from the class room setting and make sure you can still do it.

If you remember correctly, we ask you to try the Yin breath as you fall asleep and when you first wake up to see if you are comfortable with it. Then the first question of day 2 is "does anyone need help finding this space again"? so that you can have it reinforced as often as necessary.

In addition, after a class we tell you that you can email us anytime you have a question about the course for this very reason; the desire is to be able to help you with it all after the class so that you have something to fall back on as necessary. So if your not sure about something, and have taken a live class, email us personally and we'll do our best to clarify any confusions for you.

Alain, yes, you and Jody both said that to each and every one of us. THAT I remember clearly.

I did NOT write the way above post to demean you or Jody in any way. I was writing what I felt I didn't know.

That "not knowing" has nothing to do with your teaching technique. I was not disparaging you at all, merely pointing out that some of us need a great deal of larnin' and don't realize what is needed to learn.

The Core class is jampacked with information, and if one is to prepared to understand the information taught, given so well, then one is in the position that I find myself occupying.

I had it, what did I have again? How did he tell me to get there, uhhhhhhhhhhhhhh?

By feeling around within my head, I THINK I have found the "Behind The Eyes" technique. I think. But what if I have not, and am simply scamming myself out of solid knowledge?

I have said to you personally that I am slow to absorb, learn, and I have asked you when you are coming to any nearby area to teach the Core class again. I want to take it from you, as I now have SOME basis of absorbtion formed. Not much, but getting there.

When I was teaching Master classes in Wood Carving, I told the class what I was going to teach them. Then I taught them. Then I had them teach each other. Then I told them what I and each of them had been taught.
THEN I ANSWERED QUESTIONS, JUST AS DO YOU.

Some people need more information, more underestanding of the subject before it can stick to the wall of the skull. Mine has slithered down almost to my neck now, and I am confused on some things, Absolutely Positively sure of others.

You did a fantastic job of teaching the Core class, as did Jody. I, on the other hand, did the very best I could do to understand things that were very new, very unknown, yet I had been doing them for years, not understanding that what YOU said, and what I DID were one and the same... Just different names for the same function.

I still want to take the Core Class from the two of you again. I just have a slight difficulty with financial matters at the moment.

I apologize if I offended you, or Jody.

zeneagle

Thanks for the wonderful advice everybody.

No offense taken, Zen. (Plus you were dealing with the handicap of your allergies during the class.)

HI Zen, no offence was taken, I just wanted others to be clear that we went to great lengths to be as clear as possible for everyone.

PHEW!


zeneagle

Well Zen,

I sure know what you are going thru! As you know, I took the Core Workshop first last November then again this last January. Both times from Alain and Jody. After the first workshop, I too felt very much as you describe. Wasn't sure if I was "in the right place" and additionally, just KNEW I couldn't feel the diaphragms very well (or at all), so I didn't do many of the excersises or processes between workshops. I did however, use the Core breathing and "behind the eyes" as best as I could, trusting that what I was doing would be "for the best." I had some incredibly affirming results using core techniques on clients, so assumed that I was doing SOMETHING right. Or right enough anyways. <grin>

Hang in there, I do have a point. Don't rush me, I'm getting to it. Really. Any minute now...

And here it is (drumroll puleeze) - when I took that second Core workshop, I discovered to my utter amazement, that it ALL came together so quickly and easily. I felt ALL the diaphagms with little or no effort at all. Getting "behind the eyes" was second nature. It all just made so much more sense. I can't tell you how incredibly affirming doing the class again was for me...

I really really really recommend it. Really.

...Which is why I am trying to get another CORE class with Alain and Jody. I didn't watch the calendar closely enough, and missed them here.

The Class has not as yet been given, and I dont really want to try eliminating someone, so will wait. I will get there, and no one will be harmed...lolol as if I could!

I agree with everything you had to say, no matter how long it took you to say it!

healinghugs, prettyman

Zen

Alain,

quote:

If you remember correctly, we ask you to try the Yin breath as you fall asleep and when you first wake up to see if you are comfortable with it.

I've done the Supercharging Weekend (you were not the instructor), but we didn't learn the Yin breath. What is that?

Thank you

The "yin" breath is part of the Core Transformation class. As the question originated here I answered it here. Sorry that I didn't make that distinction clear.

quote:

Originally posted by zeneagle:

Now, the question that is burning in my mind is what did I have, and where did I leave it?

I gotta tell you, Zeneagle, I almost fell off my piano bench when I read this comment. This is exactly how I felt during the Core Transformation class.

As I stated in a previous post, I took the CT class thinking that it would clarify some of the questions I had after the basic workshop almost a year earlier. It didn't. So, when Alain told me, "THERE! YOU GOT IT!", the only thing I was clearly feeling was that spot behind my eyes.

Because I was feeling absolutely no sensations whatsoever under my hands, I got confused. Having only the basic class to refer to, I expected to feel something more powerful than what I felt a year earlier in Tampa. I wondered, "How could completely focusing only on this spot behind my eyes possibly have any effect (affect? I get the two confused) on what's under my hands?"

Understand that communication amongst QT'ers in November '03 wasn't nearly as good as it is now. When I phoned QT admin and expressed my disappointment with the CT class, I was told that taking the Supercharging Workshop after the Basic Workshop would've been more practical, simply because the CT techniques are completely different from what I learned in the basic class.

But, like water slowly turning solid rock into sand or, perhaps more appropriately, the Grand Canyon, I'm persevering. I've registered to re-take the CT class in Vero Beach, FL in May with Deborah Gair-Hargraves (also my SC instructor).

With much more experience, plus the Supercharging class strengthening my basic skills, I'm looking forward to learning what Core Transformation is all about - again.

Peace,
Rick Garzaniti
Certified QT Practitioner

"It is not in explanations that we will find divinity." - Prem Rawat