Hi couch! Just got home from my last session of our Shamanic Practitioner training including the free clinic that we offered, and I DID IT!! I was really nervous at first but as soon as I started drumming for the first person I worked with I calmed down and felt right at home. Over the 2 hours I worked with 5 people, drumming for them so they could journey, listening to them share their journey, and then I had also brought paper and colored pencils for them to draw something from their journey to remember it by. They all seemed really appreciative. Our instructor seemed impressed with my drumming, she said "Great drumming!" and that my rhythm is spot-on and very consistent. And then towards the end, the last 3 people that came asked for what the other trainees were offering, and since I wasn't working with anyone she asked me to drum for the others while they worked with their last person of the day. Of course I did. I'm tired but very excited and yeah, kinda proud of myself that I did it, even though I was nervous to put myself out there, I wanted to do this and I DID IT!! And it was a bit of a victory that I went and did it without texting t for encouragement. Instead, I asked myself "What would t say?" and told myself that - she would say "Call on that courageous Art that drove from St Louis to the Grand Canyon by herself to go work for the summer where she didn't know anybody." So that's what I did.

eta: i can't believe the 7 months is over already.... feels like we just started a month ago!!