New Zealand, New Zealand!
Wed, Aug 18th 2010
NEW ZEALAND, NEW ZEALAND
Some countries tug my heart strings like no others, and I’m forever in love with their beauty and energy.... India, Brazil, Ireland are at the top for me and now – New Zealand. Yes, I’ve been several times before – but sometimes relationships take time and you only discover the true unique light of a country, place or a person after some time has passed and this year was a blast!!!
I spent a week running my accredited Train The Trainers course in the gorgeous quirky turn of the century fraying grandeur of Waitomo Caves hotel with 30 RTLB’s, principals, D.P.s, teachers, social workers… and …wow! were they powerful; powerfully positive, full of fun, full of questions… and so warm. They came with me to see me work with three different large classes of barefooted children in nearby country schools – and the children were …powerfull! In very similar ways to my teaching group. Diverse, honest, trusting, positive, some struggling to cope with life’s ambushes – and full of a shimmering energy and a desperate need for FUN! William Glasser a psychologist, in his own hierarchy of human needs, puts fun right at the centre! So we stormed, normed, formed and performed our way through the week – and even the hotel promoted fun! Anna, the manager put on a 1920’s (the heyday of the hotel), Murder, Mystery Evening (my first ever) and everyone dressed up and role played superbly. The brave and visionary organisers of the week, Marion and Jenny from the Te Kuiti-Piopi RTLBs cluster, dragged in their husbands and sons as tasty gangsters and the night took off. I found myself stealing money, lying, cheating and manipulating – and I loved the wickedness of it – such a relief from being so relentlessly positive in the day job! We had a struggle next day being good people till I realised we hadn’t de-roled (very important!).
There were so many highlights for me, my bedroom high up in the New Zealand tropical bush surrounded by a long, wooden balcony where I went to sit, drink tea and bathe in golden moments. A trip on a boat deep in night dark caves lit only by glow-worms. Meeting Jonah the Pig - see him here with his goggles on; he travels on the back of Harley Davidson with his gloriously batty bushwacker owner, Billy Black who still holds the world record for shearing thousands of sheep one day and designed a Lord of Rings type local motel rated 5th best in the world – even Jonah is creative and can play rugby too!
So, phew, it’s at times like this I need to publically thank all my office staff (which includes my daughter Meg) for making these trips happen so safely and professionally. Thank you and a huge thank you to Marion and Jenny for their perseverance, tenacity and sheer hard work – you now have a committed team of properly trained trainers who are going to create safe and fun circle-times for their children, families and staff and so keep your own large circle of support going for everyone’s good.
(To enquire about Train the Trainers courses or any of Jenny’s training programmes please phone 01225 767157 or email circletime@jennymosley.co.uk)
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