Lecture by Vivien Deitz

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This Lecture was certainly interesting as I had never been to one quite like it before. I was definitley pleased and amazed by how genuinely Dr. Deitz believed in self-healing. I'd never thought of an "Inner Magical Shamanic Child" before and it was certainly different to try and find mine. I'm not exactly sure what mine looked like to be honest. I guess it was like a happy ball of light. It was  fun to imagine up my own magic carpet, (I think I changed the carpet colors in the end). It was a trip back to my childhood. Not so much for Aladdin; I was more familiar with the Disney version, but I definitely time-traveled back to my childhood with the Velveteen Rabbit. I heard that story growing up. I liked it alot because, it had a happy sense of closure in the end for the little rabbit.

I think one of my favorite parts in that story was when the real rabbits say to the Velveteen Rabbit, "you haven't got any hind legs." To which the Velveteen Rabbit says "I have hind legs. . . I'm sitting on them!"

 I think it's important that we have lectures like this again. While it certainly was a little strange at first to unlock my "Inner Magical Shamanic Child", I think it was needed. I think too often we focus on work and bieng adults and overthink things, as we try to make a living. Children keep things simple and innocent; and sometimes simplicity and innocence are just what we need.

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