The first clinic at CECIPROC was held today. 12 people received sessions including two children. It was the perfect number of people for Laurencio's first time holding the clinic after the workshop. It was a great learning experience. Rico and I arrived just as sessions were about to get going. I had thought that I would supervise and maybe even receive a treatment. With this many people for his first time I worked on people instead. While we were still treating the group, one of the people who already had her needles in began to feel flush and sick to her stomach. She tried to stay with it for a few minutes, but it wasn't going away so I took out the needles, laid her down and did some energy work to help her rebalance. She was fine and when Lauro spoke with her later he learned that she had a coffee on her way to the clinic and it was too much energy for her. He got to see how I handled the situation and it was a good learning experience. It was also good that I was there, for his first time it would have been a lot to handle with 11 others to be aware of. In my 18+ years of practice and tens of thousands of treatments I have only seen this type of reaction 3 times.
I am waiting to hear from someone about giving us transportation to the pueblos next week. This really showed the importance of follow up support. I will spend this week in spanish school every day. Today, aside from a small conversation in the mercado organico, this is my english outlet. Learning another language is a slow process for me and I have faith that it is improving. Daily frustrations and daily excitement at understanding something.
Our social life is getting busier. Mostly with foreigners, from the US and France. It has been great to see some friends who I met here 3 years ago. Rico has joined the Hub. The Hub is a place where social activists can meet and use office facilities. They have internet, printing, social get-togethers, networking, meeting rooms, etc. There are Hubs all over the world now and growing. This project allows him to be a part of it. There are fantastic projects going on here - ecological and social. It is very inspiring.
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