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Old 03-09-2004, 08:21 AM   #24
Qatana
 
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Dojo: Aikido of Petaluma, Petaluma,CA
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Why thank you Jessie! 'Cept for me, it wasn't so much a Calling as an act of desperation.

I had been supressing a couple of years worth of "negative emotional reactions" and it was all starting to come out. I was starting arguments with everyone i came in contact with, i was afraid to leave the house for fear of starting something i couldn't get out of, i was afraid i was gonna really hurt somebody, verbally.

Someone who loves me suggested i needed a physical release and he said, why not try aikido, and the little bell in my head rang.

thant was in Dec.2003, i'm training 3 times a week, i am more centered that i have been in years, i'm learning how to interact with people much more skillfully, and yeah, what Wendy said.

Anything that makes me go "Wheeeeeeeeee!!!!" has just Got to be Good!

Q
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