The First SKHM Workshop in Spain
Patrick Zeigler, the founder of SKHM, came
to Benalmadena Costa, Malaga, on 23rd and 24th October, 2004,
to give the first SKHM workshop ever to be held in Spain.
The workshop was co-taught by Michael Heemskerk, from Holland,
and it was organised by Graham Crook and Teresa Parrott, who
live on the Costa del Sol.
When Graham and Teresa attended Patrick’s class in Holland
in May, they were very excited to experience the SKHM energy
and were keen to bring Patrick over to Spain.
Patrick was enthusiastic about introducing SKHM to Spain. He
writes: ‘The class in Malaga was great! We had a large
group and some fantastic people attended. The Spanish are such
a high energy group of people. We got around to about the 6th
name in the circle before the energy started to flow and initiations
were happening. What a fantastic weekend.’
There were twenty-eight people in the group, of many different
nationalities – Spanish, English, Italian, German and
American. People came from Madrid, Valencia, Jaen, Alicante
and Ibiza as well as locally – there was even interest
from Nigeria! The workshop was taught in English with Graham
translating into Spanish.
One of the wonderful things about the SKHM energy is that it
transcends barriers of language, culture, and belief. Much of
the emotional processing that takes place, and the support that
members of the group give to each other, occurs at a non-verbal
level. For many people, a workshop is an opportunity to express
themselves in whatever way they need to, crying, shouting, moving,
dancing, laughing. It can come as something of a surprise for
people who are expecting a quiet meditation!
Linda: ‘I came to the seminar on a gut feeling that
I should be here. Coming here and not knowing quite what to
expect and what happened to me blew my mind. To experience what
I have experienced in the last few days is quite awesome …
to say the least.’
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Every time the group sat down
to start a meditation, a few more people introduced themselves,
inviting the energy to come in, and the energy was experienced
so powerfully that people would go into process and initiations
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Teresa: ‘The workshop in Malaga was
wonderful. The SKHM energy came in so strongly throughout that
we barely had the chance to complete a whole meditation! Most
of the people in the group had already experienced Reiki, yet
no one had attended a SKHM class before. I think that many were
surprised at seeing and experiencing the immediate and powerful
effects of the SKHM energy. I was certainly buzzing with energy
for days both before and after.’
Patrick comments: ‘SKHM is constantly evolving. Lately
I’m finding that the introductions can be the most powerful
part of the class.’
It was impressive how quickly the initiations started happening.
Some people even thought that others in the group had been planted,
and were just acting. Those same people were surprised to find
themselves going into emotional processing or spontaneous initiations
of their own shortly afterwards!
Silvia: ‘You had to breathe deeply and enjoy your
name…and after the presentation of only 4 people, what
happened was incredible. The people started to lose control,
some cried, others sang, some vomited, others laughed and I
was stuck to my seat. I thought that these people were mad or
acting or I don’t know what and suddenly someone started
to scream, an amazing scream that seemed to go into my heart.
I felt as if the muscles of my body were contracting more and
more. It was something that I felt but nevertheless my head
couldn’t control. It was very confusing, being conscious,
hearing everything happening around me but I couldn’t
stop crying and getting smaller. I felt afraid, terrified.’
For many people, experiencing painful feelings
that they have been holding within them, sometimes for many
years, can be frightening. Often, we stop the flow of energy
when we try to control what is happening within us. We stay
in our minds, rather than allowing ourselves to feel what is
happening in our bodies and hearts. Losing control, truly feeling
our feelings, is something that most of us fear. The energy
flows strongly when we allow ourselves to feel what is happening
in our bodies, when we open our hearts, and become consciously
aware of the feelings that we have been blocking.
Silvia: ‘In the afternoon, after three people had
introduced themselves the same thing happened again. Everyone
had a different reaction and this time my body began to go rigid,
my back began to stretch out backwards and someone decided to
move me onto the floor and I began to kick and I felt menaced.
They left me on the floor and I began to hit myself and pull
my hair without any control. I don’t know why it happened
but suddenly I felt really ashamed of all that I had done and
I ran out of the room. I wasn’t thinking about coming
back, this was for mad people and I was becoming mad.´
The following day when I got up, I kept repeating in my mind
that I would control the situation and that I wouldn’t
let myself go.’
People often feel ashamed or embarrassed about
acknowledging their innermost feelings to themselves and expressing
them in front of others. The important thing about a SKHM workshop
is that having accessed painful feelings, the help, love and
support from the teachers, facilitators and other members of
the group enables a person to express, resolve and heal those
painful emotional issues.
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