Wu Wei in Action, Non-Action
Wu Wei in Action, Non-Action
Back in September I was facilitating an equine assisted workshop in Pennsylvania. I thought for the final exercise it would be fun to gather the group together and have them do a “Herding” exercise.
Their job was to have a horse join their “herd.”
The four women entered the arena with one horse. They had a couple minutes to discuss how they were going to get the horse to “join up” then there would be no verbal communication for the rest of the exercise.
They decided to bring their energy down and walk towards the horse. The horse completely ignored them and looked off to his distant herd.
One woman in the group had done the exercise before and decided to take the lead offering to act like a horse to get the horse curious but to no avail.
After about ten minutes, I gathered them over and asked how it was going. They were frustrated, one woman wanted to quit but her friend talked her into staying. After a short discussion they were at it again.
Letting go brings success…
As I watched, there was a moment where I could see they collectively went limp or as I prefer to say, surrendered and stopped trying to make something happen. It was then the horse got curious and followed them through the obstacles.
It was a brilliant way to end the weekend. Absolute magic. Surrender to what is, stop over thinking and appreciate with loving kindness everything around you.
-Stacey
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