laura

I teach mindfulness and coach clients to find their way through stressful times
In my early years I struggled with writing and words. that was until I made friends with words through a wonderful and inspiring teacher who told me you are not stupid Laura you have dyslexia and I am going to teach how to spell.
she opened up the incredible world of reading and exploration of words to me and much more besides.
Although I knew I could read and spell, pass exams etc I still had that shame of being a dyslexic. I recall the first time I had to give a presentation, this was long before slick presentations of today. we used flip charts or whiteboards which meant writing. As the day loomed, the feelings of deep fear of the whirring thoughts of making a mistake and being laughed at were uncontrollable.
I sat and meditated allowing the thoughts to dance and stamp about until I felt grounded in myself. It was just a glimmer of hope that came in that moment of calm - be honest with the group. After all they were there to learn how to lower their stress levels!
As I stood before the group I let them into my story about living with dyslexia. I gave myself the permission to make mistakes and them the understanding that rather than concentrating on my possible spelling errors that they focused on the information.
On that day I found the shackles of limiting believes were released. In their place there was a spark of creativity and courage that I could teach.
My new adventure is can I write? can I find a template which opens up the world of story telling as I did with learning how to dance with dyslexia and be able to read and spell?