Twin Falls – an unexpexted event

When planning this tour, we didn’t have Idaho as one of the states we could go to, simply because we knew of no one there. As it turns out, Idaho has become the only state with 2 events.

Martin connected with Monie – a friend of Tony’s – and soon an event started to be planned in Twin Falls. Martin found out that many CWG groups exist in Idaho, and he started calling around to see if we could meet up with any of them. He also told Tony from Boise – who didn’t make it to the Boise event – that he could come and participate in the Twin Falls event.

We went for the City Park on sunday around noon, and almost nobody was there. A few people having a picnic. We saw many people coming out from church at one point, but they soon went back in. It seems that sunday is church day – all day - in Idaho.

The (now) famous Chicken laughter

We started out with Laughter yoga, since there were no people around to hug. We had a good time, and especially Tony was enjoying himself – so much, that later on he became interested in becoming a laughter yoga instructor too.

Jana, Ted and Brian also participated so we had a small group of 9 people there, After the laughter we sang some songs, and then moved on to the Angel shower. For me there are no 2 angel showers that are the same, but they are all great. This time I had the experience of being love all through the shower. It felt very easy and light to me, and at the same time I felt extremely powerful – like anything was possible. I am always on the lookout for these experiences, since they are a confirmation to me that I am doing what is working for me.

We finished the event by chatting and snacking, and once again I felt the amazing power of this lovetour. How else could we have been relating to “complete strangers” a sunday afternoon, with laughter, hugs, emotions and deep talks? The idea sounds simple, but most people does not have the courage to carry it out. Someone told me that the biggest fear in USA is to stand in front of a crowd and speak – that fear is even greater than the fear of death.
We know there is nothing to be afraid of, except the fear itself, but still this is avoided by most people most of the time. Maybe we can change that by staying open and being the change we would like to see in others.

We spent the evening in a restaurant, where Brian and Ted told jokes for at least an hour – what a talent these two guys have. Eventually Jana, and some of us, started telling a few jokes too, but we had nowhere near the same impact as Ted and Brian - we had difficulty breathing at times.

Ted and Jana are students of the Landmark Education program from when it first began. I didn’t know much about it before they told me about it, and it sounded just like the way I think. However it seems to me that one component was missing – the spiritual side of life. Apparantly I am using the same tools as the ones from the Landmark Education program, but I see others using them, without the effect I have got. Maybe spirituality has something to do with it, or maybe all programs work differently for all people.

Jana, Brian and Ted - our wonderful hosts

In between we did a lot of sightseeing with Brian, Ted and Jana. We got to see Twin Falls - now only one fall, as well as other beautiful falls. We saw the Snake river from their boat, and experienced the magical hot springs (hot tubs with mineral filled water)

Twin Falls

Shoshone Falls

It was an honor to meet Ted – the first person ever to ride a Harley chopper in Idaho, and Jana, who is one of the original dissidents from the days of communism in Czechoslovakia (before czech republic was established) Life is filled with beautiful moments – but we have to choose to see them that way.

Ted, Jana and Ejvind talking about life’s beautiful moments