INTIMITA

Myslíte si, že je respektování intimity ženy při porodu důležité?

Zkusme se na to podívat z jiného břehu. Co kdyby se do podobné situace dostal muž...?
Představte si, že jdete na vyšetření spermatu a potřebujete odevzdat čerstvý vzorek. Klinika je „pacient friendly“, dostanete časopis, kelímek, úsměv slečny u recepce a vejdete do... PRŮCHOZÍ kabinky! Kterou nelze zavřít, natož zamknout. Její stěny tvoří pouze odhrnovací plenta. ŠOK! Chcete se ohradit, ale nikde nikdo. Tak tam vejdete. Zařízení nové, pěkné, tak to zkusíte. No co, jiní to tu taky zvládli...!

Začnete, ale za chvíli kolem prochází lékař se skupinou mediků. Odhrne závěs Vaší kóje, něco prohodí a jdou dál.
A Vy už jste byl tak blízko! A nic... Váš nástroj, tak intimní, citlivý, je ve Vašich rukách, bez síly... Erekce odešla. Přichází sestra. Necitlivě jej (rozuměj: přísně profesionálně) prohlíží a prohodí: „No to nám nějak nejde...!“ Vy se chcete ohradit, jak „můžu“, když mě tady otravuje tolik lidí a já nemám soukromí? Copak to jde? Ale jen otevřete pusu, sestra volá do chodby: „Tady to pořebujem
povzbudit!“ A tak přijde další sestra, s injekcí.

Přecházíte do vedlejší kóje. Na lůžko. Myslíte si: „Už to mohlo dávno být, kdyby mě ti kreténi nechali na pokoji!“ Přichází lékař: „Ničeho se neobávejte, od toho jsme tady – abychom Vám pomohli!“ A úsměv. Vy se však nesmějete. Právě Vám do varlat píchli injekci – to BOLÍ!!! – aby se erekce obnovila.Je Vám zle. Ano, erekce přišla, ale je nadměrná, nepřirozená a příliš Vám napíná kůži na penisu. A také: PŘÍŠERNĚ BOLÍ!!! „Odkdy má proboha erekce bolet? To se mi nikdy dřív nestalo!“, myslíte si. Ale sperma nepřichází. Tělo se vzpouzí tomuto znásilnění.

Přichází anesteziolog: „Dáme lokální anestézii.“ Odmítáte. Toto je přece fyziologická věc, to zvládlo tolik mužů před Vámi... Přicházejí další odbodníci. Nasazují vakuový nástroj, který z Vás sperma mechanicky vysaje. Začíná pracovat a vy řvete jako raněný býk. Vy JSTE raněný býk! Nikdo s Vámi nemluví, jste bezmocný pacient v jejich profesionálních rukou, bez šance projevit svou vůli. Anesteziolog si Vás posměšně měří a opět nabízí lokální umrtvení. Přijímáte. Už to chcete mít za sebou. Proboha, jen ať je mé sperma v pořádku, myslíte si. Lékaři pracují jako dobře namazaný stroj. Povídají si o včerejší grilovačce. Smějí se. Vy už necítíte NIC. Nejste NIČÍM.

Po zákroku máte problém vstát, chodit, močit, jít na stolici. O případném SEXU ani
nemluvě...

Byl by tento scénář pro vás myslitelný?

Teal in Prague Workshop 2/2

Teal in Prague

A catalyst

Teal Swan also known as the spiritual catalyst visited Prague recently (April, 10-11-12 2014)

Teal had 2 conferences,  and one workshop (in Slovanský dům)

The 10th Teal Swan was in a conference with  Silvano Paoluci (Italy), Pascal Greub (Mexico), Jitka Třešňáková ( host), Anatolij Někrasov (Russia).

This is what Teal wrote in her blog about that event :

When I first arrived to Prague, I participated in a ‘spiritual panel’ of sorts at a building that was once a slaughterhouse.  I was on stage with other spiritual teachers.  During the event, I walked off stage.  It is the first time I have ever walked off stage in my life.  I did not resonate with many of the views that were shared by the other spiritual teachers, but beyond that, one of the teachers had a very unconventional approach to jarring people out of their realities.  The unconventional approach was to yell at people.  For many in the audience, this approach seemed to work.  Others, it made cry.  It just so happens that his approach ended up triggering my PTSD.  The force and rage behind his voice made me feel like I was 6 years old again, in the war path of a monster in the shape of a man.  I tried to hold myself on stage for as long as I could, until I decided that it was self-abusive to do so.  During his second intentional outburst, I ducked behind the curtain and nearly fell over my own shoes down the stairs in back of the stage crying.  I resigned from doing the rest of the seminar.  I did not make any friends doing that.  Many people were angry with me because of that decision.  The next day two people confronted me.  One who called me a coward directly to my face, the other who told me they decided based on my withdrawal, to attend the other man’s workshop instead of mine.  And when I showed up at the auditorium to speak at the Festival Evolution, I discovered that my withdrawal the previous night had earned me a reputation as ‘a difficult, self centered, American princess with an unnecessarily large entourage’.  

Workshop

For participants of the workshop (and they were around 400) nothing transpired of this "incident" - the main excitement was to see Teal in real life - to finally meet the teacher they discovered and loved on youtube. To see Teal with her team (Graciela, Blake and Sarbdeep) and to be part of what is now known as the "Teal Tribe".
 
During the 5 hours workshop there was a lot of questions related to "How do I figure what to do with my life?" and "suffering" in general - is it because in Czech Republic we have the habits of waiting for permission to be able to do something ? or to have the affirmation by an authority figure that what we want is actually possible ? and a need to "conform"?

Or is it just because we expect a definitive black and white answer like :  "being a successful writer" or "being a musician" ... What Teal Swan said and demonstrated with her assistant Blake (during the Festival Evolution the 11th) is that following our emotions is the way to reach the goal or finding our unique "gift" .. what was the paradigm shift for many in the audience was that it would be discovered gradually. Not as a sort of big revelation.
Because new desires will appear along the way, and one day will make people look back and realize that there was no right or wrong way to walk the path.

The whole point is to enjoy the ride, by following the feeling of happiness.

"Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional."

This is simple, and looks like a lot less painful, than the usual process of looking at evaluating things and trying to control events in our life (which is actually impossible).

Now, where are we buying this beliefs that there is a right way and a wrong way to do things ? ... and having recognition from others is more important than following our own emotions, and also that making mistake was bad ? ... when a whole institution is teaching generations after generations to conform, and learn like robot to eventually get a diploma that will lend them a job .. unfortunately this paradigm doesn't work anymore and it has created a bunch of deluded people that need to be reminded that the importance is to be happy not in the future, not after getting a diploma or having a job, but right now.

And this is the wake up call we got from Teal (among others).

Teal at the end of the workshop said she will be back in Prague, I certainly look forward to see her again.

Expat Expo 2010 - (the Golem's review)

Last saturday (25-09-2010) I went for the first time to the Expat Expo (it's apparently the second time such expo is taking place) - I took the photo on the left.

As usual in such Expo, lots of people, lots of noise, and many (free) seminars to follow in 4 rooms. Unfortunately I missed the seminar delivered by the Prague Post on the The Changing Face of Journalism but followed one on mental toughness, quite funny actually they were showing a software able to measure an individual's level of stress.

The exhibitors stands were always busy, and there was activities for the whole family with a large place dedicated for kids. Everybody was speaking in English, I actually didn't hear any Czech, it was strange.

It was nice to be there, and I hope there will be another one next year.

For The Love of Prague

I'm having a very good time reading the book "For The Love of Prague" from Gene Deitch.

In a nutshell, it's the biography of Gene an American  who came to Prague in the early 60s for a job as a cartoon director, and ... why he never went back and he's actually still in Prague now. 
The book depicts the tragic Czech historical event of 1968 and the Revolution of 1989. 
And it highlight accurately what make the Czech personality so touching, and why living in Prague (the magic city) is such a sweet thing.
 

Read more about For The Love of Prague on the author's website.