CST Cert Prep Seminar in SF - Photos and more

[Cody Fielding]

Hello everyone,

I wanted to post a couple of thoughts from the recent CST Cert Prep event in SF. Our theme for the day was “CST as a system”. As you’ll notice from the attached handout, we did our best to fold in key concepts WHILE doing the movement sections, this seemed to work well. The key performance goal for the attendees was to explore, experiment and enjoy.

It became a very inclusive experience with 5 total instructors: Jeff Samson, Garth Reynolds, Ken Rich, Tony Barbarino (all the way from LA) and yours truly. We all shared the responsibility of teaching and coaching throughout the day. I can state categorically that each of the Instructors far outstripped my expectations of them – they each did a magnificent job with their teaching sections and 1-on-1 instruction of the attendees.

Overall I was doubly impressed with the attendees themselves. For whatever reason the group shaped up as a very athletic bunch. Some people had Never seen CST material before and just did an amazing job. Everyone worked hard and I believe got a lot out of the day.

The goal was/is fourfold. One, to give anyone/everyone an “idea” of what a cert event is like and second to interest the general public in CST, third to encourage potential Instructor candidates to become involved in CST and lastly, to give all of us (CST's) more time instructing. I believe we accomplished all of those objectives.

I’ve attached a copy of the handout I worked up and gave to the attendees. I should give everyone a fair idea of what we looked at that day.

Below are some unsolicited feedback I received after the event:

Thank You So Much!! I learned so much and
all of the instructors were wonderful. I am definitely motivated to
expand my knowledge of CST.

Thank You again for the wonderful experience. I would go again just to
see all the great people!!

But let me say this.....that damn workshop ROCKED!! I am going to write an article about that day. I am so sore all can do is laugh each time I either reach for something or take any first few steps after sitting awhile. Not bad sore but GOOD sore. That is how in my opinion a CST Seminar should go. Informative and Engaging. Well done brother....well done.

Below is the link to a slideshow for the day. Click on the large “I” before the slideshow starts for comments on the pics.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/1855549...65607582/show/

We hope to do another event of this nature in the near future – so, stay tuned and please join us if you’re able.

C-

[Scott Sonnon]

Cody,

Congratulations again on another professionally organized and presented event! SF CST Rocks!

[Adam Steer]

Cody,

Your handout sheets are a great synthesis of the system. I've printed them out for my own reference. Thanks for sharing them. Great job!

Adam

[garth reynolds]

This training was a lot of fun for me. I found each of the participants fully present and excited to apply themselves to the material. They were an athletic group so it was exciting to have everyone able to jump right in. Working with people through the material is very rewarding. It is fun to find that little something that would immediately elevate their practice.

I thoroughly enjoyed each of the instructors presentations. I had not seen Tony B since Iota and I was very impressed with his presentation, performance, and enthusiasm. I could clearly see the work he had put into his practice. Ken did a great job of giving the group chewable pieces of the Prasara flows while at the same time explaining the finer points of practice. He has an impressive ability to perform and explain at the same time. Unfortunately, I was not present for the afternoon session when Jeff made his presentations, but by all reports he did a superlative job. Cody was the glue that held the whole thing together. He was a gracious and articulate master of ceremony and his passion and experience really shine through. His enjoyment of CST is infectious.

What I enjoyed most was the synergy of the collective instruction. I felt like we were all working toward improving the performance of all the participants and share a bit of ourselves in the process. There was a nice cohesion in our purpose without any ego struggles that sometimes comes with sharing a class. Each instructor was a shining example of their personal expression of CST.

I learned a lot from the participants and the instructors and had a great time in the process.

[Kathryn Woodall]

This looks like it was a great event! Nice job everyone!