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When You Know It is Right

Pando Health Groups is up and running. We have several movement groups and 2 groups utilizing our Pando Method (triad of group talking/interactive session, movement and our centering practice). Last night, we had our Healthy Outlook Program which is becoming our prototype group. We had a very real and open interaction where everyone was engaged and alive. The main topic (not planned) was not naturally comfortable (discussing working with negative emotions -- depression, anger, anxiety). However, the conversation flowed like a river and was heartfelt. The centering technique truly helped people get out of their heads and into the difficult feelings with a calmness and clarity which all were then able to convey in their own words. The movement practice provided a grounding and peace for all. There was a base of mutual respect and genuine caring which made it palpably real. Everyone left in a better space than the one they arrived in.

We are only getting started but it feels so right. I have craved this degree of honest, true human interaction for so long. This is the burning passion which I  have carried inside me throughout my career. I feel in my bones that starting Pando was what I was meant to do. We have SO much work to do -- improving, clarifying, perfecting, making it all duplicable and replicable, documenting the benefit etc. However, one thing is clear -- we are on the right path! Medicine will be a better service as we develop the Pando Method and deliver it to the world.

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