Swimming With Dolphins - 24 March 2005
by Nicola Quinn
On a glorious holiday in Cuba to celebrate my 50th birthday I saw a notice
for an excursion to swim with dolphins. Now I don’t normally go
in for that sort of thing, being in a posh ‘holiday camp’
type resort was pushing it a bit for me as it was, but, having spent five
glorious days in Havana, and missing it terribly, it seemed a suitable
diversion from the tedium of a sun drenched tropical beach and endless
clear blue waves!
The tickets were booked but the day we were due to go I woke up feeling
very uneasy and a little off colour. I soon realized I was scared of the
idea of getting into the water with dolphins. After all, they are big,
unpredictable, they have lots of very sharp teeth and they kill sharks
for goodness sake!
So my fears seemed quite reasonable but I set about tapping that fear
away.
Even though I am scared of swimming with dolphins…
started at 10 and just would not shift, however hard I tapped or however many rounds I did.
Time was getting on and we were due to go and I paced our room up and
down trying to work out why it just wasn’t moving even though I
was terrified, aha! terrified, and there I had it, two rounds of
Even though I am terrified of swimming with dolphins…
got it down to zero in no time at all.
I just laughed and couldn’t believe I hadn’t spotted it sooner,
I teach this stuff and had ignored the most basic of instructions, be
precise! Just shows you what stress thinking does, completely scrambles
your head/mind/thinking. Looking back I should have done an adrenaline
tap there and then to clear my mind, give me some clarity as to why it
wasn’t working.
As it turned out our trip that day had to be cancelled which, even though
I had dealt with my fear, I was relieved about as I was still feeling
a little delicate. However, the next day, when we were scheduled to go,
I didn’t even think about it and was really quite excited and couldn’t
wait to leave.
The next hurdle was the slimy steps, covered with what looked like revolting
pond scum, to get down to the platform and into the water. I’d eyed
them with suspicion as the facilitator was telling us dos and don’ts
before we entered the water and thought that may be the thing that prevents
me doing this. I hate slime, cannot eat slimy food or have anything to
do with it but had never thought of treating it before but now seemed
the perfect time. A discreet round of
Even though slime is disgusting…
soon sorted it out. I can even eat cucumber now which had been off my
list because of its slimy texture.
As I lowered myself into the water I felt an overwhelming sense of joy
which I noticed could quite easily have heralded a panic attack in the
past, energy just zoomed around me and I just used EmoTrance and let it
channel out, it left from just below the base of my throat. This allowed
an incoming of energy from the dolphins themselves and what a beautiful
energy it is, loving, playful, I thought I may have been imagining it,
anthropomorphizing these creatures from all I had heard but it was real
enough. They definitely sensed those among us who needed a more gentle
touch.
I was in awe of their power combined with their gentleness. They swam
so close and you could feel the movement of their bodies, the feel of
their tails, as they breezed past. And when they ‘spoke’ I
could feel their vibrations throughout my body.
As I swam slowly I could feel their light touch, feel them swimming under
me, round me, circling and creating a vortex, a downward pull, the feeling
of old woes being sucked downwards and away.
As each dolphin came close our energy systems briefly entwined, for an
instant being one, then gone again, the sensation so strong, almost deliberate,
and very clearing, EmoTrancing the energy of each dolphin, always in at
the heart but leaving in different places which felt like each dolphin
had something different to share with me.
Twenty minutes later I was euphoric and wondering how much more I could
take of this but soon realised I was not holding on to anything, there
could be no 'explosion', the energies were being EmoTranced through, I
was litereally sucking them in but not holding on, letting each pass through,
getting the last drop of goodness out of each vibration, but of course
it had to end eventually!
When I left the dolphins, saying goodbye and thanking them, I felt reborn,
strong and brave, ready to face new challenges in an altogether different
way. A most amazing, enriching experience, as if new channels have been
opened in me ready for something altogether bright and new to come into
my life.
Bring it on, I'm ready!
Nicola
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