Hidden word of the day and Free Association

The last Toastmaster meeting was a very peculiar one. To start with most of the members were stuck in an expected but unexpected traffic block in front of the army head quarters. In fact the member had decided to have the meeting while they were waiting for the important VIP to make his entry or exit from the HQ. This gave a good reason for the meeting to start late. Even I was behind schedule but the events mentioned above perfectly suited me.

The meeting started and the president in consultation with the senior members decided to give the round robin session a cold shoulder and moved to the prepared speeches directly. While Janaka was basking with pleasure with the company of a fairer sex, Alexander was at it in educating the members about Reiki. For those who missed out the speech Reiki is a technique for stress reduction and relaxation that also promotes healing. The next was an inspiring icebreaker by TM Royston Joseph. He made us realize how important it is to relax and take a laid back approach in certain aspects of life.

Balraj took the entire membership by storm. He introduced to us the term called Free Association. Most members thoughts started wondering to all parts of the world about there associations with what ever! He enlightened the membership as to how to make impromptu speeches. Free Association is a psychoanalytic therapy, spontaneous, uncensored verbalization by the patient of whatever comes to mind. He made sure that all the members are fully relaxed and also educated most of us as to how to breathe in life. Surprisingly, the two members who volunteered to demonstrate the breathing technique actually ended up increasing there carbon dioxide intake rather than oxygen. He also made sure that the membership caught up with the round robin and table topics. Well done Balraj we need people like you to make sure the club breaths!

The word of the day was dexterous. The grammarian showed is dexterity by inserting the word of the day in such a way in the agenda that no one noticed. However I have nothing to regret as in this whole exercise the grammarian report was also given a cold shoulder. Sorry K!