My spouse and I joined a Sufi humor workshop hoping it would help us be more playful together, but we're both so self-conscious about performing spontaneous delight that we're more awkward than when we started. Everyone else seems to be having these profound laughing breakthroughs while we're just uncomfortable.
More people experience this than they realize.
The expectation of transformative joy can create performance anxiety that blocks authentic spontaneity.
“Where Are You with The Sufi tradition of humor?”
Peri can explain why this happens, help you decide if this is the right situation for you, and point toward the right journey or coach.
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.