Im a clown - The Chief Happiness Officer Blog

Im a clown - The Chief Happiness Officer Blog Yep, this sunday (feb. 29) the happy at work project arranged a clown course for some people, and Im now a certified, first grade clown. The story is this: Back in november, Lise Egeberg who is a hospital clown, asked around for contributions to a trip she wanted to take to Jamaica to visit schools, hospitals and orphanages and clown for the children there. Its not like were swimming in money, but we decided to give her 1000$, and in return she gave us this training, and it was a lot of fun. Starting from a simple warm-up, she soon had everybody tripping over invisible wires, giving gifts in the clown manner and making fools of ourselves in many other ways. It was great! One exercise that made a great impression on me was about personal space. Take two people one walks towards the other, and the person standing still says stop, when he feels his personal space being invaded. When we did this normally, my personal space was a little less than a meter. But with the clown nose on, I had no personal space. I was not only comfortable with people getting really close to me I was enjoying it. That was a powerful demonstration of the barriers we build around ourselves every day, and how clowning around and being more childlike can tear the barriers down. And today after the course, I feel more open, more spontaneous and more alive. Theres a great power in clowning. Heres a picture of the graduates. Thanks for visiting my blog. If you're new here, you should check out this list of my 10 most popular articles. And if you want more great tips and ideas you should check out our newsletter about happiness at work. It's great and it's free :-)Share this:LinkedInFacebookTwitterRedditPinterest Related