17. Coming of Age – Free Spirit
Skiing leads to transformation, disabled and master candidates
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25 years old Phyllis Furumoto is taken to the mountains of Colorado. She spends her last fifty Dollars to convince a ski instructor to give her lessons. He is reluctant because there is deep powder snow.
Skiing freed me, it freed my body so that I could move effortlessly and that freed my spirit. A really amazing transformation!
An extraordinary man, Hall O’Leary, starts the “Disabled Ski Program” with successes all over the world. In his irreverent way, he challenges Phyllis, now 28 years old. She is inspired and brings Reiki people to the ski resort.
I wanted them – my Master candidates especially – to have this experience of learning how to ski and being on a mountain with blind skiers and amputees skiing and little kids. So they couldn’t say: I can’t do it.