Day 3 - Santa Elena educators workshop by Ministry of education - AM - Self-esteem and Stress reduction

Idida asks "who looks like Barbie or any super hero? Do you? "

Attending the workshop in Santa Elena, the capital of the state of Peten, were over 40 educators. 


A significant part of the morning presented experiences to enhance self- esteem and reduce the effects of stress.


This poem by Virginia Satir was read by a participant.

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Linda Aura Ruano presents a gift that is passed around. When the participant looks in the box they see themselves in a mirror.

Student draws with her left hand to use a different part of her brain.

Self-Esteem 
by Virginia Satir
I AM ME 
In all the world, there is no one else exactly like me 
Everything that comes out of me is authentically me 
Because I alone chose it - I own everything about me 
My body, my feelings, my mouth, my voice, all my actions, 
Whether they be to others or to myself - I own my fanatasies, 
My dreams, my hopes, my fears - I own all my triumphs and 
Successes, all my failures and mistakes Because I own all of 
Me, I can become intimately acquainted with me - by so doing 
I can love me and be friendly with me in all my parts - I know 
There are aspects about myself that puzzle me, and other 
Aspects that I do not know - but as long as I am 
Friendly and loving to myself, I can courageously 
And hopefully look for solutions to the puzzles 
And for ways to find out more about me - However I 
Look and sound, whatever I say and do, and whatever 
I think and feel at a given moment in time is authentically 
Me - If later some parts of how I looked, sounded, thought 
And felt turn out to be unfitting, I can discard that which is 
Unfitting, keep the rest, and invent something new for that 
Which I discarded - I can see, hear, feel, think, say, and do 
I have the tools to survive, to be close to others, to be 
Productive to make sense and order out of the world of 
People and things outside of me - I own me, and 
therefore I can engineer me - I am me and 
I AM OKAY
© 1970, 1975 by Virginia Satir.