Two Hands, Eight Modalities, and a Journal

Why do you feel awkward when you have to sit quietly and listen to a sermon? When asked for an answer, do you try to give only one definitive answer, or do you try to see all sides of the issue? Do you love listening to music while working or would you just prefer silence? When asked for directions, do you use terms like north, south, east, and west or do you describe the fast-food places at each intersection? Which method irritates you? Do you know why?

You are receiving information that is presented in a way you would not teach it.

The modalities by which we best learn are those by which we teach. How we teach reflects the ways we best learn. Society expects us to act a certain way, to learn a certain way, and to teach in a certain way. If we don’t, we don’t fit into society. If we acquiesce to demands which go against who we truly are, we suffer spiritually because we are often unable to figure out our purpose; our mind and body constantly vie for control – who we are battles against who we are told to be. We feel anxious and angry and useless and subjugated. Our world is out of kilter; we must find a way to stand where we were meant to be.

For this journey, we will focus on eight modalities: Naturalist/Experimentalist, Spatial/Visual, Auditory, Patterns/Reading/Writing, Bodily Kinesthetic, Verbal/Linguistic, Social/Interpersonal, and Solitary/Intrapersonal, and two hands: right and left. These exercises will help you to learn and to teach, to receive and to send; to help balance your proficiencies and your disparities.

This is a path one may take, with a journal to guide you, to help you find where you belong in this out of kilter world.

This journal is 8.25 inches wide by 20 inches tall. It only comes in paperback.

Rev. Dr. Evelyn Rainey, DPT, STM, PhD —Practical Theologian, CEO of ShelteringTree.Earth, LLC, and Award-Winning Author