Rings of
life
With Angel Defense you will learn to
prepare to deal with what we refer to as
your Rings of Life. Each
ring represents a distance from your
personal bubble. In the center of
the Ring of Life is you. Your
bubble extends as far as your hands can
reach from your body. From there
the same distance or a danger level is
considered less and less threatening.
So we create levels of strength and
intensity, whether verbal or physical
depending on the distance the ring is
from the center.
The ring on the outside represents
minimum level of danger. Perhaps a
person walking by who may be trying to
ask you for the time or some other
simple question because they are
trying to see if they might be able to
ask you on a date. You may simply
tell them "No thank you. I am married
[engaged, have a boyfriend, etc.]"
The next ring moving towards the center
may be a homeless person who is
harassing you for change at the gas
station. Here you may need to be a
little more firm and tell them with
authority, "No. I do not have spare
change for you. Please ask someone
else." This may be enough. At this
point there is no reason to put up a
strong physical posture/guard as would
be needed to physically defend.
The next ring inward follows a similar
level of threat increase all the way
into the center that represents you
personally and the highest level of
danger. This would be where we
take physical action to protect
yourself.
Keep in mind your environmental
awareness, and remain safe.
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