Showing up & being present

Joanna Fletcher jo at lionlifecoaching.com
Fri Oct 6 18:00:47 PDT 2006


This is a concept familiar to me from my coactive coach training - we call
it "level 3 listening". It is about listening to what is going on in the
space of a relationship, group etc., under the surface words and emotions,
and noticing our own impact on it. Being present and showing up is often
challenging because I so easily get on my own way - messages about
appropriateness, "shoulds", are loudest and most distracting.

 

In our training sessions there are always assistants present who have
themselves been through the course. They have an executive function, to get
coffee and water and tissues etc., but their main job is to "hold the
space". They are attending to the space and holding it as a powerful and
safe learning area. They are holding all the people in the space as
creative, resourceful, and whole. If they leave the room, I notice the
impact of their absence immediately. When I am holding space for others, I
find it requires a very high level of attention and presence - a muscle I
continue to develop, as a coach, instructor, and OSer.

 

My impact is something I am still figuring out, but I am sure that it has
something to do with the way I love and accept myself, warts and weirdness
and all. Somehow my blurting out of unsuitable things gives others more
confidence to do the same. I can also bring intentionality to the impact I
am having. Sorry for the rambling - I am thrilled to see this being
discussed here!

 

Joanna Fletcher

Lion Life Coaching

jo at lionlifecoaching.com

604-340-1855

www.lionlifecoaching.com

 

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From: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] On Behalf Of Funda Oral
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This kind of presence provides people & myself with some kind of comfort and
liberty to breathe and to flow.

funda

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From: Jack Ricchiuto <mailto:jack at designinglife.com>  

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Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006 6:12 PM

Subject: Re: FW: Showing up & being present

 

Harrison writes,




There is yet another level which I might call "Silent Presence." Somehow 
this goes beyond, beneath Intellect and/or emotions. The power of this level
of presence in terms of grounding/supporting a group is profound, I have
found. Don't ask me how it works, but it does.





In my experience, the silence we bring creates space for consciousness which
itself is transformative because it expands everyone into a larger space
where more is possible. So that explains why my whole life outside OS events
is cultivating this consciousness, this silence, this Presence. 


-- 
Jack Ricchiuto
Leadership coach, facilitator, author

Just Released! "Mountain Paths: A Guide on the Journey toward Discovering
our Potential" - available at www.DesigningLife.com * *
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