[OSList] Looking for earliest reference to term [Holding the Space]

[Jeff Aitken]

Dan, 
I remember the phrase around 1990-1992 in the context of small group facilitation (not necessarily Open Space facilitation, though we were using Open Space in our graduate program in organization development and transformation.)
Harrison's Users Guide may be the first published reference, but I'm also looking through some old Quaker activist facilitation manuals (does anyone else remember the "vibes watcher" role in consensus meetings?)
Best wishes
Jeff Aitken


Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2011 21:58:41 -0700
From: raffi_1970 at yahoo.com
To: oslist at lists.openspacetech.org
Subject: [OSList] Looking for earliest reference to term [Holding the Space]



dan, 

good luck in your search!

i've found that the phrase is used in a variety of contexts--
in dance, psychotherapy, in spiritual and New Age places....

if you found the earliest reference to the phrase, i'd be impressed!

appreciatively,
raffi

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