[OSList] Manila's organizor

icataiw at ms69.hinet.net icataiw at ms69.hinet.net
Wed Jan 25 04:05:44 PST 2012 

Hi Gijs,

Delighted to hear you will also be in Manila at 
the OS.  You can contact Sharon at 
sharon at seameo-innotech.org or Mitch who is 
coordinating the organization at 
mitch at seameo-innotech.org.

Happy New Year.

Gail



>Who has the email of the organizor,  Manila's Future of learning
>
>
>Gijs van Wezel, MSc
>
>Shanghai, China
>+86-15921806910
>
>creating new ideas & working as a team in China
>
>
>
>
>Quoting Gijs van Wezel <gijs at megainternational.com.hk>:
>
>>  Dear Phelim and Mathilda,
>>
>>  Just back and reading your great news.
>>
>>  During the "circle walk" in San Francisco, it was clear that the both of you
>>  had
>>  "wonderful" plans: the birth of a baby is a 
>>wonder in any parent's life. Your
>>  scenario of Open Space and your beautiful description on the list, makes it
>>  even more complete.
>>
>>  Cheers from Shanghai.
>>
>>  ps
>>  Riddley Wilbur McDermott is born in the year of the rabbit! gentle, artistic
>>  !!
>>  and diplomatic. Famous rabbit Rudolf Nureyev, 
>>Andy Warhol, Billie Holiday and
>>  Orson Welles.
>>
>>  Gijs van Wezel,
>>
>>  Shanghai, China
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>  Quoting Phelim McDermott <phelim at mac.com>:
>>
>>  > Dear open space friends,
>>  >
>>  > Matilda and I have been a little absent from the list and just wanted to
>>  > check in with you all as to what's been happening and our extraordinary
>>  start
>>  > to the year.
>>  >
>>  > For the end of last year I had been working on an Opera at the Met in New
>>  > York. Matilda became pregnant in April and because of this work commitment
>>  if
>>  > we wanted to be together for the birth we had to have it in New York.
>>  Because
>>  > of the show timing was also an issue. Although we knew that whenever it
>>  > happened was the right time, we had also been talking to our baby in the
>>  womb
>>  > and encouraging it that if it could just hold off a little while it would
>>  get
>>  > to hear the opera and that if it came during rehearsals it would probably
>>  > miss the chance of hearing the baroque music that's supposed to be so good
>>  > for your baby in utero! On 31st, Dec 2011 The Enchanted Island opened.
>>  > Matilda was there on opening night and we 
>>were greatly relieved that things
>>  > were happening in the order we had hoped for.
>>  >
>>  > We then imagined we might even get a bit of a break for preparation before
>>  > anything else happened. However, two days later on the evening of the
>>  Monday
>>  > Matilda's first contractions began. 
>>(Whenever it starts is the right time.)
>>  > We met our Doula (birthing companion) briefly then went for a meal at the
>>  > Italian restaurant on the corner of 8th and C, (It's amazing how quickly
>>  your
>>  > food arrives if you tell them your wife's having contractions). Then we
>>  went
>>  > back to our East Village apartment and put up the birthing pool we had
>>  hired,
>>  > hoping that the midwifeâ*™s assurance that it was like approximately 8 big
>>  > men drinking beer in your kitchen was 
>>accurate and it wasn't going to crash
>>  > through the floor. Then we went to bed and 
>>tried to get some sleep. Matilda
>>  > being Matilda there wasn't much of that, nor for the next four nights.
>>  >
>>  > Next morning We gathered around the empty birthing pool. This was our
>>  circle.
>>  > Increasing our numbers with some toy monkeys and an elephant who had been
>>  > given as a gift for the baby we opened the space for our birth. We made An
>>  > invitation for this new life to come into 
>>the world. The principles were up
>>  > on our apartment walls and we posted sessions that could happen at any
>>  time.
>>  > They included â*œMusic and dancingâ*, â*œWise Teachersâ*, â*œLove and
>>  > welcomeâ*, â*œFilling the poolâ* etc..
>>  >
>>  > Now if you go through the principles and think about it youâ*™ll realise
>>  how
>>  > pertinent they are for a genuine birth. Especially when you are hundred
>>  miles
>>  > from home and dealing with all the things 
>>that come with setting up for the
>>  > holding of space for the entry of a new life into this world.
>  > >
>>  > Whenever it starts is the right time.
>>  > Whoever comes are the right people.
>>  > When it's over it's over. (and when not over it's not over of course!)
>>  > Whatever happens is the only thing that could have. Wherever it happens is
>>  > the right place.
>>  >
>>  > Law of two feet/mobility.
>>  >
>>  > Be prepared to be surprised!
>>  >
>>  > Amazed at how marginalised the midwifing community is in the USA compared
>>  to
>>  > Europe we had watched the great film â*œThe business of being bornâ* and
>>  had
>>  > been given a recommendation by our UK midwife of a midwife in the States.
>>  We
>>  > discovered it was not only the midwife in 
>>this film but that she was living
>>  > two streets away from us in the East village opposite a restaurant called
>>  > â*œMatildaâ*!
>>  >
>>  > During our pre birth work we had been doing a lot of studying, finding out
>>  > about midwifery and had been amazed by Michel Odent's and also Ina May
>>  > Gaskin's work. Lots of the literature could easily be interchangeable with
>>  > work on creativity/opening space. For example: Odent's  advice that he
>>  > usually turns up at a birth and says: â*œDo you mind if I go take a nap in
>>  > the room down the corridor.â* Also â*œthe best place for an obstetricians
>>  > hands are in his pocketsâ* etc.. All this work is about space.. space..
>>  > opening space.. Holding space. Its about trusting in emergence, whilst
>>  > holding off on intervention.
>>  >
>>  > Over the next four days with the help of our amazing Midwife Cara and our
>>  > Doula Angelique we went on an extraordinary roller coaster of physical and
>>  > emotional experience. They were both fantastic at holding and creating a
>>  safe
>>  > space for us both and they allowed me to support Matilda in following
>>  herself
>>  > mentally and physically.
>>  >
>>  > It was an incredibly challenging birth 
>>because of what turned out to be our
>>  > little son's position against Matilda's back, so it was very long and
>>  > although it looked like we may have to go to hospital at the later stages,
>>  > our wonderful Midwife and Doula and their team of helpers who appeared in
>>  > various guises throughout the three days pulled us through and our home
>>  birth
>>  > happened as we had hoped. Others who helped were Pat an astonishing
>>  > acupuncturist who turned up on the Thursday night who just happened to be
>>  > nearby and gave Matilda "liquid hipsâ*! and Miriam a midwife colleague of
>>  > Cara's who appeared because she had texted Cara to meet for a coffee just
>>  > when we needed support because it looked like the babyâ*™s heart was
>>  slowing.
>>  > She walked through the door to see the babies head crowning. Truly whoever
>>  > comes are the right people! She then helped getting the baby out fast with
>>  > Cara to speed things up as his heart was slowing. We stood Matilda up and
>>  the
>>  > baby was born not in the pool but in front of our sofa. (Wherever it
>>  happens
>>  > is the right place.)
>>  >
>>  > As well as them, Matilda was of course amazing and inspiring. Doing it all
>>  > without painkillers and using only myself, a birthing pool, the open space
>>  > principles and repeated playings of "The Bare Necessities" to get her
>>  > through.
>>  >
>>  > At 8.47am on the 6th Jan 2012 the baby was born. Because of his difficult
>>  > route his head was squished into a rather dramatic lopsided horn, (â*œbe
>>  > prepared to be surprisedâ* and â*œwhatever happens is the only thing that
>>  > could haveâ*), which quickly disappeared. Riddley Wilbur McDermott
>>  (Whoever
>>  > comes are the right people.) is now doing very well. He is particularly
>>  > beautiful.
>>  >
>>  > Here's a photo of him:
>>  >
>>  >
>>
>http://clusterform.tumblr.com/post/16137649871/riddley-wilbur-mcdermott-libatique-73-lens-kodot
>>  >
>>  > Our birth has now happened. (when it's over it's over) But the space that
>>  has
>>  > opened where our baby boy now exists is 
>>astounding, scary, exhilarating and
>>  > profoundly humbling. We love him.
>>  >
>>  > For our new family it is of course just beginning...  (When it's not over
>>  > it's not over.)
>>  >
>>  >
>>  > Lots of love
>>  >
>>  > Phelim X
>>  >
>>  > ________________________________
>  > >
>>  > I generally pick up emails only at the beginning and end of the working
>>  day.
>>  > I am currently aiming to respond the following day. If it is urgent please
>>  > call me on 07956 187298.
>>  > _____________________________________
>>  >
>>  > www.improbable.co.uk
>>  > @openspacer
>>  > @wosonos2012
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>>  >
>>  >
>>  >
>>  > >
>>  >
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