[OSList] About time and napping

Fri Jul 11 07:33:58 PDT 2014

Dear Michael,

Good to hear!!!^^
2014. 7. 11. 오후 8:17에 "Michael M Pannwitz" <mmpannwitz at gmail.com>님이 작성:

> Dear Kari,
>
> when I go through the various kinds of things people can do at an os event
> (design a project, have a collegiate consultation, mull over a wicked
> issue, write a poem, play...) I usually also say that participants have
> used breakout session time for a nap.
> In one case this was picked up by a participant as an "isssue" he invited
> to.
> In a couple of cases there was the wish in the planning group to actually
> arrange for a napping space (this happened, for instance, at an os event I
> facilitated in the space of the Heilig Kreuz Church where we had the 2010
> WOSonOS...)..
>
> Take care and a pretty tested way of taking care of yourself is to just
> take a nap
>
> I will take a nap during the soccer match on Sunday...
>
> Cheers
> mmp
>
> On 11.07.2014 12:58, Kári Gunnarsson wrote:
>
>> This is fascinating..
>> The supine posture: Having the front or ventral part bent backwards.
>> This as a sign of trust in others or a show of vulnerability, much open
>> space.
>>
>> If I understand this controversial topic correctly, then apart from
>> the personal benefits to my body, the nap is also a facilitation tool
>> and an essential part of open space and the law of two feet as part of
>> the butterfly behavior.
>>
>> I sometimes say that the butterfly has some valued gifts to give to
>> the Open Space, apart from the opportunity, then it gives the feeling
>> of trust to contribute from the hart and to open up and be vulnerable,
>> step forward and offer your gifts. If the butterflies have been
>> removed, then I fear that I will be removed if I show vulnerability.
>>
>> I wonder if I should find the courage to demonstrate the nap as part
>> of the facilitator opening in an urgent Open Space for a corporate
>> client.
>>
>> In my minds eye it would go something like this:
>>
>> - Sponsor opening speech:
>> Welcome, we have invited you here to <insert the urgent theme>. And
>> now I give the stage to our facilitator.
>>
>> - Facilitator opening speech:
>> <The normal introduction about the blank wall, personal responsibility
>> and the principles> ..  But as I welcome you all to enter the center
>> and collect some writing papers, then I like to remember one of the
>> roles of the facilitator. It is to foster a culture of trust to create
>> a saver space for innovation. From the beginning of the Open Space as
>> Technology, the nap has been one of the most trust building tool there
>> is, I intent to use the most effective tools for our urgent theme
>> <restate theme>, and as you write our and announce your issues and
>> opportunities I will be here taking a nap. My assistant has a
>> microphone for topic announcements...
>>
>> Now all I think about:
>> ... How to be present while napping?
>>
>> I will probably not do this and justify it by the imagination that I
>> am needed at the wall while the topic announcements is happen. But I
>> could add the nap as part of my formal practice, when I announce the
>> marketplace to be open. ...  This is interesting, I am adding a thing
>> to Open Space, not taking a thing away. or .. I am conflicted if a nap
>> is to add a thing or to remove a thing, that is I am removing me as
>> facilitator without removing my presence as one. ... There are many
>> questions, should I nap in the circle to the side or at the center, or
>> keep to the less intrusive nap by going to the side in the next room.
>>
>> I wonder.
>>
>> / Kári
>>
>> On 11 July 2014 07:31, toke at interchange.dk <toke at interchange.dk> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Harrison
>>>
>>> Ach supination!
>>>
>>> Thank you for a new word to describe this good activity.
>>>
>>> Me and my mate Sarah have evolved another nothern european word for this
>>> - we call it
>>>
>>> schlafening
>>>
>>> A nice cocktail of German and English but it may belong - like supine,
>>> supination and such to a new language for the art of napping....
>>> - the juice is in the pronounciation....
>>>
>>> :)
>>>
>>> Toke
>>>  From my iPhone
>>> Toke Paludan Møller
>>> +45 2616 6919
>>> toke at interchange.dk
>>> www.interchange.dk
>>>
>>>
>>> On 09/07/2014, at 17.44, "Harrison Owen" <hhowen at verizon.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> This discussion about napping is definitely getting out of hand...to say
>>> nothing of control! As one who has taken no small amount of abuse over
>>> the
>>> years in regard to my proclivity for supination, I am simply delighted to
>>> see so many closet supinators coming out. “Supination,” by the way, is a
>>> word I made up ( I think). As you probably know, to be “supine” is to lie
>>> down, and that is the normal position of nappers – hence supination,
>>> supinator, supinated, etc. It is a great cover word, so you don’t give
>>> away
>>> the secret! And every arcane practice MUST have its secret nomenclature.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I confess that I supinate primarily for one reason: It feels good. Never
>>> according to plan, but always in response to need and situation. I have a
>>> sign in my office that says, “No day is so bad that it can’t be improved
>>> with a nap.” True! I find it also helps me to pace my energy
>>> expenditure. In
>>> fact I find that the critical time for a good supination is when I am
>>> over
>>> the top busy. It restores a sense of flow, purpose and presence. It also
>>> reminds me that I am really not essential. The world will turn all by
>>> itself
>>> J
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> In the special situation of facilitating an Open Space, supination has a
>>> special value, I think. The supination of the facilitator say in ways
>>> that
>>> nothing else can – that The People are in Charge. Really, they do it all
>>> by
>>> themselves. And the fact that nobody ever really notices that I am absent
>>> drives the point home. Folks, It is your thing!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> So Supinate to your heart’s content – it will fix up just about
>>> anything, I
>>> find.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Harrison
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> From: OSList [mailto:oslist-bounces at lists.openspacetech.org] On Behalf
>>> Of
>>> Tenneson Woolf
>>> Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2014 11:01 AM
>>> To: World wide Open Space Technology email list
>>> Cc: mmpannwitz at gmail.com
>>> Subject: Re: [OSList] About time and napping
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Love it!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Ah..., who is the stroller for Toke?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> :)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Jul 9, 2014, at 2:54 AM, Toke Paludan Møller wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi friends of napping and open spaces
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> What an important sharing going on here….
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I too find it useful and kind to my self and others to nap at a good
>>> timing
>>> and an appropriate place during days of work and days of resting both -
>>> whenever possible.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> My mother was a great teacher of this very human practice - she napped
>>> every
>>> day of her life between 20 minutes to 1 hour - and she lived until she
>>> was
>>> 94.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I became a practitioner early on and although I have wavered in my
>>> dedication during some years of getting too busy -  I am returning to the
>>> practice and enjoyment with very good fruits
>>>
>>> - similar to what you have all described….
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> We had an one our intentional and collective napping during a Open space
>>> day
>>> at the warrior of the heart dojo in Croatia in 2012 - where 4 generation
>>> napped on the lawn together
>>>
>>> for 1 hour before we did the harvest / convergence after a days work in
>>> the
>>> Open space embrace….
>>>
>>>   - it brought more consciousness and ease to the harvest of new
>>> understanding and wiser action steps.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Cheers to the art of napping!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> have a good summer with lots of napping going on
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> :)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> kindly
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Toke
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Intergenerational napping practice yesterday in the Danish woods….
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> <IMG_7586.jpg>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Toke Paludan Moeller
>>>
>>> SKYPE: tokemoeller
>>>
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>>>
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>>>
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>>>
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>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Skype name: tokemoeller
>>>
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>>>
>>> interchange at interchange.dk
>>>
>>> http://interchange.dk/calender/
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 09/07/2014, at 10.02, Michael M Pannwitz <mmpannwitz at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi Artur, Harrison, Spark, Adriana and you other nappers out there,
>>>
>>> tell me what works for you around napping: time of day, length, space,
>>> light, naked, clothed... I have been experimenting (trying a regular
>>> rhythm
>>> or when I feel I need a nap, short such as 15 minutes and up to an hour,
>>> setting a timer or leave it to whenever I wake up...) and its not really
>>> working for me, yet!
>>> While I hate to admit it, it annoys me when people grin or joke about my
>>> napping attempts.
>>> In my os work, I have taken naps. Once I did it in a semi-public space
>>> and
>>> was rudely attacked by a participant: How dare you take a nap when things
>>> are really chaotic here! After that I chose out-of-sight spaces.
>>> When I take a nap while a soccer game is going on (in Germany its serious
>>> business and everyone is off their whatever after the game last nite) I
>>> dont
>>> tell anyone!!
>>>
>>> I would not bother you but since it seems to be such an essential
>>> activity I
>>> thought I dare, its been an important issue for me!
>>>
>>> Have a nap-rich day
>>> Greetings from Berlin
>>> mmp
>>>
>>> On 09.07.2014 00:09, Harrison Owen wrote:
>>>
>>> Thank you Artur! One of the few things I am absolutely positive about!
>>> Naps are essential!!!
>>>
>>> ho
>>>
>>> *From:*OSList [mailto:oslist-bounces at lists.openspacetech.org] *On Behalf
>>> Of *Artur Silva
>>> *Sent:* Tuesday, July 08, 2014 4:59 PM
>>> *To:* OSLIST New Adress
>>> *Subject:* [OSList] About time and napping
>>>
>>> To Harrison,
>>>
>>>  From Artur
>>>
>>> Napping can Dramatically Increase Learning, Memory, Awareness, and More
>>> <http://themindunleashed.org/2014/04/napping-can-dramatically-increase-
>>> learning.html>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> image
>>> <http://themindunleashed.org/2014/04/napping-can-dramatically-increase-
>>> learning.html>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>>
>>> Napping can Dramatically Increase Learning, Memory, Aw...
>>> <http://themindunleashed.org/2014/04/napping-can-dramatically-increase-
>>> learning.html>
>>>
>>> In some places, towns essentially shut down in the afternoon while
>>> everyone goes home for a siesta. Unfortunately, in the…
>>>
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