[OSList] About time and napping
Daniel Mezick
dan at newtechusa.net
Fri Jul 11 07:54:33 PDT 2014
I often drive the interstate highway (Mass Pike) for 2 hours home at
night, from Boston MA to my home in North Guilford CT.
One time, I literally fell asleep. Driving. I woke up to a **bump**.
I look up, I am driving, it is night-time, I am looking at the car in
front of me. Apparently I touched this car with my car. At 65 MPH!
(We were going at similar speeds, him 65MPH, me maybe 66MPH, so I kind
of nudged the car in front of me.....)
The driver of that that car immediately pulled away at about 90 miles an
hour, putting distance on me like a bad habit.
There was no one else on the road.
I pulled over, scared to death, jolted with massive levels of adrenalin.
Eventually I settled down and slept for about half an hour.
And drove very slowly home.
Every since then, whenever I drive at night, if I am the least bit
tired, I just pull over and take a nap.
And it is amazing. 15 minutes of shuteye makes everything right.
Daniel
On 7/11/14 10:33 AM, Spark Stanley Park wrote:
>
> Dear Michael,
>
> Good to hear!!!^^
>
> 2014. 7. 11. ?? 8:17? "Michael M Pannwitz" <mmpannwitz at gmail.com
> <mailto:mmpannwitz at gmail.com>> ?? ??:
>
> 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
> <mailto:toke at interchange.dk> <toke at interchange.dk
> <mailto: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 <mailto:toke at interchange.dk>
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>
>
> On 09/07/2014, at 17.44, "Harrison Owen"
> <hhowen at verizon.net <mailto: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
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> <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 <mailto: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
>
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>
>
> On 09/07/2014, at 10.02, Michael M Pannwitz
> <mmpannwitz at gmail.com <mailto: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
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> Of *Artur Silva
> *Sent:* Tuesday, July 08, 2014 4:59 PM
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> *Subject:* [OSList] About time and napping
>
> To Harrison,
>
> From Artur
>
> Napping can Dramatically Increase Learning, Memory,
> Awareness, and More
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