[OSList] doubt about how to begin OS

Mon Jul 12 04:08:20 PDT 2021

Arantxa, ze poza, banekien hemen erantzun argigarriak batuko genituela!

I'm so glad you having written to the OSLIST, the best way I know to continue improving an learning new big-small things about Opening Space.

Tomorrow in Mundaka we'll celebrate for 4th consecutive year daNoNa doNea. An experimental way of celebrating life and self+group creativity. We experience OS ways applied to festivals.

We called it once Open Hole. We had some interesting conversations on it on the OSLIST some years ago. I can remember some interesting writings by HArold Shinsato, too.

And yes, Arantxa, it'd be great we say something here after your first OS facilitation!

Big hug, os friends around the world, live, laugh, love ;-)!!!

Eleder
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Em domingo, 11 de julho de 2021 às 17:09, arantxa hergueta bravo via OSList <oslist at lists.openspacetech.org> escreveu:

> Thanks to you all!! Really!!
>
> Your answers help me in this process of looking for my place in os.
>
> It´s great reading you all.
>
> PS: and Michael (mmp), yes I´m in the basque country and Eleder is helping me, do you know him?
>
> El sáb, 10 jul 2021 a las 23:36, Michael Herman via OSList (<oslist at lists.openspacetech.org>) escribió:
>
>> Here's another way to think about it, Arantxa... Imagine for a moment that you have this large or small crowd gathered and they've all politely seated themselves in some sort of circle. Your question is where to go, how to act, how to relate to them... So I ask you, what would you do if you knew that there was lots of ice cream and treats to sprinkle and drizzle on top of it, all set up and ready in the middle of the circle? Would you smile? Would they smile back? Would you enjoy telling them about the various options and possibilities that had been arranged? Would you enjoy holding them, locked in their seats, for just an extra few minutes, heightening the anticipation, maybe digressing a little bit on a tangent about the history of sundaes, or teasing the list of ingredients? And when you were done explaining, ready to let them run for the bowls, where would you be? Probably at the center, pointing to it, welcoming them to come. And then where do you go? Out of the way! While it's true that some healthy eaters might not get too excited about this ice cream business, they'll likely perk up when they notice the fruit and nut toppings. By and by, most everyone will discover something delicious in the center of your circle. So your job is to walk into that crowd knowing that something cool is coming up soon. Have fun giving it away!
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>> On Sat, Jul 10, 2021 at 2:04 PM Harrison Owen SR via OSList <oslist at lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:
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>>> Welcome to the circle! And to the millions of folks who have shown up before. Including the several who have spoken so elequently of their experience (Peggy, Chris, Michael...) Walking the circle ( or as it is ofen called) bounding the circle is a very ancient artifact of human society. We didn't invent it, but it is surely nice to remember it. Enjoy yourself. Great Space!
>>>
>>> Harrison
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>>> On Sat, Jul 10, 2021 at 1:08 PM Peggy Holman via OSList <oslist at lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:
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>>>> Arantxa,
>>>>
>>>> Like my long time friends, Chris and Michael, and as Harrison first suggested, I, too, walk the circle. And have been since 1996. I don’t have much to add to what Chris and Michael have already said, but I’m writing, so I guess I have something to say. :-)
>>>>
>>>> I slowly walk the circle speaking as I do. Just once around before I stop on the rim. After that, I move occasionally if I my intuition tells me to do so.
>>>>
>>>> I notice as I walk that the energy of the space changes. It is as if the connections among us become clearer to all. Harrison called it the shaman’s walk. He said is done at the pace of your heartbeat. Slow and steady, about 60 beats per minute, I seem to recall.
>>>>
>>>> I often think of Open Space as the exquisite mix of yin and yang, masculine and feminine. Walking the circle evokes the yin energy of relationship. Speaking the question/theme calls in the directional energy of yang. Together they move us towards each other and into our creative potential.
>>>>
>>>> Welcome to the journey!
>>>>
>>>> Best of success to you,
>>>> Peggy
>>>>
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>>>> Enjoy the award winning [Engaging Emergence: Turning Upheaval into Opportunity](http://www.engagingemergence.com)
>>>>
>>>>> On Jul 10, 2021, at 8:23 AM, Chris Corrigan via OSList <oslist at lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Yes. I walk the circle. I greet people, look at them, talk about their invitation and encourage them that this is the time they have wanted to talk about thi BC s important to them. Then I very simply explain the instructions and invite them to make their agenda. And then I walk out and let them get to work.
>>>>>
>>>>> Trust the people. If the issue is important for them they will make the conversations they need to have.
>>>>>
>>>>> Chris.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sat, Jul 10, 2021 at 3:37 AM arantxa hergueta bravo via OSList <oslist at lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi to you all!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> May name is Arantxa. I´m new here, and I´m new in Open Space too. In a few days I will facilitate my first OS and to do so I´ve been doing some reading and talking with a friend, who knows very well the whole process.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I´ve got a bunch of doubts, but want to share one specially with you. If someone wants to share her/his experience or ideas It´ll be terrific. I´ll try to explain it. It´s been years that I don´t write in English, so…lets´see!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> My friend has told me, once the “event” promoter has made a presentation, he comes from outside the participants circle, invites everybody to breathe, look each other and so, and, then, he comes into the circle and walks inside it (walks the circle) looking to each of the participants in order to greet them. My questions: How do you do it? How do you begin? Do you “walk the circle”? Why? How does it make you feel?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> And that´s all for now.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thank you very much!!!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> And have a beautiful day!
>>>>>>
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