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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>Breath, inspire,
conspire, spirit…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>That’s usually the
way I make the link.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>There is an
intimate etymological (and cultural and theological) link between breathing and
spirit. <span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>It’s not just a
metaphor either.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>Chris<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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CHRIS CORRIGAN<br>
Consultation - Facilitation<br>
Open Space Technology<br>
<br>
Bowen Island, BC, Canada<br>
<a href="http://www.chriscorrigan.com">http://www.chriscorrigan.com</a><br>
chris@chriscorrigan.com</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'>-----Original Message-----<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b> OSLIST
[mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On
Behalf Of </span></b>Harrison Owen<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, October 10, 2002
4:50 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: Please speak to me of
breath....</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>At 08:26 PM 10/9/2002 -0400, :-Doug. Germann wrote:<br>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Harrison speaks in the _User's Guide_ of how the village seemed to
breathe<br>
in and out as the "meeting" proceeded. Many of you in the last few
weeks<br>
have mentioned breath and breathing as one of the cornerstones of OST.<br>
<br>
Please speak to me of breath.<br>
<br>
What does it mean to you in OST? How does it inform your work?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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I am not so sure about breath being the cornerstone of OST -- but it sure comes
in handy for lots of other things. I suppose at the simplest level, breath is
simply one of the most fundamental organic functions. And if it isn't working,
not much else does. Practically speaking, if a group arrives for an OS, all out
of breath (literally or figuratively), the space seems pretty closed. So one of
the things that many of us do is to allow time in the opening for folks to
catch that breath. When we walk the circle, lots of things happen,. but one is
that folks get a chance to breath. Breathing is also something we can do
together. Poets and lovers have noticed that folks who breath together seem to
stay together. One Breath -- so to speak. This is really about alignment at a
very fundamental level. So we sometimes say to everybody assembled -- "You
look a little harried -- how about a deep breath -- and another. If nothing
else this gets everybody breathing from the same page, as it were. If the
cadence of our words and our steps then match the rhythmic breathing of the
group (or lead it) you get something like synchronized breathing. If you want
to take this a little further -- breath historically has been a symbol and
bearer of Spirit. Indeed, Spirit and breath are the same words. We inspire and
expire... If you think of the opening moments of an OS more in terms of an <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>invocation</span></i> than and <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>introduction -- </span></i>attention to breath makes
a lot of sense.<br>
<br>
Harrison <br>
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size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Harrison Owen<br>
7808 River Falls Drive<br>
Potomac, MD 20854 USA<br>
phone 301-365-2093<br>
Open Space Training <a href="http://www.openspaceworld.com/" eudora=autourl>www.openspaceworld.com</a>
<br>
Open Space Institute <a href="http://www.openspaceworld.org/" eudora=autourl>www.openspaceworld.org</a><br>
Personal website <a href="http://www.mindspring.com/~owenhh" eudora=autourl>www.mindspring.com\~owenhh</a><br>
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