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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>My name is Anne.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Last week I held my first open space
gathering, but this is not why I write. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>First I acknowledge a debt of deep gratitude to
Harrison Owen - for giving me the terminology and process of working in circle
within the corporate setting. I thank you Harrison.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The reason I had struggled previously, is that
I was fixed on naming the health system I am training in, each time I
approached a corporation. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The system I work with is curanderismo, a very
beautiful, non-linear, creative health system, handed down by a mixture
of Spanish, African, North and South American Indian cultures. It is
community medicine and this includes corporate communities, but few in the UK
are familiar with it.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>There are many aspects to curanderismo, but my
interest is in releasing old corporate cultures, in order to heal and to create
the space for an organisation to move on. [Again, I have recently
learned that I speak the same language as you on this topic too,
Harrison. Yahoo!]. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Another aspect of curanderismo, is that it deals
with susto - or soul loss. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>When I read Raffi's letter about the women of
Ingushetia, who have suffered horrific trauma and are in so much pain that
it is 'like they are asleep' - this condition, in curanderismo
terminology, is susto [soul loss].</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Curanderismo combines well with Open
Space - the preparation meetings you have beforehand, I call platicas, or
heart to heart talks. These sessions, which I had with the sponsor of my
gathering, provided the clarification and the deep personal preparation
needed to trust that introducing OST to his organisation would be
ok. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>As an apprentice curandera, tools such as platicas
and/or limpias [spiritual cleansing] would help the women of
Ingushetia to peel off the layers of pain, and perhaps enable them
to be PRESENT during their open space gathering. People
with massive soul loss tend 'not to be in' most of the time - which is how
they 'survive' and why they seem to 'be asleep' . Anyone engaged in
an open circle has to be present, [in it] to benefit from it's magic - so
you can see how, given Raffi's observations, curanderismo would
support Raffi's OS. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>After platicas and limpias, it is often
appropriate to do soul retrieval - and in a group situation, this is a very
powerful way to help people re-claim that part of their spirit that they need to
go on. I believe these women could use this kind of
support. If not the whole process at this point, certainly
the platica/limpias.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>So I'm wondering if any of you folk who convene
Open Space in places like the UN or various European Development platforms - or
in any large corporations, know of any who might donate funding to get
some curanderas on the ground to support Raffi during his 5 month
stint in Chechnia? If you point me in the right direction, I'm happy to do
the grunt work.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>There are 3 apprentice curanderas based in the
UK that I know of - [all of whom are apprenticed to Elena Avila, author of
Woman Who Glows in the Dark see <A
href="http://www.Elena-curandera.com">www.Elena-curandera.com</A> to get more of
an idea of the scope of this incredible medicine] who would be
honored to work with these women. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV> There will also be 3 curanderas visiting London from Mexico, 5-8
June, en route to Vienna, to do workshops there. So although the timeslot
is slim, on the offchance I thought I'd put this note out to see how we can
help.</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Finally Raffi, it may be that you can convene
another OS meeting with these women later in your stay - if that is the
case, let me know and perhaps I can come help.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>A hug and a big smile to all. And thanks
again Harrison.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Anne</FONT></DIV>
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