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In a message dated 5/14/04 5:39:56 AM, raffi@pochtamt.ru writes:<BR>
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I am curious, those who have scheduled or seen mini-OS's within a larger event, how necessary do you think it is to necessarily do the whole circle walk, attention to breath, and other things to open the space? Is it necessarily to even sit in a circle? My hunch is if people have already worked together for more than a day that the space is already open. I have already participated in a fully open OS before within a multi-day conference (this was with Intertraining, the professional association of trainers and consultants that Michael Pannewitz and Jo Toepfer trained in OST. Almost everyone had at least participated in an OS, if they hadn't led one already.)<BR>
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Raffi--<BR>
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My own choice would be to do a little bit of ritual, to make a break between old paradigm and new, so people are not just coming into a different room and going on with familiar behavior and mindset. I think I would walk the circle and review the principles and law--you might choose a different ritual, but I'd encourage you to do something to establish that this Space is new.<BR>
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Best of luck with this--the subject is important, and I love that they have left some time for more open conversation.<BR>
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