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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span
lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>Jack
– <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span
lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>You
ask about what it means to ‘open space’ if all systems are self
organizing (and so … already open, no?).<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>And a parallel thought - does that
assume the space is closed before we open it…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span
lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span
lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span
lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>You
know that I often use body analogies.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span
lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span
lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>You
can do bodywork (chiropractic, acupuncture, massage) to help someone who is
hurting / damaged / healing…The body work sort of reminds the body what
to do well – it invigorates and gives energy to the body’s own
systems and helps to create movement and reduce blockage.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span
lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span
lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>You
can also do ongoing bodywork when someone is just fine – in order to help
the body do it’s own thing with all the abilities it has inside of it –
to KEEP the system /body fluid and energetic and flexible.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span
lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span
lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span
lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>So
our body, or our organization, is a self-organizing system.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Opening Space is bodywork (and indeed,
it enables breathing, and movement, and bodies quite like it).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span
lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span
lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>So
whereas we can Open Space when something is hurting or shut down…we can
also Open Space as a way to help folks keep breathing and exchanging
information and energy and doing even better what they already do quite well.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>To help the body / organization remember
what it knows how to do best for wellness…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span
lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=SpellE><font size=2 color=black
face="Trebuchet MS"><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:black'>Mmmm</span></font></span><font size=2 color=black
face="Trebuchet MS"><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:black'>…that makes me want to go get a massage….<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span
lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span
lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>Lisa<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span
lang=EN-CA style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black;
mso-no-proof:yes'>___________________________</span></font><font color=black><span
lang=EN-CA style='color:black;mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=2
color=blue face="Trebuchet MS"><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:blue;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal;mso-no-proof:yes'>L i s a<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>H e f t<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face="Trebuchet MS"><span
lang=EN-CA style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:blue;
mso-no-proof:yes'>Consultant, Facilitator, Educator<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face="Trebuchet MS"><span
lang=EN-CA style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:blue;
mso-no-proof:yes'>O p e n i n g<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>S p
a c e<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span
lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black;
mso-no-proof:yes'>2325 Oregon<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span
lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black;
mso-no-proof:yes'>Berkeley, California<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span
lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black;
mso-no-proof:yes'>94705-1106<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>USA<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span
lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black;
mso-no-proof:yes'>+01 510 548-8449<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span
lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black;
mso-no-proof:yes'><a href="mailto:lisaheft@openingspace.net"><font color=black><span
style='color:black'>lisaheft@openingspace.net</span></font></a></span></font><font
size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black;
mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span
lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black;
mso-no-proof:yes'><a href="http://www.openingspace.net"><font color=black><span
style='color:black'>www.openingspace.net</span></font></a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Trebuchet MS"><span
lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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