<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14pt"><div><br><span></span></div><div><span>allison-jan and all greetings--</span></div><div><span>thanks for your reply.</span></div><div><br><span></span></div><div><span>speaking as a purist (being a wee bit dogmatic?)- if that weeklong NVC training was anything like the International Intensives I've heard about, i think things are tweaked a bit so it isn't fully open space. Sure, it's close to the real thing...<span style="font-style: italic;">but</span>... : )<br></span></div><div><br><span></span></div><div>and allison-jan, please say more about <br></div><pre>>>I say thank heaven for those who are "not-quite-peaceful and a wee bit dogmatic in the open space community" and every other community.<br></pre>
<div><br></div><div>greetings from a cold, seattle-esque san diego (time to rename the city San Seattle??),</div><div>raffi<br><span></span></div><pre>__________________________<br>Hi Raffi and All,<br><br>Sorry for earlier hitting the wrong button and sending a blank reply!<br><br>What I intended to say was that a friend told me she attended a week-long Non Violent Communication training that was fully conducted in Open Space.<br>It was held near Melbourne, in Oz, and she found it to be most inspiring both as far as NVC was concerned and as an introduction, for her, to OST.<br><br>She is now right behind my hope of bringing Open Space to the organisation of Ortho-Bionomy, the gentle bodywork we both practise.<br>I think both Open Space and Ortho-Bionomy have great similarities.<br><br>On your last point, Raffi...<br>I say thank heaven for those who are "not-quite-peaceful and a wee bit dogmatic in the open space community" and every other
community.<br><br>Cheerio from a really sunny and warm day in Healesville, SE Australia,<br>Allison.<br></pre><div> </div><div>powered by ubuntu 10.4</div></div></body></html>