<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>How much silence depends on your intention:</div><div>Are you opening space for the transfinite AND finite fields to emerge? Or only the finite?</div><div>Are you opening inner space so people will access their capacity for being guided by the resonating field in their heart/mind/body awareness? (In order to really take responsibility for what they care about??) </div><div><br></div><div>If finite, a small amount of silence helps people settle into their bodies and bring themselves here...now. </div><div><br></div><div>Transfinite and finite (which is what i do) opens a more expansive space. It's not Woo-Woo. The work the field is supporting gets done regardless, just more co-creatively, more quickly-- synchronicities spark rapidly, delighting participants. </div><div><br></div><div>Re silence: </div><div> 1. I sometimes cue people to be aware of their feet on the floor, their legs, their bottoms on the chair, shoulders, top of head. </div><div> 2.,And sometimes, after the Welcome & logistics are dealt with, i simply invite them to be comfortable and relax into the chair, the silence, the feelings in their bodies. Usually i refer to a word or phrase in the Welcoming setup by the Host to help people make an outer/inner connection. I let silence go until i sense it's time to stop...not more than 8 minutes or so, probably. This is until i sense we are resonating together (i guess). </div><div><br></div><div>Then i break the silence by standing and then, slowly beginning to walk the circle, opening the finite space of the circle, acknowledging each one as I pass.</div><div><br></div><div>To open the silence, sometimes i invite a friend to sound a crystal bowl followed by 2. above. That is even more delicious.</div><div><br></div><div>NOTE: none of this is "rote"! My preparation includes sensing into each group meditatively; getting clarity about who they are and what they need; and in the Now of the experience sensing into the circle and acting in the present moment. </div><div><br></div><div>Thank you! Took me a while to ruminate on it. Good and interesting question! Thanks whoever posted it a while ago. </div><div><br></div><div>Blessings! Anne</div><div><br><div><br><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.294118); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.231373);">Your Self</span></div><div>Occupy</div><div>100%</div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>A world that works for ALL is a world of love made visible</div><div><br></div><div>Phone: 206-459-0227</div><div>Skype: anne.m.stadler</div><div> <span style="font-size: 13pt;"> </span></div><div><a href="http://www.InClaritas.com">www.InClaritas.com</a></div><div><a href="http://www.CharterforCompassion.org">www.CharterforCompassion.org</a></div><div><a href="http://www.ProtecttheSacred.org">www.ProtecttheSacred.org</a></div><div><br></div></div></body></html>