<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal">Hi Harrison and all!</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Harrison, thanks for providing a prompt that has helped me
to clarify my message. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Clarifying mindful
movement: </b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The "mindful movement" that I reference is not a
specific methodology at all. Rather, it is the phrase that I chose in my best
effort to convey a broad set of experiences and practices that are infinite that I am passionate about
exploring and sharing. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">When I talk about mindful movement, at the core is the
invitation/intention to allow oneself, and others, the time, space, and most
importantly the “permission”, to move intuitively and improvisationally –
without judgement and with presence.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I see all practices that engage the body with awareness, or
support awareness of the body, like Qi Gong, breathwork, Yoga, etc, as part of
the world of mindful movement. I learn from these and find value in combining
these with intuitive movement.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Where my inquiry
begins: </b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I am currently experimenting with different structures,
intentions, venues, and other aspects of when and how and with whom one may experience
mindful movement. This is why I have reached out to the OS list – to learn more
about their relationship with “mindful movement” and the integration of body
awareness and movement language into their facilitation, coaching, consulting
practices.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Where it gets Open
Spacey: </b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I see mindful movement as another way to be in “open space”
without any words or even any ideas often. I held a short talk at Agile Boston’s
CultureCon conference a few years back (thanks to Daniel Mezick) on “opening
space” where, thanks to the wonderful coaching of Harold Shinsato, I included
my experiences with mindful movement (which I was aligning with Ecstatic Dance,
a capital letter practice), along with deep listening, and improv comedy, as
ways to open space. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I am not suggesting that movement of any sort is needed to
be “applied” to any practice or experience to improve it, but rather that it is
a valuable experience and resource in its own right, for which we tend to have
limited opportunities to practice “mindfully” in our culture, and for which
prevailing limiting beliefs seem to prevent many of us from remembering and
exploring that part of our human experience. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>My question to OS
facilitators: </b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">My questions to the group are relatively open-ended: Does
any of this resonate with you? Does this touch on anything that you would like
to learn more about, expand upon, or incorporate more into your life or your
work with others?</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">If any bells are ringing, would you be willing to share your
thoughts with me? If this resonates strongly, are you interested in having a
conversation with me and seeing where it goes as I continue my experimentation
with offering mindful movement opportunities to people?</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal">Thanks for reading :) </p></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Tricia Chirumbole<p><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-repeat:initial initial">Facilitator. Coach. Champion.</span></p>
<p></p><div><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Co-Creative Culture Building</span></div><div>Mojo Collaborative</div><div><a href="http://www.mojocollaborative.com" target="_blank">www.mojocollaborative.com</a></div><div><br></div><div>571-232-0942</div><div>skype: tricia.chirumbole</div><div>twitter: @themojozone</div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 3:47 PM, Harrison Owen via OSList <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org" target="_blank">oslist@lists.openspacetech.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Tricia – I couldn’t quite figure out whether “mindful movement” was capitalized or not. Which is to say, are you referring to some specific methodology? If so I don’t know anything about that. But I do know that awareness, or as some would say, mindfulness is the heart of facilitation, so far as I am concerned. Related specifically Open Space – I’m not sure what else there is when one is being “totally present and absolutely invisible,” as some wag put it.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Harrison<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #b5c4df 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> OSList [mailto:<a href="mailto:oslist-bounces@lists.openspacetech.org" target="_blank">oslist-bounces@lists.openspacetech.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Tricia Chirumbole via OSList<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, October 12, 2015 12:30 PM<br><b>To:</b> World wide Open Space Technology email list<br><b>Subject:</b> [OSList] Moving through open space! - Inquiry/request<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><div class="h5"><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Hi all!<u></u><u></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">I am writing today to learn from you and invite you to contribute to a learning journey into the world of "mindful movement".<u></u><u></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">For the past year I have been on a journey to learn about and experiment with the practice of "mindful movement" - as a practitioner and a facilitator.<u></u><u></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">I am interested to learn if any of you "use" any movement or "body awareness" practices in your work as facilitators, coaches, etc, or for yourself or in other worlds that you may inhabit. <u></u><u></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Additionally, I am curious if you have any interest in experimenting with incorporating movement or embodied awareness into your work. I won't suggest for what applications or in what manner yet, as this is part of my open-ended R&D process. I have some ideas, but I want to learn your impressions, experiences, needs, and questions first. <u></u><u></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">If you would like to share anything in this thread, or if you would like to have a separate email/video/phone chat with me - I would LOVE to speak with you :) <u></u><u></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal">Ultimately, I am looking to engage with a handful of "people who work with people" to experiment with some movement practices and see if we can develop anything of value that can be built upon and passed on to others. At the same time a colleague of mine, Magalie of Dancing Without Borders, will be doing the same thing with a group of people and we will be comparing notes. Magalie's focus is on working 1:1 with "visionary leaders" focused on "new paradigm" work...though I do believe that is all of us! <u></u><u></u></p><div><div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">If this does not make sense in any way, please do not hesitate to ask me for clarification - many thanks in advance! <br><br clear="all"><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Tricia Chirumbole<u></u><u></u></p><p><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Facilitator. Coach. Champion.</span><u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Co-Creative Culture Building</span><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Mojo Collaborative<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.mojocollaborative.com" target="_blank">www.mojocollaborative.com</a><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="tel:571-232-0942" value="+15712320942" target="_blank">571-232-0942</a><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">skype: tricia.chirumbole<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">twitter: @themojozone<u></u><u></u></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>
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