Birgitt and Chris; Your exchange on ethics and the perspective on reiki has fueled many thoughts. It takes courage to put such deeply personal out for the rest of us to read, ponder and react to. It takes courage to put out any of our learnings, especially when we are new to a practice. It opens us to criticism, praise or to the most deafening of all....no response.
My own learning experience with how deep people can be opened was not related to open space technology, but to using process facilitation methods that are congruent with OS (See Birgitt's web site www.openspacetechnology.com). I taught a university class using facilitation methods as I would in my consulting practice. Open space was not appropriate in the setting. Classes started with a transfer in exercise that gave the students a time to reflect on an object and what it said about the theme of the class that day. Students followed individual reflection with discussion with one other. The next step was to see if anyone wanted to share their insights to the larger group. One student told me angrily how deeply the exercise had taken her and she did not want to share the depth of her thoughts. It reminded me that it was important to point out more clearly to people that they were not required to say anything and that they should only share what they felt comfortable with sharing at any point. I start almost all meetings this way as it helps people be fully present to whatever we are doing. But I am also concious of the sacred trust that we carry and the power of the processes. Michelle Michelle Cooper RN, MScN The Cooper Group Consultants 200 Crestview Avenue Ancaster, ON Canada L9G 1E2 Tel. (905) 648-4633 Fax. (905) 648-1763 E-mail [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> * * ========================================================== [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected] Visit: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html =========================================================== [email protected] To subscribe, 1. Visit: http://www.egroups.com/group/oslist 2. Sign up -- provide an email address, and choose a login ID and password 3. Click on "Subscribe" and follow the instructions To unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected]: 1. Visit: http://www.egroups.com/group/oslist 2. Sign in and Proceed
