Interesting question Wendy. The difference between hosting and holding space is where my attention goes. Holding space by attention is only on the space and what it requires. In hosting I attend to the beings inside the space and what they need to thrive in the space. Pat Black
On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 12:00 PM, Wendy Farmer-O'Neil <we...@xe.net> wrote: > Mu > > > ;) > > w > > On 7-Jul-10, at 8:47 AM, doug wrote: > > Hi-- >> >> In a recent post, http://chriscorrigan.com/parkinglot/?p=2839 Chris >> Corrigan says "there is no outside." >> >> Chris has got me thinking again of the interplay of hosting and holding >> space. >> >> As I see it today, holding space means having a view towards the health >> of the whole system that is in the room—a global view that is larger >> than the participants might have. So it is not noticing themes, because >> my experience is that the facilitator is not into the trees enough to >> notice the paths in the woods. >> >> It is more that the facilitator is seeing that the woods is healthy for >> all the beings there—little animals and large, birds and insects and >> flowers and trees. Of course that is an impossible task, since no one is >> managing the forest. The forest self organizes itself. >> >> So we pick up the coffee cups and candy bar wrappers and pop cans that >> people semi-consciously leave behind and we let those who are active in >> the conversations know by our invisible presence that they are doing >> things exactly right: whatever happens.... >> >> So can this be done from within the system? Is there any outside? Is >> there not a certain hubris in thinking we can stay above and outside and >> hold the space...what? Together? >> >> How is hosting related to holding space? When can the space holder enter >> the conversation swirling about? >> >> :- Doug. >> >> * >> * >> ========================================================== >> osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu >> ------------------------------ >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, >> view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: >> http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html >> >> To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: >> http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist >> >> > Wendy Farmer-O'Neil > CEO Prospera Consulting > we...@xe.net > 1-800-713-2351 > > The moment of change is the only poem. -- Adrienne Rich > > * > * > ========================================================== > osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu > ------------------------------ > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, > view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: > http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html > > To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: > http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist > * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist
