Hi Caitlin, I´m vvery interested in these workshops. This time I´ll probably stay here, but maybe one day we gather in such a workshop or elsewhere. Best wishes,
Eleder BuM31 Mild Mapping-Open Space Technology-Creativity http://burumapak.blogspot.com <http://www.burumapak.blogspot.com/> (eus) @Eleder_BuM <http://twitter.com/Eleder_BuM> http://in-fluyendo.blogspot.com <http://www.in-fluyendo.blogspot.com/>(esp) http://flowandshow.blogspot.com <http://www.flowandshow.blogspot.com/> (eng) *(+0034) 638.733.223 Mundaka * 2011/3/3 Caitlin Frost <[email protected]> > Hi space opening friends, > > If you have an interest in learning more about the inquiry process of The > Work - I will be offering some two day workshops this spring and summer and > i would welcome you to join me. The workshops are structured as a way to > both learn the process and bring it directly into practice with your own > thinking and limiting beliefs in the context of both work and life. We work > with relationship, fear, places of we are stuck, attachment to outcome and > deepening presence; opening internal space in mind and heart that supports > opening space in the outside world. > > *Upcoming workshops in The Work*: > Salt Spring Island, BC - April 1 - 3rd > Edmonton, Alberta - April 29th - May 1 > Calgary, Alberta - May 6/7 (for parents) > Omaha, NE - May 20 - 22nd > Seattle, WA - June 3 - 5th (tentative) > Leavenworth, WA - July 8 - 10th > > There is more information on my website at www.caitlinfrost.ca or feel > free to contact me directly for more information or about the later > workshops that are not posted yet. > > > > On Sun, Dec 26, 2010 at 4:52 PM, Caitlin Frost <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> I have been learning and opening space in myself with The Work as a core >> practice for more than a decade now. Very early on I felt it as 'family' >> with Open Space Technology. >> As a practice of heart and mind opening - in places where mind and heart >> are closed or closing, it continues to serve me in my own evolution in life >> and also specifically as a facilitator of Open Space. >> The Work, like Open Space, has clear simplicity and a basis in powerful >> questions - 4 questions and then some turnarounds that open the mind to >> possibility - that can be applied to any stuck place, and is accessible to >> anyone willing to show up. >> >> Specifically in relation to Open Space - this inquiry process is very >> alive for me as I prepare and show up to hold space. The questions and >> practice give me a tool for working with myself - with my own attachment to >> outcome, my own attachment to who shows up or doesn't, my own fears along >> the way. I have found that a practice of working with my own stressful >> thinking and limiting beliefs not only makes my own life and work easier and >> less stressful - but what I learn in the process of sitting in my own >> inquiry about the fears and beliefs I have working with a group and/or that >> are triggered by the fears showing up from my client or the group, can often >> make me more able to stay calm and see more options if/when they show up in >> the room. >> >> When I am attached to a particular outcome or to approval from a client or >> group - it makes it a lot harder for me to hold space in a clear way. I >> don't want to be attached - and the reality is that sometimes I am - until I >> am not. And The Work as a process to question my own attachment has been >> very helpful. >> >> I have also been teaching the Work in some of our Art of Hosting trainings >> - in support of facilitators - to work with our own fears of showing up >> fully, of speaking honestly, of stepping forward to call and host powerful >> conversations and to find our courage to bring process like Open Space into >> new spaces or back from training and into workspaces where it is new and >> different. By identifying what thoughts and fears would stop us from >> showing up fully and opening and holding space - a lot of movement has >> happened. >> >> This past year - I worked with a team of facilitators where we were all >> also practicing The Work as a way to identify and move through our limiting >> beliefs and fears in a large gathering we were hosting together where stakes >> and emotions felt high. Having this way of supporting ourselves and each >> other in staying open and holding the bigger space was very powerful and we >> learned a lot. >> I have also worked recently with a leadership team where we used The Work >> as a tool for opening space in their thinking and working with their own >> fears in order to continue to stay open and hold space in a process of >> organizational change where we were using Open Space with the wider >> organization and community. I am finding it to be a good practice to share >> with clients sometimes where they want to move forward with Open Space and >> more participatory process but feel stuck or afraid. The conversation of >> 'if you feel this is the right thing, what would stop you?....' and then >> where they are open to it, supporting them to find their own clarity with >> the questions of the Work has also supported some good self-learning and >> ability to move forward with more clarity. >> >> I have always experienced Open Space as not only a way to hold good >> conversations and meetings, but also an invitation to live my life in the >> flow of inviting and opening and evolving. I experience The Work this way >> also - and in many ways they make each other more possible. >> >> If you are curious - I have some free resources and information about >> applying the Work in 'work' on my website: www.caitlinfrost.com - and >> hope to be blogging more about the Work in the world of hosting/facilitating >> (New Years resolution...we'll see what happens....) and Byron Katie also >> has lots of information and resources on her site: www.thework.com. >> >> Happy New Years all - and sweet to see two of my favourite gifts (Open >> Space and The Work) showing up together for others too. >> >> Caitlin. >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Jutta Weimar <[email protected]> >> Date: Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 7:42 AM >> Subject: [OSLIST] AW: The Work (Byron Katie) and open space >> To: [email protected] >> >> >> Dear colleagues, >> >> >> >> yes, I am working and growing with The Work since 2006, and working an >> growing with Open Space since 2000. I learned it from Ralf Giesen, who was >> NLP teacher here in Berlin and who stayed and worked with Byron Katie for a >> year, starting a training program for The Work in Europe. The Work – like >> other techniques that deal with beliefs (and especially with the ones that >> are limiting) opens up to love what is there. From my point of view, it has >> a lot in common with the peace that often emerges inside us during open >> space. >> >> I use The Work in Trainings and Coachings and – alike Open Space – it has >> changed my way of thinking and dealing with “challenges”. >> >> >> >> Good luck! >> >> And lots of love >> >> >> >> Jutta >> >> >> >> *Von:* OSLIST [mailto:[email protected]] *Im Auftrag von * >> Phelim >> *Gesendet:* Montag, 20. Dezember 2010 13:43 >> *An:* [email protected] >> *Betreff:* Re: The Work (Byron Katie) and open space >> >> >> >> Aah yes, >> >> >> >> Doing the work is a great way to prepare for opening space! It's pretty >> challenging but I've found it very useful. I had a great conversation with >> Chris Corrigan about this when I was in Vancouver. Matilda and I first found >> out about the Work from his partner Caitlin who is a trainer for The Work. >> I'm sure he has some interesting insights on the connections between OS and >> the Work! >> >> >> >> Phelim x >> >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >> >> On 20 Dec 2010, at 11:47, ELEDER AURTENETXE PILDAIN < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hello open space friends around the big ball! >> Last week I received some books by *Byron Katie* (www.thework.com). >> Now I´m delighted reading one of them,* "A thousand names for joy"*, in >> my daily train commuting. >> So good! So many similarities with open space! Did you know about it? If >> not, I´m sure you´ll love it... >> >> Enjoy life :-)! >> >> Eleder >> >> *BM**31_Bilbao*: Mind Mapping-Open Space Technology-Creativity >> >> www.flowandshow.blogspot.com >> >> www.bm31-liburuak.blogspot.com (BM31 >> books)<http://www.bm31-liburuak.blogspot.com/> >> >> www.burumapak.blogspot.com (Basque) >> www.in-fluyendo.blogspot.com (Spanish)<http://www.in-fluyendo.blogspot.com/> >> >> Twitter: @Eleder_BM <http://www.twitter.com/Eleder_BM> >> >> >> >> * * ========================================================== >> [email protected] ------------------------------ To >> subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of >> [email protected]: >> http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about >> OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist >> >> * * ========================================================== >> [email protected] ------------------------------ To >> subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of >> [email protected]: >> http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about >> OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist >> * * ========================================================== >> [email protected] ------------------------------ To >> subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of >> [email protected]: >> http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about >> OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist >> >> >> >> -- >> If you really knew how beautiful you are, >> you would fall at your own feet. >> *Byron Katie.* >> >> CAITLIN M FROST >> Coaching and Facilitation >> Certified Facilitator - The Work of Byron Katie >> Principal - Harvest Moon Consultants Ltd. >> www.caitlinfrost.ca >> >> > > > -- > If you really knew how beautiful you are, > you would fall at your own feet. > *Byron Katie.* > > CAITLIN M FROST > Coaching and Facilitation > Certified Facilitator - The Work of Byron Katie > Principal - Harvest Moon Consultants Ltd. > www.caitlinfrost.ca > > * * ========================================================== > [email protected] ------------------------------ To > subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of > [email protected]: > http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about > OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist * * ========================================================== [email protected] ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected]: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist
