opening space for life force
Dear friends and colleagues,
Choosing to share with you some text that I am including in my current
update of the Genuine Contact module Working with Open Space Technology
workbook:
"The best facilitators of OST make a regular practice of opening space
within themselves. Think of this as opening space for life force. They
understand that they are in a process within life that requires curiosity
and creativity. They look at what is happening now, at what's new, what's
come into my life. From this comes the understanding that what's new points
the way to new options for living and taking leadership for one's life.
A primary task is to open to what is new. A related primary task is to keep
the space within oneself open to allowing the new to have life beyond the
moment. The third related primary task is to be open to new patterns,
allowing the breaking of old patterns.
Loss happens when space is made, when patterns are broken. Loss is
accompanied by grief and often, conflict, inner conflict. It is helpful in
the personal journey of developing oneself to have understanding loss,
grief, and the healing work of grief that accompanies opening space. The
path to this understanding comes about through the discipline of opening
space within oneself.
When I open space within myself as I embrace whatever is new, what is
showing up is exhilarating and I feel enhanced life force flowing. At some
point, either immediately or weeks later, I realize that keeping myself
open to how this new creation is unfolding requires me to let go of who I
was before this new world opened up to me. I balance the new flow of life
force and creativity with my grief work as I let go of old patterns.
From the self awareness of what it is to open space within oneself, keep it
open, and allowing the breaking of old patterns, personal development can
be transformative. The facilitator of OST develops greater capacity to
understand what is involved when space is opened in the organization. The
understanding extends to keeping the space open for the new life to thrive,
and to what is involved when old patterns need to be broken."
Birgitt
Birgitt Williams
*Senior consultant-author-mentor to leaders and consultants *
Specialist in organizational and systemic transformation, leadership
development, and the benefits of nourishing a culture of leadership.
www.dalarinternational.com
Upcoming Workshops
Holistic Leadership Development | June 23-27, 2025 | Waterloo, Canada
Individual Health and Balance for Leaders | November 29, December 5, 12 &
19, 2025 | Online
Learn More & Register
http://www.dalarinternational.com/upcoming-workshops/ for any of these
workshops here.
Go to www.genuinecontact.net http://www.genuinecontact.net to see the
public Genuine Contact training and mentoring options by Genuine Contact
trainers internationally. If you wish to schedule an "in-house" training
for people in your organization, please contact me, Birgitt Williams
birgitt@dalarinternational.com, via email to set up a consultation to
discern what is the best option to meet your development goals.
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Dear Birgit,
reading your notes I realize that I am not part of the best facilitators
because I
never opened space in myself.
My assumption is that space is open without end.
And I also assumed that control is the number one
enemy of the force of selforganization knowing that
control can never close space in toto.
And I assumed that ost events expand
space for the unfolding of the forces of selforganization.
Well, I havent facilitated since 2012.
Maybe I am one of the old patterns.
Have a great day and have a look at WOSonOS 2025 in Kenya
Cheers from Berlin
mmp
Am 13.04.2025 um 18:21 schrieb Birgitt Williams via OSList:
Dear friends and colleagues,
Choosing to share with you some text that I am including in my current
update of the Genuine Contact module Working with Open Space
Technology workbook:
"The best facilitators of OST make a regular practice of opening space
within themselves. Think of this as opening space for life force. They
understand that they are in a process within life that requires
curiosity and creativity. They look at what is happening now, at
what's new, what's come into my life. From this comes the
understanding that what's new points the way to new options for living
and taking leadership for one's life.
A primary task is to open to what is new. A related primary task is to
keep the space within oneself open to allowing the new to have life
beyond the moment. The third related primary task is to be open to new
patterns, allowing the breaking of old patterns.
Loss happens when space is made, when patterns are broken. Loss is
accompanied by grief and often, conflict, inner conflict. It is
helpful in the personal journey of developing oneself to have
understanding loss, grief, and the healing work of grief
that accompanies opening space. The path to this understanding comes
about through the discipline of opening space within oneself.
When I open space within myself as I embrace whatever is new, what is
showing up is exhilarating and I feel enhanced life force flowing. At
some point, either immediately or weeks later, I realize that keeping
myself open to how this new creation is unfolding requires me to let
go of who I was before this new world opened up to me. I balance the
new flow of life force and creativity with my grief work as I let go
of old patterns.
From the self awareness of what it is to open space within oneself,
keep it open, and allowing the breaking of old patterns, personal
development can be transformative. The facilitator of OST develops
greater capacity to understand what is involved when space is opened
in the organization. The understanding extends to keeping the space
open for the new life to thrive, and to what is involved when old
patterns need to be broken."
Birgitt
Birgitt Williams
*Senior consultant-author-mentor to leaders and consultants *
Specialist in organizational and systemic transformation, leadership
development, and the benefits of nourishing a culture of leadership.
www.dalarinternational.com http://www.dalarinternational.com
Upcoming Workshops
//
/Holistic Leadership Development/ | June 23-27, 2025 | Waterloo, Canada
/Individual Health and Balance for Leaders/ | November 29, December
5, 12 & 19, 2025 | Online
Learn More & Register
http://www.dalarinternational.com/upcoming-workshops/ for any of
these workshops here.
/
/
/Go to www.genuinecontact.net http://www.genuinecontact.net to see
the public Genuine Contact training and mentoring options by Genuine
Contact trainers internationally. If you wish to schedule an
"in-house" training for people in your organization, please contact
me, Birgitt Williams mailto:birgitt@dalarinternational.com, via
email to set up a consultation to discern what is the best option to
meet your development goals./
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This year the WOSonOS will be in Kenya, have a look
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Dear Birgit,
PS:
Back in 2006 at the 14th Annual International Open Space on Open Space
(today we call it
Worldwide Open Space on Open Space, WOSonOS) in Moscow something
appeared to
block us in one of our circles.
Raffi Aftandalian or another puzzled soul such as Micha Pronin or Funda
Oral or Gail West or Thomas Herrmann or Brian Bainsbridge... got up and
asked you, as one of our most senior facilitators, to re-energize us.
You fell back to one of the oldest of the old patterns and asked all of
us to get up, stand behind our chairs and rearrange our circle to actually
the old pattern:
A perfect circle.
All of us got up and in a few minutes re-created the old pattern out of
the chaotic and energy laden pattern to "re energize" our gathering.
This utterly simple intervention stunned me and reminded me that observed
data of the situation was the basis for this intervention. And a bunch
of experience.
hugs
mmp
Am 13.04.2025 um 22:19 schrieb Michael M Pannwitz:
Dear Birgit,
reading your notes I realize that I am not part of the best
facilitators because I
never opened space in myself.
My assumption is that space is open without end.
And I also assumed that control is the number one
enemy of the force of selforganization knowing that
control can never close space in toto.
And I assumed that ost events expand
space for the unfolding of the forces of selforganization.
Well, I havent facilitated since 2012.
Maybe I am one of the old patterns.
Have a great day and have a look at WOSonOS 2025 in Kenya
Cheers from Berlin
mmp
Am 13.04.2025 um 18:21 schrieb Birgitt Williams via OSList:
Dear friends and colleagues,
Choosing to share with you some text that I am including in my
current update of the Genuine Contact module Working with Open Space
Technology workbook:
"The best facilitators of OST make a regular practice of opening
space within themselves. Think of this as opening space for life
force. They understand that they are in a process within life that
requires curiosity and creativity. They look at what is happening
now, at what's new, what's come into my life. From this comes the
understanding that what's new points the way to new options for
living and taking leadership for one's life.
A primary task is to open to what is new. A related primary task is
to keep the space within oneself open to allowing the new to have
life beyond the moment. The third related primary task is to be open
to new patterns, allowing the breaking of old patterns.
Loss happens when space is made, when patterns are broken. Loss is
accompanied by grief and often, conflict, inner conflict. It is
helpful in the personal journey of developing oneself to have
understanding loss, grief, and the healing work of grief
that accompanies opening space. The path to this understanding comes
about through the discipline of opening space within oneself.
When I open space within myself as I embrace whatever is new, what is
showing up is exhilarating and I feel enhanced life force flowing. At
some point, either immediately or weeks later, I realize that keeping
myself open to how this new creation is unfolding requires me to let
go of who I was before this new world opened up to me. I balance the
new flow of life force and creativity with my grief work as I let go
of old patterns.
From the self awareness of what it is to open space within oneself,
keep it open, and allowing the breaking of old patterns, personal
development can be transformative. The facilitator of OST develops
greater capacity to understand what is involved when space is opened
in the organization. The understanding extends to keeping the space
open for the new life to thrive, and to what is involved when old
patterns need to be broken."
Birgitt
Birgitt Williams
*Senior consultant-author-mentor to leaders and consultants *
Specialist in organizational and systemic transformation, leadership
development, and the benefits of nourishing a culture of leadership.
www.dalarinternational.com http://www.dalarinternational.com
Upcoming Workshops
//
/Holistic Leadership Development/ | June 23-27, 2025 | Waterloo, Canada
/Individual Health and Balance for Leaders/ | November 29, December
5, 12 & 19, 2025 | Online
Learn More & Register
http://www.dalarinternational.com/upcoming-workshops/ for any of
these workshops here.
/
/
/Go to www.genuinecontact.net http://www.genuinecontact.net to see
the public Genuine Contact training and mentoring options by Genuine
Contact trainers internationally. If you wish to schedule an
"in-house" training for people in your organization, please contact
me, Birgitt Williams mailto:birgitt@dalarinternational.com, via
email to set up a consultation to discern what is the best option to
meet your development goals./
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Dear Birgitt and Michael,
As one of those forever "puzzled" souls I hear both of you. What you have
written make sense to me.
Actually our work (as a facilitator of OST) is to prepare and protect
conditions where people come together and
find whatever they need : food, love, freedom, trust, attention,
understanding (in fact basic needs we always have).
- Just some notes from my thoughts:
- Control stops the Freedom to grow. Yet some people need Control to
feel Safe. - The invitation plays a critical role, we expect that people who come
around the circle are grown up and conscious of their choice to be
there....is the space Safe for everybody in this case? - We as facilitators, can we provide a Safe Space?
- Do we need Control or More Freedom to make space safe?
- What does Safe Space mean? Does it mean the same thing everywhere in
the world?
Let it Be, Trust the Life or Take Responsibility? If yes, How? Are we grown
ups or are we children? Do we need education or
rules?
Have a great Week!
Funda, from somewhere between East and West.
Le lun. 14 avr. 2025 à 01:56, Michael M Pannwitz via OSList <
everyone@oslist.org> a écrit :
Dear Birgit,
PS:
Back in 2006 at the 14th Annual International Open Space on Open Space
(today we call it
Worldwide Open Space on Open Space, WOSonOS) in Moscow something appeared
to
block us in one of our circles.
Raffi Aftandalian or another puzzled soul such as Micha Pronin or Funda
Oral or Gail West or Thomas Herrmann or Brian Bainsbridge... got up and
asked you, as one of our most senior facilitators, to re-energize us.
You fell back to one of the oldest of the old patterns and asked all of
us to get up, stand behind our chairs and rearrange our circle to actually
the old pattern:
A perfect circle.
All of us got up and in a few minutes re-created the old pattern out of
the chaotic and energy laden pattern to "re energize" our gathering.
This utterly simple intervention stunned me and reminded me that observed
data of the situation was the basis for this intervention. And a bunch of
experience.
hugs
mmp
Am 13.04.2025 um 22:19 schrieb Michael M Pannwitz:
Dear Birgit,
reading your notes I realize that I am not part of the best facilitators
because I
never opened space in myself.
My assumption is that space is open without end.
And I also assumed that control is the number one
enemy of the force of selforganization knowing that
control can never close space in toto.
And I assumed that ost events expand
space for the unfolding of the forces of selforganization.
Well, I havent facilitated since 2012.
Maybe I am one of the old patterns.
Have a great day and have a look at WOSonOS 2025 in Kenya
Cheers from Berlin
mmp
Am 13.04.2025 um 18:21 schrieb Birgitt Williams via OSList:
Dear friends and colleagues,
Choosing to share with you some text that I am including in my current
update of the Genuine Contact module Working with Open Space Technology
workbook:
"The best facilitators of OST make a regular practice of opening space
within themselves. Think of this as opening space for life force. They
understand that they are in a process within life that requires curiosity
and creativity. They look at what is happening now, at what's new, what's
come into my life. From this comes the understanding that what's new
points the way to new options for living and taking leadership for one's
life.
A primary task is to open to what is new. A related primary task is to
keep the space within oneself open to allowing the new to have life beyond
the moment. The third related primary task is to be open to new patterns,
allowing the breaking of old patterns.
Loss happens when space is made, when patterns are broken. Loss is
accompanied by grief and often, conflict, inner conflict. It is helpful in
the personal journey of developing oneself to have understanding loss,
grief, and the healing work of grief that accompanies opening space. The
path to this understanding comes about through the discipline of opening
space within oneself.
When I open space within myself as I embrace whatever is new, what is
showing up is exhilarating and I feel enhanced life force flowing. At some
point, either immediately or weeks later, I realize that keeping myself
open to how this new creation is unfolding requires me to let go of who I
was before this new world opened up to me. I balance the new flow of life
force and creativity with my grief work as I let go of old patterns.
From the self awareness of what it is to open space within oneself, keep
it open, and allowing the breaking of old patterns, personal development
can be transformative. The facilitator of OST develops greater capacity to
understand what is involved when space is opened in the organization. The
understanding extends to keeping the space open for the new life to thrive,
and to what is involved when old patterns need to be broken."
Birgitt
Birgitt Williams
*Senior consultant-author-mentor to leaders and consultants *
Specialist in organizational and systemic transformation, leadership
development, and the benefits of nourishing a culture of leadership.
www.dalarinternational.com
Upcoming Workshops
Holistic Leadership Development | June 23-27, 2025 | Waterloo, Canada
Individual Health and Balance for Leaders | November 29, December 5, 12
& 19, 2025 | Online
Learn More & Register
http://www.dalarinternational.com/upcoming-workshops/ for any of these
workshops here.
Go to www.genuinecontact.net http://www.genuinecontact.net to see the
public Genuine Contact training and mentoring options by Genuine Contact
trainers internationally. If you wish to schedule an "in-house" training
for people in your organization, please contact me, Birgitt Williams
birgitt@dalarinternational.com, via email to set up a consultation to
discern what is the best option to meet your development goals.
16 Sunny Acres Dr., Etowah, North Carolina, USA 28729
Phone: 01-919-522-7750
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Le dim. 13 avr. 2025 à 18:22, Birgitt Williams via OSList <
everyone@oslist.org> a écrit :
Dear friends and colleagues,
Choosing to share with you some text that I am including in my current
update of the Genuine Contact module Working with Open Space Technology
workbook:
"The best facilitators of OST make a regular practice of opening space
within themselves. Think of this as opening space for life force. They
understand that they are in a process within life that requires curiosity
and creativity. They look at what is happening now, at what's new, what's
come into my life. From this comes the understanding that what's new
points the way to new options for living and taking leadership for one's
life.
A primary task is to open to what is new. A related primary task is to
keep the space within oneself open to allowing the new to have life beyond
the moment. The third related primary task is to be open to new patterns,
allowing the breaking of old patterns.
Loss happens when space is made, when patterns are broken. Loss is
accompanied by grief and often, conflict, inner conflict. It is helpful in
the personal journey of developing oneself to have understanding loss,
grief, and the healing work of grief that accompanies opening space. The
path to this understanding comes about through the discipline of opening
space within oneself.
The space opens up when you accept Loss or Life as it is. Change is
inevitable. Change endangers Safety, and can result in Conflict. I agree
that Personal Journey and Facilitating the OST are somehow related. Also it
is important that our Client sees that this
can not keep going with old patterns and be ready to embrace Change....
However the Leaders are reluctant to lose their Power and embrace Change
and open the doors to see what does Life bring to them?
I think when the Host and the Client are collaborative OST can lead to
miracles. Otherwise we might destroy many thing and
don't enjoy any relation (Human, with Nature, Working, Family etc)
When I open space within myself as I embrace whatever is new, what is
showing up is exhilarating and I feel enhanced life force flowing. At some
point, either immediately or weeks later, I realize that keeping myself
open to how this new creation is unfolding requires me to let go of who I
was before this new world opened up to me. I balance the new flow of life
force and creativity with my grief work as I let go of old patterns.
From the self awareness of what it is to open space within oneself, keep
it open, and allowing the breaking of old patterns, personal development
can be transformative. The facilitator of OST develops greater capacity to
understand what is involved when space is opened in the organization. The
understanding extends to keeping the space open for the new life to thrive,
and to what is involved when old patterns need to be broken."
Birgitt
Birgitt Williams
*Senior consultant-author-mentor to leaders and consultants *
Specialist in organizational and systemic transformation, leadership
development, and the benefits of nourishing a culture of leadership.
www.dalarinternational.com
Upcoming Workshops
Holistic Leadership Development | June 23-27, 2025 | Waterloo, Canada
Individual Health and Balance for Leaders | November 29, December 5, 12
& 19, 2025 | Online
Learn More & Register
http://www.dalarinternational.com/upcoming-workshops/ for any of these
workshops here.
Go to www.genuinecontact.net http://www.genuinecontact.net to see the
public Genuine Contact training and mentoring options by Genuine Contact
trainers internationally. If you wish to schedule an "in-house" training
for people in your organization, please contact me, Birgitt Williams
birgitt@dalarinternational.com, via email to set up a consultation to
discern what is the best option to meet your development goals.
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Phone: 01-919-522-7750
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sorry for mistakes in english, please ask me if that does not make
sense....I already see some mistakes but i wish that it still make sense
to you🙏 it makes sense to me 🤔🤗
Le lun. 14 avr. 2025 à 11:50, Funda Oral fundaoral@gmail.com a écrit :
Just one note in between!
Le dim. 13 avr. 2025 à 18:22, Birgitt Williams via OSList <
everyone@oslist.org> a écrit :
Dear friends and colleagues,
Choosing to share with you some text that I am including in my current
update of the Genuine Contact module Working with Open Space Technology
workbook:
"The best facilitators of OST make a regular practice of opening space
within themselves. Think of this as opening space for life force. They
understand that they are in a process within life that requires curiosity
and creativity. They look at what is happening now, at what's new, what's
come into my life. From this comes the understanding that what's new
points the way to new options for living and taking leadership for one's
life.
A primary task is to open to what is new. A related primary task is to
keep the space within oneself open to allowing the new to have life beyond
the moment. The third related primary task is to be open to new patterns,
allowing the breaking of old patterns.
Loss happens when space is made, when patterns are broken. Loss is
accompanied by grief and often, conflict, inner conflict. It is helpful in
the personal journey of developing oneself to have understanding loss,
grief, and the healing work of grief that accompanies opening space. The
path to this understanding comes about through the discipline of opening
space within oneself.
The space opens up when you accept Loss or Life as it is. Change is
inevitable. Change endangers Safety, and can result in Conflict. I agree
that Personal Journey and Facilitating the OST are somehow related. Also it
is important that our Client sees that this
can not keep going with old patterns and be ready to embrace Change....
However the Leaders are reluctant to lose their Power and embrace Change
and open the doors to see what does Life bring to them?
I think when the Host and the Client are collaborative OST can lead to
miracles. Otherwise we might destroy many thing and
don't enjoy any relation (Human, with Nature, Working, Family etc)
When I open space within myself as I embrace whatever is new, what is
showing up is exhilarating and I feel enhanced life force flowing. At some
point, either immediately or weeks later, I realize that keeping myself
open to how this new creation is unfolding requires me to let go of who I
was before this new world opened up to me. I balance the new flow of life
force and creativity with my grief work as I let go of old patterns.
From the self awareness of what it is to open space within oneself, keep
it open, and allowing the breaking of old patterns, personal development
can be transformative. The facilitator of OST develops greater capacity to
understand what is involved when space is opened in the organization. The
understanding extends to keeping the space open for the new life to thrive,
and to what is involved when old patterns need to be broken."
Birgitt
Birgitt Williams
*Senior consultant-author-mentor to leaders and consultants *
Specialist in organizational and systemic transformation, leadership
development, and the benefits of nourishing a culture of leadership.
www.dalarinternational.com
Upcoming Workshops
Holistic Leadership Development | June 23-27, 2025 | Waterloo, Canada
Individual Health and Balance for Leaders | November 29, December 5,
12 & 19, 2025 | Online
Learn More & Register
http://www.dalarinternational.com/upcoming-workshops/ for any of these
workshops here.
Go to www.genuinecontact.net http://www.genuinecontact.net to see the
public Genuine Contact training and mentoring options by Genuine Contact
trainers internationally. If you wish to schedule an "in-house" training
for people in your organization, please contact me, Birgitt Williams
birgitt@dalarinternational.com, via email to set up a consultation to
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That was indeed a beautiful intervention that made a deep impression in me.
I’ve done it several times since then when it happens that the circle is scattered at the end of an OST or other facilitation in circle.
Suuuuch a difference in energy for the closing circle
❤
Thanks for reminding me/us
Thomas
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Dear Birgit,
PS:
Back in 2006 at the 14th Annual International Open Space on Open Space (today we call it
Worldwide Open Space on Open Space, WOSonOS) in Moscow something appeared to
block us in one of our circles.
Raffi Aftandalian or another puzzled soul such as Micha Pronin or Funda Oral or Gail West or Thomas Herrmann or Brian Bainsbridge... got up and
asked you, as one of our most senior facilitators, to re-energize us.
You fell back to one of the oldest of the old patterns and asked all of
us to get up, stand behind our chairs and rearrange our circle to actually
the old pattern:
A perfect circle.
All of us got up and in a few minutes re-created the old pattern out of
the chaotic and energy laden pattern to "re energize" our gathering.
This utterly simple intervention stunned me and reminded me that observed
data of the situation was the basis for this intervention. And a bunch of experience.
hugs
mmp
Am 13.04.2025 um 22:19 schrieb Michael M Pannwitz:
Dear Birgit,
reading your notes I realize that I am not part of the best facilitators because I
never opened space in myself.
My assumption is that space is open without end.
And I also assumed that control is the number one
enemy of the force of selforganization knowing that
control can never close space in toto.
And I assumed that ost events expand
space for the unfolding of the forces of selforganization.
Well, I havent facilitated since 2012.
Maybe I am one of the old patterns.
Have a great day and have a look at WOSonOS 2025 in Kenya
https://www.wosonos2025.org/
Cheers from Berlin
mmp
Am 13.04.2025 um 18:21 schrieb Birgitt Williams via OSList:
Dear friends and colleagues,
Choosing to share with you some text that I am including in my current update of the Genuine Contact module Working with Open Space Technology workbook:
"The best facilitators of OST make a regular practice of opening space within themselves. Think of this as opening space for life force. They understand that they are in a process within life that requires curiosity and creativity. They look at what is happening now, at what's new, what's come into my life. From this comes the understanding that what's new points the way to new options for living and taking leadership for one's life.
A primary task is to open to what is new. A related primary task is to keep the space within oneself open to allowing the new to have life beyond the moment. The third related primary task is to be open to new patterns, allowing the breaking of old patterns.
Loss happens when space is made, when patterns are broken. Loss is accompanied by grief and often, conflict, inner conflict. It is helpful in the personal journey of developing oneself to have understanding loss, grief, and the healing work of grief that accompanies opening space. The path to this understanding comes about through the discipline of opening space within oneself.
When I open space within myself as I embrace whatever is new, what is showing up is exhilarating and I feel enhanced life force flowing. At some point, either immediately or weeks later, I realize that keeping myself open to how this new creation is unfolding requires me to let go of who I was before this new world opened up to me. I balance the new flow of life force and creativity with my grief work as I let go of old patterns.
From the self awareness of what it is to open space within oneself, keep it open, and allowing the breaking of old patterns, personal development can be transformative. The facilitator of OST develops greater capacity to understand what is involved when space is opened in the organization. The understanding extends to keeping the space open for the new life to thrive, and to what is involved when old patterns need to be broken."
Birgitt
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