We silently walked around the room and reflected on the artifacts and harvests of our learning together over the last three and a half days. On the original Four Fold Practice that started our time together, we harvested what we learned about hosting ourselves, being hosted, hosting others and co-creating with others. We closed our circle by getting out of our own way, celebrating and honoring each other and our learning, sending out to the communities where we’ve come from, and sending this out to the threads that connect our shared learning with the global community.
Host Yourself
Realize: How do I show up? Ask: Am I present? In the right space?
Let go and let come. Slow down to speed up. It’s OK to be myself and to be vulnerable. Ask for what you need.
The world needs you to come alive. Get quiet so you can hear the call. Exist in the crisp details of your present moment.
How full is my cup? Only when you are cared for can you care for others. Nourish self and together.
Let go and let come. Slow down to speed up. It’s OK to be myself and to be vulnerable. Ask for what you need.
The world needs you to come alive. Get quiet so you can hear the call. Exist in the crisp details of your present moment.
How full is my cup? Only when you are cared for can you care for others. Nourish self and together.
Be Hosted
Listen with purpose. Listen to transform. Be curious and silence judgment. Practice not knowing. Let go. Say yes.
Allow and embrace and be in awe of the genius of others. Embrace the groan and grown. Inevitable chaords.
Be curious / Have I silenced judgment? Be willing to be birthed into a new way of being.
Asking is not just OK, it’s necessary. Live in my “YES!” - yes, I will be hosted.
Allow and embrace and be in awe of the genius of others. Embrace the groan and grown. Inevitable chaords.
Be curious / Have I silenced judgment? Be willing to be birthed into a new way of being.
Asking is not just OK, it’s necessary. Live in my “YES!” - yes, I will be hosted.
Host Others
Listen. Allow others to be themselves and to self-host. Hold the space, make it safe and a container for discovery. Whoever is present are the right people.
Give the opportunity for people to be different than they’ve been before. Paradigm hospice.
Make and hold space for those who may not always have a place at the table. Tend to the fire and sacred space keeping. Be the container to welcome discovery.
Ask powerful, meaningful questions. LOTS of them. Let curiosity drive you. Sparks make fire / seeds make prairie / spirit needs tending.
Give the opportunity for people to be different than they’ve been before. Paradigm hospice.
Make and hold space for those who may not always have a place at the table. Tend to the fire and sacred space keeping. Be the container to welcome discovery.
Ask powerful, meaningful questions. LOTS of them. Let curiosity drive you. Sparks make fire / seeds make prairie / spirit needs tending.
Co-Create With Others
Ask for what you need. Be curious. The wisdom and knowledge we need are already present and accessible. Be prepared to be surprised. Know the purpose, keep the purpose.
Move through stickiness and messiness to create magic. Possibility. Allow for the full breath, the full process.
Enjoy the process of slowing down, co-creating, sharing space, collaborating. Soak it in. Am I still listening?
Move through stickiness and messiness to create magic. Possibility. Allow for the full breath, the full process.
Enjoy the process of slowing down, co-creating, sharing space, collaborating. Soak it in. Am I still listening?
We closed our circle with promises of this harvest, near-future next steps toward an active community of practice, and, of course, with song.