Hello, all. Phil, you asked: < What has anyone else used, what has been your experience; what have you found "useful"?>
I use a rock which was given to me by my mother when I was a child. It has fossils in it - skeletons which have become part of the stone - of ancient sea creatures. Really an amazing and magical stone. And as I feel it therefore knows many stories, I like to tell the story of my mother giving me this stone full of stories and that now it can hear the stories and reflections of 'all of you as well' (the participants of each OS event or workshop I facilitate). I ask the group to think back to the moment when they were first sitting in this circle at the beginning of the event - to think of what is different and what they've experienced and felt since that opening circle. I say that in this time for reflection I will pass the stone (in larger groups it would be in the center for people to come and pick up), as often when speaking and reflecting people feel comfort in holding something. If anybody wishes to share with us what they learned, noticed about themselves, created, want to announce, that we will listen - it is a listening stone. And if anyone wants to just hold the stone and enjoy it and take a look at it and stay silent before they pass it to the next person, they are welcome to do so. I find that people r-e-a-l-l-y enjoy looking at all the captured lives and stories in this particular stone. And that it heats up after being held in many hands. And people notice that, too. Take care, Lisa ________________________________ L i s a H e f t Consultant, Facilitator, Educator O p e n i n g S p a c e 2325 Oregon Berkeley, California 94705-1106 USA +01 510 548-8449 [email protected] www.openingspace.net * * ========================================================== [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
