Morning practice

Celtic prayer on the beach, open door yoga in the shala, sunrise watching on the beach, beach walk

Checking in

​Jools hosted check-in in the deep Celtic tradition of silliness. We wish we had video, or maybe not...

Open Space

We opened the space for 2 days, for everyone to bring their burning questions and offerings. 
As part of opening space - we invited people to harvest what would be useful or what people might want to know about their session or experience.
At the end of each day, we came back together in circle, and shared 'postcards' of our reflections, learnings, questions and insights.

Australian AoH Community of Practice - how and what? What support is needed?

​DEE
  • A great sense of inclusion and a solid way forward. Awesome
  • We are a community
  • Too tight (control) >>Hosting team>>>>>Chaos (loose & lost) - somewhere in the middle
  • Making a space to foster deeper learning, sharing and connection
  • Inclusion is not taken for granted
  • Mentoring, nurturing, creating

How can we utilise participatoy leadership and Art of Hosting practices to engage and build the capacity of young people?

HAILEY
  • Being heard and listened to is so important
  • Young people are an opportunity for reciprocal teaching and learning
  • Tangible and meaningful practice
  • Trust the process
  • Meeting half way to get to the whole way!

What does a Teal organisation look like that supports inclusion and strengths-based healing?

MICHAELA
  • Evolutionary purpose, wholeness, self-organised
  • Natural leadership for the purpose
  • Acknowledging what we already have
  • There is good work happening. Seek examples
  • Teal. We’re doing it and it’s awesome

The Work of Byron Katie

JANE
  • Vulnerability is the true place of healing and inspiration
  • Everyone suffers, and needs compassion
  • Gained knowledge of the practice, more confident
  • Powerful transformation of my own thinking
  • Self-reflection is a powerful tool
  • Release and reality
  • Be aware of life’s patterns. Beware the red flags
  • Power of reframing
  • Different stories, different ways to the enlightenment
  • My perception and thoughts shape my world experience

What are the other pathways into life and school? What would it take to co-create a self-managed (teal) learning environment for primary school?

MOZE
  • There is a core team sitting out there. It just needs a wicked question to call it
  • You don’t have to overthrow the system just to create an alternative path
  • It’s important to clarify what the need is and who are we asking the question to, before we can construct the question

Designing an event for a conservative audience

DAVID
  • The only way to ‘reach; people different to me is to offer them a space to be head – to listen to them
  • Being useful
  • The questions asked are very important
  • Some people need more structure than others
  • Supporting each other through sharing our experiences
  • Who are the silent voices?
  • What are the actual boundaries / constraints to action?

World Cafe harvest

FRANK
  • It takes work but keep on going because it’s worth it
  • Exploration, creativity, synthesis
  • Don’t fear chaos, order arises from it and falls back into it. Open your heart to connection. Contribution, hope, healing and possibility with emerge
  • Clarifying. Feeling unsettled is okay – even, dare I say it… good!
  • To learn from the insights in our group conversations, and then to rest
  • Committed – to see the creative process through – to honour and value everyone’s contributions from yesterday

I need 13,000 euro in one month...


..and a human engagement project to accompany it
​JOOLS
  • Energy is created when a wisdom council come together to answer one person’s call
  • Building capacity and change through connection
  • Engaging with the other <3
  • It does not take long… intention is what matters
  • Sharing breathes life
  • Visit the GoFundMe campaign​

  • Watch the video we created as part of the Open Space session below
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Angel walk

To check out, John hosted us in an Angel Walk, which raised some intense emotions on all sides of the spectrum!

Bardic circle

After dinner, a Bardic Circle, hosted by Dave, with lots of poetry, song and music around the fire