Morning practice

​Check in:  Rose hosted us in stretches - that touched all of our extremities

Open Space

How can we express compassion in/to the community?

DAVE
  • Assume everyone has a story
  • Holding space with someone
  • Everyone has a story
  • Wide ranging discussion of important topics
  • What 2 values would you stand up for?
  • Inner knowing, inner courage

Flow Games

MICHAELA AND MEL
  • I access my power every day
  • Encouragement
  • The power of honouring each other’s gifts, strengths and growth
  • Nurture and honour ourselves. Lead with compassion. Courage on the chaordic…
  • I am not afraid
  • Witnessing is a gift and a practice
  • Sometimes you just need to care for yourself. Be kind
  • Easy companionship
  • What amazing people – thank you. Gained affirmation, clarification and direction and blown away by the strength, generosity and intelligence
  • Be the flow
  • Love <3
  • What is my lens?
  • Music for my soul

Ways of working powerfully as practitioners

DAVID
Clear of purpose (vision your contribution)
Strong in transparency
Strong in integrity
Very enjoyable and constructive conversation
Let purpose be your leader
Invite compassion
Ask for help and support from your contacts, connections and networks. People are generous with their wisdom and support
Don’t do your work alone – even if you work alone – who has your back?
Never do it on your own

What could an intentional living community look like? And first steps?

FEE
  • People are already doing it. Seek the wisdom
  • start with where you are and what you have
  • make the space
  • just start
  • we are immigrants to the mainstream, create an alternative path

How to support eveyone, including the resistors, when rebirthing an organisation moving to a self-managed organisation?

PAM 
  • How do I find my courage?
  • These people take that trauma and transmute it into gold
  • Challenge behaviours by measuring against purpose and values – this will depersonalise things
  • When do I call it if we can’t align our purpose and actions?
  • Constructive
  • Using the organisational values and purpose to guide practice

How to keep sane while working with/in Council?

JOHN
  • Act on invitation
  • I am reminded to breathe, chant and meditate
  • Creativity emerges from the agitation
  • Don’t have to work alone
  • The beauty in chaos
  • The beauty in order
  • The beautiful dance between them on the chaordic path

More reflections

  • It is VERY kind to ask for help and an honour to receive it 
  • Nature is powerful beyond measure 
  • Songbirds are singing like they know the score and not all paths lead to the beach 
  • A paperbark does not strive to shed its bark
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  • When the fisherman arrived offering simple phrases of care with a suave rectitude, I discover those are my shields
    Sensitive arms that dropped me
    First thing in the morning
    Her fingers designed gallantly held spiritual reasons 

Drumming circle

More singing around the fire after dinner - a melding of Irish and Australian folk songs, accompanied by banjo and djembe.