Experience Presencing

One of the concepts we've been exploring in the Facilitative Leadership Forum this autumn is Presencing -- how in sensing the present we are building capability to presence the emerging future. We're finding this is not a simple concept to tryly embody in our day to day. Old habits really are hard to break. Moments are all I've been able to practice ... I guess that's the best place to start.

This morning I recieved the November newsletter from the Berkana Institute www.berkana.org which includes information about two workshops with Arawana Hayashi. I attended a Pegusus preconference workshop last year and in one day was transformed. I can't wait to participate in a longer session with Arawana. There's no better way to really get a concept like Theory U http://www.presencing.com/ than to deeply esperience in your body, deep in your bones. Moving beyond the mental contraints of trying to understand and master to simply moving and dancing with the intention of sensing and allowing. Wonder-full!

"Embodied Presence Practice with Arawana Hayashi, November 21, 2009, Boston, MA, and December 10-13, 2009, Rosendale, NY. Participate in a capacity-building workshop on meditation and embodied presence practice to support and deepen change work using Theory U. The workshop offers non-verbal methods for recognizing limiting thinking and for cultivating the capacity to move toward sensing the present, presencing an emerging future, and realizing beneficial results. Read more about this opportunity. http://www.arawanahayashi.com/socialtheater.htm"

If this attract you I encourage you to follow your heart and mind.
With Love, Lynette

OUR NEW PRINTER HAS ARRIVED! Here is a funny story.

Great News! Our new large format printer arrived at Linda's house, we are very excited. My daughter, Jenny is pictured with it. It isn't quite ready to start printing yet, an error upon first startup requires some additional work. Here's a funny story about the printer's first day.

I shared the printer update with Lynette and she suggested I use healing touch on the printer. As I relayed the story to my husband, Russ, he responded by saying, "skip the healing touch and just bring out a sledge hammer to sit next the printer and intimidate it (Russ is a little different than me)."

Casey (my 15 year old daughter) said to us, "Wow, you both believe in intention setting for inanimate objects."

Susannah responded to my e-mail story with, "Please - no sledge hammer! x( yikes. Hilarious part is Casey's wisdom! Love to all the Dudeks and appreciation for housing the soon to be working printer."

Lynette is still giggling.

Just so everyone knows. I'm hiding the sledgehammer and I've spent some time with the printer....I expect it will be running soon and printing lots and lots of templates.

With love, Linda

Technology's affect on Presencing - Being Present

So technology can connect us and distract us, I'm finding today.

I often leave my email open on days when I'm "at my desk" and check it frequently. Does this keep me immediately in the know? or is it keeping me from focusing on something else I'm choosing to be with?

Of course, when I do this - there's hardly any incoming email that really needs my attention... lots of offers for training and other information and solicitations.

There's a lot to look at on the internet - hard to believe that when we started Ah Ha! 13 years ago, it was relatively new to have a website and we didn't really know how to find sites that were out there. Now we can't go an hour without this amazing resource of information, ideas, inspiration... and distraction (facebook, twitter, shiny things, articles, etc.).

I guess it depends on how we use technology and in our choice of how we are spending our energy and where our focus is.

Sometimes tuning out allows us to tune into ourselves.

I'm still in an easily distracted space and I love my technology. Our family computer has been in ICU and rehab for the past several weeks and we all really miss being able to quickly pop on to find out something, check in with friends, check on work or school, etc.

And the phone (old technology, but technology just the same now that it goes with us everywhere)... Linda just called to tell me she emailed! :) Makes me smile. So I can check in on the email for a meeting tomorrow and make sure we're all aligned on our topic... that's a help for keeping us focused and present!

Thanks for witnessing my rambling... more from me to come.

Susannah

The Practice of Presencing

From Lynette - As posted on the Facilitative Leadership Forum Wiki site.

Since our last gathering, I’ve had a lot of opportunities to choose to not be or to BE PRESENT. As I reflect on what has been offered up to me personally I chose to go to our questions and wonderings at the end of our session. I’ve taken the liberty to reword slightly …

• In what ways does Technology present challenges to my being fully present and engaged? In what ways does it assist me?
• How can my awareness of what is manifesting outside me give me cues and clues to what is going on inside me?

Try this simple practice over the next week several times a day
– Notice your back – notice your front. Rest in this moment of awareness. Remember your body is in the middle of your experience. Breathe slowly and deeply for a few moments and move deeper into the middle of your experience.

Ask yourself: What am I aware of right now?

With a strong outward breath make a move.

Please capture a few notes about your experience and add to this Discussion.

Many Blessings, Lynette