Hi Alison
I have sent this email to the group to maintain transparency.
Even though Constellation Talk is not for organisational purposes this
discussion about how cultural biases, temperament, predilections affect our
work would be a wonderful to have on constellation talk. I suggest that in this
forum we promote this discussion and then you approach contributors by
individual email to get their permission to include their contribution in the
Knowing Field article. That will expedite you collecting your material as well
as involving us all in a very interesting and important discussion.
hasta la vista
Chris Walsh
Melbourne, Australia
webpage: www.cwalsh.com.au
From: ConstellationTalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:ConstellationTalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Alison Levy
Sent: Monday, 15 October 2007 11:59 PM
To: ConstellationTalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ConstellationTalk] Re; call to respond to conference theme for
The Knowing Field
Sorry for this-- not sure how Constellation talk got on this mailing, but in
the event that the field designed it, if any of others would like to respond to
me privately, please feel free to do so as well.
Best,
Alison
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From: Alison Rose Levy <LevyAR@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:LevyAR%40earthlink.net> >
Sent: Oct 15, 2007 9:54 AM
To: Alison Rose Levy <levyar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:levyar%40earthlink.net> >
Subject: [ConstellationTalk] Re; call to respond to conference theme for The
Knowing Field
Dear Presenter at Asheville Congress:
I¹m writing an article for the Knowing Field on the conference theme that
Chris Walsh mentioned in his email to Constellation talk: how cultural
biases, temperament, predilections, work-in-progress areas of ourselves and
blind spots impact our work as facilitators.
The presentations that reflected these concerns were fascinating, and I felt
it would be even more interesting for our community of practitioners to
respond to them. I¹m extending an invitation to you and to other conference
presenters to share their insights, experiences, and responses to that
theme.
I basically have several questions and you could answer any or all of them
by writing me your responses via email. Or by letting me know a good time to
do a phone interview with you. Since the deadline is short, it would be best
for any of you who are able to, to respond or set up an interview (15
minutes or more if you have the time) this week. My phone number is;
845-887-6364 (Eastern Standard Time). I apologize for the short turnaround
but this is what the editor has requested.
Here are the questions;
1. In your experience, how do you notice, hold, allow for and mitigate your
own cultural biases, temperament, predilections, work-in-progress areas of
yourselves and blind spots as they impact your work as a facilitator? Where
do they show up in your work? Are there particular issues where you
experience
yourself as in (or out of) resonance with the theme or the client?
2. How do you address that? What practices or awareness do you access to
offset their effect? How have you tracked your own personal growth in what
comes up in your facilitation? What are you still working on?
3. How do you hold the oft repeated participant question: ³How do I know
what¹s me and what¹s the person I¹m representing?² How do you work with
workshop participants and reps to discern/trust/work with their subjective
responses, conditioning, and biases? IF you view the crossover of subjective
responses as just what is... What perspectives sustain your sense of that?
Also‹ since my hope for this piece is that readers would recognize
themselves, feel moved, and maybe even laugh with any self-revelation, I
want to invite you to feel free to share stories of where these learnings
have showed up for you.
Such stories will be shared off the record a journalistic term that means
confidentially‹ unless you state that you would prefer otherwise.
So for example, I might quote you on the record, as in ³NYC-based facilitator
Alison Rose Levy believes that ³the field guides my every step...² ³
And later in the article, share your story off the record, as in ³One woman
facilitator, a ³Grandma¹s girl,² noted that many participants at her
workshops
benefited from connecting to their grandmothers. After a rapprochement with
her own Mom, she surprisingly found that many of her workshop clients were
now
able to move towards their mothers.²
I¹m really delighted to be doing this article; because it includes our
subjective experience of the field and ourselves. We¹re always there anyway.
I look forward to receiving your insights and experiences of this, and I am
sure that readers of the Knowing Field will get a lot from this exploration.
All best,
Alison
Alison Rose Levy
845-887-6364
WwwCollectiveRealm.com
Www.Family-Healing.com
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