I particularly like entering into the exploratory phase of the design web. The patterns, ideas and principles can all generate new insights. Sometimes we enter into a design process and it can almost be like we are going through the motions because we think we know the answers already. When we enter into the exploratory Read More
On the design immersion weeks this summer participants had a day for each of the phases of the design web. We worked through the growth phase (vision, helps and limits), the exploratory phase (patterns, ideas and principles), the productive phase (integration, action and momentum) and the reflective phase (appreciation, reflection and pause). The first phase Read More
Tonight a collective poem from the group after a day of the Work That Reconnects in the Elder phase of the design web; appreciation, reflection and pause. We see with new eyes As a child embracing the world Looking for the warmth of the womb in which we once lied curled So like that we Read More
Today we focused on coming from gratitude. Particularly fruitful for me were the discussions on why take time to feel gratitude? I already knew that it feels good when we take time to give thanks, and it is nourishing to receive appreciation, but we took time to explore just how we felt physiologically and emotionally Read More
The full version of this beautiful poem. (an excerpt of which is in People and Permaculture)
While writing ‘People and Permaculture’ I asked many people for their hope for humanity. What’s your highest vision? If we were free from fear and limitations what is the journey for humanity our hearts would like to participate in? On one of my courses we wrote all of our visions on a big roll of Read More
In support of women around the world who have participated in One Billion Rising
Don’t play small – it is a game you have grown out of Fill every part of your being and stand tall Stand in your truth and in your beauty Feel the surges of power through your body Willing you to make sense of your life Make the voyage to your destiny The journey is Read More