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I just got off the phone with Jon Aguilar, one of the lead organizers of a symposium called The Unseen Costs of War<\/a>, about how we could use Open Space Technology<\/a> to extend, expand and accelerate the important work he and his group have undertaken. Then I read this comment from Ashley<\/a>…<\/p>\n when tova explained this to me in person, i barely heard her words…it was her body that really spoke to me (i can still see the shop window she was standing in front of). she stood there, open and receptive as she asked the sponsor what they wished for. then, she had her two hands together, palms facing up… and i could see that which the sponsor wishes for hovering, like a ball, in the space above her hands. she gently slipped up under their wish, supporting and helping to facilitate its actualization. that story expanded my practice exponentially… and always lives in my heart.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n …and I noticed that this is indeed the shape of opening space. This shape of hands and wishes is just how my conversation with Jon finished. Noticing, too, that hands are literally extrusions of heart tissue as our bodies develop in utero. In this way, opening space is opening hearts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I just got off the phone with Jon Aguilar, one of the lead organizers of a symposium called The Unseen Costs of War, about how we could use Open Space Technology to extend, expand and accelerate the important work he and his group have undertaken. Then I read this comment from Ashley… when tova explained … <\/p>\n