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Agenda: · Opening circle - meditation/attunement
· Feedback on recent events
· Future planning - small group exercise
· Notices/annoucements
· Closing circle
Feedback: Heart & Soul Organisers group - Have met twice since last large group meeting. Amanda presented a 'map' outlining all the different roles, interests and structures of heart & soul, as well as links to other aspects of TTT and connecting groups - which pulled together the sharing from the previous meeting and subsequent organisers meetings. Along with details of roles, functions, etc of heart and soul, the shared principals/qualities of the group were included: sharing, respect, deepening, silence, listening, experiencial, becoming the change, not knowing in face of uncertainty, creating conditions for healingeldership, rejoicing. New TTT website. Sophie and Ailsa have put together opening page of 'Heart & Soul' and further work is required as well as need to regularly update. Invitation put out for interested person(s) in maintaining Heart & Soul pages of new Website. Events attended: Fly or Fly evening - evening worked really well and energy was buzzing - stimulating conversation that continued days after the event. A sense people would appreciate other similar events. Home Groups - one group has folded. Other groups are continuing and looking into current issues such as 'reducing carbon footprint'. An ecology of making - talk by Toni Spencer - interesting event looking at substainable makers - such as carpentry. Consciousness Cafe - Jeremy Thres - Rites of passage - interesting evening focusing on a new society where there is space to listen and re-connect. Summer programme so far - National Transition Network Conference - Circencester April 11th - 13th. Sophie to present workshop with possible support of another person from another Transition Project.
21st may 2008 - Open public forum - to evaluate the TTT movement and it's impact and effectiveness. Heart and Soul to think about how they can support the evening. A two way process between TTT and public. 9th July 08 - Main speaker - Starhawk - giving a talk along lines of 'how we concieve a community'.16th July 08 - Main speaker - Andrew Harvey - giving a talk regarding 'spiritual activism' Summer solstice picnic/celebration - 21/06/08 Autumn period - focused attention on 'energy descent pathway'. TTT has funds to employ a 'Energy Descent Pathway Project Co-ordinator'. A process will be engaged by TTT focusing on different scenarios and exploring solutions - to a world using less energy - such as a response to flooding, to life without oil, etc. Small Groups excercise: Ideas/interests from small group exercise: A focus of what is happening within processes - embodying/walking the talk.
Preparation for energy descent plan - with use of joanna macy's work, fishbowl discussions, chris johnstone's empowerment work.
Meeting with other TTT groups and witnessing their processes.
Developing skills in heart & soul group
Slowing down and nourishing ourselves
Smaller groups - looking into different processes, methods, etc for change
Sharing, supporting and deepening our practice.
Using fishbowl technique to support other TTT groups explore issues/conflicts - could be offered to other groups in community that are not TTT.
Purposeful work - day workshop looking at goal setting for transformation.
looking at role of visitors to TTT in Totnes.
Project group looking at different models of working related to psychology of change - with aim to put together a tool kit to use in wider community/to train other therapists, etc.
A need for nourishment.
Meditation space for TTT.
Use of Arnie Milldell work - dealing with conflict/difficult issues - to explore relevent topic.
Experiencial excercises eg; connecting with nature - joanna macy work.
Deepening ourselves - gaining a lightness of touch.
New ways of communication - and thinking
Preparation for 21st May- open forum.
Homegroup - fishbowl.
Power dynamics.
Commitments made at meeting: Homegroups - set up fishbowl discussion for existing homegroups, the homegroup which folded and people interested in setting up/joining a home group.(Rosie, Ailsa, Carol, Hilary) Purposeful work - day workshop - looking at life purpose and connection to nature(Simon to explore possibility of facilitating day - venues, costs, etc) Meditation space - possibly once a month - with intention to support TTT movement. Time to meditate and speak from deeper part of self.(Angela & Jenny to meet and explore possibilities). Core Group - meet with and make aware of heart & soul resources/skills that different TTT groups can use.(Silvia & Michael) Develope Resource File(organisers group) New ways of thinking - model used and developed by Sue over past 20 years(Sue and Sophie to meet to discuss possibilities and ways of introduction to TTT) Announcements: - 9th and 15th April - 7.30pm - 10pm - Jeremy Thres - Reconnecting to nature. Cost £10. Venue - 2 Port House Totnes. Book via Jeremy's email - ojll@btconnect.com
- 24th April - Consciousness Cafe - The Barrel house - 7.30pm for 8pm to 10pm Amoda Maa Jeevan - Can a spiritual revolution save the world? £4(flyer will be sent in due course).
- 26th April - Arnie Mindell in london End of July Starhawk in Bristol at Transition Project Date of next meeting -
- Tuesday 6th May at 7.30pm at TTT Office - all welcome.
A final note - a visitor from Tokyo joined our meeting - who shares an interest in transition projects. He commented 'on what a special place Totnes is and was highly impressed with TTT!
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