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In Awe of Blossoming Co-Creators, and a Pragmatic Progress Report

annesailer — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 00:33:37 +0000

My students and I have now completed two weeks of my five-week co-creative gardening class, and it’s awe-inspiring to sit in the presence of these two blossoming co-creators. They are undergoing dramatic expansion and are completely aware of the magnitude of the shift that’s in process. It’s magical! Working with both students has given me a deep appreciation for this co-creative work, for what Machaelle Small Wright has ushered into this dimension, and for how far I’ve progressed in my own co-creative study. I am blissfully aware tonight of the magnitude of importance of this teaching work — for my students, for myself, for this planet, and for all of nature. Thank you, blossoming co-creators, for this opportunity and experience we share!

Now, to shift from that place of awe to a place of pragmatic reporting: My students have established their partnership with nature; dedicated their nature spirit sanctuaries; learned and persistently practiced the fundamentals of kinesiology; made their initial connection with the Devas of their gardens; identified the location, size and shape of their gardens; created beautiful graph-paper charts of their gardens; and are now working on identifying the plants to go into their gardens before our next class session. Wow. That’s a boat-load of progress for two weeks…

First Day of School

annesailer — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 01:49:08 +0000

Co-Creative Mandala I

Tomorrow is my first day of school, so to speak. I am teaching Session One of my first co-creative gardening class (“Co-Creative Gardening: Growing Our Own Food in Partnership with Nature”). Two students are coming to my home, and we will spend three hours — both indoors and outdoors in my co-creative soil garden — talking about, playing with, and mulling over the underpinnings of co-creative gardening and co-creative process. Tonight is a most exciting eve!

At the same time, I’m in the midst of my own co-creative school semester, learning deeper lessons from nature while working in my own soil-less and soil gardens. I’m getting more intense practice with the Workbook processes (such as Geopathic Zone Balancing, Soil Balancing, and Triangulation), and I am also re-learning the Workbook steps for establishing and planning a garden. It seems that no matter how many times I read Machaelle Small Wright’s books, there are still piles of facts, lessons and nuances that I miss or just don’t absorb. It’s amazing, really. This is an excellent realization for me, as a teacher. No doubt, much of what I teach tomorrow will need re-stating, reinforcing, and re-framing throught the course of the class (and beyond). It’s just a part of engaging in this massive paradigm shift. I am blessed to be able to shephard others through this shift, even as I am a student myself.