Rowan

Male

Bogota

Colombia

Profile Information:

How did you learn about Art of Hosting (please add the date and place) and what attracted you to it?: I attended my first training in 2006 in denmark hosted by Toke, Monica, Sven Ole and Charlotte Mannsted. Since then I have participated in a range of trainings and started to organize, convene and host trainings in Berlin, Hazelwood, UK, Karlskrona SE and Århus, Denmark
Tell us about your experience with Art of Hosting as part of your life and work. What would you say your competence in it is? (new, starting practitioner, experienced practitioner, steward): I see myself as a practioner of the art of hosting and harvesting conversations that matter.
What is the primary field/topic/focus in your hosting work?: How to create meaningful and powerful coversations.
How can harvesting help leverage the power and impact of our conversations.
Theory U and the creative process - especially in nature.
Where do you live/work?: Bogota, Colombia
Are there interests/passions that you'd like to share?: Intuition, creativity, collective intelligence, the transforming power of nature and engaging in and hosting meaningful conversations.
Two guiding phrases these days are:
Listen to the Silence and See the Invisible
and
I want to connect to our sense of being indigenous to place and to the inherent knowledge that we all hold about how to be in conversation.

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Gertrud Graf

thanks, gertrud

Jan 19, 2011
Sam Rye

Hi Rowan,

Thanks for getting in touch.

Actually I'm chatting with one or two others, but I'm interested to know what it would take to get a facilitation workshop in New Zealand?

Regards,

Sam

Jan 19, 2011
Larry Glover

Thanks for the welcome Rowan.

Feb 4, 2011
Jean-Pierre Attard

Thanks Rowan

My english is not so fluent, so i finish in french :-)

merci pour cet accueil chaleureux. nancy m'ayant permis de découvrir votre communauté, j'espère cheminer à vos côtés, apprendre et contribuer.

Au plaisir d'une rencontre

Feb 8, 2011
Allister Hain

Thanks for the welcome Rowan. I'm familiar with John Milton's good work. I do similar work -- taking people into nature for some "alone" time. It is amazing the Self-ish transformations which sometimes takes place. I've seen people return from a vision quest with a different face -- lighter, radiant -- and new purpose. It is a wonderful moment to experience individuals stepping into someone larger than what they were a few short days before.

Feb 8, 2011
Martín Castro

Gracias por la bienvenida!
Cuenta conmigo para ayudar con el grupo y la difusión de AoH.
Saludos y hasta pronto!

Feb 8, 2011
Hala Makarem

Thank you for the welcome, Rowan :) - I have heard your name through the AoH circles I am connected to, and I see Theory U in your profile; well, that's was the community (Presencing Institute) that was holding me since 2008, and I guess, it is time to move more into practical action bringing conscious conversations and dialogues into communities especially in our region at this present moment now, so I found myself signing up here ... i look forward to discovering what this means for me and what I can bring into and learn from the community ... once again, thank you :)

Feb 22, 2011
Dee Brooks

Thanks for the welcome Rowan!

I see so many familiar faces and names here (including my work colleague who has been on here for ages and didn't tell me! Haha!)

I look forward to hearing/learning/seeing/talking/sharing more!

Regards,

Dee...

Feb 22, 2011
Gaston Armour

Rowan - appreciate your welcoming me to the group. Look forward to collaboarting with you and our group for restoring communities.

Gaston

Feb 24, 2011
Maria Eugenia Camargo

Thanks a lot for your welcoming. Now I am working in Embu das Artes, a small city of the metropolitan region of São Paulo, The big challenge is to put people together to dialogue and find solutions to preserve a protected area at the city. They have to recognize and understand the value of biodiversity from this land against the land market.

I am interesting to do a doctorate research connecting the Environmental Education to Art of hosting methodologies. Please let me know if you have some contacts or information about this filed.

Best wihes

Maria Eugenia

Feb 24, 2011
Julia Sati

Rowan - thank you for the welcome. My work right now is in laying down the grooves for a nascent Zen practice community in southern Utah (US). My practice is hosting Beloved others, those seeking to organize into a fuller and freer embrace of the human possibility. I appreciate the resources of this site as we enter the first phases of community building in this hospitable place. I will post about our process as it unfolds. All best, Julia

Mar 1, 2011
Silas Lusias

Rowan thank you very for the welcome.

myself and a friend are on conversation around how to bring the art of hosting and conversations that matter to Harare. We really would need help how to break this new ground. As soon as we are clear of what we want to do we will come to the community and ask for help.

I am happy to be with this family and friends

Silas

Mar 1, 2011
Wout-Jan Koridon

Rowan, thank you for your warm welcome!

Re your question about biomimicry info/resources: of course turn to Mother Nature first :-)

I´ve shortlist some on-line resources in Google Doc "Biomimicry - some resources".

(not yet knowing of a place where to put this kind of info on this site).

From FOUR YEARS GO network I am involved in: an online HOSTED dialogue/teleconferencing platform is developed and operational: weDialogue. Something to check out.

best wishes

W

Mar 1, 2011
courtney coyne jensen

Hi Rowan
thanks for the very warm welcome below. i am very glad to now be woven into the aoh ning (community) , so i can participate and contribute more often on these multiple(digi')platforms as well. a very lovely+inspiring 'dojo' group is making roots in KBH (thanks to hosts David and AnneChristine); and it will be great to have you join-in as well when you are back in DK over sommer. i will send you a regular email direct/now , with PDF info+invite on the Co'Creation project/course that will launch in Fall'11. sweet you recalled about it! it would be brilliant to have you be a part: if it works into you busy globe-surfing schedule :-) let's be sure to connect in juni/juli, when you arrive in DK. until then -and always, i flow you best greetings. peace/in, peace/out, courtney

Mar 2, 2011
Johan Tandberg

Hi Rowan,

Thank you for the welcome! Am at the moment down in Peru leading an expedition, but will be back in 2-3 weeks!

/Johan

Mar 4, 2011
Johan Tandberg

I have been studying with Andean medicin men and been here a few times - this time a dear friend of mine felt a calling so we co-created this trip. Go to www.naisha.com to read more - go to the calendar and click on trip to Peru. /J

Mar 4, 2011
Dominique Weemaes

Hi Rowan,

Thanks for your comment and me me feel welcome in this space. I was attending the Ecovillage Design Education (EDE) course last oktober 2010 at Findhorn. The following months ahead I will go back to Findhorn to live and work there.

Please tell me more about your connection with Findhorn and the ecovilage network.

Reconnecting with nature.....

The other day I met a met a street musician playing the didgeridoo. He was having a big tattoo on his back with the following text...

What makes money people do to each other if the earth is our mother and everyone is our brother?

This question was spinning in my mind and heart for weeks, this brought me to a visionary question that I can relate to my own life.

Imagine.......

You live on a earth were money nor goods or services were used as vehicles to exchange value...........

What is the essence of value for you in this reality and how do you express and exchange it with others?

I might organize and co-host an "Art of hosting" session around this subject.

What do you think?

All the best,

Dominique

Mar 5, 2011
Soledad Pons

Thank you Rowan for the warm welcome! Great to see you here, this online space looks wonderful and alive. Our adventure at Hub Madrid is amazing although I am planning to move to Berlin by the end of May. I will post it in the Spanish group, but if you know somebody, there are two hosting positions available! Spread the word... http://hubmadrid.com/blog/2011/03/oportunidades-en-el-hub-madrid/

Mar 8, 2011
Dionysia Lagiou

Thank you Rowan, it was a pleasure to read your message. I work in an environment with AoH enthusiasts and participatory leadership practiotioners. I appreciate the feeling of belonging to an international community.

http://ec.europa.eu/research/science-society/home

Mar 11, 2011
Soulafa Al-Abbasi

Many thanks for your message, Rowan!

Mar 12, 2011
Ana Milin

Dear Rowan, thank you very much for the warm welcome!

I did not answer right away, for my attention was someplace else at the time :-))

All the best, Ana

Mar 13, 2011
Georg Pleger

Hello Rowan!

Thanks for the warm welcome!

Starting to look around ...

Kind regards from Innsbruck - Georg

Mar 16, 2011
Christina Foster

Hi Rowan. Thank you for your welcome. I share your interest in the transforming role of nature. I've known this is true since my childhood. As an adult I've participated in vision quests and lead wilderness trips for youth and adults. My focus these days is on how AoH can help transform public education. I hope we get a chance to meet someday.

Mar 18, 2011
Sten Maldonado

Hello Rowan,

Great to meet you again... Hub Oaxaca has been moving on, for more than a year now. And I am becoming a big fan of the AOH practice... by the way, we are organizing an AOH training in July. In spanish. in oaxaca... Soon the info will be out so it can be posted... Best.... Sten

Apr 11, 2011
Loretta Line

Hi Rowan, Thanks for your welcome and invitation to upload my photo. I just haven't gotten around to it, so your reminder is appreciated. I look forward to integrating myself into the community here very soon.

Loretta

Apr 18, 2011
Naomi Raja Boean

Dear Rowan,

thank you for your warm welcome :-), it is and has been great connecting with the field of the Art of Hosting offline and I'm happy to start contributing also on the ning online,

Best wishes,

Naomi

Apr 18, 2011
Cristian Figueroa

Gracias Rowan por tu saludos y bienvenida

espero pronto colaborar con el site con ideas y comentarios...

abrazos

Apr 18, 2011
saul fuks

hola rowan, tengo algunos amigos en bogota que pueden estar interesados en sinergizar lo que hacen. un abrazo desde argentina

Apr 24, 2011
Alex

Thanks Rowan for your comment and welcome, I moderate a ning site also, http://transitiontownsireland.ning.com/ and enjoy the new members coming to join.

I was blessed to meet my shamanic teacher about seven years ago, quite by accident, as I took the session with her in the place of someone was unable to attend the appointment, but I had been searching for this for most of my life.

I requested apprenticeship with Cáit Branigan, an Irish speaking wise woman, immediately after that first session realising this was the right thing to do and I am just completing that process now. I believe it is important to connect with a teacher within ones own culture, even though this practice does transcend nationalities. Shamanism has facilitated change in my life at the deepest level, and is intimately connected to our relationships with our fellow community of beings, including human, animal plant and other natural forms not widely considered sentient.

I love facilitating meaningful conversation, and world cafe has brought me so much joy, but now my attention is turning towards deepening my understanding and practice of council and circle work, which I wish to develop and utilise within the Transition Movement centring on the Heart and Soul aspects.

I look forward to connecting with other practitioners here.

Apr 24, 2011
Alex

There are as many ways to this as there are people on their ways, everybody does it their own way.... One can learn Shamanic technique to help them in their own spiritual journey, its a little more work if one is going to become a practicing Shaman and work with other people too. Nature is my greatest teacher and learning to communicate with Nature is my greatest joy too. I wish you well on your path, Rowan. In Ireland Rowan is the name of a tree, the wild mountain ash tree.

Apr 25, 2011
Fan Lebel

Thank you Rowan.

Stay blessed

Fan

Apr 26, 2011
Linda Joy Mitchell

hey rowan cito

just tried to send you a little message by e mail but bounced back to me, have you changed your address. Let me have the new one will you

Much love Linda xx

Apr 27, 2011
Madelyn James

Hi Rowan,

I did not intend to create two profiles. Thank you and please delete one.

Apr 28, 2011
Xavier Koenig

Hi Rowan, thanks for the warm welcome! Looking forward to network and continue contributing to the AoH community!

All the best!

Xavier

Apr 29, 2011
Nicolas Badel

Thanks you Rowan!!

I am happy to be part of this

Keep in touch

n

May 5, 2011
Cândido Azeredo

Thanks, Rowan, for this warm welcome!

Best.

Jun 7, 2011
Majken de Jong Rogren

Thank you very much for the warm welcome.

with love Majken

Jun 8, 2011
Magda Barceló

Hi Rowan,

Thanks a lot for your warm welcome.

I'm happy to be part of this!

Best,

Magda

Jun 13, 2011
Ryun Anderson

Thank you for the welcome. Was a rich and trembly and comfortable and scrumptious weekend. Much to digest-- many many thanks.

Much gratitude
--Ryun

Aug 25, 2011
Cindy Heath

Thank you Rowan -

Aug 25, 2011
Veronica Vivanco

Thank you Rowan !

I feel privileged to have been in your company as well as others that were part of it.

V

Aug 25, 2011
Jean Ogilvie

I'm blusing Rowan. You welcomed me in Feb. and I am just getting back to it. Thank you!!!

Sep 24, 2011
Jean Ogilvie

Sorry, I meant blushing....

Sep 24, 2011
Lama Juma

Hi Rowan, hope you are your family are doing well.

I got the impression that you are in the group hosting this site right? I'm thinking to make an AoH page on facebook that is global where events, invitation etc can be posted. There are a lot of local groups, but no shared page for AoH in general. If you and others wants to be admins on the site, just get a hold of me :) I'm on facebook quite a lot because I am behind a couple of sites, so it would be easy for me to share relevant AoH news through FB too.

Hugs to you, Lama

Dec 7, 2011
Maria Steffensen

Great work with this site! I am wondering whether it was possible to syncronize this site with Linkedin? Y.c. Maria

Feb 6, 2012
Jenny M. Melo

Muchas gracias Rowan. Un gran gusto haberte conocido. Muy feliz de hacer parte de esta vibrante comunidad.

Feb 27, 2012
María José Galeano Galván

Muchas Gracias Rowan!!! Un abrazo enorme cargado de mucha energía!!!! :D

Feb 27, 2012
MARIA JOSE OLMOS

Hola familia!!!! que bonita experiencia y que bellos aprendizajes...infinitas gracias.

Les dejo un poquito de lo que me mueve...

http://www.wix.com/casaentrecomillas/jardinesinsurgentes

Feb 28, 2012
Madelyn James

I did not plan to have two profiles and if you can please delete the most recent profile.

Thank you,

Madelyn

Aug 8, 2012
Claudia Paz Raffo Mnedoza

Hello Rowan, thank yuo so much for your warm welcome. I am totally inspired by the AoH we just hosted in Chile. Great conversations!!

I'm eager to connect with everyone here and keep talking.

regards,

Claudia

Jun 12, 2013