Flow of Day 1
  • ​Arrival
  • Welcome & Framing
  • Teach: Circle Practice
  • Check-in
  • Dinner
  • Teach: Four-Fold Practice
  • Sign-up Matrix
  • Check-out
  • Village News
Summary of Day 1
An important conversation around how we can create supportive and engaging learning environments began in the form of a training in the Art of Hosting and Harvesting Conversations that Matter. Participants from 15 countries stepped boldly into a rich program combining theory, tools and opportunities to practice learning in collaboration.

After arriving in Ba Vi, the outskirts of Hanoi, participants were welcomed into the beautiful space of Family Resort to start a four-day learning journey together. Our steward Steve shared about the Circle Practice, after which we had our first check-in together, where all shared what name we’d like to be called by others, what work we’re here to do in the world, and what supports our learning.

After a delicious vegan dinner, people from all walks of life, including teachers, trainers, facilitators, business leaders, NGO workers, and individuals who want to create a safe space for learning explored the Four-Fold Practice (host yourself, be hosted, host others, community).

​The participants then signed-up to practice hosting conversations using the methodologies of the Art of Hosting, after which we checked-out with a movement to express how we were feeling about being in this learning community, and prepared for the next day.

Check-in

Check-in Questions: What do you want to be called, what is your work in the world and what supports your learning?

Teach: Circle Practice

Further resources: Circle Practice Video, Basic Guidelines for Calling a Circle & Circle Way Website

Teach: The Four-Fold Practice

Further resources: The Four-Fold Practice Video

Meta Harvest Day 1

Poem by Tracy Chaplin Meisterheim

Live always in playfulness and fun
Just being me, it’s another way of seeing
Believe you are creative
Experience learning
Dream - Big
Discovering who you are
Knowing your boundaries
Opening. Opening. Opening.
Get OUT of your comfort zone
Be better than you think you can be
Realize your potential
Fostering connection with self
Reflect. Alone. A lot.
Listening to the inner voice
The emergence of beauty, peace and love
Experience the story of life
Cultivating happiness
Creating space for people to grow
We’re on the same frequency
Remembering our interconnectivity
Shake me up with some conflict
Mistakes. Pain. Failure.
Obstacles create questions
Listen, listen better
If I’m not learning I’m not living
Be more courageous
I am a human BEING not a human DOING
Whatever makes you happy
Be an inspirer
A life-long learner
A love follower
Building, sharing, experiencing Connection and Magic