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Grandmothering the World

June 11, 2014 by Dede Osborn Leave a Comment

Original post; Oct.15, 2013

As I began a new training for a diploma in coaching supervision by the British Coaching Supervision Academy, I was struggling with a clear culture gap  between helping profession world view and business world view as well as possibly British/American cultural differences but I knew that unraveling all of that would be a big distraction from where I really needed to focus — on learning a very different process for mentoring coaches.  One morning very early, the light flashed and I could see through different lenses to find my way, on my way.

As I began a new training for a diploma in coaching supervision by the British Coaching Supervision Academy, I was struggling with a clear culture gap  between helping profession world view and business world view as well as possibly British/American cultural differences but I knew that unraveling all of that would be a big distraction from where I really needed to focus — on learning a very different process for mentoring coaches.  One morning very early, the light flashed and I could see through different lenses to find my way, on my way.

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A Transformation in My Thinking:

I can consider myself a novice in training with respected elders, medicine women, shaman, healers and grandmothers to join with the 13 Indigenous Grandmothers in healing the world as it is and helping lead others into our most positive emerging future.  As crones and respected kapuna in our tribes, we offer ourselves through ritual and mindfulness on the playing field of human experience to heal hearts and unleash courage as we transform ourselves and co-create our planet’s future.  I felt called to this path instantly and completely and I know not where it leads.

I can conceptualize the supervision sessions as offerings to the Great Spirit that open a sacred space, have a ritual of contracting and then offer a Pule of appreciation for this opportunity to learn together.  Our mindful conversation can be the opportunity for being prayerful, alert, shapeshifting, visioning, healing, support, and a conduit of hopefulness and humor.  Then comes wrapping up sessions gently to close down that space with another ritual Pule of thanks and agreement for the next encounter.

This perspective seems to be the way for me to see my aging feminine body as integral to my spiritual growth at this time and my own opportunity to Grandmother the World with myself as the offering.  Doing nothing different in behavior according to CSA protocol, the act of supervision itself, takes on new meaning and importance to me and I can leave behind the struggle of cultural gaps and expectations.   It has become irrelevant.  The calling is greater than that for me.

 

Continuing the journey,

 

Dede (aka Tutu)

 

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