Celebrating is a way to stand and pay attention to what we are doing. The members of Harago have explained this to us: "Celebrating serves to learn, because when we celebrate what we have done well, we are seeing together what is worth us. And as we do that, we also see what's not worth us. In any project and work process that is very important for development.” They say it is essential to stop and become aware of what we are doing: "Otherwise we don't know what we're doing, and we can be wasting forces, or we can be deviated from what we want to do," he said.

Within the ritual of celebration, they perform exercises of recognition and explain that this is a way to make a site for each one within the group and to feed the space for all: "Recognition is very important for there to be fewer conflicts and for those who exist to be otherwise. There are few recognitions, it's usually feeding conflict." Two types of recognition are needed: on the one hand, what is recognised by the group, that is to say, what has been achieved among all. And, on the other hand, recognize the values of each of them: "We use feedback a lot, that is, how we see each other's work, what each one contributes to the group... Phrases like 'In this job you've put this from yours' are common. All of this feeds the self-esteem of the group.

In addition, when celebrated "seeds are created for later processes". That is why a celebration is held at the end of the year, and also at the end of each project and process. What's ritualized is the frequency, but each celebration is different and they love to experience. "The celebration exercises have their serious side: to look, to observe, to reflect. And on the other hand, we give with the wine and there something is released." They explain the importance of making a space for pleasure and informal spaces: "We soften ourselves, in that relief we release weights and feed the relationship continuously." Therefore, each month they have an informal space that they have described with the concept "place for agility".

Informal working areas

"It may be that you go up to the noria, a meal, or you go down to the mountain... that you open and release and laugh. That's what the monthly tranche is for. We also have the perspective of pleasure: to celebrate good food, is to celebrate from pleasure." This month has had very different formats, sometimes a few hours, a morning, or an afternoon -- but you have to keep them firm: "You have to protect that informal space, you have to put a stone wall on it, if not, it vanishes immediately." Because actions, those work tasks, are pushing. "That's why we have to formalize the informal to shield," he added. But why should we get so strong into the informal space? "Because nurturing the relationship allows us to do much better work, to put personal talents at the service of team challenges. If these spaces disappear, the equilibrium is lost, the view of where and what we are" is lost.

They alternate the organization of the monthly celebration: "It's important for someone to take care of the preparation, so you can work harder, experience more."

"In nature we connect"

"It's something we work hard to be from the body, and many of our reflections come from bodily exercises, from putting the word to what movement tells us. That's why we do a lot of things in nature: in nature it's easier to listen by making room for the body, attracting attention, movement, sharing and from there listening... the attention is very tight when we care for the body. The body tells us a lot.

As life is a movement, they also use movement at work a lot: "When we're on the move, the conversations are very different than what we have. We don't talk in the same way sitting on either side of a table, or when we're talking about the same path. The body and the mind have connections and we try to put the conditions for it. That's why we usually move.

They have the habit of accessing the natural environment: "In our experiences we have perceived that we are connected in nature with our interior and with others. There are many theories that can be mentioned, but we speak from our own experience. In nature, we adjust, something happens emotionally." They study the phase in which the work process is located and have found that, depending on the needs of each phase, the exit to nature is more effective: "At first, to create a project, it is necessary from creativity, from openness, from the vision of possibilities, from the connection... we can say that it is an open phase. Then there will be another more internal phase, of execution, which will require a lot of precision, to put many hours by computer, or coordination... and the final phase requires good attention to analyze what has happened and that can also be more effective to do it outside."

They remember that context is part of communication: "When we hold open-air meetings, we set a context for dialogue: communication is different depending on the environment, because we differ in a street surrounded by cars or when we walk the grass. In nature, we are connected mind and body to mind." In fact, we're constantly in different emotions and they've set an example. "Imagine that we approach a conversation from anguish. Creating something new from the emotion of anguish is harder. We need some calm and we can help you with context, doing things in the natural environment.”

They explained that nature also has workable effects: "We perceive a stronger connection, a better attention, an adaptation to the needs of the process, a more organic way of working... and it helps us connect with the inner wisdom that we all have. And if we in the group are connected to what we know, we're more efficient."

On the banks of the river Leitzaran you will find the members beyond and in the park Gladys Enea, near your workplace (Factory of Texas of the district of Egia): "For us, in a context of a pandemic, it is a great respiratory space. Also from the point of view of health, because they are open spaces that lead us to work in an open way".

FICHE

Advice Haratago

What it does: Advisory, accompanying and facilitation services to businesses, associations and individuals.

Workers and partners: 2nd

Residence: In the Egia district of Donostia-San Sebastián.

Contact: info@harago.eus