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Hermeneutics is the interpretation of the text (Gadamer 1975), the text being the practitioner’s description of the experience. The practitioner dialogues with this text to find meaning and gain insight towards self‐realisation (usually expressed as realising a vision of self and practice). Insights inform subsequent experiences within a reflexive deepening of personal knowing that can be communicated as an unfolding reflexive narrative.

Imagine throwing a stone into a pool. It makes a splash and sends out ripples over the whole surface of the pool. The pool represents the whole of one’s understanding and informs the splash whilst at the same time the splash provides new information to deepen the whole pool’s understanding in an ever increasing deepening of understanding. Whilst this reflexive learning process may seem complex at first glance, I shall review it as one movement at a time commencing with the idea of dialogue and bringing the mind home.