This activity can be offered with non-intrusive music or
with no music at all.
This is individual exercise.
The instructions are simple:
* Imagine how you see yourself from birth all the way to
where you are now. What was childhood like for you? How did you perceive
yourself? When and where were these changes? What were the switching points of
your life? These are some of the questions you want to think about.
* Starting at the birth line, without words, the
participants are asked to physically show the development of his/her self from
birth to where they are now.
* The journey representation should be completed before
the participant reaches the imaginary finish line.
* All students line up against one of the walls, and
start moving one by one through the space to the opposite wall. When one person
completes the journey, the next person starts it.
* Important: All people who are not engaged in the
individual act, should intensely support the player every moment and hold the
space. The attention comes from those who yet to start, and from those who have
completed.
* As soon as all students complete the assignment and
line up on the far side of the room, the new instructions are given.
* One by one, all the students go back to the original
point. Now, they are reversing their journey to the birth point. Coming back,
they are “cleaning “the possible blocks, they experienced in their lives. They
are not changing the past, they are trying to close the open issues. For
example, if they were scared to death at some point, they might say to
themselves, while passing this event “do not worry, you will be fine, I know”.
Or, if fill sorry for something they did wrong, they ask for forgiveness.
* The exercise is completed when all the students get
back to the original positions.
