People Moving in Systems

1. Invite the participants to secretly choose two other people in the group.
2. Ask all the participants to begin moving around the space in silence while trying to keep equal distance between the two people they have chosen. The group will begin to move, as people re-arrange to maintain equal distance between the two chosen people.
3. Ask the participants to try and observe the patterns in how everyone moves as they continue to keep equal distance between their two chosen people. Continue until the system comes to a balance and the movement stops.
4. Change the rules: Now ask participants to silently select two different people. This time they select one person as the “shield” who must always remain between them and the other chosen person. Again, make sure this is kept secret.
5. Ask the participants to try and observe the patterns in how everyone is moving in relation to one another. See if they can observe any differences between the patterns of the first exercise and the second.

Moving As One System

1. Invite participants to walk slowly around the space in silence.
2. When a person feels like stopping, she/he can stop. As soon as someone stops, everyone else in the group must also stop.
3. When one person feels like walking again, the rest of the group starts walking again.
4. Part 2: Continue walking and instead of any individual deciding to stop, see if the whole group can start and stop without any one person deciding to do so.
5. Part 3: Repeat steps 1-3 again BUT now participants must keep their eyes closed. Moving slowly they tune into their other senses so that they are better able to feel when one person has stopped.