exercise · all tools

Agency and Communion

Depth · what it can open●●○○2 — reflective
Holding · facilitation2 — facilitator
Trust · group readiness★★some
Disclosure · what is sharedoptional

Groups of four or five each design a gift for the whole room — an experience, an appreciation, anything — by first saying what each wants people to feel, then brainstorming with 'yes, and' only, then choosing something that gives everyone in the group some of what they wanted, then giving it. Two hours, and the manual says the gifts can be extraordinary when groups give them across a weekend.

Practical

Time
120 min
Group
45 · small-group
Settings
in-person
Materials
Pen and paper for the scribe
Mechanisms
dialogic-encounter, behavioral-rehearsal, creative-expression
Change scope
state → skill · repeatable

Instructions

Where
authrev.org/ar-games-manual Authentic Relating Games Manual, paid
Availability
In the source document — the instructions live inside the material linked, on its terms
Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0 (Authentic Relating Games Manual)

Source link checked 31 Aug 2026 — unchanged since we recorded it on 29 Aug 2026

This directory describes and points home; the instructions stay with the people who made them.

Origin

Sara Ness, for an Authentic Leadership Training — Authentic Relating (Authentic Relating Games Manual, 2025 edition)

In this directory via Authentic Relating Games Manual

status: checked · added 2026-08-31