exercise · all tools

Best Friends / Mortal Enemies

Depth · what it can open○○○1 — informational
Holding · facilitation1 — host
Trust · group readinessany
Disclosure · what is sharednone

Everyone secretly picks a 'best friend' and, on three, gets as close to them as possible; then a 'mortal enemy', and gets as far away as possible; then tries to keep the friend between themselves and the enemy. Chaos, laughter, and bodies moving among bodies.

Practical

Time
5-10 min
Group
6 · large-group
Settings
in-person
Mechanisms
somatic-awareness
Change scope
state · 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

Experienced by the author at an Integral Center event — Movement game; carried into Authentic Relating (Authentic Relating Games Manual, 2025 edition)

In this directory via Authentic Relating Games Manual

status: checked · added 2026-08-31