exercise · all tools
Emotional Volume Knob
One partner talks; the other conducts with a hand — fist at the hip for stop, pointing forward for go, down for dry and rational, up for pure emotion, anywhere between for that much. A way to play with how we say things instead of what, which the manual says gets people out of worrying about the right words.
Practical
- Time
- 5-15 min
- Group
- 2–∞ · pairs
- Settings
- in-person, online
- Mechanisms
- creative-expression, behavioral-rehearsal, somatic-awareness
- 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
Rob Hamshar, from improv comedy; later applied by Shane Orton in his Social Freedom Tribe — Improv; carried into Authentic Relating (Authentic Relating Games Manual, 2025 edition)
In this directory via Authentic Relating Games Manual
status: checked · added 2026-08-31