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Inception ("What's that like?")
One person says what they are feeling right now; the other may only ask 'what's that like?' — or 'what's it like to feel sad and be smiling at the same time?' — for two to five minutes, then swap. Restrictive on purpose, the manual says, like lifting weights: it builds the muscle of staying with a feeling's layers, and pairs ran it without a facilitator present.
Practical
- Time
- 7-12 min
- Group
- 2–∞ · pairs
- Settings
- in-person, online
- Mechanisms
- dialogic-encounter, emotional-processing, attention-training
- 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
Jordan Myska Allen (Circle Anywhere), for a circling class series — Circling; carried into Authentic Relating (Authentic Relating Games Manual, 2025 edition)
In this directory via Authentic Relating Games Manual
Related: Circling (prepares-for)
status: checked · added 2026-08-31