exercise · all tools
Reach Out, Touch Me
Depth · what it can open●●●○3 — emotional
Holding · facilitation2 — facilitator
Trust · group readiness★★some
Disclosure · what is sharednone
Sit with a partner and connect without words, a minute or more at each stage: only fingertips touching, then hands, then hands and arms — eyes open or closed as you choose. Then talk. Meant to slow connection down to what a simple touch feels like in the body; the manual points to Progressive Touch for the longer, guided version.
Hold with care
- Hands and forearms with a chosen partner; the consent conversation belongs before the first fingertip, since nothing is said during
Practical
- Time
- 5-10 min
- Group
- 2–∞ · pairs
- Settings
- in-person
- Mechanisms
- somatic-awareness, dialogic-encounter, 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
Not attributed in the manual — Authentic Relating (Authentic Relating Games Manual, 2025 edition)
In this directory via Authentic Relating Games Manual
status: checked · added 2026-08-31