Stop

Depth · what it can open●●○○2 — reflective

Holding · facilitation1 — host

Trust · group readiness★any

Disclosure · what is sharednone

Partners stand across the room; one walks toward the other, who may only say 'stop' — no touch — and the walker stops only when they truly feel like stopping. Not persuasion but presence: the manual used it in facilitator trainings to teach people to feel when their intention is landing.

Practical

Time: 10 min
Group: 2–∞ · pairs
Settings: in-person
Mechanisms: behavioral-rehearsal, somatic-awareness, dialogic-encounter
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

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Origin

Developed in the early days of Authentic Houston — Authentic Relating (Authentic Relating Games Manual, 2025 edition)

In this directory via Authentic Relating Games Manual

status: checked · added 2026-08-31