exercise · all tools
The Head & The Heart
Depth · what it can open●●○○2 — reflective
Holding · facilitation1 — host
Trust · group readiness★any
Disclosure · what is sharedoptional
Mill while tuning in to the conversation in your own head — its pace, volume, content — then pair up and complete 'Something my head is saying right now is…', repeat with new partners, then drop attention into the chest and do it again with 'Something my heart is saying right now is…'. A group way of moving from thinking to feeling.
Practical
- Time
- 10 min
- Group
- 2–∞ · pairs, small-group, large-group
- 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
Shaina List (Authentic Relating Toronto) — Authentic Relating (Authentic Relating Games Manual, 2025 edition)
In this directory via Authentic Relating Games Manual
status: checked · added 2026-08-31