exercise · all tools
The Repeating Question
Depth · what it can open●●●○3 — emotional
Holding · facilitation2 — facilitator
Trust · group readiness★★some
Disclosure · what is sharedrequired
In pairs, walking: one person asks the same question again and again — "What do I find enjoyable and important in life?" — receiving each answer in silence and asking once more. The repetition wears through rehearsed answers to what actually matters. Roles swap; notes afterwards.
Hold with care
- The question digs deeper with each round — askers hold neutrality, never comment on answers; answerers may stay at whatever layer they choose
Practical
- Time
- 60-90 min
- Group
- 6–20 · pairs
- Settings
- in-person, outdoors
- Materials
- Pens, paper or notebooks; walking space
- Mechanisms
- dialogic-encounter, narrative-identity, stillness-silence
- Change scope
- state · repeatable
Instructions
- Where
- transitionmakers.nl/tool/the-repeating-question — Transition Makers Toolbox, open
- Availability
- Open online — published at the link, free to read
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0 per the Transition Makers footer; its badge links CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 — variant unresolved, see source record
Source link checked 29 Aug 2026 — unchanged since we recorded it on 28 Aug 2026
This directory describes and points home; the instructions stay with the people who made them.
Origin
Maleah Knevel, Margreet Smit & Miranda Trippenzee via Transition Makers Toolbox (IIS UvA); repeated-question dyad tradition (Enlightenment Intensive lineage) — Contemplative dyad inquiry
In this directory via Transition Makers Toolbox
status: checked · added 2026-08-25