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Witnessed Movement
One partner moves however they want for five minutes with eyes closed; the other watches with full attention, trying to feel what it is to be them dancing — mimicking a little if it helps, never taking over — and then each says what it was like. An Empathy Dance variation lets the witness join in service of the mover. An old game, the manual says, whose antecedents it does not know.
Practical
- Time
- 10-15 min
- Group
- 2–∞ · pairs
- Settings
- in-person
- Mechanisms
- somatic-awareness, creative-expression, 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
Antecedents unknown to the manual; seen played in many places — Mover-and-witness practice; carried into Authentic Relating (Authentic Relating Games Manual, 2025 edition)
In this directory via Authentic Relating Games Manual
Variation in the manual: Empathy Dance, and an optional shared dance to close.
status: checked · added 2026-08-31