Martine van der Meulen invites you in the realm of bodywork, how to use your senses and get in touch with yourself and the universal energy available to all of us.
The nervous, digestive, circulatory, and respiratory systems are interconnected, but the only one we can consciously control is the respiratory system. It is our only tool to calm down, gain time, and increase focus.
Preparing materially and energetically the space by arriving earlier. Gaining a sense of the energy of the space to better perceive the changes that participants will introduce.
A ritual for starting and a ritual for ending the session. The role of ritual is significant, dating back to ancient times, and every person needs to participate in and create rituals.
A white paper strip is placed on the floor across the middle of the space. The facilitator presents different criteria for participants to choose a side, e.g., "Are you a sea or a river? A leaf or a pen? The sun or a star?"
Each participant receives a shoebox and materials for drawing and collaging. The task is to design the outside of the box to represent how they believe others perceive them and the inside to reflect their true inner selves.
The group collaboratively creates a large circular paper. Participants evenly distribute themselves around it and begin drawing their life paths, with their birth date (marked with their name) at their current position, and the center of the circle representing the present moment.
