2. Letting Gd In

Introduction

1) Welcome

- Safe space etc

- Acknowledge wide range of backgrounds in the room

2) This semester's theme

Letting Gd In

- Building the tools of improvisation

-Increasing our awareness of the energies constantly around and within us (emotions, sensations, intuitions, impulses, desires)

- Expanding our capacity for playfulness

- Cultivating curiosity

Movement

1) Yoga flow on mats (10 min)

 -Start from ground and go up to standing

2) Paired interactive movement (8 min each = 15 min) 

-Invite people to choose a mover and a sculpture

-Adam and Adina demo “sculpting” and “exploring” while people are moving

- “Sculpture” practices body awareness, explores stability of positions. Would they do it on their own? What is it like to not have control?

- “Mover” shapes sculpture, plays with form, explores stability of sculpture. How does body work? What are the creations you’ve made? Create & explore

-Switch

Transition (5 min)

-Push your mats aside, then try walking around and try to fill the space, and grab arm (above elbow, using core)

-Keep walking, and eventually make your way to the door, where we’ll start to make our way across the room

Tefillah (10 min)

-Bring yourself from one side of the room to the other, any way you want

-Only “rule” is to interact in some way with two people as you make your way across the floor

-Be curious, playful, see how it feels, try opening/closing eyes, going from up to down, do what feels good...

Closing (10 min)

-Discussion/Hand Closing