Material/wall
- ca. 2m long bands/ropes
- traverse with enough holds and footholds, easy individual routes
Goal of the day
Reflecting one’s own pattern of relating, recognise own behavioural patterns, foster social skills (communication, cooperation), experience positive consequences of social interaction, perceiving the other, body sensation.
Exercises
Breathing meditation, Warm-up, Connected traverse, The conductor, The mountain or The tree
Alternative exercises: Yurtcircle, Shadow climbing
Starting phase
Mindfulness exercise
Checking in
How am I today?
Topic: Social relationships
Function of relationships: basic need, support during challenges, feeling cohesion benefits mood.
Maintaining relationships requires: balance of giving and taking, communication and cooperation; being able to change perspective and mind boundaries.
Active phase
Warm-up
Warm-up in the group, group ritual optional
Group exercise
In pairs
Working in teams requires agreement and consideration.
Bouldering exercise
In pairs
To take another person’s viewpoint/ perspective is often difficult:
“Do not judge somebody, before you have not bouldered in their shoes.”
Final phase
Final round
What are you taking with you today? What experiences have you made with teamwork?
Relaxation exercise
The mountain or The tree
