Every group is different.
I expect the unexpected.
So I enter and start
usually with
music
NO - always ..... and
moving images from PipMacTop to a large screen
a good vibe start.
Sometimes there are
emotional arms folded
reluctance to consider their own development
sometimes hostile
sometimes nice hostile
sometimes not
A Group - not used to each other - not used to talking - not used to being facilitated.
It stretches me to design the most gentle methods to ease them into interaction.
I have to busk it
Change the tack
Relaxation.
is an aim with a group
yet with willingness to stretch outside their comfort zones
Listening, wow what a job is this one,
and then gently moving them on to a deeply satisfying time with each other - and even me.
The start is so vital.
That is the time when they are all so uneasy and cautious.
That is the time when I am - too.
When it moves to being an experience of safety and freedom
to verbally reflect, and others listen, it is such a wondrous privilege.
It is like watching a beautiful bud of a flower opening up to the sun .............
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