Allow for at least 20 minutes. You will need a jacket and a comfortable place to move and rest.
This Somatic Act can be experienced as a solo, duet or group.
Begin in a comfortable position
of sitting, standing or lying
while holding your jacket
in your hands.
Close your eyes.
Notice your breathing...
As you are ready,
begin slowly touching
and exploring your jacket
with your hands
Sensing the texture,
the weight, the form.
Noticing the small details
a button, an inside pocket,
the wrinkles and creases...
How does the material move?
Allowing time...
And finding a pause...
Noticing your breath...
Slowly transitioning
to allowing the jacket
to touch you
exploring all the surfaces
of your body
from head to toe
even the subtle quiet places
like behind an ear
or between the fingers.
Allowing time…
Pausing…
Noticing the arising sensations...
Slowly, dress yourself in the jacket
so you are wearing it.
Allowing time…
Sensing how the jacket touches you
the places where there is
weight or sense of compression
Slowly, allow the jacket to touch and move you
as if it were your dancing partner.
Inviting you to move
gently at first
small and subtle gestures
a gentle dance
of attending
Your jacket is guiding you.
Allowing time…
As you are ready, begin to
now and then
guide your jacket
touching and moving it.
Sometimes your jacket guides you
sometimes you guide your jacket.
As you move and touch
each other in
a gentle dance of attending.
Allowing time…
Gradually, the movement
can grow
moving in or out of the floor
or even travelling on your feet
Moments of movement
Moments of stillness.
Allowing time…
And gently pausing…
Notice your breathing
As you attend
to each other,
the dance continues
between you
The jacket and you touching
and moving each other.
Allowing time...
Slowly, the attending dance
becomes a bit smaller
and slower
as you find
a way
together
to return to resting
on the floor
for a moment.