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Group Energiser Activity To Build Energy - Coming & Going Of Rain

Group Energiser Activity To Build Energy - Coming & Going Of Rain is a team reflection exercise for reflection and learning: it helps participants reflect on experience and turn observations into learning.

Under 5 minutesTIME
Medium group (9-25), TriadsGROUP SIZE
ActiveENERGY
In personSETTING
High cognitive loadCOGNITIVE LOAD
Strengthens Learning Transfer This reflection and learning exercise strengthens Learning Transfer, one of the eight Gathering Effectiveness pillars.

How to run it

  1. In view of your group, start to rub your open palms together in front of you.
  2. In response to your non-verbal urgings, invite your group to copy your moves.
  3. Next, rub your hands more vigorously and then start to click your fingers.
  4. Then use two fingers of one hand to clap into your opposite palm, before gradually morphing into full open-palmed clapping.
  5. Crouch over and bending your knees, start to slap your palms onto your thighs.
  6. Finally, while slapping your thighs vigorously, stamp one or both feet onto the floor/ground.
  7. Once you have reached a crescendo, slowly reverse the motions until you are slowly rubbing your hands together again.
  8. Coming & Going of the Rain Group energiser activity to boost engagement with sound & rhythm.
  9. Coming & Going of the Rain builds from silence to create an immersive soundscape that energises people’s bodies and minds.
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Prompts to use +

In view of your group, start to rub your open palms together in front of you.

In response to your non-verbal urgings, invite your group to copy your moves.

Next, rub your hands more vigorously and then start to click your fingers.

Then use two fingers of one hand to clap into your opposite palm, before gradually morphing into full open-palmed clapping.

Crouch over and bending your knees, start to slap your palms onto your thighs.

Once you have reached a crescendo, slowly reverse the motions until you are slowly rubbing your hands together again.

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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: Group Energiser Activity To Build Energy - Coming & Going Of Rain. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: In view of your group, start to rub your open palms together in front of you.; In response to your non-verbal urgings, invite your group to copy your moves.; Next, rub your hands more vigorously and then start to click your fingers.; Then use two fingers of one hand to clap into your opposite palm, before gradually morphing into full open-palmed clapping.. Return a concise facilitator script with timing, wording, safety notes, and remote/in-person adjustments.

Origin unverified

  • Where we observed it: The strongest current observations come from Playmeo; aggregators are listed as additional observations, not origin proof. (1 source observed, including Playmeo.)
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  • No efficacy claims: appearing in this library is not a claim that the exercise is proven effective. Facilitator judgment and context decide whether it works for a given room.
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