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Letting Go

A very effective, surprising and experientail exercise about letting go. The exercise might be a bit extreem.

This activity promotes

• Letting go
• Self-leadership
• Defining boundaries
• Many more…

Instructions

Time: 20 -30 min

Participants: –

Outside as well as inside.

Active

Required materials

1 dumbbell of 5 kg( Yes, what you use in a fitness center).

1 dumbbell of 2 kg.

A stopwatch

Arrangement

Arrange the participants in a circle.

Frame

When the theme of “letting go”  comes up you can do this exercise.

How it works

• You give the dumbbell to the person that brought up the subject of “Letting Go”. This person has to stand up and hold the dumbbell in front of him. With their arms horizontal.
• Push the start on the stopwatch when the person starts lifting the dumbbell.
• mesure how long it takes untill they drop the dumbbell.

Differentiation

• Everybody, one by one.
• With or without competition( The winner is the one with the longest time).
• You can continue the conversation while the person is lifting and maybe even ask them questions.

Evaluation

In this exercise is evaluation and asking the right questions very important.

• What happened?
• Which was easier, letting go or holding on?
• What happens if you hold on?
• What did you learn?

Security check

Make sure that people don’t cross their own fysical barriers.

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The Challenge Circle

The Challenge Circle is used on all sorts of times and for different reasons

This activity promotes:

• openness
• challenging yourself
• teambuilding
• being self-guided
• defining boundaries
• and many more…

Instruction:

Time: 20 – 30 min

Participants: 5 or more

inside as well as outside possible

Inactive

Required materials

Two big ropes in a circle. By which the smallest rope a circle forms inside the circle from the longer rope.

Arrangement

Arrange all the participants to stand on the outside of the outer rope.

Frame

If your goal is to challenge your participants more you can do this after a break. This way you give them the opportunity to stretch themselves further in the remaining time.

When your goal is getting to know eachother better, you can do this at any moment.

When evaluating is your goal you almost always do this at the end.

How it works

The three circles stand for:

1. comfortzone (inner circle)
2. stretch zone (middle circle)
3. panic zone ( outside the circles)

The activity goes as followed:

• Someone says an activity (such as bungee jumping) and everyone goes standing in the zone that fits their perception.
• Everyone takes turns in naming an activity. So, as coach you don’t have to do anything, but you can always join…

Evaluation

• As trainer you can suggest activities that people in the group avoid or don’t think of. For example “giving feedback to your colleagues”.
• You can say “You are standing over there, can you explain why…”
• If you use this activity as evaluation you can ask: “When you look back on this day: Where are you then? Did you challenge yourself? Can you explain why your standing there?”
• A good question to ask is “In which zone do you grow/learn the most?”(the stretch zone). What did you show today? And If you want to learn more what could you do? You can use these questions to challenge your participants.

Safety check

This is an emotional exercise, inquire how far you can go.