Sharon Friedman – Vigilance and Tranquility

Take a heavy staff and start to play snake with the kids or with your students. (the snake comes in circles and in different hights so the kids learn to watch a wide angle and to move without rush since rush gets you hit) Go more for the hip and down hights to have the people learn the principle of soft on hard by themselves and to learn to move to survive as a hit to the shin or the side of the ankle is very memorable and needs to be learned so you can have fear as your servant in keeping you functional. Start slow and grow faster and more complex as you go so to enable the partners to learn without tension in the way. If you can have more than one staff it is great for the eyes and your awareness to space. Don’t forget to allow for some time when the students can also come in and merge with the wave to take you down. Do not be set or secure. It is not learning if only one side is learning.