Samenvatting

With this set of exercises, I would like to present a toolbox to help our students develop their self-awareness. The basis is their inner awareness. The awareness of their voice, body, and themselves in space and the surroundings. There are also a few group exercises which will go a little further in developing awareness of themselves within the system. There will inevitably be challenges. Students felt ‘silly”. It was an unusual request to ask them to do these exercises. Many were not able to relax and concentrate and perhaps that is why we see a significant need for those kinds of exercises to be embedded in modern curriculums. Given time and a safe environment, many students overcame the uncomfortable feelings. For those students who persevered with the program, nearly all noted less tension and more focus. Because of the challenging nature of those exercises, it is vital to create a safe and comfortable
environment and build trust before going deeper into the program. One way of doing that is to be the first one to “get silly” and go through the process with the students. There are also individual capacities and abilities of the students that need to be considered. Some students found the exercises too challenging, while there were others for which there was too little challenge.