Embodied Wisdom Movement

Hand Dance Prompts

• Lift one hand and explore moving it in a smooth fashion
• Then in a jerky fashion
• Explore smooth and fast
• Then jerky and slow
• Find a shape with your hand and feel the quality of that shape
• Now change the shape
• And change it again
• Let you hand come to rest on a part of your body and breathe into that place of connection
• Find another place of connection and breathe
• Finally, see how much space you can cover moving one had, find the edges of how far one hand can go
• Now, take a deep breath in and let it out with a sigh.
• Using a piece of music, now enter into a quiet posture of contemplation. You can draw on all the ways of moving you have just explored. Let your hand be an instrument of play, discovery, and prayer.
• If you are with others, now try and dance with the hand of the person next to you.

Provided by Beth Griffith, from Inter-Play