DAY 7: SPIRITUAL SUNDAY
The 15-Minute Connection Exercise

Used in acting classes and corporate retreats, this simple exercise helps people overcome the obstacles in their personal relating path without forcing them to endure the jargon of therapeutic expertise. If every time some expert said to “communicate” and told you how to do this, I wouldn’t hate the word communicate so much.

1. Set aside fifteen minutes—all electronics turned off.

2. Stand facing one another. You can clasp hands or not, whatever feels comfortable.

3. Look into one another’s eyes and maintain that eye contact for the whole exercise.

4. Consciously regulate your breathing, beginning with deep breaths, until you are breathing in sync.

5. Eye gaze and breathe.

6. You don’t have to talk, but you can say whatever you want. For most couples (or exercise participants) the feeling of connection sparks in the first few minutes, and then they are able to speak and listen with their hearts.

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