Workshop 2: Emotions and communication

Workshop 2: emotions and communication

August 25th, 2015:  Workshop at SOS village Sarajevo - n. 2

Main message:

1) emotions provide very important informations in our communications

Objectives:

- improve team trust and intimacy

- Improve and develop vocabulary on emotions

- improve self esteem

- improve creativity/authenticity

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OUTSIDE

- Song of the emotions (Emocija pjesma):

(2 min)

- mouse And cat game

(To let them express their energies)

(5 min)

- "invent your dance" game: make a circle, make an original movement that everybody has to imitate, stay until the music changes, dont talk. (Sara plays) 

(5 min)

- game "Say loudly your name" and pick the ball at your way

(To learn each others names, improve self esteem and creativity)

(5 min)

Or

- game "how do you feel today" (walking accordingly to your mood);

(For emotional awareness)

(5 min)

- Walking blind game

(For Team building and trustfulness)

This is a silent activity.

Students work in pairs.

Partner 1 is instructed to close their eyes as partner 2 leads them around the space.

Partner 2’s goal is to make their partner feel as safe as possible. They must determine what is best for their partner (without talking) – walking with both hands held, one hand held, arm around shoulder, etc.

Let them wander for 2 minutes or so, keeping their movement slow at all times. Switch.

Reflection:

How did you make your partner feel safe? What did your partner do that made you feel safe?

(10 min)

- game about what information is given through emotions:

Drama

Ask the kids what they do understand from the different ways of saying something.

Ask if in their opinion what Elzaheta says counts more of how she says it.

Explanation: sometime the informations that we get through emotions are different from the words we listen to. 

It is important to understand the meaning of the emotions of the person talking as much as the meaning of words. 

Emotions provide very important informations in our communications (90% of our communication is non verbal!).

 (15 min)

- game: Walk like animals (mouse, lion, butterfly, snake)

The way animals behave, their attitude can be similar to specific human emotions (fear, pride, lightness, slimy,  anger, ...)

(5 min)

- Musica musica song

(5 min)

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Extra

- Focusing and slowing down excercise (If needed, to improve focusing):

Walking slowly,

slowing down to feel ourselves do something normal in a extraordinary way

ask the kids to walk very very slowly, being aware of each single movement of their body.

Keep the escercise for 2 minutes (better 5 minutes).

Workshop 1: What is it an emotion?

Workshop 1

SOS village, Sarajevo

What is it an emotion?

August 24th, 2015

Workshop 1

9.30-10.30

SOS village, drustveni center

WHAT IS IT AN EMOTION?

Main message:

Emotions are necessary for human beings.

There are no good or bad emotions. All the Emotions are useful.

Objectives:

- To start building a trustful team

- What are the emotions?

- Improve and develop vocabulary on emotions

 Tools that we will need:

- a ball (or a bunny/bear easy to hold and soft to throw)

- a guitar

- seven sheets, each with the name of an emotion on it

- banner of emotions (to be hanged at the end of the session)

- banner of golden rules.

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Activities:

 

- Greetings, introduction of Trainers and workshops

(5 min)

- Song: the emotions (Emocija pjesma):

(For emotional alphabetization)

(10 min)

- Ball name game

(To learn each others names)

(5 min)

- rhythmic circle (led by Sara only)

(To have fun and improve concentration)

(5 min)

- violin: playing the same music in two ways: with or without emotions.

(6 min)

- circle and discussion:

Ask the kids what difference they saw and felt.

Ask what is it an emotion in their opinion.

- ask the kids to name as many emotions as they can, and write it down

(5 min)

- Imagine ignoring your emotions and what they make you feel:

Short dramas:

(10 min)

- ask: do you think there are good and bad emotions?

Or do you think they all are useful for some purpose?

Sara explains:

"You might describe some of your emotions as positive and others as negative, because the ways in which emotions make you feel. 

Emotions are not necessarily good or bad. 

In fact, there are many ways in which those so-called negative emotions are just useful to you as the positive ones."

(5 min)

- game: sara plays a music and each of the kids and trainers run to the emotion they feel

(To develop authenticity and self awareness)

(5 min)

- final song: musica musica song

(5 min)

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Extras:

Sara explains:

"Imagine ignoring your emotions and what they make you feel.

If you did, you would not be disgusted by eating something that was rotten, you wouldn't be scared in front of a hungry lion, and you might not react if a friend would punch you.

You wouldn't even care if someone likes you or about winning a match!

So, one purpose of emotions is to provide you with information about a situation that can help you to respond and make decision."

(20 min)

Workshop 3: All the emotions can be useful

All the emotions can be useful.

Understanding each other emotions makes the communication much more effective.

August 26th, 2015

Workshop at SOS village Sarajevo - n. 3

Main messages:

1) emotions provide very important informations in our communications

2) all the emotions are useful

Objectives:

- improve team trust and intimacy

- Improve and develop vocabulary on emotions

- improve self esteem

- improve creativity/authenticity

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- Song of the emotions (Emocija pjesma)

(5 min)

- mouse And cat game

(To let them express their energies)

(5 min)

- walking with emotions

Anger, fear, tired, hungry, sleeping, scared, happy, worry, nervous, sad, in a hurry, nervous, happy, full stomach satisfaction, feeling good, satisfied

- game "how do you feel today" (walking accordingly to your mood);

(For emotional awareness)

(5 min)

- Game: London bridge 

(To let them play and get tired)

(5 min)

- rhythmical circle (with emotions)

(5 min)

- Focusing and slowing down excercise (If needed, to improve focusing):

Walking slowly,

slowing down to feel ourselves do something normal in a extraordinary way

ask the kids to walk very very slowly, being aware of each single movement of their body.

( 5 minutes).

- Listening game: 

(To start focusing)

all sitting in a circle. One outside make some noise, and stops nearby one kid: when he listen to it, they exchange roles.

(5 min)

- what do you remember from yesterday and before yesterday?

1) There are no good or bad emotions. All the Emotions are useful. 

2) emotions provide very important informations in our communications

Divide them in two groups and ask to make a drama about n. 1 and n.2

Discussion

(15 min)

- last game: applause in a circle. 

(For self confidence)

Learn how to Accept the applauses.

(5 min)

- music musica song

(2 min)

New Workshops on Music and Emotion, at SOS village, Sarajevo, started today

Today we went back to SOS children village of Sarajevo and enjoyed the first workshop on emotional awareness through music.

In this picture some children are working to prepare a small drama.

Musique des Emotion, July 7th, France

Concert in Nevoy sur Loire

Piano: René van Helsdingen

Percussions: Henk Zomer

Music of Emotion, Alessandria (Piedmont) June 21st, 2015

Music of emotion in a center for mental desease

It has been a strong experience to play a few pieces of the concert Music of Emotion in a center for mental desease in Treviso.

The exchange among the audience and the interpreter was full of intensity.

And the feedback of the persons was impressive.

And the most rewarding thing, to me, was to see how the body language changed in some people in the audience, from closed and deeply far away, to open and peaceful.

How much to learn, again.