TTT in a song at the rehabilitation center for
child soldiers
* The Somatic Poem
This poem is specifically designed for working with groups, with
gestures and words carefully chosen to activate a state of mind
where change is possible and can be useful when TTT is taught and
applied to a group.
It is performed all together in call and response. Everybody follows
the leader.
Imagine. Imagine a rain (arms up to the sky)
Imagine a healing rain that falls on your head (touch head)
That washes your head, also on the inside (touch head)
Washes away your images (touch eyes)
Your sounds (touch ears)
The pain in your heart (touch chest)
The burdens on your shoulders (touch shoulders and sides of arms)
And washes it all to the ground (bend down)
And then... you take a step forward (dramatic step forward)And another
(dramatic step forward)
Leaving the burdens behind
The combination of physical movement and spoken or sung words is
a double activation. Seeing it being done is a third activation. By
taking a step forward you decontaminate your past and physically
leave it behind before you start the tapping.
Gunilla:
I was walking along the main road in Bukavu with our colleague