Exercise 1b: Action and consequence
Duration: 1 min
Materials: A4 paper
- continued from previous page
As and when you open your eyes, stare at the blank paper again.
Concentrate on that piece of paper for 1 min.
Next, turn your palm upwards and using just that one arm, slide the paper
such that it balances just on your finger tips and thumb, not the palm.
If the paper falls, relax, don’t panic. Pick it up and hold it using your finger
tips.
Straighten arm and breathe normally.
Feel the tension on your hand (1 min).
Move your pinky finger away from the paper and then balance it with the
remaining three fingers and thumb.
Try to maintain the balance.
Build that bond between you and the paper.
Trust that piece of paper (1 min).
Remove your ring finger.
Balance the paper with just your thumb, index and middle finger (1 min).
Slowly remove thumb and middle finger and balance paper with your index
finger.
Stare at that paper, do not let that paper control you.
You control the paper (1 min).
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Slowly clasp the paper with thumb and index finger and bring your arm
down.
Instructions for students:
Bend your neck and tilt your head backwards.
Allow that piece of paper to rest on your face.
Make sure that paper is on your forehead and resting on the
bridge of your nose.
Stand as still as possible.
Observe the way your breathe.
The paper is moving very gently from your mouth or from your
nose.
After 1 min:
Breathe in and when you breathe out, exhale on the paper as
hard as possible.
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