SENSORY ACTIVATION
Let’s activate our senses
Based on the process developed by Claudia Tordini of the Experiential Learning Lab
Allow your hand(s) to draw, following the music.
Don’t think. Just allow your hand to do what it does.
SENSORIAL PROBLEM- SOLVING PROCESS
1. IDENTIFY PROBLEM OR CHALLENGE
2. SENSE THE PROBLEM
3. SENSE THE �FUTURE STATE
4. BRIDGE THE TWO REALITIES
SENSORIAL PROBLEM- SOLVING PROCESS
1. Identify the problem or challenge.
Write down or mentally define the specific problem or challenge you want to solve.
SENSORIAL PROBLEM- SOLVING PROCESS
2. Sense the Problem
Explore the problem using your senses:
SENSORIAL PROBLEM- SOLVING PROCESS
2. Sense the Future State
Explore a desirable future using your senses:
SENSORIAL PROBLEM- SOLVING PROCESS
4. Bridge The Two Realities
Now that you have a sense of the problem space, find a way to move from the current state to the desired state. What is needed to transform the current perception to the desired one?
Examples:
Play intuitively. Don't worry yet about solving the problem.
CURRENT SITUATION
DESIRED SITUATION
CURRENT SITUATION
DESIRED SITUATION
EXPERIENCE: Like sand running through my hands
SOUND: A Slinky slapping on a hard floor in an echoing room
SMELL: Faintly woodsy, dirt, earth, cars
TASTE: Cow milk, straight
FEEL: Seaweed in water
EXPERIENCE: Mycelial network – deep, rich, nourishing connections
SOUND: Flowing river and wind in trees
SMELL: Forest, humus
TASTE: Bread, cherries
FEEL: Tree trunk and grass
SENSORIAL PROBLEM- SOLVING PROCESS
Now consider possible actions that can shift the situation toward the desired sensory state.
Be in nature
In person
In circle
Making connections
Focus on nourishment
Find energy