I have been very low energy all week and I was nervous starting off a drama group without it. One of the goals of drama therapy is to gain the energy needed so I was hopeful. The guys are pretty open and friendly so that makes it easy and I had about five more men than last time. The only thing I actually get nervous about is not being prepared enough with enough exciting material. Luckily I have been keeping up on my homework thus far.
Today we began with the sun salutation to warm up then began an energy builder called zip zap zop. Everyone caught on quickly and enjoyed it. To get familiar with each other played a game that allowed each person to ask another person a question about themselves and then turned it inward by a game that allowed each person to say something to themselves they've always wanted to here. Then we played hitch hiker again to gain some enthusiasm and after started on some character building games. Last but not least we got in a circle and made ghost phone calls to people we need to call or wish we would have.
After this session a few of the men emphasized that this was their favorite group. One of the guys decided to open up to me for a while and discussed how the ghost phone calling was very helpful for his circumstances. They all said they want to do more of those scenarios. I told them to start thinking of things they would say if they could to themselves when they were younger.
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