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Blind moment

Experiment with letting go

Pratique

Aim

The “blind moment” is an exercise that allows you to physically test your trust in the other person.

Instructions

Time needed: 15 to 20 minutes

Key steps

As a facilitator, you ask the group to form pairs. Each member of the pair will experience the two roles of the exercise: “blind person” and “guide”.

For two to five minutes, the “guide” gives the “blind person” information that allows them to move around with their eyes closed. To do this, they use the following code:

• left shoulder touch = go left
• right shoulder touch = go right
• touch your back once = forward/stop
• touch your back continuously = speed up

Once the time is up, the pair switches roles.

At the end of the exercise, you can invite participants to share their feelings (fears, perception of space, etc.) by highlighting aspects that they found more or less easy/difficult.

Tips and Advice

• One variation of the blind moment is called the “candle”: a person stands in the middle of a circle and lets themselves fall with their eyes closed. The people who form the circle catch the person as they fall and gently “send” the person back to each other.
• Another variant: the “guide” holds the “blind person” by the shoulders and gently takes them to the target they have agreed to prior to the exercise: an imaginary point in space, a painting, a nail on the wall, a door, a chair etc.
• The target should be far enough away from the starting point for this to be a good learning experience.