Sensory Acuity Exercises

1. Stop the World

As you breathe in allow your mind to imagine it is following your breath into your

body where it will circle around the core of your being and form a unity between

mind and body. As you continue breathing allow your focus to remain at your centre

whilst you allow you body to express to you by way of feelings exactly where that

centre is. Allow your hand to rest gently on the point on your body that is closest to

this centre. Allow the mind-body unity to explore what it would be like to follow your

out breath into the world to see, hear, smell, taste and touch everything there is to

know. When you are ready release your breath and allow your full awareness to go

with it, to return when it is ready. Notice what you notice.

2. Follow My Finger

1. The guide holds one arm directly up and points to the ceiling

2. The explorer faces the guide and adjusts his/her position until he/she can just

see the tip of the pointed finger by move his/her eyes upwards without moving

the head

3. The guide will, move the arm around in a big, slow circle, keeping the arm

straight at all times

4. The explorer will follow the pointed finger tip with his/her eyes and without

moving his/her head

5. The guide will watch the explorer’s eyes very closely noting where the

movement is smooth and where it is jerky

6. Repeat the exercise. Are the smooth and jerky movements at the same points

on the circle or different ones?

7. Swap over and repeat

3. Silent Yes/No

One person will be asked questions that have a yes/no answer. That person will think

their answers but not say them. Using their sensory acuity the rest of the people will

attempt to determine whether the answers were yes or no. Tip: begin with questions

that you know to answers to so that you can calibrate the silent person’s yes and no

responses.