Body Language Workshop Activities

fun warm-up game played in pairs or large group game

One person speaks gibberish and the other interprets

Framework: Consideration for Others x Openness of Communication

Participants practice 4 modes of communication - Aggressive, assertive, passive, passive-aggressive in improv scenario

Imaginary ball thrown around the group and people spectacularly miss catching it.

Close eyes, then everyone looks across circle at another player and if they make eye contact they scream dramatically and leave the game.

message passed without checking to next person

character walks based on prompts
Walk like a ... 86 year old man, CEO, olympic athlete, pregnant woman, etc. 
Walk as inspired by a... grandfather clock, ice cream truck, ocean wave... 

Start with eye contact instructions (2 groups) & mingle
switch roles & mingle
choose and change status
Explore external vs. internal

In pairs, create 30 second scenes with only these 4 words.

As people are picked up by the driver their emotional state 'infects' the rest of the group.

In groups, each player takes a turn talking for 90 seconds while expressing one thought at a time to one person.

In a circle Person 1 mimes an activity. The next person asks them 'what are you doing" and they respond with something different. Then person 2 begins doing that activity.