RECURRING MATERIALS / OBJECTS / SPACES / COMMUNICATION

RECURRING MATERIALS / OBJECTS / SPACES / COMMUNICATION

DOCUMENTED WORKSHOP INDEX

MATERIALS / OBJECTS

• bell;
• towel;
• cups;
• glasses;
• name tags;
• water dispenser;
• kettles;
• tea;
• Greek mountain tea;
• organic mint tea;
• organic lemongrass tea;
• camomile tea;
• forest fruits tea;
• salt;
• honey;
• sponge;
• washing liquid;
• yoga mats;
• pillows;
• tables;
• chairs;
• mirrors;
• doors;
• blindfolds;
• noise-cancelling headphones;
• coloured sheets / posters;
• paper;
• pen;
• personal love/hate objects;
• tub / cold-water immersion;
• outdoor showers.

SPACES

• participant bedrooms;
• bathrooms;
• downstairs common area;
• kitchen — participant access forbidden;
• backyard;
• outdoors;
• indoor exercise spaces;
• Trail No. 7;
• different rooms in the MAI building;
• outdoor natural environment.

MODES OF COMMUNICATION

• silence;
• bell;
• written journal;
• written notes to facilitators;
• physical demonstration / exercise instructions;
• gaze;
• touch;
• sound exercises.

TEMPORAL STRUCTURE

• morning bell;
• repeated morning routine;
• breaks;
• exercises with unknown duration;
• bell marking the end of certain exercises;
• one explicitly timed one-hour exercise;
• evening / goodnight routines;
• daily repetition across the three documented days.

SENSORY CONFIGURATIONS

VISION

Used through sustained eye contact, mirror and colours; restricted through blindfolds.

HEARING

Used through listening to nature, chakra sounds and bell; restricted through noise-cancelling headphones.

TOUCH

Used through Energy Shower, back massage, self-massage and possible bodily encounters during the unnamed exercise. Consent to touch remains explicitly available during the unnamed exercise.

TEMPERATURE / BODY SENSATION

Cold tub and outdoor showers.

SMELL

Perfumes and scented cosmetics are discouraged; the source associates fasting with heightened sensory perception.