Dark 40 Day 3: Pounce & Play
Setup: Remember when your bed was more than a place to sleep? When it was a fort, a mountain, an ocean of possibility? Tonight we reclaim that wild, playful spirit. Always listen to your body and do what feels best moment to moment.
Engagement:
- Start with some energy-building:
- Do a few jumps or heel lifts to feel brief elevation
- Swing the hips; flail or sway the arms
- Wake up your wacky
- The Main Event:
- Actually RUN and JUMP onto your bed (option to stand near and simply flop)
- Let yourself BOUNCE (surrender)
- Grab all the covers and mess them up
- Pull them around you from all fours
- Growl, snarl, laugh, meow, moan, giggle
- Throw your pillows across the room or to the floor
- Lift your body up and smash back down
- Make a nest, burrow, create chaos
- The Comedown:
- Pile everything on top of you
- Hug all your limbs around the covers
- Breathe and notice the smile that might be there
- When ready, ooze out of bed to the floor—take the covers with you
- Pause and stare at the ceiling
- Finally, remake the bed with ridiculous flourish
Integration: Notice what parts of you needed this permission to play and be messy. What memories surfaced? What sensations are lingering? WIll you look at your bed the same tomorrow?
Choose Your Pounce:
- Option 1: Solo Bounce
- Full bed takeover
- Maximum mess making
- Wild animal sounds
- Option 2: Quiet Version
- Soft pounces
- Silent giggles
- Stealth mode
- Option 3: Partner Pounce
- Take turns witnessing each other
- Create spontaneous pounce pauses
- Play with maximum texture
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