RITUAL PLAY
©Ritual Play - photo by Johanna Kaisjoki
What is Ritual Play
I have 5-days of training in Ritual Play, but I am not a certified facilitator yet and offered sessions and workshops are part of my certification process. For more information visit www.ritual-play.com
The Ritual Play structure was created in 2012 by Marina Kronkvist as an alternative to the traditional giver-receiver dynamic used in touch-based bodywork sessions.
Ritual Play is aimed at anyone who wants to explore interpersonal dynamics with presence and physical contact. As a nonverbal play it explores your impulses, patterns, boundaries in a immediate way in contact with another person
The invitation is to be willing to allow a dynamic to unfold without a goal.The more you are in touch with yourself; your mind, your body sensations, your feelings, the more you are able to get in touch with the ones that surround you.
In an open way you can investigate and gain new insights both about yourself and yourself in relation to other people.
If you need a goal it could be to see it as a training to become better at expressing yourself - and practice to feel and show who YOU are.
Ritual Play session can be both 1-on-1 sessions with me or I can facilitate a Ritual Play between you and your partner as an alternative to couple therapy.
“In order to change, people need to become aware of their sensations and the way that their bodies interact with the world around them. Physical self-awareness is the first step in releasing the tyranny of the past.”
— Bessel A. van der Kolk
©Ritual Play - photo by Johanna Kaisjoki
Is Ritual Play
for me?
Ritual Play is mainly an invitation.
An invitation to play and to be present with what is.
You are invited get into non-verbal and likely physical contact with another human being - to follow your impulses and see how this “play-moment” unfolds.
“Playing” invites you to let your wants and needs guide you and express them. It invites you to explore intimacy and connection in a non-sexual way.
“Playing” helps you to feel and express your boundaries.
All in all, inviting you to be in real contact with yourself in the present moment.
Living your life in contact with yourself gives you the opportunity to choose freely and to make better decisions in your life - and ideally create the life that you want.
Thus Ritual Play offers a clear, repeatable format for a dynamic, non-verbal, two-way touch interaction that can be used:
Between a practitioner and a client.
Between lovers or partners
Between family or friends
Between co-workers in team building events
Between strangers in various events, groups and workshop.
“I enjoyed experiencing Ritual Play with Jan. It felt really safe to be in a wordless space together and I was able to lean into his guidance with ease. Time went very fast and I felt light, happy and playful afterwards.”
Mirdharam
©Ritual Play - photo by Johanna Kaisjoki