Outside this room, there are rules we did not choose

Power relations

Expectations

Roles

We arrive with habits already in our bodies

Ways of standing

Ways of watching

Ways of passing by

Some people are seen
Some are ignored
Some are treated as if their lives mattered less
They don’t
They are us

There are rules and regulations and laws

Nothing we carry is left at the door

The world outside does not disappear when we step in here

A place not to escape the world
but to notice it

However

There is one difference

Here, we can disobey

To interrupt what feels automatic
To question what feels natural
To try something else

This is not about being right
It’s about paying attention

There is no plan
No outcome to reach

We will work physically - thoughtfully - recklessly
We will notice each other
We will decide together

What happens here matters
What we practice here may not stay here

A curious space

We begin