Hexaflexercise: Self-Extension (Common Humanity)

This brief experiential exercise, which is derived from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and part of a series called "Hexaflexercises", is designed to help us contact a sense of Self that is more than our bodies and interconnected with a larger context, including one of common humanity.

Transcript

If you were to extend your sense of self beyond your body, What other parts of your life would be included? In other words, How might you finish this sentence? I am me and I am also me. Or I'm a part of. See how many ways you can respond to that prompt. Relatedly. What do you have in common with every other human being on the planet? While of course there are differences. See if you can tap into our common humanity. What do we all experience? Such contemplations or realizations can function to loosen the grip of aloneness and isolation. And instead. . . Paves the way. For more interconnectedness and belonging.