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External Sound Scan

Participants remove their headsets to listen to the ambient sounds in their immediate physical location. This exercise breaks the digital immersion and grounds the individual in their actual surroundings.

2-4 min2-100 peopleEasy
When to Use

To reduce digital fatigue and reconnect participants with their physical reality during long workshops.

How It Works

Solves: Feeling 'trapped' in the screen or disconnected from reality.

Step-by-Step Instructions
Follow these steps to facilitate this method
  1. 1

    Step 1: Ask everyone to remove their headphones or mute their speakers. (30 sec)

  2. 2

    Step 2: Instruct them to sit in silence and identify three distinct sounds in their room or outside their window. (2 min)

  3. 3

    Step 3: Have everyone put their headsets back on and briefly share one sound in the chat. (1 min)

Facilitator Tips
  • Remind them that 'distracting' sounds like traffic or pets are part of the practice, not interruptions.
  • Keep your own camera on but remain still.
Variations
  • Focus only on the furthest sound they can hear, then the closest.
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