Themes: Noticing personal calm, coordinating as a group, and feeling a sense of peace.

Participants: 4+, in person. (Note: If any group members are sensitive to loud noise, consider stopping at #3 or #4.)

Explain to the group they are going to create the sound of a rainstorm with their bodies. Instruct them to follow your lead and change their motion when you change yours.

The order of the motions is:

1. rubbing hands together
2. rubbing hands on thighs
3. tapping hands on thighs
4. snapping fingers
5. clapping hands
6. stomping feet and clapping hands

Once you reach #6, repeat the motions in descending order. The last motion to be followed is stillness and silence.

Variation: Darken the room if participants consent.

Variation: Have the group sit in a circle. Explain that you are going to start a repetitive motion and that it will travel around the circle to the right until it comes back to you, at which point you will start another motion. Tell the members not to change what they are doing until the person on their left has changed.