Improv Meisner Repetition (Full)
ListeningEmotion
Face to face, you mechanically repeat your observation of the other ("you're smiling" / "I'm smiling"), until the repetition changes by itself under the pressure of what is actually happening between you. Nothing is manufactured: you answer what you SEE, including the irritation rising.
🎓 Tips
Meisner called it "living truthfully under imaginary circumstances". Ten minutes of repetition does more for listening than ten warmups. A warning: it stirs things up — stop if someone is struggling.
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