Five Minute Fold
“I devised this simple score to use as a daily practice for myself to stretch and explore my body, especially during a time when movement hasn’t been a personal priority. The time limit helps me to feel like I can commit to this practice daily, I can certainly find 5 minutes in my day to fold.” — Maddy
[ FIVE MINUTE FOLD ]
Set a timer for 5 minutes
FOLD until the timer goes off
If you don’t want to stop when the timer goes off, keep going for as long as you’d like
[ OPTIONAL PROMPTS ]
How many ways can your fold your body?
How many folds can you make at once?
Perhaps begin at one end of yourself and fold every joint until you reach the other end?
What ways does it feel good to fold? What parts? What is uncomfortable to fold?
Big folds and small folds...alternate, compare, etc.
Focus on folding the spine...do you think it folds?
Simply fold in half?
This was designed as a way to fold the body, but what else might you want to fold for 5 minutes? Paper? Laundry? Dough? Boxes? Books? Letters? Words? Etc, etc.. How many ways can you fold these things?
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[ ABOUT MADDY ]
Maddy Rager is a Metro Detroit based performer and teaching artist. She is ½ of the performance duo Thank You So Much For Coming alongside Scott Crandall, and a Collective Sweat Detroit co-organizer.
