On October 24, I had the chance to conduct an intervention at Latin American House, where I volunteer as a Project Coordinator Assistant. The session was a posture and confidence icebreaker, discussed and planned with Elizabeth and inspired by the Ted Talk The Power of Posture.

These Community Thursdays or Jueves en comunidad feature activities or information sessions from various organizations. Coincidentally, another UAL student had also organized a session on mapping memories in London, so my icebreaker worked perfectly as a warm-up activity.

I introduced myself, briefly explained my MA research and the reason for discussing posture, and then had everyone stand up, move around, and reflect on their posture. People had a laugh as I asked them to do different movements and then to stay in the “confidence” posture for a couple minutes.

I feel that the exercise was a bit brief and could be expanded in the future. The feedback at the end was very positive: “It was great, really fun,” though I’m not sure how much they’ll apply it in their daily lives. I plan to follow up with participants this week to gather feedback on whether it made a lasting impact.

Maria Victoria, my supervisor, suggested it would be great to do this at the start of the Thursday activities since everyone was left feeling very happy. It’s a great activity, I’m just wondering how related to my research, really.

Some pictures of the activity: