Outdoor Energisers

1. Ram went to Lanka

Intention: Imitation; feeling free and safe to express oneself creatively

1. Have the group stand in a large circle and explain this active warm-up activity.

2. The first person says: “Did you hear about Ram?” The second person (the person to their right) says: “No, what did he do?”

First person: “Ram went to Lanka!”

Second: “Really? How did he get there?”

First person: “he went to Lanka like this!” – and the first person proceeds to make some repetitive motion.

4. Everyone in the circle repeats the motion. Then, the person to the left of the first person repeats that same series: “Did you hear about Ram?/ No, what did he do?/he went to Lanka. /Really, how did he get there?/he went to Lanka like this” and makes his/her own motion (which the whole groups repeats).

5. The process continues around the entire circle until ending when everyone has done it.

(In large groups, this can be done in several separate groups simultaneously.)

You can add a name game element to this by asking everyone to use each other’s name. So, the first person says 'hey (name of second person)' and the second person says 'hey (name of first person' before the first person asks the second “Did you hear about Ram?”