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Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2001 14:08:33 -0500
----- Original Message ----- From: "Donna Marie Kuczynski" > I have used the ball of yarn with agitated Alzheimer patients,something I learned from a women at a Alzheimer support group meeting. By giving each person apart of the yarn to hold on to as we told a story ,we became a unit and no one left the group and they seemed more content at the time. Donna and All, I have noticed the same thing with young and old. There is something about holding onto the yarn that grounds. I also notice that people become very respectful of the yarn. It becomes a symbol of the connection. When the participants in my groups cut the yarn to create a storyline bundle they do it respectfully. It is amazing how powerful the combination of telling a story and the symbol of the yarn are together. In one spanish/english group the spanish speaking members began to sing DeColores as they cut the yarn and then the whole group began to sing. This created a strong lasting bond. It ended a struggle that the group had been having and the healing between the members has now lasted. I am wondering if others have had similiar experiences in sharing stories with yarn or other objects. Andre | ||