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The game of Whirled

Played alone or with others, the game of Whirled has many facets. For beginners, it is a game of catch with heightened awareness. For jugglers and ball players, it is the whole-body dance beneath their craft. For a martial artists, it is the integration of physical and spiritual practice with everyday life.

On its surface, Whirled is the physical practice of tossing and catching a single juggling ball. As players whirl about freely, they volley the ball with the goal of moving it and themselves along continuously curved pathways.

Whirled is the physical practice of tossing and catching a single juggling ball. The ball is passed swiftly but gently between players with the goal of keeping the ball in a continuously curved flight path. Played alone or with others, a game of Whirled is characterized by dynamic changes of pace, heightened concentration and cooperation, nearly synchronous breathing between players, and on a good day, a transcendent movement experience!

Whirled does not involve illusions, dance, juggling, mime or magic. To Whirled is to learn about gravity, levity, eye contact, service to the ball and the beloved, spiral immersion, continuous cooperative communication.

I could say I invented Whirled, but it feels more accurate to say Whirled invented me*!


 * Stephen Katz