A community building exercise that asks individuals to reflect on the qualities they appreciate in their peers.

Valuing one another, honoring each other’s ideas and treating others in the community with kindness is a key factor in building the social and moral fabric of a community.

Before the first class begins, students are invited to stand in a circle for a Web of Compliments. Create a web using a ball of yarn. Begin with one person holding the end of the yarn and throwing it to another student. As they toss the yarn the student should compliment the receiver. Continue weaving a web around the circle, until each student has received the ball of yarn once. Before dropping the web of thread, students are asked to take a mindful breath in appreciation for the people in the room.