Each person brings their own internal rhythm into the presence of the other with the physicality of their body and voice (heartbeat, breath, speech), and in that presence is embodied the potential for rhythmic coordination. When two people become mutually aware, in the act of witnessing and being witnessed, the nature of how they are present forms out of the potential synchrony and rhythm that unfolds in their interaction.
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