Start in the middle is a participatory event that brings together visual art and dance. It uses the formats of lecture and meditation into a seamless whole. The performers use texts, sounds, lights and contemplative exercises for the audience to participate in a collective journey where they spend most of the performance lying on the floor with their eyes closed, listening to music and texts, while their bodies are covered by semi transparent fabrics. The lecture performance investigates the notion of a restricted body and mind. What do we do on a personal level to push the boundaries to overcome ourselves and our own restrictions?