Rooted Wings

Rooted Wings is an 8-day training program for youth workers, trainers, educators, for people who cares for others. Organized by Marga Pura, the course is designed to help participants develop the skills and knowledge needed to promote emotional well-being in themselves and others.

In recent years, many people have experienced fear, instability, and uncertainty about the future, and some have even suffered from anxiety or depression. These feelings can be difficult to share, especially when we’re not sure how to express ourselves.

Rooted Wings aims to break this cycle by providing participants with the tools they need to communicate empathetically and manage their emotions. Through a series of experiences and practices, participants will learn to recognize, accept, recognize their feelings and manage their behaviour, leading to a better understanding of others and creating a stronger connection with the people they care for.

The course will help participants approach potential stressors in their professional and personal lives with a different perspective. By promoting emotional stability, awareness, and empathy, Rooted Wings will empower participants to become agents of change in their communities and contribute to a fairer, more compassionate, and inclusive society.

Who is this training for?

This training is designed for youth workers, trainers, educators, NGO leaders, and more generally for people who are willing to:

- be and learn in Nature
- spend time outdoors, no matter the weather!
- spend one week within a tiny community of participants who take care of their common space and time
- explore and experiment with body-based methods, movement, dance, contact improvisation, playfight, creative expression
- gather new tools and inspirations  for their work and activities with youngsters
- learn through dance and movement, dance and move through learning

Who can apply?

We aim to have an overall of 28 participants from Italy, Slovenia, Czech Republic, Spain, Romania, Poland, Latvia & Greece.

Participants must be over 18 and have a communicative level of English language, so they can participate fully in the program.

We expect you to participate in the whole program. It means coming later or leaving earlier is not allowed. Also prepare for an intensive experience with at least 6 hours of program every day!

The Goals

• Share movement techniques and practices of communication and interaction equipped through body expression as a tool for mental and physical health.
• Create a stimulating, friendly, and safe environment for participants to explore the topic of conscious movement, awareness, and creative expression in youth work.
• Know, examine, and become familiar with emotions, their importance, and influence in life.
• Enhance the importance of empathy in education and communication.
• Understand the connection between thoughts, words, feelings, emotions, and behaviors.

Methodologies

• Nature based activities
• Somatic and kinesthetic learning, holistic based education and body expression
• Balance, imbalance and dynamic in relational movement: Contact Improvisation
• Primal and playful energy: Playfight
• Argentine tango: from walking to dancing in close embrace.
• Butoh techniques and somatic psychotherapy to explore inner state of body and mind

PLEASE READ THE FULL CALL HERE BEFORE APPLYING: https://www.margapura.it/rootedwings/