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Stillness in Motion

2019-3-ES02-KA105-0142872019Youth mobilityfinalized
Countries: ES|IT|EE|CZ|LV · Grant: €15,587
Health and wellbeingInclusion - equity

Objectives

There is a clear need for young people to establish personal tools and methods they can use to ease their busy lifestyles, supporting them to maintain a sense of inner peace throughout their daily life. And as Serena Fleek puts it, ‘’When we have inner peace, we can be at peace with those around us. When our community is in a state of peace, it can share that peace with neighbouring communities.’’ Science has proved that unexpressed emotions can lead to physical pain, and through conscious body movement we can find ways to let them out in a safe way. And as we develop embodied self-awareness, we can learn to navigate our emotional and physical wellbeing in ways that not only prevent future problems and health issues but also help us to connect more fully and openly to other people and also to the world (environment) around us. With this project we want to create a safe space for 25 participants to learn and grow together, enhancing self-empowerment and self-awareness and share different tools, methods and activities connected to mindful and conscious body movement with each other. It is important to create a loving, caring, compassionate connection with our bodies, so we want to provide mechanisms for each participant to find a still/movement activity that can be used to enhance their connection with their body and the present moment when they need it. We want to implement a dissemination plan for sharing our experiences online with the target groups of the partner NGOs, and a minimum of 5 follow-up activities in each country passing further the methods and ideas of Stillness in Motion to their communities and in their realities. Linking the project to the Erasmus+ objectives, we want to improve the level of the 8 key competences and skills of young people, including those with fewer opportunities, support them in the acquisition of learning outcomes (knowledge, skills and competences) with a view to improving their personal development, their involvement as considerate and active citizens in society and their employability in the European labor market and beyond. We also want to reach out to marginalized young people, promoting diversity, intercultural and interreligious dialogue, common values of freedom, tolerance and respect of human rights by including all of them, whatever their background is, in all phases of the project. Additionally, promoting a sense of belonging within the participants will motivate them to become more involved and active in their societies and take action. Further, self-confidence is a unique competence that will help them improve their learning performance and enhance their employability. It will enhance intercultural awareness and dialogue, fostering social inclusion and solidarity.

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