Bodies in Dialogue brings somatics into personal and social transformation through youth work and non-formal education. It approaches the body not only as a resource for individual well-being but also as a bridge to inclusion, empathy, and collective resilience. By merging somatic practices with social inclusion methodologies, the project creates fertile ground where youth workers can cultivate both personal transformation and social change. At its core, the project seeks to open Dialogues, between somatic practices and social inclusion methodologies, between verbal tools for collaboration and the non-verbal wisdom of the body. In doing so, it promotes somatic relating: a way of connecting grounded in deep awareness of the body’s needs, tendencies, patterns, and emotions, while remaining attuned to the signals of others. Through listening and embodied presence, participants explore how the body is inherently interconnected with nature, with human relationships, and with the wider cultural and social networks we inhabit. In this sense, the project positions the body as a bridge: a source of personal well-being, a medium of empathy, and a catalyst for social cohesion. It equips youth workers with embodied tools to address urgent professional needs : preventing burnout, fostering inclusion, and cultivating safe, diverse, and connected communities. By bringing somatics into the heart of youth work, Bodies in Dialogue supports both individual growth and collective resilience as lasting outcomes. The project responds directly to key needs in youth work practice: - Practical methods for inclusion, to address unconscious patterns of exclusion and to support work with young people from marginalised, diverse, or vulnerable backgrounds. - Skills for consent, communication, and empathy, as many youth workers lack non-verbal, body-based methods to support safe boundaries, prevent conflicts, and foster social cohesion. - Resilience and well-being of youth workers, who often face burnout, stress, and lack of embodied tools to care for themselves and the groups they serve. - Innovative approaches to make youth work more effective and sustainable, grounded in experiential learning and adaptable across contexts such as sports, arts, ecology, education, and community work. Our objectives are: - Bring somatic practices into youth work as transformative tools Equip youth workers with Body-Mind Centering® (BMC), Contact Improvisation (CI), and complementary methods. These experiential practices help regulate emotions, strengthen boundary listening, and build embodied empathy. - Foster inclusion by design and practice Teach youth workers how to create inclusive group dynamics and proposals, while also ensuring the training itself reaches a diverse pool of participants (queer, gender-fluid, migrants, rural, economically disadvantaged). - Support individual well-being and collective resilience Provide youth workers with concrete tools for self-care, co-regulation, and sustainable group facilitation; strengthening both their personal resources and their professional capacity. - Strengthen intercultural and interdisciplinary exchange Gather youth workers from six countries and diverse professional fields to share perspectives, adapt somatic tools to varied realities, and enrich their practice through dialogue. - Multiply impact beyond the training Ensure dissemination through local follow-up workshops, peer-led activities, and digital materials so that results benefit both participants’ communities and the wider youth work field. - Build a long-term network of embodied youth work Consolidate collaborations among partners and create a basis for future Erasmus+ projects centred on somatics, inclusion, and social transformation.