THE HOUSE OF HAPPINESS

 Integrated education for conscious lifestyles


 

 
INDEX
 
AGENDA
 
WHAT IS IT?
 
MISSION
 
TO WHOM?
 
METHODS
 
SERVICES
 
NEXT PROJECTS
 
CURRICULUM 
 
CONTACTS

 WELCOME! 

See www.casa-da-felicidade.org

(Portuguese version)

 

AGENDA

"Sometimes we decide not to have freedom to take a certain decision or action, but the question is that we are not able to deal with the consequences of that action.” Sic…Conangla & Soler

APRIL

1-OPENING OF THE WEBSITE – 17th, 17h

2-SESSION ABOUT THE HOUSE FOR FUTURE COOPERANTS – 18th,  18h

3-Opening party -  20th, 18h

4-Beggining of Indian Head Massage in Cascais and Lisbon- 22th

MAY


Laughter Yoga Day -  4th in Parque das Nações 
 

Last wednesday of the month -Opening of Laughter Yoga in Oeiras- Centro Social das Forças Armadas near the High School

 

JUNE

Laughter Yoga in Oeiras (last wednesday of the month)

Indian Head Massage, Cascais and Campo de Ourique

 

JULY

Laughter Yoga in Oeiras

Indian Head Massage, Cascais and Campo de Ourique

 

AUGUST

Festival Andanças- Consultancy for reduction of enviromental impact- 1 to 10.

SEPTEMBER

Open Space Technology Event: www.wikisym.org

 

House of happiness meeting: 

Workshop for future cooperants   

PROGRAMME:

- Introduction to the philosophy of The house of happiness
- What does it mean to be a member of the House of Happiness? /Colaborators Needs Analysis  
- Project Management/ Project conception/ Become a cooperant

- Monitoring and evaluation

- Universal Impact

 

OCTOBER

Discovering myself Programme October

NOVEMBER

Sustainable Life styles Training

 
 

WHAT IS IT?

The House of Happiness is a Cooperative for the development of Sustainable LifeStyles, based in concept of Integrated Education.

 

Mother Earth is our House. We are its structures, with our knowledge, our human values and our actions.

Sustainability of our Great House depends  on the way we take care of ourselves and the way we decide to live our lifes , of what we share and built with the others, of our connection and the respect we decide to have with the Nature.

Happiness is the perfect empathy with ourselves, the others and the Nature.  

 
 

MISSION 

 

To develop the personal, social and professional potential of the individuals, and the sustainable use of the natural resources  of the organizations and communities in sintony with existant contexts and awaring for a universal responsability.

  

The House of Happiness is:

An invitation to a deeper knowledge of existing connection between BODY-MIND-SPIRIT and the Search for Peace in ourselves!

A challenge to the understanding of our emotions and the way we relate with the other!

A proposal for a reflection on our values and our life motivations!

Integrate all the dimensions in a process of self-learning in balance with ourselves with the world around us and Nature, in order to find and sustain the Happiness that lives insides each one of us!

 

 TO WHOM

Public and private Organizations, Town Halls, Schools, Universities and Companies.

Associations, Non-Governamental Organizations, Social Institutions, Local development Organizations.  

Professionals of Formal and Non Formal Education and social field (Pshycologists, sociologists, antropologists, social cultural animators, teachers, social assistants).

Youngsters, Students, Volunteers, Adults, Seniors.

Informal groups.

For every people, organizations and companies that are seeking for improving their lives, their work, their communities and intend to be authors of their own future.

 

METHODS

METHODS

We built our interventions starting from the individual – which with its needs and knowledge is the responsible for the process of learning and wellness. 

We consider essential, the PROCESS – the way we work as a team, as a factor of greater motivation for the persons to contribute.

All activities have a sustainable preparation, in what concerns the choice of the place, minimal resources used and less polluttion, minimization of produced waste and reciclying of produced waste. 

The applied methods follow an holistic perspective.

 

Organizational Level:

.Non formal education - Animation and group dynamics

.Open Space Technology

 

.Systemic Thinking

Personal Level

.Coaching

.Neuro-linguistic Programming

 

Wellness:

Laughter Yoga, Indian Head Massage, Fórum Theatre, Art therapies, Dance therapy and others.

 

We believe that inside of us there are all the answers we need to our questions and we only need to know how to find and manage the information!

 

SERVICES:

WHAT DO WE DO?

Each work is a project that requires an intervention based on the choice of the specific instruments more adequate to the facilitation of the learning, communication and the skills development.

Facilitate the ability of auto-analysis and auto-organization, participation and responsabilization.

Stimulate self initiative,creation, cooperation, action of each individual.   

Assistance in the development of complex programmes, in the activity of conceptualization and processes of management of innovation, changing and knowledge.

Promote an inovating way of living, working and interpretate present, based in introspection, dialogue, listening, informal communication and cooperation.

WE OFFER THE FOLLOWING SERVICES:

Consultancy

Facilitation

Wellness

Information on sustainable lifesytles

Eco store

 

“Don’t let that the entusiasm be your only motive for your work. Cultivate the love for what you’re doing, because enthusiasm is from the soul and  love is from the heart, of feeling. What is from the mind doesn’t last and love is eternal. Try to involve love in everything you do with enthusiasm.” Anonimous

CONSULTANCY

 

For organizations:

 
A- Open Space Technology - Methodology for problem resolution
 
In Portugal we organize and facilitate meetings and events from 5 to 2000 people using this methodology.
 If your organization or company has a problem without solution and people interested in assuming the responsibility for taking action on the resolution, OST allows you to engage people on a creative process and powerful change.
 

 
This is a last experience made in Portugal for the Portuguese Ministry of Science: http://www.pavconhecimento.pt/destaques/gapp_2007.asp (unfortunately the english version is not available)
 
More information about Open Space Technology:
 
http://www.openspaceworld.org/
 
B-Facilitation of organizational development processes

 

1)    Analysis of needs and and identifying opporttunities for educational, social and local development projects + assistance to social intervention projects and educational projects

2)      Conceptualization of educational/ social projects

 

For individuals:

 

A-Facilitation of personal development processes     

Self development programme

B- Facilitation of processes of social participation

Programme of social participation by Values and Skills Portfolio in volunteering

FACILITATION:

FACILITATION OF LEARNING

1- SUSTAINABLE LIFESTYLES

2-METHODOLOGIES FOR PROBLEM RESOLUTION


 

WELLNESS:

-Laughter Yoga Club in Oeiras
-Indian Head massage & energetic balance
In Studio Zen,  Campo de Ourique,  Lisboa.

In Paradox,  Cascais

-other Art therapies
 

 

INFORMATION:

 

     
INFORMATION on Sustainable Life Styles

Responsible Consumption

Sustainable Tourism

Vegetarianism

 

ECO STORE on line

Products:

Indian Head Massage Order

Laughter sessions Order

Cloth Bag- "SMS" -Bring always the same bag

Fair trade Products


 

 

BODY-MIND-EMOTIONS-SPIRIT-COMMUNITY-NATURE

EDUCATION -ACTION-HEALTH-SUSTAINABILITY-HAPPINESS

 CURRICULUM

ANA CASTANHEIRA 
Education, Experience and Interests    

Relevant Education
  • Degree on "PUBLIC RELATIONS AND PUBLICITY "
  • open space technology training - Berlin Open Space Cooperative (BOSCOP), Germany 2006
  • initial training for trainers, Portugal 2005
  • european citizenship for youth workers – Council of Europe and European Commission, 2003-2004
  • training techniques for group reading, Portugal 2004
  • workshop on “Dynamic Creativity”, Portugal 2004
  • management of youth organisations, Portugal 1996
  • management of international exchanges, Portugal 1994
  • youth work, Portugal 1993
 Other Relevant Experiences
  • member of the board of youth organisation Rota Jovem from 1993-1999
  • manager of a music company from 1998-2003
 Special Interests
  • alternative education styles
  • personal development 
  • community development
  • sustainable development
  • literature
  • music
  • culture

Trainer
  • creating of arrival/ predeparture/ intermediate training curricula  and delivering for trainees and volunteers, European Commission Educational programmes, Rota Jovem Youth Association, Portugal
  • practice of open space technology training  
  • designing and delivering of two training modules "Participation and Conditions for Participation" and "Strategies for Motivating Youngsters for Participation" in the training seminar "La Juventud en la Unión Europea: Ciudadanía y participación" for young leaders of youth organisations, youth workers and youth politicians for Europe Direct, Andalusia Rural

Project Coordinator   at Rota Jovem, Portugal

A. European Voluntary Service, Youth in Action, from January 2007 up to date, with coordinating, hosting and sending projects, involving:
  • volunteer strategy in the organisation
  • elaborating applications
  • creating and establishing both national/ international network and partnerships
  • designing promotion activities of the projects
  • defining the selection criteria of the participants and supervising the selection procedures
  • defining monitoring tools of the participants and supervising the experiences
  • facilitating cultural integration of the participants
  • supervising all logistic and necessary documents for the implementation of the training ships
  • evaluating and producing dissemination activities of the results promoting of european voluntary service
B. "Anima - a new perspective on social cultural animation", Leonardo da Vinci programme, providing European Mobility for Social Workers - from August 2002 to June 2006: Involving more than 120 trainees in sending and hosting, involving:
  • elaborating the annual application form and reports
  • create and establish both national/ international network and partnerships
  • design promotion activities of the project
  • defining the selection criteria of the participants and supervising the selection procedures
  • defining the monitoring tools of the participants and supervising the internships
  • facilitating cultural integration of the participants
  • supervising all logistic and documents necessary for the implementation of the training ships
  • evaluating and producing dissemination activities of the results promoting social cultural animation (non formal education) as a social tool
Youth Worker
Non formal education at local and international level
Education for Citizenship and Human Rights  
  • connected to youth work since 1993, especially involved in projects of non formal education and since 2003 started as trainer on specific topics of participation, citizenship at local and international level
  • passioned by alternative learning styles that can help everybody to become happy and fulfilled in personal and community life
  • developing and implementing educational activities related to human rights education, citizenship and participation for the different planned activities
  • implementation of educational activities applied in work camps and exchange programmes for young people coming from different parts of Europe in the field of active citizenship, participation and Human Rights Education
  • developing contacts and activities or projects in the field of non formal education; studying and researching on possible cooperation of different local associations/ organisations with the purpose of establishing a local educational network

 

CONTACT

Ana Castanheira 

ana.castanheira@casa-da-felicidade.org 

www.casa-da-felicidade.org 

skype: ana.castanheira

+351 91 4431289

                                                                                                                        

  

 

 

"The future is not some place we are going but one we are creating.

The paths are not to be found but made

And the activity of making them changes both the maker and their destination"

John Schaar