Pathway to Mindfulness

Info-pack

YOUTH EXCHANGE about mindfulness & outdoor education

20-26 August 2021, Călărași, Romania (travel days excluded)

Summary

These days, technology and media are ubiquitous. It can be hard to find a moment free from distractions, notifications, and social media. While being able to connect with others so easily it’s a wonderful thing, our digital lives may, in fact, be making us more distracted, distant and emotionally drained. Increasing productivity is a seemingly endless struggle, especially when online distractions are this generation's biggest time waster. With the accelerated rhythm of today's modern society, burnouts and exhaustion are more and more common, especially among young people.
Pathway to Mindfulness youth exchange is an invitation to turn off the usual distractions and practice mindfulness for a week, all while discovering the benefits of different learning environments by taking part in outdoor based activities. The participants are encouraged to experience the power of nature in order to build and fuel meaningful connections not only with themselves but also with other young people from all over Europe.

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Objectives:

Support personal development and skills for interpersonal and real-life communication.
Create 1 learning environment that support mindfulness and build self-confidence.
42 young people and 7 NGOs will launch an European online community – One Month of Mindfulness Challenge – to support the growth of youngsters` concentration and productivity.

7 days mobility for young people

7 days youth exchange about mindfulness and connection with nature for 42 participants from 7 European countries;

Workshops with mindful stories

7 local “MindfulStories” workshops to promote Erasmus+ Programme in local communities and share the experience and specific methods learned during the YE..

1 month mindfulness challenge

Participants will create 31 action cards with tasks involving the topic of mindfulness, put them in practice for one month after the mobility and then share the results in one online community.

YE agenda:

The 7 days youth exchange was designed to offer the youth innovative and inclusive non-formal education tools based on the synergistic combination of mindfulness and nature-based methods. The selected methods offer the youth the flexibility and freedom to come up with their own ideas and solutions to different challenges, encourage them to work together to reach their goal and develop their key-competences.