28/07/2026
From 9-16 May 2026, the “Embodied Coaching: Integrating Yoga and Reflective Dialogue in Youth Work” training course brought together youth workers and educators from Portugal, Poland, Ukraine, Serbia and Turkey🇵🇹🇵🇱🇺🇦🇷🇸🇹🇷
Hosted in Coimbra, Portugal, the training created a space for participants to explore self-awareness, mindfulness, and body-mind connection while exchanging experiences and practices within an intercultural group. 🙌🏻
Throughout the six-day programme, participants explored how coaching approaches and embodied practices can support personal development and strengthen youth work. The course combined structured coaching methods - including goal clarification, reflective questioning, values exploration and accountability processes - with elements inspired by traditional yoga practices, such as movement, breath regulation and contemplative exercises.
By integrating cognitive reflection with bodily awareness, participants discovered practical tools that can help young people develop resilience, self-awareness and a stronger sense of agency. The training highlighted how mindful movement and reflective dialogue can complement each other in creating supportive learning environments.
The training offered a meaningful opportunity to learn, connect and explore new approaches for supporting young people through holistic and participant-centred youth work.
The project is coordinated by Fundacja Wspierania Inicjatyw Rozwoju Lokalnego and co-funded by the European Union 🇪🇺
