Online Workshop: "Ritual Lab"

Online Workshop: "Ritual Lab"
15-29 March 2021

This workshop explores how we can nourish our souls by transforming everyday practices into sacred rituals that can heal our crisis of social isolation and struggle to find purpose; as well as helping us rediscovering the wonders of the natural world.

This three-part workshop specifically tailored for youth workers, trainers and leaders explores how we can nourish our souls by transforming common, everyday practices, into sacred rituals that can heal our crisis of social isolation and struggle to find purpose; as well as helping us rediscovering the wonders of the natural world and getting a deeper understanding of where the wild things grow. The whole course is focused on modern ways of using rituals in the context of education, social work and youth work. Above all, it aims to develop and deepen training and facilitation skills to help young people (re)connect with themselves, their communities and nature through the practice of symbolic rituals, enhancing their self-empowerment and sense of belonging, as well as fostering social inclusion and environmental consciousness. It will involve experiential learning and a lot of direct and personal interaction —so camera and microphone will be needed all the time. The work platform will be Zoom. Each week’s session will provide space for theory inputs and deep listening, reflective journaling, small group sharing, and creative exercises, challenges and games to make our sessions more dynamic and engaging.