Homecoming - Becoming the place we Belong

Homecoming
Becoming the Place We Belong

Homecoming is an international training course exploring embodied belonging – within ourselves, in relationship with others, and as part of the living world. It invites participants to slow down, return to their centre, and reconnect with the body as a place of grounding, safety and aliveness.

Through embodiment, movement, authentic relating, silence and nature connection, participants explore what it means to feel at home in themselves and how to create spaces where others can experience acceptance and belonging. The journey nurtures self-awareness, emotional regulation, authentic connection and a deeper relationship with the Earth – remembering our way back to ourselves, each other and the world we belong to.

A key focus of the training is belonging as an embodied experience. Participants explore what safety, acceptance and connection actually feel like in the body, and how we can return to our centre while staying open to relationship. Through nurturing practices, bodywork and shared rituals, they experience how warmth, presence and trust can allow us to become home to ourselves and to each other.

The training also explores the body in relationship with the group and with nature, creating space for silence, mystery and deeper listening. Participants practice meeting themselves with greater self-love and acceptance, while developing the capacity to offer grounded, heartfelt presence and guidance to others.

These experiences are translated into practical approaches for youth work, supporting participants in creating spaces where young people can feel seen, welcomed and free to be themselves. Homecoming invites youth workers to carry this sense of belonging back into their communities.

In this project you will:

• Come back to your centre and feel more grounded, present and at home in your body
• Explore belonging, emotions, needs and longings with greater awareness
• Practice self-love, nurturing and embodied self-regulation
• Explore movement, bodywork and somatic practices for aliveness, expression and connection
• Experience silence, ritual, creativity and mystery as pathways to deeper presence
• Reconnect with nature and your belonging to the Earth
• Learn to become home to yourself and nurture belonging for others
• Gain embodied and relational practices for youth work, community and everyday life

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Basic information
 

This 8-day training course will be implemented with the active involvement of youth workers coming from all participating countries.

There will be 25 participants from the European Union & programme countries.

TC will take place in Dolina Harmonii, Kopaniec, in the foothills of the Izera Mountains in the southwest of Poland. The venue will support the learning process - calm, peaceful and surrounded by nature.

On this project we have SOBRIETY POLICY. No alcohol and drugs are allowed.

This is a personal and professional development training, not a therapeutic space. Participants are invited to take responsibility for their own wellbeing and to consider their readiness to engage in embodied, relational and group-based experiences in a way that feels safe and supportive for them.

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Participants

THE PROJECT IS FOR YOU IF:

• you are a resident of any of the European Union & programme countries
• you are over 18 years old and have at least a good level of spoken English.
• You have relevant experience working for people: you are a youth worker, trainer, educator, teacher, youth leader, mentor, coach, social worker or similar.
• You are ready to do a FOLLOW UP activity after the training.
• You feel a strong calling for this topic and motivation to contribute.

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Team of Trainers

SYLWIA NOWAK
 

Sylwia loves walking alongside people on the journey of remembering who they truly are and coming home to themselves. Her work weaves together embodiment, movement, contact improvisation, deep listening, authentic relating, nature-based and self-awareness practices, creating spaces where people can reconnect with their inner truth, with each other and with the Earth.

Rooted in years of experience in facilitation, youth work and community building, she brings grounded presence, warmth and intuitive sensitivity to her work. She is a youth leader, trainer and vice-president of Freedom Universe Foundation, coordinating and facilitating international Erasmus+ projects. What moves her most is witnessing people soften, open and come alive — allowing the body to lead, masks to drop, and authentic expression to emerge.

ANDREJA KRANJC
 

Andreja inspires people and groups to reconnect with the body, themselves and each other. Her work weaves together self-awareness, presence, movement and authentic relating, with a playful exploration of vitality, lovingness and healthy boundaries. She likes to question taboo topics and invites exploration of the pristine, natural and also erotic nature of our humanness.

She is a youth leader, event manager and vice-president of Društvo Divja, facilitating workshops, retreats and international projects. Through dance, sound, nature-based experiences and individual guidance, she creates spaces for people to soften, come alive and re-member their inner wisdom. Andreja finds joy in wild nature, waters, dancefloors, singing, foraging wild foods and cooking.

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Application and Selection of participants

Fill in the online application form by the 25th September if you want to participate. We will assess your application and inform you whether you are selected as a participant.

We ask you to apply only if you are fully committed and available to participate in the whole programme.

Selection is done based on the profile and motivation of applicants. We recommend you fill in the application form carefully.

To get to know you better we are ask you to record a 1-2 minute long video about yourself, your motivation etc. Please upload it to Google Drive or a private YouTube channel and attach the link to the application form in the dedicated question. Remember to give public access to the file so that we can watch it.

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Infopack: https://tinyurl.com/HomecomingInfopack