31/07/2022
Вадим Мартынюк about his experience of participating in the Erasmus+ Training Course "RE-connect with nature", which took place on June 15-26 in Cyprus:
During the 10 days of the RE-Connect with Nature protecting the Environment for Inner Health program, I attended many activities that got to know me better and showed me how much inner growth I have come through in the last 2-3 years. I will list the activities that resonated with me the most, in addition to yoga and meditation, which probably many people know about:
Exercises related to drawing:
🎨Draw (not literally) someone else's dance or write a poem about it and, accordingly, dance in front of a stranger and then see or listen to how she sees you.
🎭Self-portrait divided in half: one part - how I think others see me, the other - how I see myself.
Exercises to trust yourself and others:
🗣"Go to my voice!" - work in pairs, where one person leads the other with his voice (sounds, not verbal instructions) walking with his eyes closed. Unlike a similar exercise, where one person leads another by the hand, here it is not so much about trusting the other, but trusting oneself - that is, other senses, which suddenly turn out to be enough to move in space.
👫 Trees and travelers: a part of people (trees) with open eyes disperses in space and leads another part of people (travelers) with closed eyes, passing them to other "trees". During this exercise, I realized that I "failed" just to be a daughter, and not an adult who is being led, and that's nice.
Writing exercises:
✍️ Free writing or "What's on your mind right now?". During this exercise, I realized that often, even when writing for myself, I try to be coherent and coherent, combining events, actions and feelings into a logical and neat story. Why is it not always good? Because it forces me to reject some thoughts and feelings that do not fit into the general narrative. In fact, there is some self-censorship going on. The essence of this exercise is to see yourself as you are, and not to present your condition in an understandable form. It was valuable.
🍂Choose an element of nature and write a story on its behalf. Having created a monologue on behalf of a withered leaf, I felt completeness, peace and trust in the flow of life.
I will say separately that the idea of dedicating days to individual elements (water, fire, wood, metal, earth) was incredible, because it set the tone for thoughts and activities❤️🔥
The main insight of the project for me is that the presence of a healthy person nearby heals.
