Move to Move on Training - Testimonials

Participants' experience

Move to move on! is a training course organized This publication contains by Associazione Vagamondo together with other 7 part of the testimonies organizations (Together we are the change, ESN written by the participants Almería, Asociación Dinámica, Roes cooperativa, of the project as a follow-up activity, it aims to share SeiklejateVennaskond, PinkyPromise, and to disseminate their Piedzīvojuma Gars) from the 14th till the 22nd experience. September 2020 in Bergolo (Italy). The project Read the full text here involved 32 young people from Germany, Greece, Italy, Latvia, Estonia, Spain and Poland in activities designed for youth workers who aim to support yong people to develop healthy habits, connection with themselves and the others through the use of body in sports, dance, meditation and movement The project was developed mainly through non- formal education method and it was co-funded by the Erasmus Plus Program through Agenzia Nazionale per I Giovani.

These days made me realize how our body communicates Association Vagamondo opened without words and how words can have different impact doors inside of me and made me based in our focus expanding at the same time my linguistic notice, appreciate and use my skills. It made me analyse too how receiving, taking and own voice. The training course creating opportunities listening to my necessities and actual accompanies the process of being state can give me better results than trying to be always in a able to share with others, spread constant competition by trying to catch them all. Amy, Italy knowledge and skills and to exchange. Through experiencing empowerment and support as defines as help to self-help, I am even more inspired to work in fields of health care and to empower others. Anja, Germany I learned different techniques of embodiment, useful to create experiences for people to connect with themselves in a different way from the rational/mental one. I definitely took inspiration of exercises and self questions to propose during the yoga classes I guide. Giorgia, Italy

I was captured by the holistic approach that this project was aiming I learned how to be friendlier with myself and how to to explore, and by the physical training I was expecting to have in go on with myself and how to get the most benefits. I order to react and unlock my situation. I feltrecharged and stronger, I saw how pretty people are. If I was opened then I liked the concept of making ourselvesresponsible for our own more got to see so pure and kind souls. It gave me the and more by the days and when I came back I found myself pro- strength to be more myself and not to be afraid to active. Erica, Italy show the real me. Birgit, Estonia

Move to move on encouraged me to feel connected; I experienced profound emotions and thoughts throughout the project, which helped me to understand myself better. I developed social skills regarding diverse ways of expressing myself. All the activities helped me to understand that people can express themselves differently and yet I can still practice active listening. Maria, Spain My experience in this project is based on learning to adapt, After completing the training course, I actually knew a communicate with my body and connect with others in different little more about myself and explored new ways of ways. It was interesting to experience the perception of others and dancing and moving. I learnt some new concepts about to compare it with your self-perception. I will remember the movements and how they can be used to connect with moment, when we wrote our intentions and the things we leave others by expressing yourself out and watching how the behind on a paper and burnt in bonfire. It was magical to others do the same. It also provided me with the strong experience the energy of our feelings and personal growth. feeling of trying new things, going a step further and I Meltem, Germany also grew the sensation of going deeper into my roots. Carlos, Spain

During the lockdown, I was uneasy and I needed a change in The competences that I developed the most were my environment. This training sounded encouraging so I multilingual competence; personal, social and applied without any doubts. And reality exceeded my learning to learn competence and cultural expectations! I learned a lot about myself, I started to hear me awareness and expression competence. The best own voice and I decided to invest time in processing my thing that I take away, apart from the experience emotions. I’m grateful for our safe zone to open hearts and and new knowledge, is the fact of have known new minds to the realm of the spirit. Dominika, Poland people that speak the same language as me, the language of love, respect and self development and growth. Ana, Spain

Trough some meaningful As a person passionate about movement and its use for growth and learning I am grateful that I have been provided with the knowledge conversations I realized what I could about the field of embodiment. In the pursue of this knowledge and through its application I could reflect upon and refine many skills related do different in my life so that I would toboth self-development as well as youth/social work. Jakub, Poland enjoy it more and have more energy to reach my goals. Girts, Latvia “Patterns in Movement are Everybody took something special from the project. For me it was a beautiful Patterns in Thoughts” is one of my biggest journey into myself, connection with my mind and body and in the same time insight. We used our body to break mental with other participants. Keeping physical social distance, without any touch limitation through meditation, breathing and which for some nationalities was very challenging we have created a new dancing. To further work with this idea, we group of friends. I met a lot of inspiring people and I experienced so deep and dove deeper into our human state and what surprising connection in sharing my thoughts with others. Dorota, Poland we can you to change it. Thomas, Germany

I am now giving my very best in life without loosing myself by being real and honest, at times silly, but overall more eager to accept what I have. I am learning and discovering daily something new about myself, thanks to the newly analytical skills I acquired during this training. I can better convey my thoughts to the others and show my vulnerabilities without being too afraid, owning my own mistakes and actively learning from it. Christopher, Italy I’ve learned how to find and keep my own space, how important can be to follow the rules, how much love people can share even without touching and, last but not least, I’ve learned to accept and feel my bad emotions and this had been my best take away. Not only from this amazing project, but of this entire crazy 2020. Patrick, Italy

Move to move on helped me realize how important is to connect with myself, the environment, how important and timesaving is to disconnect fromany digital devices. I realize now that I understand deeper aspects of my personality and that I know ways to let them come out to the surface. This program was life changing in every field - Mind – Body– Soul. Patrickios, Greece I have learned to feel good about dancing, to be aware of all the movements I can do with my body, how I can use them to express my feelings, to communicate with myself or with others. I have had the opportunity to express myself in every way I know how in a safe space. I have connected with others through music, song, performance, dance, movement and music. Merche, Spain Something that I want to add, is that I start to dance. For the first time of my life, I express myself threw dance. I still got this energy from Bergolo, and I will try to keep it, as long as I can. Last comment that I want to write is this, \"As I flew from Athens to Milan, I felt like I had a self. I felt the same way on the way from Milan to Turin. Same again when I left Turin for Bergolo. When I came back, I said, \"No, I don't want that anymore,\" and I continued with what I reconnected to Bergolo\". Nick, Greece

The project Move to move Since I'm also working in the field of Erasmus I used to live without mobile on was for me so amazing and training courses and body movement is a devices like phone, experience. I had the learning tool I use in my work frequently, computer, play station etc. opportunity to take a break \"move to move on\" was an amazing when I was 10 years old! So, from the world of social opportunity for me to improve my skills as a this situation was special for media, and I could look at leader and a trainer. Weronika, Poland me. Finally, one of the best my life from a completely things for me, during the new perspective. Julia, I have developed the ability to relax breathing which project in Bergolo was the Poland is very useful in everyday life. I learned the ways of day with activities from learning and improved my verbal and non-verbal participants. The whole communication. Katarzyna, Poland group showed creativity. I am sure that new experiences will be useful for me. Marcin, Poland

The best elements I took from this training were the implementation of the circle of creativity, as I implemented my own workshop and used also later in the process of writing my own Erasmus+ project. The space was held in a beautiful and open way, which was also supporting in the sharing of the different experiences and perspectives of all the participants. The context of Covid-19 regulations was a strong point of challenge, and it offered even more opportunities to explore new spaces and ways to move over obstacles without losing the usual layers of connection. Andrea, Italy I have developed new routines for my everyday life and I am taking part in a development course. I broke patterns in the training that told me “I am not ready yet” and I developed the intention to show up, show up with the pain and the security but show up. So I am now at a stage to develop a presence about being a “Movement Therapy Facilitator” and next week I am giving a podcast about it. Sarah, Germany

I thought that being part of this Training Course could be an I went looking for inspiration, for tools opportunity to reinvent myself (in a personal, an in a to use in my work with youngsters, professional level). And I wasn’t wrong! “Move to move on” and I found much more than that. I has given me an inside to my own strengths and reconnected to my essence and weaknesses. I’ve learned tools for self-empowerment, and rediscovered my passion for non- for raise my self-awareness that right now I’m putting on formal education.I had the chance to practice in my daily life. And, more, during that training week reflect on what is meaningful for me, in Bergolo –an artistic village, surrounded by mountains– I and I became aware of my abilities unblocked some feelings that I needed let go. Plus, I could and I could identify what can I offer in get free from technology: was relieving to be just present. youth work and in my daily life. Anna, Spain Cristina, Spain I learned a lot about body awareness and movement and also I got to know myself better. I was improved my language and communication skills. I think now I am better team worker. Moreover I saw another way to use technical competences that I learned on my study. I made sure that dance is for me way to throw away negative emotions and relax. Karolina, Poland

My name is Veselin and I am Hello! I’m Vicky, from Spain. I’m curently volunteering for a volunteer here in Bergolo Associazione Vagamondo. with Associazione Vagamondo. \"Move To Move On\" for me was For me this training was a a project that I personally before and after in the waited for a long time to volunteering process, since happen. I am fascinated by after this, I feel that the what the human body is communication, the trust and capable of and of the the connection with the connection between the body coordinators only has and the mind.This project increased. It has been also a helped me expand my whole window to move more, to break vision, it let me work on the patterns, to reconstruct and to things that I love - reconnect with myself in documenting it through photos deeper levels. With all the new and videos and also opened a tools I’ve learned I feel new door with possibilities for prepared to make any me - the chance to share my workshop happen, I cannot knowledge and inspire other wait for it! This was the perfect people in the area of transition from the summer to movement, sport mindfullness the autumn, passing from all and expanding the the festivals and all the people consciousness through these that came, to the quietness of tools ! the village.

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