South East European Peace Fellowship in Macedonia

The fellowship offers a 5 days training program that will include interactive activities, meditation & yoga sessions, lectures and discussions providing the participants with new skills for non-violent resistance, peace education, enhanced creativity and stress-management. Participants will have a chance to explore meditation as a practice which can develop tools to deal with challenges within peace-building and youth work, which makes this course different from others. In addition to practical meditation and yoga classes participants will gain knowledge of various theoretical approaches that include: • Tools of non-violent communication and peace building that can be applied to all cultures, religions and professions. • Inner peace and leadership skills through mindfulness, self-discipline and compassion. • The idea that self-development and inner change is a core foundation of world change. • Approaches to active citizenship and how to make tangible changes in your communities.