What does it really mean to hold space for a group? 💭
During “Group Dynamics in Action”, youth workers, facilitators, and community organisers from across Europe gathered for six intensive days of learning, reflection, and collective practice.
Together, we explored facilitation skills, conflict transformation, emotional awareness, power dynamics, and participatory leadership, not only in theory, but through real experiences, role plays, peer support, and everyday moments shared together.
Participants practiced active listening, conflict intervention, Convergent Facilitation, and methods rooted in Nonviolent Communication, while reflecting on how groups can become safer, braver, and more inclusive spaces.
From empathy circles and Open Space sessions to movement activities, art-based facilitation, and spontaneous community moments, the training reminded us that meaningful learning happens when people are trusted to co-create the process together.
The week also invited us to reflect more deeply on power, responsibility, and care within groups. Through honest conversations and shared experiences, participants explored how facilitators can navigate tensions, hold complexity, and support collective processes with transparency and accountability.
Beyond the workshops themselves, many meaningful moments happened during shared meals, late-night conversations, laughter, and collective community work around the monastery grounds. Step by step, the group became a temporary community built on trust, care, and mutual support 💚
A huge thank you to everyone who brought honesty, courage, humour, and openness into this experience.
Special thanks to Eva Malířová, Tereza Kulhánková, and the NaNebi team in general for holding and supporting the space with deep care and competence throughout the week, feeding us with food for the brain and for the soul.
The project is funded by the Erasmus+ program of the EU 🇪🇺
Many thanks to our cooperation partners:
@nazemi_brno
@reset_platforma
@newellnesseducation
@tudatosifjusag
@kaman_edu
@adventuresofthevalparaiso 
