TF-3 2025 - Session 8 by STOSKIENE RITA

Lisa

2025-07-08 14:54:41 UTC

After this course I have acquired many skills and knowledge. For example, understanding of teacher stress, awareness of stress impact and value of teacher well-being. Also I have gained insights into the importance of self-care for teachers and how it directly supports better teaching performance and student engagement. Now I know stress management techniques, mindfulness practices, emotional resilience, creative and therapeutic approaches, reflective practice and collaborative learning.

Lazaros

2025-07-08 15:04:44 UTC

During this course, I learned valuable skills to better manage stress, think critically, and solve problems by exploring my personal values and understanding how they shape my motivation and self-esteem. I enhanced my resilience through activities that strengthened my social competence and ability to cope with stress. I also discovered practices like mindfulness, forest bathing, water therapy, and music therapy, which help maintain inner balance and emotional stability. Overall, this experience deepened my self-awareness, boosted my well-being, and taught me the importance of gratitude and conscious living.

Lucija

2025-07-08 15:06:47 UTC

Every day is an opportunity to do something with our hands, our hearts and our minds. This seminar offered many concrete challenges that required working with our hands and bodies. I learned how to make a hat from palm leaves, I participated in group drumming and discovered the underwater world by snorkeling. I was in a group with nice people the whole time, with whom we shared experiences of teaching and working on projects. I learned some activities that release tension - drawing mandalas and strengthening resilience. The seminar offered many things, presented in a different way in a beautiful environment.

Christine

efkarpiastudent — 2025-07-08 15:07:58 UTC

Participating in this program was a truly beneficial experience. Through practical activities such as yoga, music, forest bathing, water relaxation techniques, and mindfulness exercises, I learned effective ways to manage stress and strengthen my emotional resilience.

I realized how important it is, as a teacher, to take care of myself in order to respond calmly and clearly to daily demands. The techniques I was introduced to can be easily applied in everyday life and also adapted for use in the school environment.

I left the program feeling more relaxed, more aware of my needs, and inspired to make positive changes in both my personal and professional life.

Mirjam

2025-07-08 15:13:39 UTC

In this course I have learned about tools and methods for stress management, well-being and resilience. Lessons will help me to understand meaningful discussions, outdoor experiences, mindful yoga and therapeutic drum sessions will enhance my life to the full.

2025-07-08 15:27:44 UTC

During this course, I gained practical skills to handle stress, strengthen my resilience, and find inner balance through meaningful activities like mindfulness in nature, water therapy, and music as healing. Exploring my personal values helped me understand myself better and build confidence in facing challenges. I learned that, like the quote says, “You are the sky. Everything else is just the weather” — reminding me that stress and problems are temporary, but my inner calm and clarity remain. This journey taught me to live with more gratitude, awareness, and emotional stability every day.

Cinzia

2025-07-08 15:45:24 UTC

This experience made me stop and look inside myself. All the activities I did, yoga, outdoor activities like forest bathing or blue mind, therapeutic drum sessions, inspired me to embrace life fully so as not to succumb to the stress of life.

Lucia

2025-07-08 15:50:35 UTC

This experience helped me understand how to manage stress and improve personal well-being. The outdoor activities and the opportunity to explore how important it is to connect with nature made me reflect on how to manage responsibilities, commitments and relationships. I learned how to develop resilience to improve social skills. I return home richer in experiences and ideas for improvement for my personal growth.

Liana

2025-07-08 15:57:02 UTC

This course was a great experience for me. The new knowledge I have acquired: - my name is more than a name. - my 3 top values. - about shirin-yoku. - to design a mandala. - about the healing power of music and water. - about the history and the culture of Guadeloupe. The new skills I have acquired: -Through the experiential activities ( yoga, knitting a basket from palm leaves, forest bathing, swimming and snorkeling , playing the ka), the presentations, the discussions with my colleagues I have improved my personal growth, my confidence, my understanding of my inner needs, the importance of having social interactions. These skills will be useful in my professional life and my students, as well .