[Well-being] comprises good emotions, such as happiness, joy, satisfaction, enthusiasm, wonder, and calmness … The concept also encompasses good bodily physical health as well as positive meaningful social connections and relationships, which engender a sense of belonging. (Jill Sinclair, mindfulness specialist, founder of whatworkswellbeing.org)
People are concerned not only about their own health, but also about the health of their families, friends, and the environment. The purpose of this proposal is to facilitate a workshop using the mixed methodologies of Theatre of the Oppressed and Sociodrama to investigate how we perceive well-being and how its principles can be a positive force and game-changer in our daily lives.
I don’t care to belong to a club that accepts people like me as members. (Groucho Marx)
Connections and relationships are at the heart of our social well-being. The goal of this workshop is to question and investigate our understanding and relevance of well-being to the individual and to our community. Participants will have the opportunity to unearth new insights, Increase appreciation for the many sources that contribute to a sense of well-being, and discover new avenues of exploration as we workshop this topic.
The aim of this workshop is to provide a safe space within which to explore:
- What constitutes well-being that is experienced by individuals, cultures, or other groupings?
- Can individual well-being occur apart from community well-being?
- How does the well-being of a community influence a sense of belonging in society?
- How does the stressful news of the world, with news of violence and environmental degradation and food insecurity, help us or hinder us, in our search for our well-being?
About
SHEILA DALLAS KATZMAN
Sheila Katzman, M.A. spent many years in conflict zones and using Sociodrama, Psychodrama and Theatre of the Oppressed with refugees and with ex-combatants. She has also worked with refugees and asylum seekers in the UK. Sheila has often wondered what constitutes happiness for each of these populations, as well as the community that misses them and their new communities in faraway places. The United Nations (UN) and Peasant Farmers (USAID) are among her clients as well as many other organisations in the public, private and voluntary sectors.
About
valerie monti holland
Valerie Monti Holland, M.A. is a sociodramatist and social entrepreneur who facilitates, coaches, mentors and trains nearly everywhere from boardrooms to the European Commission, in prisons and countless conference suites resulting in films, papers, presentations and workshops globally. Clients include the UN, NHS, UK Ministry of Justice, Universities of Sheffield and Leeds among others. When she’s not designing ways for groups to engage, you can find her at least ankle deep in mud on a hike or cycle ride across the moors before collapsing on a yoga mat to integrate body and soul.
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