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The Nature of Coming Home Retreat for Teachers

A 5-day experiential programme designed to help teachers strengthen personal resilience.

OID · E10224094
The Nature of Coming Home Retreat for Teachers

Course description

Participants will be able to recognise personal and professional sources of stress;

Apply practical self-regulation and restorative techniques;

Develop sustainable wellbeing rituals;

Use reflective and creative methods in educational settings;

Exchange wellbeing practices with educators from other European countries.

Learning objective

Participants will be able to recognise personal and professional sources of stress;

Apply practical self-regulation and restorative techniques;

Develop sustainable wellbeing rituals;

Use reflective and creative methods in educational settings;

Exchange wellbeing practices with educators from other European countries.

Teaching methods and assessment

The course uses experiential and non-formal learning methods, including guided wellbeing practices, reflective exercises, creative workshops, outdoor learning, peer exchange and facilitated group discussions. Participants actively connect each experience with their professional context and develop practical strategies they can apply in their educational institutions.

Materials and learning resources

Materials: Journals, reflection prompts, art supplies, herbal tea ingredients, seasonal vegetables, cooking utensils and yoga mats. Digital tools: Digital programme, audio equipment for music activities and optional smartphones for personal notes. Resources: Facilitator guidance, nature-based learning settings, local farm experiences, peer exchange and practical ideas for daily well-being rituals.

Course package

Round-trip transfer from Zagreb (Monday morning departure, Saturday morning return).

3 nights at Terme Sveti Martin (half-board apartments).

2 nights at Hotel Castellum, Čakovec (bed & breakfast).

All meals from Monday lunch through Friday lunch (Friday dinner is not included, but can be arranged locally for an additional cost).

All workshops and guided activities listed in the schedule.

A welcome care package.

Certificate of participation.

Course programme

DAY1

Arrival in Gornje Međimurje

Transfer from Zagreb, check-in at the thermal springs, and your first afternoon slowing down, lunch at Sukha House, then a Yoga Nidra session in nature, followed by a quiet dinner back at the hotel.

DAY2

Harvest & Connect

Breakfast, then off to a local family farm to pick your own vegetables. Hands in the soil, no rush. Back at Sukha House, the group cooks lunch together from what was picked. A free afternoon at the thermal springs, then dinner by the Mura river as the sun goes down.

DAY3

Walk & Ritual

A morning walk through the countryside to Sukha House, followed by a simple beauty rituals (dry brushing and a facial massage), the kind of self-care to take home. After lunch, a playful musical time machine trip through the decades, then a wine tasting on Mađerka Hill as evening falls.

DAY4

Into town

Check out of the thermal springs, transfer into Čakovec, and a walk into its old town. Barefoot on the grass, you blend your own herbal tea, a small ritual to take home. An afternoon freestyle portrait art workshop, then an evening free to explore, closing with dinner in the old town.

DAY5

Full circle

A morning yoga session to start the day slowly. Then the heart of the week: a letter to your future self, a circle of gratitude with the group, and your certificate. After a relaxed afternoon, the week closes somewhere unexpected: an evening watching birds along the Drava river, part of the “Amazon of Europe” biosphere reserve.

DAY6

Saturday

A slow breakfast, then the transfer back to Zagreb, carrying a little more quiet with you than when you arrived.

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