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Elana ShyongCreative facilitator & trainer

Weekly Recap 6.22.2026

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A grid of participants on an online video call, several playing characters and making expressive gestures

Busy week last week, so hereโ€™s my weekly recap a little late.

๐ŸŽญ ๐—ข๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฝ: Ran one of my favourite process drama workshops online, where we stepped into a 19th-century village and used drama as a way of exploring inclusion.

๐ŸŽญ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—š๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด: Ran Coliving Hubโ€™s Gathering right before Bansko Nomad Fest โ€“ three days of operators and coliving people coming together to connect, share, and learn from each other. Best team ever!! Haz Memon Andreea Rusu

๐ŸŽญ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜: Launched Connect with yaelle HALBERSTAM, a body-based personal development workshop in Barcelona on July 18. Link in comments for anyone curious.

๐ŸŽญ ๐—•๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ธ๐—ผ ๐—ก๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—™๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ป!: My first time at this festival for all things digital nomads, looking forward to moderating our panel today on Coliving with Haz and Katia Dimova and Katya Dimitrova and to spend the week connecting with people with a shared passion for travel and community.

A full week, and a good reminder of how much I love work that brings people together through learning, connection, and creativity.

PS here is a photo from my workshop last week. If you could be anyone in a 19th century villageโ€ฆ who would you be?

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