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Elana ShyongCreative facilitator & trainer

Weekly Recap 7.10.2026

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Weekly Recap below!

Back in Barcelona after a few weeks of travel, and this week felt surprisingly easy to settle back into โœจ

๐ŸŽญ ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—–๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—˜๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด: Delivered a course with Euromentor SL alongside educators from Lithuania and the Czech Republic, reminded me how universal these conversations are.

๐ŸŽญ Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS) Institute ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฝ: Facilitated my first VTS experience at a museum!! At the MNAC no less, with 9 participants from 4+ countries.

๐ŸŽญ ๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—Ÿ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฝ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ข๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ: In my final workshop of this 4 part series, we explored how you can deepen social emotional learning through drama in education.

๐ŸŽญ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—›๐˜‚๐—ฏ ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด: Our Coliving Hub team Haz Andreea Morgane Elizabeth had a recap call to reflect on Bansko, it was so great to have the team all together again in one call. Was a huge success, we are excited to bring it back in partnership with Bansko Nomad Fest next year.

๐ŸŽญ ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฝ ๐—ฃ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป: yaelle and I finalized our workshop plan for our workshop next week on Connect: social emotional regulation and connection in Barcelona next Saturday morning. We still have a few spots left, including 3 solidarity spots. Send me a PM if youโ€™d like to join!

I love when themes of the week align! This week it was all about social emotional literacy, self-awareness, regulation, and connection. These are not just โ€œsoft skills,โ€ they are the skills that help us show up better in every part of life.

TIP!

The easiest place to start? Breathe.

๐—ค๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐Ÿฏ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ด๐˜† ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„:

\1. Check in with how youโ€™re feeling right now, and notice any tension in your body.

\2. Take 3โ€“5 deep breaths in and out through your nose and diaphragm, making the exhale longer than the inhale.

\3. Check in again, youโ€™ll often notice a little less tension and a clearer mind.

Itโ€™s that simple, and that powerful. ๐ŸŒฟ

#dramaineducation #socialemotionallearning #visualthinkingstrategies #museumlearning #facilitation #teachertraining #artsineducation #connection #wellbeing #learningthroughart #nervoussystemregulation

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