European FAMILY Connect
Join a europe-wide fun and connecting experience to de-stress, build resilience and create harmony within yourself and in your family!
Make this your happiest family year yet.
With techniques that work from day 1.
It’s a challenging time, and it’s daunting to find the energy to keep up with the harmonious family life.
Inner peace and peace in your family sound like a fleeting thought - and understandably so.
The amount of uncertainty and stress we’ve faced over the past year has been staggering, to say the least.
And the emotional health of many parents and children has been strongly affected.
Now more than ever, it’s time for you and your children to learn practical and transformational tools to
- reclaim your energy and enthusiasm
- gain inner strength and confidence
- move through any challenge with inner peace and joy
The European Family Connect is a uniquely designed experience of meditation, breathing techniques, yoga, games and practical knowledge to support children, teenagers and parents in the current times and beyond.
You’ll take home techniques that you can practice daily for sustainable results.
Our motto is connection!
Connection to yourself - because when you’re truly connected to yourself, that’s when nothing can throw you off balance
Connection with your family - you’ll grow closer together, understand each other better and live happier together.
Connection to other families - meet a supporting network of like-minded parents, listen to each other and support and learn from each other in a safe atmosphere.
Join hundreds of families from your own home!
Let’s come together in a deep and meaningful yet fun and celebrative way.
The European Family Connect is happening four times a year and includes free and paid programs as well as follow up sessions for course graduates.
All programs are taught by a team of highly qualified Art of Living trainers. The programs are conducted in English. Translation is available upon request.
In some European countries the Programs will be offered in parallel in the local language, in some cases online and in some cases in person.
Summer & Winter
Free Experience: Interactive Family Workshop and Follow up for ART Excel and YES! Graduates
In Summer - 3rd July 2022
In Winter - 27th November 2022
Learn a quick and effective breathing technique, experience a guided meditation and get a taste of what the Deep Experience will have to offer. You are welcome to participate in this light and interactive online free workshop, either together with your kids or separately and meet families from different European countries from the comfort of your home. Translation from English is available upon request.
FAMILY PROGRAMS, deep experience online and in person
In Summer - 8-10 July 2022
In Winter - 9-11 December 2022
Experience a transformational Weekend for yourself and your family! Dive deep into powerful and effective tools that you’ll take home to practice daily. Explore practical knowledge that can get you through any challenge with ease (be it in school, at work, at home or anywhere else) and enjoy a fun and connecting Weekend with families from all over Europe.
For Adults: Know Your Child (for parents & educators)
For Adults: Know Your Teen (for parents & educators)
For Children: ART Excel
(8-12 yrs)
(8-12 yrs)
For Youth: YES!
(13 - 18 yrs)
(13 - 18 yrs)
Spring & Autumn
Free Experience: Family Workshop and Follow up for ART Excel and YES! Graduates
In Spring - 3rd April 2022
In Autumn -
You are welcome to participate in this light and interactive 90 minutes online free workshop, either together with your kids or separately and meet families from different European countries from the comfort of your home. Translation from English is available upon request.
- Spend quality time with your family - fun and meaningful
- Learn an effective breathing technique to get energy quickly
- Experience a guided meditation to relax your mind and let go
- Get a taste of what the deep experience of our courses have to offer
If you have already taken the ART Excel or YES! Programme, exclusively for you the workshop will continue with another 30 minutes follow up session. You will have the chance to practice ART Excel and YES! Sudarshan Kriya with a group under the guidance of a certified Teacher, from the comfort of your home.
For Whole Family:Family Workshop and Follow up for ART Excel and YES! Graduates
ART Excel
(All Round Training in Excellence)
8 - 12 years old
Growing up can be challenging at times. There is so much to learn, so many emotions, thoughts and new situations to deal with. What if your children could sustain their enthusiasm and joy even when going through difficult situations?
ART Excel (All Round Training in Excellence) combines modern teaching with the benefits of yoga and stress reducing exercises, designed to fit the age group from 8 - 12 years. In a friendly and fun atmosphere, children are taught the Golden Keys to Success, which support children’s learning process and strengthen the human values inborn in them.
Through the pedagogical application of Art of Living Method, ART Excel introduces tools to reduce stress, increase self esteem and focus and create a sense of belonging and friendship. As the stress level reduces, the immune system is boosted and the children experience an increased sense of physical and mental well being and they are able to focus on learning.
The course teaches various simple and dynamic yoga exercises, effective breathing techniques and works with scientifically proven tools such as the Sudarshan Kriya®, which help to handle fear, anger, anxiety, sadness and other unpleasant emotions. Meditation, being an important tool to tap the children’s hidden potential, forms an integral part of the program. The techniques can be practiced at home after the course.
ART Excel teachers are highly qualified. Teachers and volunteers are selected and trained by the Art of Living European Academy.
ART Excel can also be residential or online. Besides techniques and games taught in the course, children experience sport, drama, music, art, service projects as well as nature outings in the ART Excel Camp.
Benefits of ART Excel:
- improved memory and concentration
- development of leadership qualities and effective team working
- healthy emotions which increase the ability to approach challenging situations with confidence
- better self-esteem and reduced stress
- improved relations with parents and friends
- clarity of mind, which improves academic performance through heightened alertness and greater enthusiasm
- improved sense of discipline
YES!
(Youth Empowerment Seminar)
13 - 18 years old
Peer pressure is very demanding. So are exams, parents and relationships. How can you cope with everything? The YES! program (Youth Empowerment Seminar) empowers you physically through simple and dynamic yoga, and mentally and emotionally - through meditation and powerful breathing techniques and the unique Sudarshan Kriya®.
Have fun in team games, interactive processes and group discussions about the issues that affect your life: dealing with friendships and relationships, how to concentrate better on studies, how you can reach your potential.
Gain the ability to take the right decisions. Overcome nervousness and stage fear with simple techniques. Learn to love yourself and learn to handle problems with a smile, instead of a frown.
Come and see the world from a different point of view.
YES! teachers are highly qualified. Teachers and volunteers are selected and trained by the Art of Living European Academy.
YES! can also be residential or online. Besides techniques and games taught in the course, come and experience sport, drama, music, art, service projects as well as nature outings in the YES! Camp.
Benefits of YES:
- better self-esteem and reduced stress
- Development of leadership qualities and effective team working, cooperation and other important soft skills
- Ability to handle negative emotions like fear, anxiety and anger with ease
- Study tips
- Increased concentration and memory
- clarity of mind, which improves academic performance through heightened alertness and greater enthusiasm
- improved relations with parents, friends and others
- increased sense of responsibility for society
- Ability to smile no matter what
- Removes negativity and fills you up with positive energy
Know Your Child
Know Your Teen
(Interactive workshop for parents and educators)
Learn parenting tools to understand your child’s behavior, deal with any challenging situation that may arise, and create peace in yourself and your family.
What is ‘Know your Child and Teen’
Have you been in a situation in which you just didn’t get your child? And you didn’t know which steps to take to best support your child’s learning process?
If the answer is yes, you fall into the category of 100% of parents.
Parenting is one of the most demanding skills there is. And no one has taught us how to be a good parent. No one has told us which rule applies in which situation. We have to figure out by ourselves what to do when our children don’t listen to us, how to guide them to take the right decisions in life and how to protect them without being overprotective.
You might have read all the parenting guides out there and received advice from friends and family. But somehow it all doesn’t solve the core problem and just seems easier said than done.
If this sounds somewhat familiar to you, we have good news.
Parenting doesn’t have to be hard at all. You just need the right tools in your hand.
This is where ‘Know your Child and Teen’ comes in.
The Workshop doesn’t give you a ready made set of rules to be followed. Because they apply only in certain situations.
Instead it helps you to understand the root cause of your child’s behavior and enables you to deal with any situation that may arise.
Through specific cognitive and physiological tools you will:
- Find answers to all your parenting questions
- Achieve better communication in your family
- Learn the art of giving and receiving feedback
- Uplevel your self-esteem and your skills as a parent
- Find peace inside you and in your family
The Workshop will also offer a platform to connect to a supporting network of like-minded parents, listen to each other and support and learn from each other in a safe atmosphere.