Why the Soulful Living? SUMMIT

Creating the Future through Eco-Soulcentric Adulthood 

‘Why the Soulful Living?’ Summit was a transformative online gathering designed to inspire personal, collective and cultural evolution. This unique event brought together visionary leaders, guides and mentors who live and lead from their Soul’s wisdom. They are beacons of true adulthood - modeling maturity, courage and a profound connection to the web of life. 

Together, we explored the possibility of deep-rooted transformation: fostering a world of reciprocity, where soul-initiated adults offer their gifts to nourish humanity and the Earth. This summit transcended environmental, social and political boundaries, calling us to a new paradigm of "adulting" and living life from our Soul identity - maturing for the future and becoming stewards of a sustainable, eco-soulcentric world. 

Through powerful stories, insights and guidance, we learned how to embody the change needed to create a flourishing, interconnected world. 

FUNDER AND ORGANIZER:

This SUMMIT is organised by Actions for Change from Romania (in partnership with Inspiration Path and VulcanicaMente) and is part of the project ‘From Caterpillar to Butterfly’ which is co-funded by Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union.

'The Deep Seer - heart-centered practices for inclusive youth work' was a program which contributed to Life and its enhancing-evolution by reweaving our human living connection with the body of Earth.

This was a descent into our depths, where your intimacy with the land, with others, and with yourself awakened our capacity to see the world through the eyes of a lover, a guardian, a soul-driven being. The Earth seduced us, and we seduced it in return.

We experienced the artistry of Deep Seeing which is a profound practice of listening to a story as much as of telling one. Deep Seeing holds a bundle of sacred practices, such The Way of the Council, The Art of Deep Listening, The Art of Mirroring, The Art of Asking Deep Questions, holding, receiving, and honouring one’s unfolding story. It invites us to celebrate the essence of the story’s unfolding and the unique gifts of the one who carries it.

Our courageous participants -human soul-workers from across 9 corners of Europe- entered into direct communion with the living world through soulcraft practices, somatic journeys, deep imagination, ceremony, honing more fully their capacities to be of service for the web of life.

Deepest gratitude and awe to all our brave participants, who entered this fertile dance of body, soul and Earth with open hearts and fierce curiosity.

This training course was financed by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union.

‘Earth Embodied Elixir' was a 7 days training course organized by Actions for Change designed for youth workers, offering them tools and practices to better support young people who face discrimination and social exclusion. By weaving together the approaches of Eco-Soulcentric Education and Somatic Exploration, the project created a powerful journey of learning, awareness, and connection, both with the living Earth and with the wisdom of the body.

In this program, youth workers were invited to ground themselves more fully in their own embodied presence and to attune to the vibrant, living world around them. By listening deeply- to their own heartbeat, to the silent teachings of the trees, to the wildness within—they learned how to create safe, nurturing, and inspiring spaces for marginalized youth, spaces where vulnerability and authenticity are welcomed.

Participants also explored the profound landscapes of love, grief, and longing, allowing imagination and sensitivity to open pathways toward healing and empowerment. Through these practices, youth workers discovered not only their own unique voices, but also ways to guide young people to reconnect with belonging, dignity, and purpose - harmonizing their inner worlds with the greater symphony of life.

‘Imagination: Portal to Vision' was a 7 days training course organized by Actions for Change. The program brought together seekers enchanted by the callings of their Soul, burning to discover the unique gifts within and to become visionary agents of cultural transformation. 

Our program was be a deeply immersive and transformational experience that invited the participants in the world beneath the world, the Land of Deep Imagination where the Soul is rising from. Together participants were guided on a journey towards the Well of Remembrance, that hidden and tender inner place from where images of the deeper path of our journey sprout.

From 7th to 15th of October 2024, 24 youth workers, from 8 European countries, gathered in the beautiful landscape of the Carpathian Mountains from Cluj county. 

Guided by Sandra Horea and Bogdan Romanică participants experienced and learnt practices from eco-soulcentric education and deep imagination methodology for cultivating the full human potential of youth and enabling them to progress in a healthy and mature way. 

‘The Way of the Heart, was a 7 days training course organized by Actions for Change. The program brought together curious and hungry souls around the exploration of LOVE, as a vital elixir, perhaps forgotten, certainty needed, in our world-making. The alchemy of Love was explored through Eco and Soul-centric development practices and Nonviolent Communication. 

Having at the heart of this program this very question: ‘How to love this world?’, this was a deeply immersive and transformational experience that  invited participants to enquire into the depths of their Loving Nature in order to bravely step into the generosity of what it means to be fully human in this World and for this Earth.

From 11th to 19th of September 2023, 24 youth workers, from 8 European countries, gathered in the beautiful landscape of the Carpathian Mountains from Cluj county. 

Guided by Sandra Horea and Stefania Forgaciu participants experienced and learnt practices from eco-soulcentric education and nonviolent communication for cultivating the full human potential of youth and enabling them to progress in a healthy and mature way. 

‘Your Deeper Story’, was a 7 days training course organized by Actions for Change. 

The program was a deeply immersive and transformational experience that invited participants to enquire into, craft and shapeshift the DEEPEST STORY they live by. The story we live by is the body of beliefs we hold true in the depths of who we are and that shape things like “why am I here?”, “who am I?”, “what is the purpose of life?”, “what is my role in this world?”, “where and how do I belong?”. The current western post-industrial paradigm we have been born in has tried to give our hungry hearts some answers to these questions, but as the walls and roofs of this culture crack and collapse a bit more every day, we are often left with a gaping hole and growing doubt in the pit of our stomach. Our beings crave meaning, authenticity, belonging and connection. What if there was a deeper story to ground ourselves in? What if, there is another story, wider, deeper, older, that could feed us?

From 1st to 9th of November 2022, 24 youth workers, from 8 European countries, gathered in the beautiful landscape of the Carpathian Mountains from Cluj county. 

Guided by Sandra Horea and Lucie Klein participanys experienced and learnt practices from holistic education and nature-based models for cultivating the full human potential of youth and enabling them to progress in a healthy and mature way. 

‘Pathways to Nature and Soul’, was a 7 days training course organized by Actions for Change which contributed to life and its evolution by bringing together youth workers who were willing to discover and explore their inner and outer nature, their soul and powers and learn how to guide others towards the nature-based and soul-centric transformational development.

The program addressed the great longing for uncovering the mysteries and potentials of our individual lives, of finding the unique gift we were born to bring to our communities, ’Pathways to Nature and Soul’ was a profound experiential immersion into the wild depths of Soulcraft- a set of nature-based practices designed to evoke the life-shifting experience of soul encounter.

From 1st to 9th of September 2022, 24 youth workers, from 8 European countries, gathered in the beautiful landscape of the Carpathian Mountains from Cluj county. 

Guided by Sandra Horea and Bogdan Romanică they experienced and learnt practices from holistic education and nature-based models for cultivating the full human potential of youth and enabling them to progress in a healthy and mature way. 

‘Soul-Rooted Mentoring’, a program which contributed to life and its evolution by enlarging the capacities of youth workers to support youth by addressing the deep longing for meaning and fulfillment and the deep need for mature guidance and wholeness modeling. 

‘Soul-Rooted Mentoring’ was a profound experiential immersion tackling two directions: of Soul and of Mentoring.

The international training course was implemented by Actions for Change in Romania, between 20th to 28th of July 2022, with the support of the Erasmus+ programme of the European Union.

Guided by Sandra Horea and Eleni Michail the participants experienced and learnt practices from holistic education and nature-based models for cultivating the full human potential of youth and enabling them to progress in a healthy and mature way.

 'Connection within YOU(th)' is aiming at creating the premises for exploring and embodying a deep sense of connection to oneself and the natural world around us. 

Through deep exploration of the Self this training course is going to address the development of the resources and competencies of people who work with other people, especially youth, in the fields of personal transformation by exploring and learning a wide variety of concepts and practices. We will attempt to tackle and look closer to the existential crises - the loss of meaning and purpose in life, the so called 'youth disconnection' due to the loss of genuine models. Afterwards we intend to move outwards and look at the global environmental crises affecting humans, fauna and flora of earth and threatening the future of our planet.

💚 'The Art of Wholeness' is the reclamation and the cultivation of our innate gifts and capacities. Much of our human wholeness has been (and still is) suppressed in our culture, buried in the realm of the unconscious and it is our invitation and responsibility to claim it back by owning and embodying those gifts that are patiently waiting to be (re)discovered. Furthermore, it is our responsibility as youth workers to support youth to reclaim their own gifts.

In this program we will be exploring archetypal resources, based on the 'Nature based Map of the Human Psyche' developed by Bill Plotkin.

Participants will be guided on a journey to reconnect with their inner self, body, mind and emotions, to express openly and creatively, and by being invited to get out of their comfort zone to cultivate trust, openness and connection with themselves, others and nature as the foundation for becoming a source of heart-based positive transformation for the community.

Re-Source - cultivating inner resources for a soulcentric life’ was a seven days training course organized by Actions for Change in Romania that brought together human workers to explore and develop their inner resources in order to create transformational experiences, support the authentic growth and embracement of a soulcentric life-style for all young people, including the ones who are facing mental challenges.

‘Seeds of Transformation’ is an Erasmus+ project funded by the European Commission and coordinated by Actions for Change association which includes an online training course.

The purpose of 'Seeds of Transformation' is to discover and explore the resources of the human potential and to meaningfully and impactfully shape and reinvent the resources and capacities of human workers in order to contribute to building healthy human communities and life-enhancing societies.

‘Crossing the Threshold’ is an Erasmus+ project funded by the European Commission and coordinated by Actions for Change association which includes an online training course.

The purpose of “Crossing the Threshold” is to discover and explore the resources of the human potential through nature-based activities and embodiment practices in order to contribute to a more sustainable and inclusive world for all humans.

‘Embracing Wholeness’ a program which contributed to life and its evolution by enlarging the capacities of youth workers to support youth by cultivating their innate wholeness and helping them to acquire life skills that would enable their insertion on social and professional levels. From 7th to 14th of April 22 youth workers from 8 European countries gathered in the mountains of Romania. They experienced and learnt practices from holistic education and nature-based models for cultivating the full human potential of youth and enabling them to progress in a healthy and mature way. May they continuously embrace wholeness and create the spaces for others to do that as well. This training course was supported by the Erasmus+ programme of the European Union.