Workshop Aim and Objectives:

· Participants will be facilitated to reduce their isolation by engaging their peers, to activate their energy and reclaim their power

· Use techniques of yoga, dance, mindfulness and breathing to facilitate their positive engagement with their environment and their inner-self to improve their health and self-esteem

· Create a safe and confidential space in which these women can share their experience and learn together

· Provide methods participants can use so that they can become empowered and able to make their own decisions about life, relationships and purpose

Workshop outcomes:

by the end of these sessions participants will have:

· Used yoga, dance, mindfulness and breathing to increase their openness and personal power and empowering them to regain their own health and self-esteem

· Better social networks and support groups

· Increased knowledge through information exchange and peer learning.

· Reduced isolation by engaging with other women

· Have better understanding about their inner-self and have better skills to make positive engagements with their surroundings

· To learn more about using yoga as a tool to relax and activate their body’s power in daily life

· Getting familiar with different techniques of mindfulness and breathing to better mental health

· To begin to increase body strength in the participants

· To increase energy levels so participants can achieve more in the sessions

· Greater body-mind awareness and improved concentration

· A feeling of sisterhood through the support of the group

· Improved self-confidence

· Feel more grounded, with balanced energy in mind and body

· Have created new friendships through these social interactions

· Benefit from increased social cohesion through the group, ready to open up in the wider community