Description
Dealing with Loneliness – Bonding with Nature
with Jochen Kleres
Loneliness has many shapes: from people with very few social contacts to those who feel lonely despite having a rich social life and intimate relations. Not least it is possible to feel lonely in a big city like Berlin with its many people and opportunities.
We want to invite you to a day of retreating from the city into nature. Nature can be a place of grounding and of renewing the connection with oneself. Both is a basis for coming to terms with feelings of loneliness and for first steps towards greater connectedness.
This workshop offers a facilitated space for exploring feelings of loneliness and how they influence us. We work with and in nature (shirin-yoku / forest bathing) and we use methods from body and creative therapies (e.g. movement, drawing, writing). By sharing our feelings in a group we are already less lonely and can provide mutual support.
Jochen Kleres is a dance therapist, an alternative practitioner for psychotherapy and a sociologist. is a dance therapist, an alternative practitioner for psychotherapy and a sociologist. He is passionate about improvisational dance (Contact Improvisation, Instant Composition, Gaga) and plays the bassoon.
Belonging versus loneliness: everybody can feel lonely sometimes
As human beings we have a natural longing for social connection and support by others. Due to individual and structural discrimination queer people have an ever higher risk to suffer from chronic loneliness.
In cooperation with the Landesstelle für Gleichbehandlung (Berlin State Office for the Equality of Treatment – against Discrimination) we are village | queer matters has set itself the goal to offer some programming on the issue of loneliness in the queer community.
We have also created a survey to find out more about your experiences of loneliness. With your help, we can create a better program that meets your needs and with which we can create more togetherness!
General Information
Registration: Registration is mandatory. The number of participants is limited to 18 to ensure the quality of the exchange.
Language: We’ll speak English and/or German, depending on the needs of the group.
Cost: The event is free of charge.
