{"id":6138,"date":"2017-08-30T00:54:28","date_gmt":"2017-08-30T00:54:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/epeka.si\/?p=6138\/"},"modified":"2023-12-16T05:11:17","modified_gmt":"2023-12-16T05:11:17","slug":"positive-practices-mental-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/epeka.si\/en\/positive-practices-mental-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Positive Practices of Mental Success"},"content":{"rendered":"

21 \u2014 28 August, 2017
\nCoimbra, Portugal<\/h3>\n

The Association EPEKA, Soc. Ent, is happy to announce that we are part of the youth exchange \u201cPositive Practices of Mental Success\u201d, which will take place in Coimbra<\/a>, Portugal, between August 21st and 28th. The exchange will will gather 42 participants from 7 countries: Latvia, Czech Republic, Malta, Poland, Macedonia, Slovenia and Portugal.<\/p>\n

Meditation. Some people feel skeptical about it, some find it ridiculous, some are thankful for this activity and use it on a daily basis. In spite of such different attitudes, meditation and other related practices are becoming extremely popular nowadays. We can say that meditation and other similar spiritual and dynamic activities do develop our brain, increase our level of energy, improve psychological and physical health and, as a conclusion, help us to be effective, successful, active and productive people. Such features are enormous advantages for youngsters who aim to be active players in social and labor fields.
\nToday\u2019s EU youth faces many situations and backgrounds which causes stress, unhealthy lifestyles, depression, apathy, \u201cempty\u201d living, etc. Self-development, brain work, mood control, expression of emotions, concentration and general productivity – these are brilliant and accessible tools which will help us to achieve a more healthy lifestyle. The initial and main technique to empower the above mentioned skills is meditation. Meditation yields a surprising number of health benefits, including stress reduction, improved attention, better memory, and even increased creativity and feelings of compassion.
\nBased mostly on methods of innovative non-formal education, each activity will target the most significant needs of youth. Analysing today\u2019s youth problems, we, together with our partners, elaborated a Youth Exchange, which aims to improve studying and working productivity, the level of social participating and leadership by raising mental health and brain capacities.<\/p>\n

To achieve this aim we also have set up several objectives:<\/p>\n