EMPOWERmental
move • breathe • create
Make yourself at home in your body and the world
Events & Services
Programmes we offer to you!
We continuously organise body-centred stress management workshops for different target groups (adults, young adults, mothers with young children, entrepreneurs, high schools, companies and non-profit organisations). These workshops are held in person or online, in Hungarian or English.
We are committed to the positive role of art and creativity in maintaining our physical and mental well-being, and therefore we offer art projects and other creative programmes focused on individual and community well-being.
We also run international training and professional development courses. We are open to national and international collaborations, whether it is a short workshop or a long-term collaboration. Feel free to contact us!
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TRE®
or Tension, Stress & Trauma Release Exercises
Upcoming events
EMPOWERmental Project is organizing a 5 weeks’ long TRE® - Tension & Trauma Releasing Exercises Workshop online for participants working in helping professions. This workshop is for you……If you support […]
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ABOUT US
EMPOWERmental project focuses on developing our mental and physical balance, using embodied techniques, art tools and creative play. We believe in the wisdom of our bodies, the authenticity of movement and body-based methods, the power of art and an integrated approach to physical and mental well-being… We are inspired by performing arts (dance, theatre, music) as well as other fields such as yoga and breathing techniques, free creation and drama pedagogy.
Our aim is to share tools and experiences that will help us to maintain balance in our daily lives, strengthen our resilience and prevent emotional burnout.
We value the sustaining power of community bringing a long-term positive change not only individually, but also in groups and in the society.
In this approach, we organise stress management workshops, intensive retreat programmes, professional trainings and international collaborations, and create art projects focusing on social and individual well-being.
🌿 If you want to find inspiration to be more balanced in your everyday life,
🌿 If you are interested in programmes focusing on art and wellbeing,
🌿 if you want to be part of a supportive creative community,
Join us!
WHO ARE WE?
Fanny Hajdú (Budapest)
My ingredients for body-mind balance:
- observing the small pleasures of everyday life
- playful, sensory and instinct-centered exercises
- mindfulness and intuitive presence, grounding
- Self-knowledge-focused free creation (creative writing, painting, performance)
- physical theatre based and improvisational exercises
- women’s circles, feminist perspective
Fanny is a drama teacher, and facilitator, and has been working with self-knowledge-focused playful tools for eight years. She is most interested in creating trust and safe spaces working with people. It is important for her to work in a process- and person-centred way to help the creativity of individuals and groups to flourish. Since 2014, she has continuously participated in international professional trainings to expand her knowledge with non-formal tools. Since 2019, she has been involved in training professionals and developing social art methodologies. In her work, she aims to support participants in their individual connection with themselves and their surroundings.
My greatest teachers:
nature, my dog and my own body
Flóra Eszter Sarlós (Vienna/ Budapest)
My ingredients for body-mind balance:
- Dance improvisation exercises, visualization-based free movement, contact dance
- yoga and breathing exercises
- stress points in the body & their release
- TRE® – Tension, Stress and Trauma Release Exercises
- Theoretical background of stress release and stress cycle closure
Flora’s focus for the last 10-15 years has been on contemporary dance and body awareness. She studied art creation in Paris (MA, 2017) and has been the artistic director and choreographer of the Ziggurat Project for 10 years. She completed a Hatha (2020) and Women’s Yoga (2021) teacher training. From September 2024 she is a certified TRE® (Tension, Stress and Trauma Release Exercises) provider. She regularly holds workshops in Hungary and abroad, where she approaches stress relief with body-centred (yoga, dance, breathing exercises) methods.
My greatest teachers:
My son, rock climbing and mindful breathing
Tímea Szőke (Barcelona)
My ingredients for body-mind balance:
- environmental wellbeing – the impact of the built environment on our wellbeing
- yoga exercises
- neighbourhoods, women’s communities, voluntary groups
- long distance walking (El Camino de Santiago, the BLUE trek)
- volunteering in the wider world
For more than 10 years, Timi has been working on the relationship between performing arts, public spaces, built heritage and urban communities through various events, festivals and conferences. Since her own burnout, physical and mental well-being has also been a major focus of her work. She completed a Hatha teacher training in 2020 and a Flow Yoga teacher training in 2022. She is currently a PhD researcher at the International University of Catalonia in Barcelona. In her research, she seeks to understand how the city around us influences our well-being and how we can create sustainable and supportive communities.
My greatest teachers:
unexpected situations, long walks in nature and kitschy sunsets