Self-directed Learning

Tools you can use on your own – in nature, at your desk or at home – to reflect, relax, reconnect with your body and prevent burnout. Grouped by the method they come from.

Experiential education

Listening Partnership

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Listening partnerships give a chance to learn from our experience and honour our own thoughts, feelings and goals. This activity is very simple and can be applied at any time in a course, or introduced into personal or work life.

Solo in the Forest

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Solo is a classic outdoor activity with which we colour our learning experience. The challenge is to sit in silence and look inward for several hours, alone.

Tree of Self-Discovery

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In this activity you work with your past, present and future using the metaphor of a living tree.

Map of Life

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Map of Life is an excellent activity for summarising your life path so far and for finding resources to envision your future and build further resilience.

The Team Inside Me

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A self-reflective task that brings you into closer contact with all the characters inside your personality. It is based on the idea that we are a collection of different characters (teacher, police officer, counsellor, mother, activist…) that guide our behaviour and decisions at different moments of our life.

Metodo Marchio-Patti

The Cloud Stories – Individual

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This is an activity that starts with an imaginative phase and arrives at the creation of a written story.

I and Me: My Space

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This activity can be used as a personal daily practice at the beginning and/or end of the day. It helps you get in touch with yourself, your needs and resources, and allows relaxed control of your emotions and of the way you interact with others. It is also very useful for preventing physical and mental stress, especially if you have a busy life or stressful working conditions.

Art Therapy Personal Diary

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An art-therapeutic variation of the personal diary that supports self-development. The writing does not start from cognitive reflection but from an instinctive expression of your mood through drawing, followed by gradual awareness.

Myself, My Body & My Axis – Individual

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This is a psycho-physical relaxation exercise, done in a standing position.

Art Therapy Bibliomancy

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Inspired by the ancient divination practice of bibliomancy – a random sentence interpreted as an answer to a question – this activity adds an expressive artistic element that helps you connect with yourself and express your emotions. You start from the assumption that you can be your own prophet.

Metodo Marchio-Patti

The Cloud Stories – Individual

This is an activity that starts with an imaginative phase and arrives at the creation of a written story.

I and Me: My Space

This activity can be used as a personal daily practice at the beginning and/or end of the day. It helps you get in touch with yourself, your needs and resources, and allows relaxed control of your emotions and of the way you interact with others. It is also very useful for preventing physical and mental stress, especially if you have a busy life or stressful working conditions.

Art Therapy Personal Diary

An art-therapeutic variation of the personal diary that supports self-development. The writing does not start from cognitive reflection but from an instinctive expression of your mood through drawing, followed by gradual awareness.

Myself, My Body & My Axis – Individual

This is a psycho-physical relaxation exercise, done in a standing position.

Art Therapy Bibliomancy

Inspired by the ancient divination practice of bibliomancy – a random sentence interpreted as an answer to a question – this activity adds an expressive artistic element that helps you connect with yourself and express your emotions. You start from the assumption that you can be your own prophet.

Metodo Marchio-Patti

The Cloud Stories – Individual

This is an activity that starts with an imaginative phase and arrives at the creation of a written story.

I and Me: My Space

This activity can be used as a personal daily practice at the beginning and/or end of the day. It helps you get in touch with yourself, your needs and resources, and allows relaxed control of your emotions and of the way you interact with others. It is also very useful for preventing physical and mental stress, especially if you have a busy life or stressful working conditions.

Art Therapy Personal Diary

An art-therapeutic variation of the personal diary that supports self-development. The writing does not start from cognitive reflection but from an instinctive expression of your mood through drawing, followed by gradual awareness.

Myself, My Body & My Axis – Individual

This is a psycho-physical relaxation exercise, done in a standing position.

Art Therapy Bibliomancy

Inspired by the ancient divination practice of bibliomancy – a random sentence interpreted as an answer to a question – this activity adds an expressive artistic element that helps you connect with yourself and express your emotions. You start from the assumption that you can be your own prophet.