Embodied Learning and Imagination in Teacher Education

Date published: November 2023 In November 2023, Baratang Initiatives facilitated a six-day intensive HAPPY training in collaboration with Drama for Life, University of the Witwatersrand, and the NPO Phola. The programme brought together pre-service teachers from the Wits BEd programme alongside facilitators working in educational and community contexts. As part of this process, four trainers…

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Movement, Rhythm, and Collective Healing

Date published: January 2023 – December 2023 The body often holds what words cannot. Because trauma lives in the body, healing must also involve the body. In response to this, Baratang Initiatives facilitated a six-day HAPPy training that highlighted the power of movement and rhythm as tools for regulation, connection, and resilience. This training took…

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