Breathing, playing, meditating

• The second chapter explores breathing (pranayama), mindfulness and yoga-inspired games to create a safe, playful and cooperative environment.

• Simple breathing exercises, guided relaxation and visualization help soothe the nervous system, strengthen concentration and open a shared imaginative space.

When yoga meets poetry

• The third chapter presents the Lotus approach: an innovative method that combines bodily practices and poetic writing to support the mental health and social inclusion of young refugees and migrants in Paris, Athens and Berlin.

• It offers ready-to-use sessions in which each workshop combines postures, breath, poetry readings and writing activities around themes such as resilience, voice, transformation, dreams and belonging.

A tool for practitioners

• The manual is intended for teachers, social workers, artists, therapists and facilitators who wish to integrate yoga and poetry into their practice, with detailed, adaptable and inclusive session plans.

• Inspired by workshops with young refugees, it proposes a methodology that can be transferred to other educational, social or cultural contexts.

Bonus: discovering Lotus on a chair

• A bonus section describes a two-hour introductory chair-yoga workshop, ideal for discovering the Lotus approach when mobility is limited or material conditions are constrained.

• This first step offers a flexible format to try out the method, meet a group and gently open a space for collective sharing and creation.