The 24th 4-day Gestalt psychotherapy workshop of our center was successfully completed, hosted in Agria Volou, at Valis Resort & Spa, from Thursday 19/5/2022 to Sunday 22/5/2022.

The general theme of the 4 days was "The human body is the soul and the soul is the embodiment" which, as Merleau-Ponty states, "The flesh is not matter, it is not spirit, it is not substance. We should demonstrate it, use the ancient term element, as one would use it to speak of earth, water, air, fire, that is, in the sense of a thing in general […]. The flesh is thus an element of Being."   "Merleau-Ponty: We must get our hands dirty" - Christos Konstantinou (Athens 2013, Spanos Publishing)

For Merleau-Ponty, as bodies we are already from birth "in state" with the world, that is, within it. The body (le corps propre- idiom) is in the world like the heart in the body. It feeds and is fed through the tangible experience - in constant flow and movement - forming with it a dynamic system of perpetual evolution and change. In Gestalt therapy the body is the main pillar and axis of her theory.

During this four-day period, through the specific topics of the coordinator trainers, 15 in number, the aspects and dimensions of the body were explored, both on a personal, group and social level, as well as its creative dynamics in the therapeutic process of Gestalt psychotherapy.

A total of 129 trainees and 27 professionals participated who, together with the trainers, reached 171 people who generally admitted that it was a very fruitful scientific meeting but also a highly creative experience that they enjoyed through this special atmosphere of this 4day Gestalt meeting!