Teaching & Wellbeing Forum
The premier retreat for educators who are ready to
grow professionally, restore deeply, and lead with purpose.
The most effective educators are not the ones who never tire,
they are the ones who know how to restore.
BREATHE Teaching & Wellbeing Forum is a transformative three-day retreat designed exclusively for educators who refuse to choose between professional excellence and personal wellbeing.
Set in the breathtaking Carpathian Mountains, BREATHE brings together world-class pedagogical sessions, evidence-based restoration practices, and an international community of like-minded professionals, because your impact in the classroom begins with the quality of your inner life.
Expert speakers from EdYOUFest, TESOL & IATEFL International bring cutting-edge insights in AI in Education, SEL, Drama in EFL, and Digital Storytelling, with actionable strategies you can implement from day one back in your classroom.
Led by a certified psychologist, these sessions go beyond theory: embodiment work, creative expression, and self-regulation techniques that produce measurable shifts in resilience, clarity and emotional capacity.
A health coach delivers practical, science-informed frameworks for energy management and longevity, built specifically for the demands educators face, without the overwhelm of complex lifestyle overhauls.
Drama, Visual Emotion Exploration Workshop and storytelling, experienced both as powerful teaching methodologies and as profound tools for personal renewal. These are the sessions participants return to talk about most.
Connect with educators and educational leaders from across borders. Build relationships with peers who share your values, and gain access to partnerships, collaborations and opportunities you won't find anywhere else.
The Carpathian Mountains provide more than a backdrop, they are integral to the experience. SPA, a lakeside retreat space, mountain air and natural stillness form an environment where deep restoration happens naturally.
Every element of BREATHE has been purposefully crafted, not simply to fill your schedule, but to create genuine shifts in how you think, feel and move through your work. Each day follows a rhythm that honours both your professional ambition and your human need to restore.
Nestled within the ancient beech forests of the Carpathian Mountains, Voevodyno Resort is among Zakarpattia's most extraordinary natural settings, where crisp mountain air, a serene lake and undisturbed silence create precisely the environment in which profound restoration becomes possible.
Know a fellow educator who would benefit from this experience? Register together and receive a 10% discount on your own ticket, because professional growth is amplified in great company.
BREATHE brings together teachers, university lecturers, corporate trainers and educational leaders who recognise a fundamental truth: the depth of your impact depends directly on the depth of your own reserves. If you are driven by excellence, and ready to protect the energy that makes it possible, this is your community.
You cannot sustainably give what you have not first given yourself.
Your most important professional development starts with you.
10–12 July 2026 · Voevodyno Resort · Zakarpattia, Ukraine
🎟️ Bring a colleague and get 10% off your ticket · Deadline 1 June 2026
Full details at devitska.com