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Side Events
In addition to the main Forum sessions, participants are invited to take part in a selection of side events taking place from 15 to 17 April. From pre Forum gatherings to wellbeing and social activities during the Forum days, these events are designed to enrich the overall experience and create space for dialogue, networking, and wellbeing.
Pre-Forum Events: April 15
Pre Forum events will take place on 15 April and will be open free of charge to registered participants of the Wellbeing Economy Forum. Read more about the Pre Forum events in the programme.
Side Events on April 16-17
Guided Meditation and Breath Awareness
A seated breath practice followed by a short yoga-chair and standing sequence with focus on back, shoulders and neck and end with a seated guided meditation. Chairs will be used and there is no need to change clothes.
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Lena Brodin is a certified yoga teacher, E RYT 500, with more than 15 years of teaching experience. She describes yoga as a compassionate and honest way of meeting yourself that can become a way of living more truly in relation to yourself, others, and the planet.
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María Dalberg is a trained actress, yoga and meditation teacher, and public health professional. She has over 15 years of experience guiding yoga and meditation and holds a 500-hour yoga teacher certification (RYT 500). In modern life, where pace and pressure often take over, María sees yoga and meditation as an important counterbalance. The practice creates space to slow down, turn inward, and reconnect with oneself. For her, yoga is not only about movement, but also about presence, self-compassion, and balance.
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Time: Lena Brodin will lead the yoga on 16 April and María Dalberg on 17 April, 8:10-8:40.
Location: Silfurberg, Harpa
Cost: Free of charge. Registration here.
Lena Brodin
María Dalberg
Wellbeing Walk around Downtown Reykjavík
Join well known and humorous Icelandic historian Stefán Pálsson for a historic walking tour created for guests of the Wellbeing Economy Forum. The walk will take approximately 40 minutes and will include several intriguing stories and unexpected turns along the way. It will end at Vesturbæjarlaug swimming pool. Bring a swimsuit if you would like to take a swim or relax in the hot tubs or saunas afterwards.
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Time: 16 April, 18:00 to 19:00
Location: Meeting point in front of Harpa
Cost: 1000 ISK. Registration is required when signing up for the Forum. For those who wish to continue to the swimming pool, a special admission fee of 1430 ISK applies.
Downtown Reykjavík
Marketplace Presentations
​Marketplace presentations will take place during both days of the Forum and will offer guests an opportunity to meet collaborators of the Wellbeing Economy Forum and learn more about their work. Rather than formal presentations, these sessions are intended as informal spaces for dialogue, questions, and exchange. Further information will be added here once the format and participating presenters have been confirmed.
The Wellbeing Economy Forum is an event that forms part of JA PreventNCD. JA PreventNCD is co-funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or European Health and Digital Executive Agency (HADEA). Neither the European Union nor HADEA can be held responsible for them.
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