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A free, collaborative project in Lisbon, for everyone raising kids.
For parents, teachers, therapists and anyone raising the next generation.
What this is
Generation Human hosts free gatherings in Lisbon for parents, teachers, therapists and anyone raising children today. Each evening mixes a mindfulness practice, a talk, open conversation, live performance and music. Nobody pays to attend, and nobody is paid to appear. Venues are lent, artists volunteer, brands contribute the food and the goodie bags every guest takes home. It runs entirely on people offering what they have.
Yvonne Knap
Yvonne Knap, Lisbon, 2026
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Yvonne Knap is a certified mindfulness teacher, trained with the Dhammakaya Buddhist monks of Thailand since 2015, and a biologist (BSc, University of Ljubljana) specialising in the neuroscience of mindfulness. She spoke at TEDx in the Netherlands in January 2026. With over 2,000 hours of personal meditation practice, she has guided more than 11,000 children and families across three continents, working with autistic children in North Carolina, war-affected communities in Gaza, and children with cerebral palsy in Slovenia. She founded Generation Human in Lisbon in 2026.
Everyone brings something.
Every gathering is assembled from what people offer. A living room or a rooftop. A song. A practice. A tray of something good. This is the part of the story that matters most to us, and the part we would love you to write about.
- Your name hereWhat you brought to the evening
Angles you might be looking for
- 01
What is a human, and why is that special? Our children will be the ones who have to answer it.
- 02
Generation Alpha and Beta are taught to use machines. Nobody is teaching them presence, intuition or empathy.
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The idea that the best thing you can give your child is time spent on yourself, and a room of parents testing it.
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Free forever, no funding. Spaces offered for free, artists volunteering, brands filling the goodie bags.
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From a Thai monastery to a Lisbon living room, a biologist who sat a decade with Buddhist monks.
Take what you need
Come to one first, if you can.
Tell us you are coming. We will save you a seat and introduce you to anyone you want to meet.
yvonne.knap@gmail.com