In the opening icebreaker, “Breathing and name in one go,” the facilitator invites each participant to take a single breath, say their name, and immediately share one association with air in Ljubljana, setting a quick, embodied rhythm that links breathing to perception. One early response, “Air in Ljubljana reminds me of traffic”, reveals how participants’ first, instinctive associations connect air quality to everyday urban infrastructure and mobility. The fact that traffic emerges as a default reference point signals an underlying environmental stressor already present in participants’ awareness, framing the session from the outset with a sense of lived exposure and concern rather than an abstract discussion of “air” as a neutral element.

F=Facilitator, P=Participant