Each session includes guided art making and mindfulness meditations, and has a specific focus (see more below). You can attend each individually or attend all four as a series.
Series of Art Therapy and Mindfulness Workshops 10 am – 1 pm (3 hours):
This workshop series is available to attend either in person or online via Zoom (on different dates).
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Workshop Four: Active Hope: A mindfulness meditation and art therapy workshop
Active hope is waking up to the beauty of life on whose behalf we can act. We belong to this world -Joanna Macy
A creative and explorative workshop integrating therapeutic art making with guided mindfulness practices.
These are difficult and challenging times we find ourselves in. We are in the context of environmental and economic challenges (amongst other individual and collective challenges)
Through mindfulness meditation, creative art expression and group sharing we will open to our individual and collective responses. We will share and have time to express our responses through image making and discussion. Feelings of fear and grief, will be held with the compassion and care that is the orientation of mindfulness practice and will help us engage and potentially take actions. We will be meeting the challenges and difficulties that are present for us, and move into including our hopes and aspirations. What positive change do we may wish to be part of? We will be connecting with our imagination, potential to be resilient and the ways that we can resource ourselves.
This workshop is inspired by the approach of The Work That Reconnects, and the book Active Hope by Joanna Macy and Chris Johnston, and incorporates elements of mindfulness meditation and art therapy practices. During the session there will be opportunity for self-expression, exploring care for oneself and others, investigating your direct experience and, practicing with others in a group context. You will be guided and supported during the workshop by the facilitator.
All levels of experience with mindfulness and/or art making are welcome to attend! All art materials will be provided.
This workshop will be delivered face-to-face in Lewes, East Sussex.
Facilitator/s:
Nicky Roland, is an experienced HCPC registered Art Therapist, a trained mindfulness teacher, and a Work That Reconnects facilitator with several years work experience in the NHS, voluntary sector and in private practice.
Directions
Free Parking available, side road from A26 on outskirts of Lewes (full directions will be supplied when booking), next to bus stop (number 29 Bus route from Brighton/Uckfield).
Fees: £45
Low cost places are available for people who may be experiencing financial constraints at this time (low or no income). Contact us if you require a low cost place.