MINDFUL BODIES & REFLECTIVE PRACTICES (In-person) Guest Facilitators/Urban Bush Women
Join us for an evening of Mindful Bodies and Reflective Practices with Urban Bush Women sponsored by Sarasota Performing Arts Foundation. This participatory workshop focuses on self-care, rejuvenation, and (re-) constructing healthful images of ourselves and our communities. As we move, share stories, and discuss holism practices from food choices to daily stress relief, Urban […]
Mindful Morning (in-person)
Join Mindfulness coach, Julie Burch, for mindfulness training with an emphasis on specific techniques for relaxing and feeling good. Followed by Zentangle! Zentangle is an easy-to-learn, relaxing and fun way to create beautiful images by drawing structures patterns. We call these patterns tangles. You create tangles with combinations of dots, lines, simple curves, s-curves and orbs. Zentangle art is […]
Mindful Movement with a Beginner Ballet Focus (In-Person)
Join Sarasota Performing Arts Foundation Teaching Artist Sarah for a gentle stretching and beginner ballet exercises to prepare the body for dance. An introduction to basic ballet movements, fostering balance, strength, and posture. Followed by guided dance exercises and improvisation to encourage emotional expression and release. Participants will have the opportunity to incorporate elements of beginner […]
Movement, Mantra’s & Meditation (Online)
Movement – basic Yoga vinyasa practices (movement aligned with breathing) to be truly present & attentive to the physical body. Mantra’s – plan to have a notebook & pen nearby to create a simple seasonal mantra & to jot down encouraging messages to help you embody your steps of healingMeditation – quieting of thought is easier now as we […]
“DroneScape” – Mindful Color Tinting (In-person)
In this workshop you will have the opportunity to choose from a large variety of actual black and white drone photographs to “color tint” . Using a variety of pencils and markers you will create a “DroneScape”. The process is easy, very relaxing, and the outcome is beautiful. Mindful Meditative Art helps to embrace our Inner Critic, tap into our […]
Yoga to Balance the Seven Chakras (In-Person)
A chakra - the Sanskrit word for "wheel" represents a focus or concentration of energy in the body. There are seven different chakras, corresponding with seven locations on the body. Join Bridgette in learning how to bring your chakras back into balance through your yoga practice. Yoga is strongly associated with restoring balance to the […]
Yoga to Balance your Seven Chakras (In-person)
A chakra - the Sanskrit word for "wheel" represents a focus or concentration of energy in the body. There are seven different chakras, corresponding with seven locations on the body. Join Bridgette in learning how to bring your chakras back into balance through your yoga practice. Yoga is strongly associated with restoring balance to the […]
Non-Linear Movement (in-person)
The Non-linear Movement Method utilizes the mind-body connection to help you survey your internal self and encourages you to listen to signals your body sends about areas of discomfort, imbalance, or pain. Through movement with and releasing tension patterns and contractions we are able to access information about the ways you hold on to experiences […]
Trauma Informed Yoga with Extended Meditative Sivasana (in-person) – CANCELED due to the weather.
Led by a yoga instructor trained in trauma-informed care, this in-person gentle yoga class will include stretches and meditation. The goal of this group is to address the body-based impacts […]
Just Craftin’ Around (In-Person) CANCELLED due to weather
Join us for a 1.5 hour (2 session program) focused on connecting with others while you experiment with your creative skills creating a FRIENDSHIP/COLLABORATIVE QUILT. Art activities have been shown […]