Inviting Compassion through Art Therapy and Mindfulness

A morning series of  art therapy and mindfulness workshops. Beginners welcome, all art materials provided.

Face-to-Face
When: 10 - 1pm on Saturday 10th June 2023
Where: The Gather Rooms Upper Stoneham Lewes BN8 5RJ
Book via Eventbrite https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/539413910527

Online
When: 1 - 4 pm on Sunday 11th June 2023
Book via Eventbrite https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/565367287777

Each session includes guided art making and mindfulness meditations, and has a specific focus (seebelow). You can attend each individually or attend all four as a series

Series of Art Therapy and Mindfulness Workshops (3 hours)

Workshop One: Opening to Joy - Saturday 29th April (face-to-face) /Sunday 30th April (online)
Workshop Two: Inviting Compassion -  Saturday 10th June (face-to-face) / Sunday 11th June (online)
Workshop Three: Exploring Resilience and Creativity - Saturday 15th July (face-to-face)/ Sunday 16th July (online)
Workshop Four: Active Hope - Saturday 16th September (face-to-face)/ Sunday 17th July (online)

You can attend this workshop series either in person or online via Zoom (on different dates).

Workshop Two: Inviting Compassion through Art Therapy and Mindfulness

How can we offer compassion and care to ourselves? This is a creative and explorative workshop integrating therapeutic art making with guided mindfulness meditation, open to all levels of experience.

The session will develop your understanding of mindfulness, compassion and self. During the time of environmental and economic challenges (amongst other individual and collective challenges) the practices of mindfulness and compassion have the potential to support our own personal wellbeing, and ways in which you can meet others facing their own challenges. From the basis of self-care and kindness we may find new ways to be able to meet and respond to the collective challenges we are experiencing.

Aims:

  • Deepen your understanding of mindfulness, compassion and self-compassion
  • Understand some of the potential barriers to self-compassion
  • Find out about the differences between compassion, empathy and empathetic distress
  • Learn about ‘compassionate presence’

All levels of experience with mindfulness and/or art making are welcome to attend.

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.

Face-to-Face
When: 10 - 1pm on Saturday 10th June 2023
Where: The Gather Rooms Upper Stoneham Lewes BN8 5RJ
Book via Eventbrite https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/539413910527

Online
When: 1 - 4 pm on Sunday 11th June 2023
Book via Eventbrite https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/565367287777

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