Overview of wellness practices: research documenting wellness practice to enhance resilience; Bauman Wellness Skills components; 4 primary creative therapies
Guest Facilitator: Lauren Bryson, BCHN, Holistic Nutritionist and Cooking Instructor, Founder of Lauren Emerson Wellness
Eating for Health is an approach to feeding the mind, body and soul that incorporates sound nutrition science information, ecological sensibility, appreciation of culinary quality, taste and aptitude.
The Visual Arts are powerful in helping us express our feelings, facilitate verbal communication and cathartic release and reveal unconscious materials and symbols that cannot be expressed through words.
Movement creates vitality, strength, flexibility, circulation, digestive, and immune well-being. As we experience the joy of movement, we increase our mental, emotional, and natural sense of connectivity.
Music helps restore emotional balance and relieve stress and anxiety.
Tranquility Meditation Video presentation by Thich Nhat Hanh
Mindfulness is a state of being in the present moment, noticing thoughts and sensations, suspending judgment, gradually experiencing inner peace and restoring a connection with the natural order.
Expressive Writing aids to organize our thoughts, release our feelings, and regulate our emotions, helping us to gain a sense of control of whatever we might be weighing in the moment.
A common source of stress, suffering and loneliness, is the inability to communicate effectively and relate well to family, friends, and co-workers. We will share practices to support active listening and speaking clearly with integrity, respect, and kindness.
Through the use of film and media, we will witness and role play effective relational and collaborative problem-solving practices.
Service is a key that can unlock the door to restorative justice, harmony, and unity. Service enables us to move away from a self-centered reality to one that supports the well-being of all and of the earth. In offering selfless service, we enhance community vitality, pride, diversity, equity, and inclusion, restore hope and align to address the pressing problems of our day.
Social Justice art practices aim to raise critical consciousness, build community, and promote social change.
