In Session One, we begin Artfulness with teachings on the importance of practice. Our hope is that whatever you find in this experience that works for your own promotion of personal well-being becomes something that you come back to again and again.
In this short video, a mindfulness practitioner and a practicing artist explain their concepts of practice and what it can mean for you. Both George Deeb and Arnold J. Kemp teach practice in their respective fields. They offer you a way of contextualizing your Artfulness experience and start you off with the a good perspective as you take this time to explore what kind of practice will work best for you.
In this breathing exercise, we are introduced to and then led in the ancient yogic breathing technique of Ujjayi by Brinson Leigh Kresge, who uses this in her yoga practice and teachings.
In this guided meditation, Joe Cates takes us to Monroe Park to pay attention to the sounds around us, as if surrounded by a symphony that we need only to tune into, like John Cage’s famous three-movement composition of “silence” called 4’33”.
Choose one art activity.