NEW! Creative Meditation: Self-awareness & Change

NEW! Creative Meditation: Self-awareness & Change

Adult Course | This program has been canceled

200 Grant Street Denver, CO 80203 United States
A02
All
7/29/2023 (one day)
1:00 PM-2:00 PM MDT on Sat
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$17.50
$14.87

NEW! Creative Meditation: Self-awareness & Change

Adult Course | This program has been canceled

Join artist & mindfulness teacher, Quána Madison, for a 60-minute creative meditation workshop. This workshop will use a variety of mindfulness exercises and expressive arts-based activities to promote mindfulness and emotional and well-being. This session explores expressive arts-based exercises focused on self-awareness and managing change. Practicing self-awareness supports personal growth and skills to navigate changes in our lives. Even when change is positive, it can be difficult. Learning how to accept change nourishes personal growth, healing and recovery. During this session, participants will explore prompts that promote self-reflection on their identity and goals. Participants will also engage prompts that increase awareness of how they experience change and how they can improve their attitude towards transformation. They will have optional opportunities to share their art and thoughts with the group. Participants will be guided in focused meditation to close the session. Every class incorporates community building exercises.

  • Personal journal The journal will be used when responding to expressive writing prompts. Drawing materials: You are encouraged to use any of your favorite drawing materials when responding to creative meditation prompts. Here is a list of potential drawing materials that you may want to use during class: oil pastels, color pencils, markers, pens Paper: 9 x 12 inch Mixed media paper (suggested size)
Madison, Quana
Quana Madison

Quána Madison is an artist, healing arts facilitator and a Buddhist pastoral care provider. She believes art nourishes wellbeing. Expressive arts revived her soul after a near death complication from cancer previvor treatments and the onset of disruptive chronic illnesses. Quána strives to inspire, educate, empower and uplift people through her artwork and consulting services. She combines wellbeing practices with expressive art-making to promote mindfulness, self-compassion, social-emotional wellness and a sense of belonging. Quána collaborates as a coach, teaching artist and consultant for Colorado Artists in Recovery (a non-profit that nurtures the creative spirit of people in recovery from substance misuse and mental health disorders), Catholic Charities, the Denver Botanic Gardens and Redline Contemporary Gallery. She is a Senior Educator and Community Engagement Specialist at the Clyfford Still Museum.  

 

As an artist-philanthropist, she supports organizations that promote a better world. She collaborates with Habitat for Humanity, the National Pain Advocacy Center (a non-profit advocacy organization working to change the mindsets and policies that shape the care people with pain receive) and LBGTQIA+ organizations. Quána is a life-long learner who enjoys reading, dancing, gardening, expressive art-making and visiting New York City. She lives in Denver, Colorado with her husband Zach and their three cats. Quána is represented by Artlifting in Boston, Massachusetts and Wilhelmina Denver.

 

A graduate of New York University and Colorado College, Quána holds a MA in Education and a BA in Philosophy. More information is available at www.quanamadison.com and www.linktr.ee/quanamadison.