We began our final day with Vinyasa Yoga, led by a virtual guest instructor, Becca Gosselin.
Following yoga, we watched part of "Samsara," a visual travelogue film that encapsulates a vast range of imagery from around the world.
We concluded our project by heading to Plymouth to get a takeout lunch from Blended and Thai Smile as a special treat. Thank you to all everyone in our project for a great week!
Our 4th day began with Ms. Tyson leading our group in a 75 minute yin yoga session. Afterwards, Ms. Pereira guided the group through a few short mandala exercises- first drawing in the sketchbook, and then working with sticks and stones to build a collaborative piece, using chance as a deciding factor.
We started out our second day practicing the "Morning Pages" which is a tool introduced in "The Artist's Way" by Julia Cameron. The basic rule of this tool is to write three pages of longhand stream of consciousness writing, without stopping right when you get up each day. She heralds this as a major tool for anyone serious about their creative pursuits. Cameron says the pages can't really be explained except by experiencing them.
Then, we had a guest instructor, Shavani, Zoom in to guide us in Shatki yoga. She incorporated mudras and some discussion of the body's energy centers. It was an amazing session!
Just before lunch, Ms. Pereira led us in sensory experience making aromatherapy slime.
In the afternoon, we had our second virtual guest instructor, dancer Mitsu Salmon. She gave us a short history of Butoh dance and and then led us in a creative movement workshop, where she guided us through different ways of improvised movement, prompted by visual imagery.
Ms. Pereira led us in this practice with sumi ink and soap- floating the ink on the surface tension of the water, and watching the designs change form according to the vibrations and movement in the room. Everyone had a chance to try it and pulled several of their own prints from the surface of their individual water baths. It was a lot of fun!
