REST & REFLECTION WORKSHOPS
Monday, August 5th || 3 Separate Workshops
Factory Theatre, Rehearsal Hall
125 Bathurst Street (3rd Floor)
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FREE — Festival Artists ONLY!
Nova Dance is hosting a series of FREE workshops and creative sessions, specifically designed as a moment to rest, pause, slow down, relax, and reflect. You all deserve it!
These workshops are exclusively and only for Festival artists, and our gift to all of you! Please note that the Rehearsal Hall is only accessible by stairs.
Body Unbreak
11:30am – 1:00pm || Facilitator Neena Jayarajan
Spend time with Neena as she takes you through targeted pain relief and relaxation techniques for your body. Learn methods to find ease of tension from head to toe and understand the body’s needs towards restoration and longevity by giving it a helping hand. This will involve both self directed and hands on approaches. If you have areas of your body that give you consistent trouble, we will work through them together and learn how to maintain our optimal selves trough stretch, massage and strengthening! Lets unbreak our bodies together.
Floating
1:30 – 2:30pm || Facilitator Nova Bhattacharya
Float, to rest on the surface of or be suspended in a fluid…….
Breathe and be still; imagine and invoke; rest and rock and whatever else flows when we share space with intentional fluidity allowing the collaborative forces inside our bodies and minds to melt, dissolve, soften and solidify……
Therapeutic Art: 7 Types of Rest
3:15 – 4:45pm || Facilitator Rachel Robbins
Let’s explore the 7 types of rest, as named by Dr. Saundra Daulton-Smith. In this workshop, you will be guided through a series of intuitive art reflections that will help you discover what rest looks like for you and how to access it. Therapeutic Art can be a powerful way to look inwards, express emotions, and connect with others. The focus of these sessions will be on process-oriented exploration with different media. Together we will notice, play, and get curious about rest.