This workshop is for you if:

  • You are curious about the relationship between meditation and creativity

  • You are curious about dreamwork (even if you don’t seem to dream!)

  • You want to invite more creativity and imagination into your daily life

  • You are curious about creating an altar

  • You want to relax
    You want to learn about and practice a variety of meditation styles 

  • You want to give a boost to your creative life

  • You want to learn about and play with mixed media art techniques
    You want to meet like-minded introspective people

  • You have enjoyed Megan’s Meditate & Create workshops in the past.

Benefits all levels of experience and abilities. No experience necessary.

No specific religious or spiritual background promoted.

Please bring:

A journal

A dream (from any era of your life—“good” dreams and nightmares are equally welcome!)

Any objects or art materials that seem to resonate with your dream or the experience of dreaming for you. (optional)

A yoga mat

About Meditation: As we sit in chairs around the art tables, the group will be guided through four types of meditation: progressive relaxation, guided visualization, vipassana or "clear seeing" meditation, and metta or "loving kindness" meditation. Each kind of meditation offers a different way to bring the mind to the present moment with relaxation and awareness. As a bonus, many experience meditation as a way to befriend or surpass our inner critic when it comes to making art. No experience or special props are necessary. New and seasoned practitioners are welcome.
 
About Contemplative Art: In this workshop we will focus on the processes of self-expression, cultivating creativity, and the experience of using art to explore our present-moment experience in order to create beautiful and interesting altars that can be used after class is over. Although there is not right or wrong way to make art in this class, this workshop gives clear guidelines, goals, and material demonstrations to work with. All materials are provided. No experience is necessary. New and experienced artists are welcome.
 
Embodied movement: This part of the workshop weaves together yoga and embodied dreamwork practices. Yoga means "yoke" or "union" and simply refers to the bringing together of body, mind, and breath. The movement in this workshop will be very basic and does not require any body to bend into a pretzel. Instead, movements will be offered as another tool for creativity, embodied dreaming, relaxation, and self-knowing. It will also be used as a way to enter and work with our dreams and for idea development for our altars.