ALL UPCOMING EVENTS
Meditation with Helen Tworkov and Jared Bland
This class, suitable for beginners as well as more experienced meditators, will explore the ways in which meditation can help steady our minds, ground us in experience, and open our hearts. Through guided mediation and discussion, and in a welcoming and encouraging environment, participants will learn the basics of the practice, and explore techniques to use mindfulness to support their daily lives. Chairs and cushions will be available, and all classes are free.
Helen Tworkov has studied Buddhism in the Zen and Tibetan traditions. She is the founder of Tricycle: The Buddhist Review and author of the forthcoming memoir, Lotus Girl. She has been a part-time resident of Inverness for more than fifty years.
Jared Bland lives in Glencoe, Cape Breton and Toronto. He was formerly the publisher of McClelland & Stewart, and the Arts editor of The Globe and Mail. He is a student of Tibetan Buddhism and learned meditation in that tradition.
Classes will begin on June 20th at 10:30AM.
There is no fee for this workshop, it is a free class.
Flower Arrangement Workshop
Municipality of Inverness County are inviting older adults to join them for a social afternoon at the Inverness County Centre for the Arts!
Learn more about gardening and create your own flower arrangement to bring home.
To register contact Maggie MacDonald at 902-258-7960
Painting with tom ryan
Classes will be held every Wednesday evening from 6:30 - 9pm from October 11 - November 29. All levels of experience are welcome and encouraged to join.
Christmas Plate Painting Workshop w/ Kelsey Watson
Christmas Plate Painting with Kelsey Watson for ages 12 and under.
Dec. 11, from noon - 1:30PM
Tickets are $25 available here - SOLD OUT
Kelsey Watson is a ceramic artist from Inverness.
In Kelsey's Christmas Plate Workshop participants will use a variety of coloured glazes and stamps to decorate a cookie plate for Santa! Finished ceramic plates will be fired in Kelsey's studio and ready for pick up the following week.
Sketch by Sketch in Cape Breton: Capturing the Fall colours with artist Emma FitzGerald
Sketch by Sketch in Cape Breton: Capturing the Fall colours with artist Emma FitzGerald
Posting Point Pleasant by Emma FitzGerald
Sunday October 9, from 10AM - 12PM
Tickets are $50, all levels are welcome
Workshop description:
Sketch by Sketch in Cape Breton: Capturing the Fall colours with artist Emma FitzGerald
Participants will work with pen, not pencil, freeing up inhibitions and learning to draw quickly in a series of shorter exercises. This will be followed by a landscape drawing with watercolour which will ideally be outside, weather permitting. The exercises will encourage us to learn from each other and the hope is participants will leave with a renewed desire to sketch the world around them. All levels are welcome.
Supplies:
personal sketchbook
waterproof fine tip black pen (I use uniball from Staples)
travel watercolour kit
3 watercolour paint brushes; fine, medium and large
*dress for the weather, bring a folding chair if you like
EMMA FITZGERALD holds a BFA in Visual Art from the University of British Columbia and a Master of Architecture from Dalhousie University. She is the author and illustrator of the Hand Drawn Halifax, Hand Drawn Vancouver and Sketch by Sketch Along Nova Scotia's South Shore. She has illustrated children's books, including EveryBody's Different on EveryBody Street by Sheree Fitch, and A Pocket of Time: The Poetic Childhood of Elizabeth Bishop, by Rita Wilson an IBBY Canada Cleaver Award nominee. This fall she will release Two Crows a counting fable written by Susan Vande Griek. She often teaches workshops to adults and children alike and encourages people to let go of a desire to make things perfect, instead focusing on what they see and feel when drawing. She lives in Lunenburg, NS.
Photo by Scott Munn
Gentle Meditative Yoga with Richard Allon
Gentle Meditative Yoga
Classes: $10 + $2 fee
Every Friday from 10:00am - 11:30am
JULY: 8,15, 22, 29 | AUGUST: 5, 12, 19, 26 | SEPT: 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 | OCT: 7
Allow yourself to be in yoga practice and experience deep relaxation of body and mind.
The class includes moving thru a flow of classic yoga asanas (postures) while mindfully following the breath, the movement of your mind and the sensations arising in the body as you move.
Become stronger, more agile and more present.
Open to Everyone
Learn to Meditate
Learn how to meditate
Tuesday mornings at 9:30-10:30
Helen Tworkov will offer basic guidance on how to use the breath and the body to help steady our minds, with plenty of time for questions and discussion.
While these gatherings will be geared toward beginners, those with meditation experience are most welcome. Chairs and cushions will be available. All sessions are free.
Helen is the founder of Tricycle: The Buddhist Review, author of Zen in America, and co-writer with Mingyur Rinpoche of In Love with the World. She has been a part time resident of Inverness for the past fifty years.
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