In this live online course, you will have the great opportunity to step into a place of inner peace and calm. Here you can explore your creativity with kindness and gentleness for yourself. We will enjoy together a space which is supportive and encouraging, allowing our ideas of what ‘art’ is supposed to be to drop away. Instead, we will be developing our intuition and our perception of the world around us through guided practices of mindfulness and heart meditation.

These practices are naturally relaxing, helping to calm the mind, focus attention and allow a joyful, playful approach to art and to life. The course will help us all to rediscover a more expansive sense of vision, learning to see the world through fresh eyes.

Each workshop in the series offers the opportunity to try out a mixture of media and experiment with different processes in creating a piece of art. Each session has been planned to build upon the previous one and you will be able to take these practices to enhance your daily life.

Course Outline

Week 1: In the palm of the hand (indoors). materials needed: biro, marker pens, felt tips, paper

Week 2: In the palm of the hand (outdoors). materials needed: tea, coffee, wax, found materials, paper

Week 3: Abstract reflections. materials needed: free to choose but limited to using only the primary colours, paper

Week 4: Noticing the gaps. materials needed: water based paint, sponges and watercolour/mixed media paper

Week 5: Limited light. materials needed: charcoal or monochrome pastels, paper

Week 6: Abstract reflections. materials needed: clean recycled packaging and/or found outdoor materials

Course facilitators

For me being creative is a joyful and intuitive act, bringing to life unconscious elements, re-cognising the ordinary, and using these elements as a starting point to create work which is rich in depth.

Lor Bird is an award-winning artist and qualified tutor working primarily in mixed media on 2D surfaces in a singular and semi-abstract style. She has delivered workshops in a variety of settings including community projects, higher education establishments, art groups and workshops for private customers. http://lorbird.wixsite.com/artbylorbird

I see meditation as our natural state … which we can become distracted from. Taking time to remember how it feels to be at peace and to allow ourselves time to rest here, in our hearts, is a beautiful gift.

Vishwam is an experienced meditation facilitator, therapist, Heart Of Living Yoga teacher & teacher trainer. He has been sharing the art of relaxation in various forms for at least 25 years and has been meditating daily for nearly a decade. He has led workshops, trainings and retreats around the UK and internationally and teaches weekly classes in yoga, relaxation and breathing practices. http://flowingwithlife.org

Investment: £95 (25% off for each of you if you bring a friend)

Course times 7-9pm on a Tuesday beginning 23rd June

To register your place, please contact vishwam@heartoflivingyoga.com