The Art of Well-being & Community Programs at WCFA
Meditation in the Gallery
Still Together Mindfulness Meditation Community
FREE MEDITATION PRACTICE SESSIONS – no experience necessary, all are welcome.
In-Person Meditation Sessions are held on the first & third Monday of each month, 6:30-7:30pm, at Warwick Center for the Arts
Virtual Online Sessions, via Zoom, are held every second, fourth and fifth Monday of the month from 7:00pm-7:30pm, and every Thursday morning at 7:30am-7:50am.
To join the virtual online sessions, please email meditateforwellbeing@gmail.com for the zoom link. Please note the meditation program is run by the Meditate for Wellbeing group. Please contact them via the email above to sign up.
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More about the Still Together Mindful Meditation Community
BENEFITS:
Although the benefits of mindfulness meditation on stress reduction and other health-related issues are well-founded, the practice may enhance resilience by strengthening the innate ability to cope, make wiser and kinder decisions, and make the world a better place. Practitioners should trust their own experience.
FORMAT:
Paulette Miller, group founder, facilitates the sessions with the help of other practitioners. Sessions often include breath meditation, movement meditation, and loving-kindness meditation. From time-to-time, we use music meditation, videos, and almost always a poem. The meditation exercises are guided. It’s a quiet, friendly time together.
The sessions offer a westernized, secular version of Vipassana, also known as insight, open-hearted, and analytic meditation. The design of the practice is in a style similar to Jon Kabat Zinn’s (creator of the Stress Reduction Clinic and the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine – University of Massachusetts Medical School) and other recognized and popular teachers (Jack Kornfield, Sharon Salzberg, Tara Brach, Joseph Goldstein, et al).
PLEASE NOTE:
Mindfulness meditation practice may not be appropriate for persons experiencing serious mental or physical health challenges, chemical dependencies or suicidal feelings. Please discuss any of these concerns with your healthcare provider.
ACCOMODATIONS & ACCESSIBILITY:
*We welcome people of all cultural, ethnic, and religious backgrounds, racial identities, socio-economic class, sexual orientation, gender, age, education, and abilities. We strive to host inclusive, accessible events that enable all individuals, including individuals with disabilities, to engage fully. To request an accommodation or for inquiries about accessibility, please contact 401-737-0010 or email meditateforwellbeing@gmail.com.
ABOUT Paulette Miller
Paulette has been studying and practicing versions of meditation and yoga her entire adult life. Now retired from a business career, Paulette volunteers her time as a meditation group facilitator and has been teaching meditation for many years. The lessons learned while earning her master’s degree in education (adult training and development) are put to good use. At the same time, she believes group sessions strengthen her own meditation practice, introduce her to many wonderful people, and just make life better.
QUESTIONS:
For questions regarding mediation or the sessions, contact: meditateforwellbeing@gmail.com; or learn more by reading the Still Together Mindfulness Meditation Community newsletters.
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Arts Access for Adults with Disabilities
Note: This program is currently FULL. If you would like to be added to our waitlist, or have a private class scheduled for your group of 4 or more students, please email us at admin@warwickcfa.org.
The visual arts hold special significance in all of our lives, and greatly so in those with
intellectual or developmental disabilities. Through participation in art-making, individuals of
all ages and abilities can use their skills and talents to express themselves and communicate
their internal experiences. Pre-registration is required, class fee is on a sliding scale between $10-20
Yoga in the Gallery
Yoga in the Gallery – NOW AVAILABLE ON 2 DAYS!
Enjoy a little art with your downward dogs!
Fridays 10:00 – 11:00 am
- Drop in for yoga led by Elaine Hardman every Friday, 10:00 – 11:00 am in the WCFA gallery.
- Class fee is $12 or $10 for WCFA members, payable at the beginning of each class.
- No experience necessary, all are welcome.
Saturdays 8:30 am – 9:45 am
- YOUR Vinyasa Flow- A slow & moderate level class
Class Fee: $14 or $12 for WCFA members (cash or credit card at the door)
Note, this class is best suited for students who have an existing foundation in yoga - CLASS DESCRIPTION: We focus on building strength and flexibility through yoga in YOUR body. Each of us has unique
movement abilities developed through genetics, repetition and injury that we bring to class. Here
you are offered options, so you can move through class at YOUR own pace with YOUR own
flow. We also spend time developing the core muscle group to help with BALANCE. Inability to
BALANCE is a leading cause of injury across all age groups. - INSTRUCTOR: Julie began her yoga exploration over 15 years ago with a once-a-week class to relieve severe
back pain. She attributes her healing to yoga’s ability to build strength and flexibility and to its
transformational capabilities on and off the mat. Julie enjoys teaching and sharing the many
gifts of yoga with her students. Her classes are lighthearted, free flowing and intrinsic by design.
Julie completed her 200HR and 300HR Prana Flow Vinyasa teacher trainings with Coral Brown
in 2014 and is a registered Yoga Alliance teacher.
Community Engagement has been at the core of what WCFA does every day, every year for the past four decades. Through our volunteer board of directors and small staff we are proud to maintain WCFA as an important arts & culture resource for our community!
Just a note to let you know how happy I am to have discovered WCFA. I have visited several
times for art exhibits, and in the past few months I have been participating virtually with
Paulette Miller’s Mindfulness Meditations. Thank you for providing these opportunities and
programs–such wonderful gifts! They are much appreciated and thoroughly enjoyed.
Looking forward to staying connected and seeing what’s new. PK