Via Zoom

• Can be done in your bed, a chair, or standing behind a chair.
• You need no props other than a small ball (or an orange or apple from your kitchen).
• The chair should be sturdy, without arms if possible.
• You’ll need to access ZOOM on your computer or phone and make sure you have a space in your home that is uncluttered, without a spongy carpet … wood or linoleum or flat carpet.

We will start from either seated or lying down and I will offer adaptations for either position.
1. Breathing (emphasizing inhale and exhale to gentle music)
2. Warmup in your chair or bed (Sun Salutation sitting or lying)
3. Foot-and ankle wakeup (Tap or soft shoe routine)
4. Ball play (using the ball/orange/apple) to explore the range of motion of the body
5. Salsa or tango (getting rhythmic) If you can stand, we will do so!
6. Cool down (Re-assembling the body from head to toe)

Judith Sachs is a trained professional dancer.
Founder of Anyone Can Dance® , Teacher of Dance for Parkinsons®
The daughter and granddaughter of physicians, she is delighted to share her joy of movement with dancers of all abilities and backgrounds. Judith is a Lifetime Arts Teaching Artist.

 

For more details or to schedule members of your department to participate in this Art for Wellness Workshop (via Zoom) please email kroyer@pennstatehealth.psu.edu
Additional Art for Wellness Workshops available.

 

Mandalas are circular designs, with a center around which revolves an organized, repeating design. The
design of the Mandala represents wholeness and symbolizes unity in the World and unity in our personal lives.

Participants will be introduced to Mandala design, learn its history and uses, then create their own mandalas.

Making art requires us to be totally present with process. Find out how that presence restores us. This workshop is for all skill levels.

 

Judeth Pekala Hawkins is a professional visual artist whose intensely personal work and unmistakable style has been recognized and awarded throughout the Mid Atlantic states. She balances the solitude of personal studio work with the excitement of creating alongside others as a teaching artist.

For more details or to schedule members of your department to participate in this art for Wellness Workshop (via Zoom) please email kroyer@pennstatehealth.psu.edu
Additional Art for Wellness Workshops available.

 

In this workshop artist Gail Jones will take you on the journey of turning paper from home into an expressive piece of your creativity. You will learn the fundamentals of Mosaic Paper Art. You will need re-cycled paper (newspaper, magazines, wrapping paper, paper bags), scissors, 6×6 piece of cardboard or heavy stock paper, glue, practice paper (such as copy paper), tooth pick, pencil, damp rag, tweezers and ruler.  This workshop is for all skill levels.

 

 

 

Gail Jones is a professional teaching artist who will bring this workshop to you from her studio in Muncy Valley, Pa., where she resides.

Jones spent much of her early years as a batik artist, creating a wearable art line from the shapes and designs that flowed out of her. She soon created flat pieces which began to be display in shows and galleries.

Over twenty years ago, Jones returned to working with ceramics, opening her first studio inside a rented space in a tiny little village named Forksville, in north-central Pennsylvania until moving to an equally obscure location in Muncy Valley, Pa.

There, Jones established a working studio where her own creativity seemingly never ceases while her pottery classes draw in other women from the community that love that same creative energy.

Her mosaic works now incorporate her own hand-made tessera which serves to enhance the creative expression.

For more details or to schedule members of your department to participate in this art for Wellness Workshop (via Zoom) please email kroyer@pennstatehealth.psu.edu
Additional Art for Wellness Workshops available.