Join us for a relaxing session of mindful art-making! This workshop offers a relaxing and engaging art therapy experience focused on mindfulness and simple mark-making. Using watercolors and basic drawing materials as tools for relaxation, participants will be guided through a series of creative mark-making exercises and grounding techniques, followed by a longer, meditative mandala painting session. The painting sessions will incorporate the basic principles of mindfulness, like non-judgement, patience, and acceptance, to help you stay present and at ease.

All supplies are included and no art experience is needed!

Facilitator Bio:
Kara Ashley-Gilmore helps adults re-connect to their creativity, without letting trauma, stress, and shame get in their way. She is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor, Board-Certified Art Therapist, Somatic Experiencing Practitioner and owner of Mountain Creative Arts Counseling; a mixed-media artist at the Art Place Studios, in Hendersonville; and Board Member of the Arts Council of Henderson County. Ultimately, all of her work is about helping people be more creative, use their creativity for personal growth, and incorporate creativity into their daily lives. Her art therapy workshops are tailored to those who appreciate opportunities for creative exploration–with gentle guidance–in a non-judgemental, quiet atmosphere.