The Art of Wellness documentary spotlights the important role of the arts and the positive impact that participating in arts-based programming has on our well-being, supporting people with high stress, anxiety, and depression Facing grief at the loss of your loved one, or managing your way through life’s challenges and traumas, can be greatly helped by expressing yourself through the arts.
Joshua Creek Heritage Arts Centre is featured in the Art of Wellness short documentary, along with other organizations that offer arts-based programs supporting mental wellness.
Ongoing Events & Workshops
Community Meditation with Mayur Patel
Join us Wednesdays at 6:30 PM!
Mayur Patel has generously offered his services to provide our community with guided meditation and Karma meditation classes.
Registration is preferred, but drop-ins are welcome!
Soul Sound with Margo Free & Luc Dupuis
August 14th, 2022 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Rest & Restore with Restorative Yoga
Every Friday from September 23rd – October 21st (Fall 6-Week Session)
Every Friday from November 4th – December 9th (Winter 6-Week Session)
This 6-week series uses props such as chairs, bolsters, blankets, straps, and blocks to help the body and mind soften more into relaxation and stillness. With consistent practice, the more the body and mind will slip into the familiarity of ease and relaxation.
Upcoming Workshops
Through the support of our local partners and board members JCHAC offers a variety of workshops and events that will help members explore the opportunities social prescribing and healing through art has to offer.
Transformative Tinctures: Create your own Custom Tincture
Sunday, September 18th @ 1:00PM to 5:00PM
Cacao Ceremony: Plant Journey into The Heart
Sunday, October 16th @ 1:00PM to 5:00PM
Cacao is a potent plant medicine that helps us to move into our heart, self-reflect, explore our wishes and dreams, heal what needs to be healed, and move with love. In this plant journey, gathered in circle, we will work with ceremonial grade cacao from Guatemala. A rich, restorative yoga practice will open our hearts while being deeply nurtured.
A Labyrinth Journey: Through Mindful Practice and Art
Saturday, October 29th @ 12:30PM to 4:30PM
Soothing the Senses: Create Nourishing Salves
Sunday, November 20th @ 1:00PM to 5:00PM
Soothing the Senses: Create Nourishing Salves
Community Meditation with Mayur Patel
Monthly Dose of Wellness: Susan K
Susan Ksiezopolski, following her retirement from a 32-year career in the public sector, reignited her life-long passion for poetry. In 2016, she graduated from the Humber School for Writers. In 2018, she founded WriteWell to support organizations and individuals in creating a path to success and wellness by unleashing the power of expressive creative writing.
She has developed and delivered a wide range of sought-after writing workshops including; Free the Writer Within, Write on the Spot, Write to Heal, Creative Resilience, Write Your Story – Memoir Writing, How to Build Your Writing Habits. Since 2016, Susan has delivered over 300 workshops.
Susan will be sharing some of her thoughts and experiences in the form of blog posts that can expand your knowledge in the Art of Wellness.
Goals that Nurture
Summer is a time for nurturing and tending to the seeds that have been planted. If you set intentions (goals) for yourselves, this is like the gardener, planting seeds, tending to them with just the right amount of water, fertilizing, removing weeds, and pruning as necessary to prepare for the eventual harvest. When we set
The Path to Growth
With the full height of summer upon us, July brings to us the summer solstice, a reminder to turn inward and find nourishment needed to grow and evolve. One way to GROW is to set goals for ourselves. Achieving these goals and celebrating the victory is really about challenging the status quo to elevate our
Tune Into Your GPS
With the increasing amount of disorders and fast pace of change in today’s world, it is becoming more complex to navigate our way through the uncertainties. Embracing stillness seems like an impossible target to pull off given the speed of life, but without it we are not able to cultivate a deeper level of awareness, an essential component