By Cleopatra Griffin | Project Leader
It has been a year since the pandemic changed everything.
Our in person groups moved to virtual format a year ago... that seems so bizarre, but here we are, we are still meeting weekly with participants and we are still building community in the most difficult times. During our staff meeting this morning we noted that attendance for HAICU (Healing Arts Imaginative Care Unit) has actually become more regular/reliable than ever before. This is in part due to the fact that we are in desperate need of connection these days, even if it is online, and for some of our participants - travel was difficult. The accesability of reaching our programming from their own homes has made a huge difference.
Healing Arts participants continue to meet weekly. Each session begins with breath practice, meditation, movement, includes lunches together (from their own homes), art making, music and dance, and ends with gratitudes, meditation, and closing.
One of the ongoing projects has been a journal. Each participants journal is unique and made entirely for themselves - including writing and artwork. Currently they are working on special pages that include their intentions and gounding pages. The grounding pages have outlines of their hands so they have a guide to place their hands on the pages - in the pages underneath are meditations, words, drawings, collages, etc. of what things ground that indvidual.
We are looking forward to a partnership with River Arts VT. which begins in April. A ceramic artist will be leading the Healing Arts participants through a 6 week workshop of pottery making! At the end of the workshop, River Arts will fire the pottery in their kilns for each participant. Looking forward to sharing that with you next time!
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