ArtSELF: Free Your Mind (Theater Workshop)

Join our free Arts Wellness Workshops to relax, rejuvenate, and explore creative self-care. No experience needed! The Sarasota Performing Arts Foundation’s ArtSELF Arts for Wellness Workshops are designed to enhance community well-being through the power of the arts. This FREE series of 90-minute workshops offers our community a much-needed space to relax, rejuvenate, and manage stress, all while exploring creative self-care practices. Led by skilled Teaching Artists, the workshops will introduce participants to a variety of arts-based wellness techniques, including sound healing, arts journaling, reflective theater practices, movement, and breathing exercises. These sessions not only provide relaxation but also empower individuals to adopt tools for ongoing mental and emotional wellness. The workshops are open to all, offering an exploration of new wellness practices. No prior experience is needed, and all materials are provided. Free Your Mind Teaching Artist: Maria Schaedler-Luera This theater-based workshop offers a series of experiential and self-reflective exercises inspired by techniques of Rainbow of Desire, created by Brazilian activist and director Augusto Boal. In this offering, participants will learn to identify and transform the internal voices that block them from achieving their goals using their bodies and minds to reflect on patterns in their everyday lives. This personal growth and self-empowerment technique offers opportunities to gain greater insights and clarity into our own personal stories of oppression while giving us the motivation to break cycles and take steps towards creating change in our lives. No theater experience necessary.