Safehaven Workshops

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Space to develop your creativity & agency

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Join dance artist and teacher Yanaëlle Thiran for 1 or 2 creative movement workshops inspired by the Meditation Pods. The workshops will take place on Fridays 7 & 14 June, 4 - 5 pm at the Marine Workshop in Newhaven (top floor). They are part of the ‘Safehaven, Exploring Safe Spaces’ exhibition, brought to you by Meditation Pods Project and lead artist Sophie Wright, and also running at the same time as Look Again festival in Newhaven.

Open to all (no previous dance experience needed)

Please bring a water bottle with you, wear trainers and comfortable clothes such as t-shirts, leggings or tracksuit bottoms.

Queer Ecology: Exploring Identity and Belonging Through Eco-Poetry

Co-facilitated by Imogen Wade & Éloïse O’Dwyer-Armary, via the collective Collections Of Queer Poets, at the exhibition Safehaven, Exploring Safe Spaces by Meditation Pods Project, led by artist Sophie Wright.

The natural world is queer. It is not only humans that are attracted to the same sex, or have diverse family structures. Swans find themselves in same-sex pairings, clownfish change their sex during their lifetime, and male seahorses carry their young. The gender binaries of modern life often dissolve when we step foot into natural spaces, and in the woods we embrace the cyclical changes of seasons.

Join us for a creative workshop that delves into ecology, poetry and queer identity. We will investigate our connections to the natural world and the concept of belonging through writing exercises, a reflective time in the meditation pod and collaborative discussions. Using Mary Oliver’s poem ‘How I Go Into the Woods’ as our starting point, we will explore the different ways that we enter natural spaces and whom we enter them with.

"Join us for a creative morning where we’ll be playing with speech bubbles and images. In this 2-hours workshop, led by the artist Marie Sahy, we are going to reflect on what a safe space is? Is it a location, a person, maybe a specific environment…? We will then explore how we can represent it and interact with it by creating a one-page graphic novel.
 
All materials will be provided but you’re welcome to bring your own favourite mediums and sketchbooks. Full-price 5£, Student/concession price 2£, booking required."

You are invited to attend as we embrace the increased light of the sun in the northern hemisphere and embrace this dance with the rhythm of life.

This sound bath is to assist you in tuning to the energy of the season.

Kharis will gently guide you into a meditative state where you will be bathed in purifying vibrations using a combination of 432hz crystal sound bowls, drumming and shakers.

To help you cleanse, align and balance the chakras and auric field, so that you move into this next chapter balanced and full of energy ready to bloom.

Through the ancient art of storytelling, we curate immersive learning experiences that intersect environment, culture, and well-being.

At the heart of our storytelling is the richness of African mythology—narratives that offer profound insights into the human experience.

Join us for the unforgettable live musical experience featuring the sounds of the Kora inspired by the Earth’s Elements. Explore African oral tradition through visual and audio storytelling.