Blooming Slowly:  An interfaith Mindful Ikebana rest experience featuring Anjie Cho

Feb 22, 3:30-5pm online

Join us as we explore emerging from the season of rest (winter) into the season of blooming (spring) with Mindful Ikebana, the Japanese art of flower arrangement.  Ikebana presenter Anjie Cho will invite you to rest, reconnect with your spirit, engage in a contemplative art experience, and explore how to invite mindfulness and peace into your everyday life. 

This rest-and-reconnect experience includes:

• A guided meditation to pause and connect with the qi (life force energy) of a flower and invite its wisdom into your heart

• A demonstration as Anjie creates a spring ikebana arrangement interwoven with contemplative dharma art, Buddhist, and Taoist teachings.

• Instructions on how to invite the beauty of flower arranging in a simple, accessible way than enriches your spiritual life

Anjie’s bio and photos:

https://www.anjiecho.com/photosforpress

This interfaith event is proudly presented by IDEAS (interfaith Dialogues on Environment and Animal Stewardship) at no cost to participants.  Our IDEAS mindfulness events honor the continuing legacy of Dr. Polly Wheat, M.D., physician, mindfulness instructor, and strong supporter of greater interfaith understanding.

3:40-4pm Welcome, introduction, ikebana

4-4:20pm guided meditation: meeting a flower

4:20-4:30 brief wellness break

4:30-5pm ikebana demonstration/talk

5-5:10pm one flower in a vase instruction, closing

5:10-5:30pm Q&A

IDEAS Mindfulness Events honor the legacy of Dr. Polly Wheat, M.D.

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