Hill-Stead’s Wellness Weekend | March 3 – 4

UConn Health are proud to offer Wellness Weekend, a celebration of the mind, body, and spirit at Hill-Stead.

• All activities are included in regular museum admission.
• No reservations – just check in at the Museum Shop!

FREE with Museum membership or admission.

Wellness Weekend Schedule

SATURDAY, MARCH 3

10 am     Yoga

Feel blissful from taking this All-Levels Yoga class with Sarah Wadsworth at 10 am in the Makeshift Theater—bring your mat and don your favorite yoga gear for practice and relaxation inside this historic space. $5 suggested donation

11:15 am & 1:15 pm    Hiking – One-hour guided hikes with certified Kripalu yoga teacher and therapist, Nancy Murray, on Hill-Stead’s beautiful trails. Instruction in mindfulness and some meditation, yoga and breathing exercises are included along the way. Please check in at the Museum Shop.
Dress for the weather and BYO water and snacks.

10 – 4 pm   Museum

Take a guided tour of Hill-Stead Museum. The last tour departs at 3 pm.

SUNDAY, MARCH 4

All Day    Hiking

Enjoy nature walks on the museum’s trail system—please check in at the Museum Shop for trail maps and to learn about other opportunities during Wellness Weekend.

10 am     Yoga

Feel blissful from taking this All-Levels Yoga class with Sarah Wadsworth in the Makeshift Theater—bring your mat and don your favorite yoga gear for practice and relaxation inside this historic space. $5 suggested donation

12 pm     Conversation in the Makeshift Theater

Innovative Medical Education and The Arts: Creative Collaborations with Hill-Stead Museum and UConn Health
with Dr. Mary P. Guerrera and Dr. Elizabeth Simmons

1–4 pm   Museum

Stroll Hill-Stead Museum at your own pace from 1-4 pm, featuring live piano music on the Steinway.

 1–4 pm  Workshops

Workshops run concurrently and offer meditation and creation – feel free to try both or stay longer in either one.

Photography Workshop: The Joy of Self Expression Using Your Smart Phone
with Laurie Klein

1–2:15 pm or 2:30–4 pm • Pope Board Room

Come play with Laurie Klein and learn how to tap into your creative juices! Everyone has a smartphone these days – one of the most accessible creative tools we have at our fingertips. Through a series of fun exercises, you will realize how taking photographs can be transformative, healing and fun.
What you need to bring: Smart Phone—fully charged; download the free app “Snapseed” from the app store, before or during class.

Laurie Klein is an author, educator, and award-winning photographer. She has an MFA from Ohio University and a BFA from RIT, and has studied with Ansel Adams. Laurie and her son, a graduate of UConn Medical School, work together on Expressive Art for Transformation and Wellness. www.laurieklein.com

Expressive Arts Workshop
with Elisabeth Moss

1–2:15 pm or 2:30–4 pm • Makeshift Theater 

Expressive Art is a playful creative process that uses different art forms (drawing, painting, movement, sound, etc.) to help reduce stress; invite mindfulness; and promote a consciousness of our interconnectedness with all of life. No art experience is necessary to enjoy this workshop as Expressive Art is more about exploration and self-discovery, and less about the actual product.

Elisabeth Moss, BFA, Certified Expressive Art Facilitator, is a painter whose work is created by listening to an authentic, quiet place within. She has been leading Visual Expression Art workshops since 2003. By creating a non-judgmental atmosphere – requiring no special training- we are free to visually “speak” and experience freedom, emotional unburdening, and the joy of our innate beauty.

4 pm       Mindfulness in the Museum

Enhance your understanding of art and bring a greater depth of awareness to what you see. Join us for a mindful practice and exploration of art, inside the historic house.

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