Sense-Sational Saturday - A day of play through Mindfulness and the Arts

Sense-sational Saturday: A Day of Play through Mindfulness and the Arts at the YoungArts Miami

Connect with the community and immerse yourself in playful exploration using your senses. Experience mindfulness through creative activities while deepening presence, awareness and compassion.

About this Event

All ages are welcome for this fun, immersive sensory journey.

Mindful Kids Miami’s Sense-sational Saturday: A Day of Play through Mindfulness and the Arts aims to bring mindfulness-based art resources to individuals and families, increasing wellness and building connections within the community. This event is made possible by generous support of Miami DDA and YoungArts Foundation.

This event is FREE to the public, but REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED.

Explore emotional well-being and deepen resilience as you are guided through Mindfulness-Based creative practices by art therapist, author, and artist, Dr. Patricia Isis.

Session 1 (10:30 AM - 11:00 AM)
Sculpture of You Participants will be invited to pick a posture that shows them at their best. They will then create an aluminum foil sculpture of themselves in their chosen posture using aluminum foil sheets and colorful pipe cleaners.

Session 2 (11:30 AM - 12:00 PM)
Doodle Your Story -Participants will be guided through stories of adventure to explore and reveal their strengths through doodling, drawing and/or writing.
Sensory Tables (Ongoing during the event)
Enhance awareness and curiosity as you savor with your senses at the Aroma, Touch and Tasting Tables.
Sensory Activities Stations (Ongoing during the event)
Foster creativity and self-expression at our Sensory Activity Stations where you can decorate your own rain stick and create shapes with non-toxic modeling clay.

Feel the Beat Sessions (11:05 - 11:20 AM and 12:15 - 12:30 PM)
Practice focus and attention as you are guided through simple percussive beats and encouraged to create your own. All ages are welcome.

We will have a brief community closing practice at 12:55 PM.

Patricia Isis PhD ATR-BC, LMHC-QS, ATCS, art therapist, author, and artist has been practicing Art Psychotherapy and Mental Health Counseling for over 40 years in South Florida. Dr. Isis is a Certified Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) Teacher and offers MSC programs in collaboration with Mindful Kids Miami. She published her book, The Mindful Doodle Book: 75 Creative Exercises to Help You Live in the Moment, in 2019, and presents therapeutic art, mindful doodling and mindfulness workshops locally, nationally and internationally. Learn more about Dr. Patricia Isis by visiting her MKM bio page.

Schedule of Events:

10:00 AM Registration check-in is open

10:00 AM - 1:00 PM Savor at the sensory tables, create and play at the sensory activity stations

10:30 AM -11:00 AM Mindfulness-Based Creative Session 1: Sculpture of You led by Dr. Patricia Isis

11:05 - 11:20 AM - Feel the Beat Sensory Experience

11:30 AM - 12:00 PM - Mindfulness-Based Creative Session 2: Doodle Your Story led by Dr. Patricia Isis

12:15 - 12:30 PM Feel the Beat Sensory Experience

12:55 - 1:00 PM Thank you and Community Closing Practice

About Mindful Kids Miami

Mindful Kids Miami (MKM) is a non-profit organization serving our community for 13 years with its mission to bring the benefits of mindfulness to children in the Miami-Dade community. We facilitate this intention by providing mindfulness training to adults who serve children such as educators, organizational staff, caregivers, and mentors. By developing their mindfulness practice first, participants begin to embody mindfulness, ultimately benefiting themselves, their professional and personal relationships, and most importantly the children they serve.

The benefits of mindfulness include and are not limited to:

• Improves attention, focus and memory
• Increases self-compassion, self-acceptance, and connection to others
• Reduces stress, depression, and anxiety
  The event will be held at The YoungArts Plaza, 2100 Biscayne Boulevard, Miami
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Getting there:

•⁠ Take the Omni, Bus or Free Biscayne Boulevard Trolley

•⁠ Walk or bike

•⁠ Drive, Free parking is available for 50 cars on first come first serve basis

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

YoungArts, 2100 Biscayne Boulevard, Miami, United States