About this Event
An Evening of Sounds, Stillness & Self-Connection
As we enter the final months of the year, Cardio Roots invites you to slow down, exhale, and reconnect with yourself.
This season has been heavy for many of us. Between work, relationships, responsibilities, growth, and simply navigating life, we don’t always give ourselves permission to pause. The Art of Being was created to change that.
Hosted in collaboration with Aqua Vida, this intimate wellness experience invites guests into an evening of sound, stillness, reflection, and intentional self-connection. Rather than asking guests to do more, this experience encourages them to simply be.
Guests will be guided through an immersive evening designed to help them:
- Recenter after a demanding season
- Reflect on everything they’ve moved through
- Release what no longer serves them
- Reconnect with themselves and their inner world
- Realign with how they want to enter the next season
This is a reminder that wellness isn't always about movement. Sometimes wellness looks like being still, breathing deeply, feeling present, and giving yourself permission to receive.
THE EXPERIENCE
The Art of Being will create an elevated, intimate atmosphere where guests can disconnect from the outside world and pour back into themselves through:
Sound + Stillness
An immersive sound experience designed to quiet the noise and create space for relaxation.
Self-Connection
Intentional moments of reflection, grounding, and guided connection with self.
Wellness + Beauty
Thoughtfully curated wellness moments and products that enhance the experience and encourage guests to continue prioritizing themselves beyond the event.
Community
An intimate gathering of like-minded individuals coming together to close out the year with intention, gratitude, and renewed energy.
WHY THIS EXPERIENCE MATTERS
We live in a culture that constantly tells us to go, achieve, produce, and keep moving.
The Art of Being asks: What happens when we simply pause?
As the year comes to a close, this experience creates a meaningful opportunity for guests to celebrate how far they've come, acknowledge what they've carried, and step into what's next feeling grounded, restored, and aligned.
You deserve moments like these.
SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITY
We are inviting select wellness, beauty, lifestyle, hospitality, and self-care brands to become part of The Art of Being.
This is an opportunity for brands to connect with a highly engaged, wellness-minded community through an experience that feels intentional, elevated, authentic, and memorable.
Sponsors can be integrated through:
- Curated wellness or self-care products
- Guest gifting and wellness bags
- Product sampling and discovery moments
- On-site brand activations
- Branded experience elements
- Social media features and event content
- Photo/video integration
- Pre- and post-event brand visibility
- Community giveaways
- Long-term partnership opportunities with Cardio Roots
Rather than simply placing a logo in a room, we want our partners to become part of the experience.
CARDIO ROOTS × AQUA VIDA
Cardio Roots is a wellness community rooted in movement, community, and creating spaces where people can pour back into themselves.
The Art of Being expands that mission beyond movement—creating space for rest, reflection, and restoration.
Together with Aqua Vida, we're creating an experience that feels like a pause from the outside world and a return to self.
The Art of Being.
Come as you are.
Leave feeling more connected to who you are.
Event venue & nearby stays
AKA University City, 2929 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, United States
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