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Fun Friday: Painting Demonstration with Troods

Fun Fridays offer a refreshing mid-day break from work to indulge in physical, mental, or creative activity. Patricia Nolan-Brown (aka Troods), painted a boat scene with holiday trees and a dramatic sky while demonstrating how using the impasto painting technique can be a form of joyful meditation. Facilitator: Patricia Nolan-Brown, BA (aka Troods) is an...

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Fun Friday: An Ear-training Session with Professor Joo Park

Fun Fridays offer a refreshing mid-day break from work to indulge in physical, mental, or creative activity. Professor Joo created rhythmic and melodic exercises while participants explored their ear skills in rhythm and pitch to listen for the correct notation of the melody. Great for music enthusiasts! Facilitator: Joo Park, PhD, is a composer and...

Aine Greaney

Fun Friday: Writing for Joy

Fun Fridays offer a refreshing mid-day break from work to indulge in physical, mental, or creative activity. Join published author, essayist and expressive writing teacher Áine Greaney Ellrott to discover how expressive writing can bring joy, comfort and clarity to our personal and professional lives. Learn the “why,” “how” and “where” of developing and sustaining...

Lisa Staffiere

Fun Friday: Yoga at Your Desk

Fun Fridays offer a refreshing mid-day break from work to indulge in physical, mental, or creative activity. This lively 60-minute webinar offered refreshing breathing techniques, stretches, and awareness of proper body alignment to focus your mind and restore your balance. Yoga at your desk is great for people that spend a lot of time at...

Aine Greaney

Fun Friday: Writing for Joy

Fun Fridays offer a refreshing mid-day break from work to indulge in physical, mental, or creative activity. Published author, essayist, and expressive writing teacher Áine Greaney Ellrott provided this session on discovering how expressive writing can bring joy, comfort, and clarity to our personal and professional lives. She taught attendees the “why,” “how,” and “where”...

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Fun Fridays: Eight Active Ingredients of Tai Chi©

Fun Fridays offer a refreshing mid-day break from work to indulge in physical, mental, or creative activity. Eight Active Ingredients of Tai Chi© certified teacher, Barry Friedman, explored the traditional principles of Tai Chi in a relaxed, informal and experiential session. Regular practice of this gentle “meditation in motion” leads to more vigor and flexibility,...

Olga Katsovskiy

Fun Fridays: Journaling with Olga – Catching Fireflies

Fun Fridays offer a refreshing mid-day break from work to indulge in physical, mental, or creative activity. Olga provided a fun hour of journaling activities designed to free the participant’s creative spirit and improve self-care through writing. In this session, they practiced writing prompts to learn more about themselves, drawing inspiration from Joe Brainard’s “I...

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Fun Fridays – Music by Young and Restless Composers at Berklee

Fun Fridays offer a refreshing mid-day break from work to indulge in physical, mental, or creative activity. Professor Park hosted brand-new music compositions written by her students at Berklee. The pieces included song, orchestral, and piano music in various styles! This session was a great opportunity to hear new music and see what’s happening in...

Anne Levy

Fun Friday: Instant Gratification – The Practice of Spontaneous Thank You Notes

Fun Fridays offer a refreshing mid-day break from work to indulge in physical, mental, or creative activity. Did your parents force you to write thank you notes? Did you find the task tedious? In this session, Dr. Levy explored another avenue to thanking others—sheer spontaneity! It’s a lovely way to show how much you care...

Monia Fernandez

Fun Friday: Mid-day Reset Flow & Breathwork Yoga

Fun Fridays offer a refreshing mid-day break from work to indulge in physical, mental, or creative activity. Yoga is a practice. Life ebbs and flows; presenting obstacles as well as opportunities. It’s up to you to decide how you react to what occurs. Monia led this session to help participants find their own inner strength...

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