Inspiring Life Day
After an initial four events on 10, 14, 16 and 15 May (See Inspring Life Week), the culmination of this year’s Inspiring Life event is a full day, on Saturday 18 May, of FREE activities taking creative approaches to health and wellbeing. This year’s workshops are focused around themes of recovery and renewal – exploring things in our lives that we might want to understand better, change, re-boot or re-think.
This year’s programme has been made possible by an award from the National Lottery Community Fund. Though these events are FREE places are limited so it is essential to book in advance through Box Office 01721 725777.
10am – 12 noon New Moves with Sara Boles
Auditorium
Start the day with a dance workshop to warm up your body and wake up your mind. Find out how movement makes you feel and work with other participants to create a short routine to perform together in the 5pm sharing session.
10.30am – 12 noon Art therapy workshop with Lynne Grahame
Anne Younger studio
Try your hand at art in a relaxed, safe space during this 90 minute session.
All materials provided
12.30 – 1.15pm Let Yourself Go with Alex Saunders
Auditorium
Brighten up your afternoon with this movement to music session, – groove, move, stand, walk, shimmy and sway your troubles away.
1.30 – 2.15pm Tell Us a Story with Franziska Droll
Anne Younger Studio
Experiment with different ways of making up a story, developing characters, creating an atmosphere, and performing in a front of a small friendly audience.
2.30 – 3.15pm Follow the Beat with Jenny Noble
Auditorium
Use rhythm, dynamics, and different types of hand movement to build up some joyful noise and communicate using drums
3.30 – 4.30pm Talking about Recovery with See Me Scotland
Anne Younger Studio
Take a fun and interactive look at different ways words can be used to help us on our recovery journey, with an emphasis on the stigma and discrimination we may find along the way.
5 – 6.30pm New Directions
Auditorium
Today’s participants in dance, music and story take turns in sharing short informal performances that they’ve developed earlier in the day; while some of the tutors talk about recovery, renewal, and other themes that have emerged during the week.
