31-Day Wellness Challenge, May 2024
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Join us during May 2024, Mental Health Awareness Month, for 31 days of wellness for a healthier and happier you. Each day, we invite you to do something for your mental wellness and well-being. We’re offering a sample of holistic wellness practices at our Healing Hive at Folkmoot and at the sites of our Wellness Partners.
Offerings include walking the labyrinth, taking a Qigong class with Marga or a Yoga class at Axis Yoga, enjoying a live concert at Folkmoot, working with clay with Gratitude Pottery, learning about herbs for wellness with The Alternative Clinic, watching a painting demo with artist, Richard Baker, and more.
The invitation is to do something every day for your mental wellness and well-being, like taking a walk, gardening, making a nourishing meal, exercising, and so on.
Take a photo or a short video and post it on our private Facebook group. To participate, join our Facebook page. We will cheer you on, and you’ll be inspired by the collective energy of our community. Together we support each other to form better habits for healthier and happier lives of meaning and purpose.
Mindful Movement Qigong
Weekly, on Wednesdays at @11 am at our Hive at Folkmoot, Mindful Movement Qigong for health and healing. Qigong on Zoom, Mondays at 6:45 pm & Thursdays at 8:00 am.
Nature Walks at Lake Junaluska
Weekly, on Tuesdays @ 5 pm, Marga Fripp, and Lisa Falbo of The Share Project host walks at Lake Junaluska. Bring a friend or your puppy, and join us for a Happy Hour Walk.
Yoga, Meditation, Sound Baths
Daily classes with Axis Yoga at Folkmoot. Enjoy a rich offering of holistic mind-body practices including yoga, meditation, and sound baths for wellness, health and mental wellbeing.
Labyrinth Walk & Chalk Art on World Labyrinth Day
Sat, May 4, 10 am-1 pm at Lake Junaluska. This is our Wellness Challenge Kick-off Event. Come for a meditative walk followed by a creative reflection with chalk on the stone walkway outside the Labyrinth.
Make a Little Book of Memories for Mom Creative Playshop
Friday, May 10, 5-8pm at our Healing Hive. Honor your mother by creating a beautiful handmade mini-book filled with memorabilia, stories, art, letters, and caring words of love. For anyone who loves to create and wants to honor their mother!
Chinese Medicine Holistic Practices & Herbs for Mental Health and Healing
Friday, May 17, 5:30-7:30 pm at our Healing Hive. An insightful conversation on practices & herbs that promote mental health and longevity with JulieAnn Nugent-Head, MD, one of the most experienced doctors of Chinese Medicine in the United States.
Clay Playshop with Gratitude Pottery
Thursday, May 23, 5:30-7:30 pm at our Healing Hive. Kayla Nielsen of Gratitude Pottery offers a clay playshop as a way to ground yourself, awaken joy, and cultivate gratitude.
Oil Painting with artist, Richard Baker
Thursday, May 30, 5:30-7:30 pm at Folkmoot. Landscape artist, Richard Baker, offers a painting demonstration and inspiring talk at his studio/gallery at Folkmoot, Room A-4.
Folkmoot Live Concert & Events
Thursday, May 2 @ 7 pm at Folkmoot. Relax and enjoy a special evening of live Latin American music at Folkmoot USA. Explore other community events at Folkmoot.
Create a Birdhouse or Feeder to Support Daydreamz Community Arts Programs
Create Your BEST Birdhouse or Feeder on Sat. April 13 and May 4, 1-4 pm to support Daydreamz Community-Art projects in their Silent Auction at “the Whole Bloomin’ Thing” on May 11, 2024.
Community Partners for Emotional Support, Grief Counseling & Healing
Kelley Worth, Jades Wings
Patrick Davis, Haywood End of Life Coalition
Lisa Falbo, The Share Project
Stela Rudd, Star Seeded Shop
WELLNESS PARTNERS
Folkmoot USA, The Share Project, Axis Yoga, Lake Junaluska, The Alternative Clinic, Gratitude Pottery, Richard Baker Studio, Daydreamz Project, Jades Wings, Haywood End of Life Coalition, Star Seeded Shop, The Laurel of Asheville, The Mountaineer