Transforming Conflict + Overwhelm WoRKSHOP
Using Embodied Mindfulness, movement and visual art
Sat Dec 13, 2025 from 10:00am - 4:00pm
Old Murphey School, 3717 Murphy School Rd, Durham, NC 27705
Sliding scale: $60/$90/ $120
Presented in collaboration with Culture Mill and the Living Arts Collective.
This workshop will offer tools for transforming the inner experience of and relationship to overwhelm and conflict.
Led by Meg Stein of Alive and Aware Practice and Tommy Noonan of Culture Mill, this workshop offers participants interactive experiences that cultivate inner spaciousness and compassion.
We’ll be using embodied mindfulness, including a practice called Inner-Relationship Focusing, along with improvisational movement practices that incorporate principles of Aikido and Somatics, and accessible visual art practices.
This workshop is open to everyone and is accessible for all skill levels.
Have questions? Email meg@aliveandawarepractice.com.
Registration is open until Friday, 12/12.
Sculpture + MEDITATION WoRKSHOP
Sat, Jan 10, 2026 from 10:00am - 12:00pm
North Carolina Museum of Art
In this accessible, interactive workshop, participants use sculpture as a medium for self-discovery. Led by sculptor and certified mindfulness instructor Meg Stein, the class invites participants to engage in hands-on sculpting while practicing embodied meditation, which fosters deeper self-connection and artistic expression.
Stein begins with a relaxing guided meditation and offers participants prompts on how to create a self-expressive sculptural form using air-dry clay, mixed media materials, and acrylic paint. The workshop also includes time for Stein to give one-on-one sculptural advice and guidance to each participant. Everyone can expect to leave with at least one completed sculpture. Past participants have often shared that the workshop experience is rejuvenating, surprising, cathartic, and fresh each time.
Supplies are included, and all skill levels are welcome. Participants are invited to attend just as they are; there’s no need to know anything about mindfulness or sculpture in order to benefit from the exercises in this workshop.
Transforming Conflict + Overwhelm WoRKSHOP
Using Embodied Mindfulness, movement and visual art
Sun, April 19, 2026 from 10:00am - 1:00pm
Carolina Friends School, Center Building Dance Studio
4809 Friends School Rd, Durham, NC 27705
$80
(limited tuition assistance is available)
This workshop will offer tools for transforming the inner experience of and relationship to overwhelm and conflict.
Led by Meg Stein of Alive and Aware Practice and Tommy Noonan of Culture Mill, this workshop offers participants interactive experiences that cultivate inner spaciousness and compassion.
We’ll be using embodied mindfulness, including a practice called Inner-Relationship Focusing, along with improvisational movement practices that incorporate principles of Aikido and Somatics, and accessible visual art practices.
This workshop is open to everyone and is accessible for all skill levels. Past participants in our wellness series have ranged in age from 23 to 88!
Have questions? Email meg@aliveandawarepractice.com.