ART & YOGA

Thursday, March 1 | 6:30 - 8:30 pm
Instructor:  Meaghan Johnson of Queen Street Yoga

$25 per person/$20 if you register 2 or more people

Experience art through yoga and meditation practice during this two-hour workshop led by Queen Street Yoga Director Meaghan Johnson. Participants will enjoy an evening of yoga at the Gallery tailored to shifting your perspective on art. The workshop will begin with yoga and meditation practice; stretching, releasing stress and building the capacity to be present in our physical body. Once in a state of embodied awareness participants will explore the exhibitions through a self-guided walk. No yoga or contemporary art experience required.

Mats and props will be provided however participants are encouraged to bring their own if they have them. Maximum of 15 participants. Register by February 24 to confirm your spot.

Register online here > or by phone at (519) 597-5860, in person at KW|AG.

 

Read more from our last yoga event:

The Art of Being: An interview with Yogi Meaghan Johnson KW|AG blog
Combining art and meditation by Drew Higginbotham of The WLU Cord  
The Art of Being: Yoga in KW|AG by Hilary Abel 

About the Instructor

Meaghan Johnson

Meaghan Johnson is the Founder and Director of Queen Street Yoga and one of The Record's 40 under 40. She was first introduced to Yoga in 1992 and has had a dedicated practice for the last 8 years. She began teaching yoga in 2002 and completed a second teacher training with Hart Lazer in 2004, with whom she has been training with ever since. Meaghan also maintains a regular meditation practice and completed a month long silent retreat in the Tibetan tradition in India. She has the chance to study with teachers from all over the world, and regularly take classes from other local and Toronto teachers.

Meaghan offers a variety of programs from Bridges to Health (a day treatment program for women in recovery from alcohol and drug addition) to weekly meditation and yoga classes on a pay-what-you-can basis. She is a generous supporter of local charities and also teaches yoga and meditation in regional high schools in the hopes of introducing young people to these practices