RECONNECT
Join us for an afternoon of nourishment and restoration as we reflect on our Mother identities and reconnect with ourselves. Through art, yoga, and processing, you’ll connect the mind, body, and soul. Afterward, light refreshments will be provided, and you’ll have an opportunity to connect with other moms from the neighborhood.
Saturday, May 11th from 2-5pm
Cost:$50
sign up for the event:
https://www.sacredspaceastoria.com/events
Cost includes art supplies, facilitated programming, refreshments, and a gift bag of sweet treats from local small businesses.
F U N A B A S H I S T U D I O
In the upcoming art session, we will delve into the process known as the Meander, as developed by Ruth Asawa and Josef Albers. Through this exploration, we will reflect on the challenges and rewards of motherhood and create a beautiful piece of art that reflects our journey, using positive and negative space on paper.
K E L L Y F U N A B A S H I
Kelly Funabashi is an artist who creates beautiful, meditative paintings using ink made from plants and found objects.
Kelly's passion for creating art began early when her love for beauty motivated her to bring comfort and joy to her surroundings and style. Today, she continues to create art to resist our burnout culture, heal her nervous system, and inspire others to explore beauty, adventure, experimentation, and reflection in their own lives.
Her paintings embody the rhythms of life, healing, and connection to nature through abstraction. She loves the excitement of searching for materials to make ink with, mixing them to create unique colors, and using them to make meditative paintings. She appreciates that the ink acts as a time capsule, preserving and becoming a living and permanent part of the artwork.
After reconnecting with our bodies and engaging in a non-verbal exploration of ourselves, we will share our experience of these processes through conversation, reflecting on what came up and out of these practices, strengthening our confidence in our voices and needs, and celebrating the space we've found through the journey.
K A T C A S E Y
Kat (she/her) is a dynamic and engaged therapist who brings her intuition and creativity to the therapeutic relationship. Initially trained as an actress, she relies upon her lifetime of experience merging body and brain responses with years of clinical research and practice to treatment. She studied at NYU and received her professional degree from The University of Texas at Austin. Her early career in addiction treatment recognized her talents in treating individuals and couples struggling with trauma, mental illness, grief and loss, relationship distress, and life transitions. Following the birth of her son and her own journey into parenthood, she developed a deeper understanding of how these issues can be woven together in the unique life transition of becoming a parent. She has become a passionate advocate for the rights of mothers and young families and is driven to support them as they navigate uncertainty. Kat endeavors to provide as much support and as many resources as possible to help clients feel confident in their abilities, supported by their partnerships, and connected to their chosen community.
Using props to support the body, restorative yoga provides relaxation and rejuvenation by offering the benefits of yoga poses without the physical work. The practice is accessible to all body types, ages and stages of wellness with options provided for your ultimate level of comfort. No special clothing is required, though we recommend dressing in layers as your body temperature may drop with relaxation.
K I M A L E X A N D R E S C U
Kim is the owner of Sacred Space Astoria. A chakra-based yoga teacher since 2012, Kim is also a reiki master, Urban Zen Integrative Therapist, intuitive reader and end-of-life companion. Her scientific background and clinical research experience gives her a uniquely grounded approach to yoga and energy work. Born in Michigan, she’s made Astoria her home since 2006, raising her three children in the neighborhood she so dearly loves.