Finding Order in Disorder Mental Well-being Festival
Finding Order In Disorder will present a rare opportunity for participants to deeply regain connection with themselves and others.
Lineup
Ishaa Vinod Chopra
Bänoo Zan
Karim Mosna
Leena Manimakelai
Nicole Marchesseau
K. Zimmer
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Highlights
- 4 hours
- under 16 with parent or legal guardian
- In person
- Free parking
- Doors at 4:30 PM
Refund Policy
Location
Art Not Shame
119 Wyndham Street North
Guelph, ON N1H 4E9
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Agenda
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Improv and Reflective Listening
Karim Mosna emcees the event and begins by facilitating Active Listening and Connection Activities taken from Improv Theatre Games and icebreaker activities, followed by reflective listening prompts, Improv Icebreakers, Connection and Active Listening Activities: Most of the time in conversations we aren't really listening, we are just planning our reply and we often don't check or clarify our understanding so we jump to conclusions and assumptions. Further, there is often a real reluctance to entertain viewpoints that differ from our own. The skills of active listening and non-violent communication effectively break down these barriers. As an experienced journalist, broadcaster and podcast workshop facilitator, Karim Mosna will guide participants through active listening skills, curiosity and open-ended questioning. These skills are not limited to journalists and podcast hosts, they can be applied to navigating difficult and sensitive conversations with family and friends.
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Guided Meditation, Yoga and Dance-Chance for Interconnectivity
Representative from University of Guelph's Yoga and Meditation Collective leads a guided meditation and yoga practice Ishaa Vinod Chopra leads a Dance Therapy practice: Dance Therapy: Through the means of Cultural Dance Movement and Therapy (Indian and Latin styles), dance therapy will be explored for the purpose and joy of pursuing a hobby as opposed to merely replicating choreography. The sessions will be divided into 3 parts: The section will explore Latin Dance rhythms in a ‘Zumba’ style to explore beats. Dance styles will include: Salsa, Bachata, Flamenco. The second will explore Folk Dances of India such as the North Indian Bhangra (From the state of Punjab), Ghoomar (Rajasthan), and Gujarati folk music. We will be utilizing a combination of Bollywood and Pop Music for the classes.
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Feature Poetry Open Mic Artist- Bänoo Zan
Bänoo Zan is a self-exiled poet, librettist, translator, teacher, editor and poetry curator, with numerous published pieces and three books. Songs of Exile, shortlisted for Gerald Lampert Memorial Award, Letters to My Father was published in 2017. She uses symbolism, oxymorons and allusions to myth, religion, and culture and has been called a political, metaphysical, and spiritual poet. Zan has been influenced by classic and contemporary Persian poets, as well as their English counterparts, including Hafez, Rumi, Forough Farrokhzad, Ahmad Shamlou, Sohrab Sepehri, Shakespeare, John Donne, Sylvia Plath, and Adrienne Rich. Founder of Shab-e She’r (Poetry Night), Toronto’s most diverse poetry reading and open mic series (inception: 2012), Bänoo calls herself a war-correspondent-in-verse: Self-exiled poet covers Iran protests as a 'war correspondent in verse' | CBC Radio Bänoo along with Cy Storm, is the co-editor of poetry anthology: “Woman Life Freedom: Poems for the Iranian Revolution.