Serving as the U Street Neighborhood Association’s (USNA) Artist-in-Residence gives me an opportunity to build community and share my healing arts gifts with my neighbors. On August 26th, I led the second workshop in the Thriving Mindfully on U Street series entitled “Honoring U Street as American History” at Hamiltonian Artists, a contemporary art center and professional incubator for emerging artists. Go here to learn more about USNA.
We started the session with a land acknowledgment honoring the presence and contributions of the Piscataway Nation and people of African, Asian, Latino, and Euopean descent to the U Street community. We also used mindful movement to release anything that was getting in the way of us being present to ourselves and each other. I played my spoken word song, “Thriving Mindfully Theme” during the mindful movement exercise to introduce everyone to the Thriving Mindfully heart-centered approach and core commitments. Click on the button below to listen to the song.
We used several mindful journaling exercises to identify and share our favorite U Street history makers (known and unknown) and historical events, moments, buildings, movements, organizations, and businesses. I also led a sound bowl healing meditation during the session.
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Ananda Leeke 