Namaste on the Brandywine: Yoga and mindfulness classes set in immersive video installation at the Brandywine River Museum of Art
Engage your mind, body and soul during a series of yoga classes and meditation workshops held in the Brandywine River Museum of Art’s contemplative and immersive video exhibition, Dylan Gauthier: highwatermarks.
Chadds Ford, PA, November 27, 2017 — Engage your mind, body and soul during a series of yoga classes and workshops held in the Brandywine River Museum of Art’s contemplative and immersive video exhibition, Dylan Gauthier: highwatermarks. Surrounded by a sixty-foot long, floor-to-ceiling video projection, yoga participants will be immersed in the soothing reflection of nature along the Brandywine River and the local communities through which it flows.
Upcoming Yoga Events at the Brandywine River Museum of Art:
Art, Nature and Yoga at the Brandywine
Sunday, December 3, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Join us for a restorative day of yoga, art, hiking and good food at the Brandywine River Museum of Art. Local yoga instructor Megan Van Riet, of Bikram Yoga Chadds Ford, will lead participants in a restorative yoga class set in Brandywine’s Dylan Gauthier: highwatermarks exhibition—a relaxing and immersive video experience playing soothing sounds and images of the four seasons on and around the Brandywine River. The experience includes breakfast and lunch in the Millstone Café, a guided hike through the Brandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art’s campus and Wyeth Artist Studio trails, a private tour of N. C. Wyeth’s House and Andrew Wyeth’s studio, and admission to the Brandywine River Museum of Art. Space is limited and advance registration is required. $65 per person, all inclusive. Register at brandywine.org/museum/events.
Yoga at the Brandywine
Thursday, December 7, 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Relax the body, refresh the mind and find inspiration in the art of nature through yoga class staged in Dylan Gauthier: highwatermarks, an immersive video exhibition at the Brandywine River Museum of Art. Led by local yoga teacher Sandy Hayes, RYT, this multi-sensory experience combines yoga and art in a contemplative video environment. Space is limited and advance registration is required. $15 per person. Register at brandywine.org/museum/events.
Mindfulness Movement
Saturday, January 6, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Participate in a relaxing combination of mindfulness and movement set in the Brandywine River Museum of Art’s contemplative video exhibition, Dylan Gauthier: highwatermarks. The speed at which we live our lives in the 21st century is staggering and 'stressed out' is the new norm for most of us. As a culture we are required to sit for a large portion of our lives and as the slogan goes, ‘Sitting is the New Smoking.’ Is there a way to sit pain-free and work on your stress levels at the same time? The answer is yes: Practicing mindfulness and movement is increasingly the solution to our stressful and sedentary existence and the timing couldn’t be more perfect. Join Johnny Gillespie—founder of Empowered Yoga—for enlightened teachings on breathing techniques and movements done in a chair that can help you remove stress in the mind and the body. All levels welcome. A small reception of wine and cheese will follow the experience. Space is limited and advance registration is required. $18 per person, all inclusive. Register at brandywine.org/museum/events.
Dylan Gauthier: highwatermarks is an immersive video and audio installation that presents a visual panorama on the course of Brandywine River and its surrounding communities. On view now through January 7, 2018, the exhibition is the culminating project of the Museum’s first artist-in-residence, Dylan Gauthier, and was shot entirely on location in the Brandywine Watershed and surrounding region. The 4k multi-channel video projection narrates the path of the Brandywine River through all four seasons and documents the local communities through which it flows.
The Brandywine River Museum of Art features an outstanding collection of American art housed in a 19th-century mill building with a dramatic steel and glass addition overlooking the banks of the Brandywine. The Museum is open daily from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. (except Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day), and is located on Route 1 in Chadds Ford, PA. Admission is $18 for adults, $15 for seniors ages 65 and over, $6 for students and children ages 6 and up; free for children 5 and younger and Brandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art members. For more information, call 610.388.2700 or visit brandywinemuseum.org.
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