Artistic & Personal Growth Through Mindfulness

— It is only once you blossom from your core, invoking creativity and engaging creative energy and self-compassion, that you can in turn love others and together create an interdependent, interconnected, inclusive world.

Valeria Teles interviews Janet Slom. The author of An Artful Path to Mindfulness: MBSR-Based Activities for Using Creativity to Reduce Stress and Embrace the Present Moment

Janet Slom, MFA, is an artist, author, educator, and social entrepreneur. She serves as adjunct faculty for Lehigh University's Global Village, has taught at the Center for Mindfulness at the University of Massachusetts Medical School and as a guest speaker at the University of Miami. She is the originator of Mindfulness-Based Self Expression (MBSE), to inspire artistic and personal growth while building on the core principles of mindfulness by Jon Kabat-Zinn. Her book, An Artful Path to Mindfulness, guides readers through an experiential curriculum that integrates mindfulness meditation, creativity through art, and mind/body practices to cultivate resilience, wellness, and interconnectedness. Originally from South Africa, she currently resides with her family in Westport, CT and Miami, FL. Her artwork and installations have been exhibited throughout the world.

To learn more about Janet Slom and her work please visit: https://www.janetslom.com/

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