Feeling overwhelmed, stressed or disconnected? Pause Create offers a calm, welcoming space to slow down, explore creativity and connect with others.
We all know that stress blocks creativity but, did you know research shows that creativity helps reduce stress. When we do something creative we reduce levels of stress hormones like cortisol and increase positive hormones such as Dopamine. If you develops a regular creative wellbeing practice you can reduce psychological stress, stress hormones, heart rate and blood pressure, inflammatory proteins, it has even been found to slow biological ageing.
Pause Create is based in Winchester and provides a calm space to slow down through gentle mindfulness practice, reducing psychological distress, increases self-confidence, motivation and creativity. You are then guided through creative activities in a process driven way. This is for relief, not for results.
The benefits of this creative health practice are increased by working within a group, stimulating the release of hormones such as oxytocin, making you feel comfortable and connected. After each workshop you will be provided with resources to continue this practice at home.
Our Services
Four Workshop Series
Next Workshop Series starts 5th June at The Arc, Winchester
Four, weekly in person workshops, combining mindfulness and creativity to reduce overwhelm, stress and feelings of disconnection. Provided in a calm inclusive space to pause, create and connect. You will be guided through a short mindfulness exercise and then a specific creative practice. Each week you will be given mindful and creative exercises to do at home, to extend and embed the benefits from the workshops.
Each session is 90 minutes.
Groups size limited to 10 spaces.
No art skills required.
All materials provided.
Business Group Workshops
These sessions are provided to help teams with work related overwhelm, stress and disconnection. The workshop series are held once a week for four weeks, combining mindfulness and creativity. Provided in a calm inclusive space to pause, create and connect. You will all be guided through a short mindfulness exercise and then a specific creative practice. Each week you and your team will be given mindful and creative exercises to do at home, to extend and embed the benefits from the workshops.
The session is 90 minutes.
Group size limited to 14 places.
No art skills required.
All materials provided.
Six Week Hub
Six, weekly in person informal workshops follows on from the Four Workshop Series. The sessions continue to combining mindfulness and creativity to reduce overwhelm, stress and feelings of disconnection. However, The Hub sessions allow more freedom for expression and experimentation within the creative activities. The aim here is to deepen the practice and foster a stronger connection within the group. Each week the group will be given exercises to do at home, to embed the practice.
Each session is 90 minutes.
Groups size limited to 10 spaces.
Follow on from Four Workshop Series.
All materials provided.
Is this for me?
What is Creative Health?
A growing body of research has showed the significant benefits creativity has for our mental and physical health. This includes illness prevention, supporting positive health behaviours, management of long-term conditions and promoting a healthier ageing process. The National Health Service, World Health Organisation and British Parliament have recognised creative wellbeing as being fundamental for the health of society, aiming to make it available and accessible to all.
What is a Creative Activity?
These creative health workshops are design for anyone experiencing frequent anxiety, persistent stress and feelings of social isolation. We recommend you start with the Four Workshop Series as it provides the foundations to grow you creative wellbeing.
“But, I’m not creative.” A creative activity can be art, crafts, music, dance, performing arts, creative writing, literature, film, photography, cooking, gardening, the list goes on. It may help not to think of these activities in a traditional sense, do you like taking photos with your phone of interesting architecture that catches your eye? This is where you can begin your creative photography practice. Can you create regular opportunities to do this more often, to be more playful with it and to do it with others. In Pause Create workshops we focus on art, with accessible creative activities that anyone can enjoy, regardless of their artistic background. These activities are designed to encourage the participants to repeat or expand them developing a routine creative health practice.
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