Meditative Zen-Art Journey with Movements and Live Music

Join us on June 3 from 11-13, for a meditative and intuitive Zentangle (often called 'Zen-Art') Journey/Workshop, with gentle movements and live music/sound journey. It's at a beautiful and quiet private space of Kokopelli, overlooking the canal water in Amsterdam center.

Zentangle is a form of meditation through art and drawing. The term Zentangle includes: Zen & Tangle. “Zen” represents a state of mind where any emotion or thought does not bind you. The created patterns are referred to as “tangles” and are mixtures of dots, lines, basic curves and orbs. It's often taking us to a free-flow and deeply relaxing state in an open and connected space.

It is going to be a special morning of practicing the art of ‘being in the moment’, cherishing what you have and feel, and finding the peace within. No previous art experience required, as we believe everyone is an artist in a calm, open, free and connected space.

We will start with an opening and a guided meditation combined with gentle movements (30 minutes), and then proceed to the Zentangle Art workshop (1 hour). These will be coupled with live DJing and handpan music to create the peaceful yet grounded vibe and disengage you from the outside world so that you can connect with yourself.

In the intuitive art workshop, you will work on a small piece of drawing yourself. It will be a silent workshop with more expressing through creativity, authenticity, visuals and movements, with little talking. Through the process you will discover that you are having conversations with yourself or just immersing yourself in the process of creation. Every participants journey will be different. We will end with some lay-down sound journey (30 minutes) with handpan and other instruments, to relax and feel the afterglow of the creation as well as our collective creative power.

The door opens at 10:45
The event starts at 11:00
The event ends at 13:00
Ticket: 22 euros (please reach out if you have financial difficulty)

DJ Leela and artist Leila are a team. It seems no coincidence that they met at an event where Awareness & Exploration were the main ingredients. Both names are derived from Sanskrit as “In our daily experience, embracing the dance of life with a hint of playfulness, including the waves of bright & dark matters and sunshine & rain…” They feel privileged to weave their creativity and experience into both their love-life and by offering their services as a team to you.

Listen to DJ Leela Soundtracks: https://soundcloud.com/djleela

Feel the vibe of the space & a similar workshop (not the same):
https://www.instagram.com/reel/ClPLdRqodvo/

Looking forward to seeing you soon there and co-creating this special experience with you!

With love,
Leila & DJ Leela