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This week we’re reflecting on the launch of the

This week we’re reflecting on the launch of the Rubin Museum of Art’s ‘Mandala Lab’, in New York City: this new interactive exhibition explores ‘the power of difficult emotions and their potential to transform, while fostering a more informed way of seeing ourselves and the world with greater clarity’. Using interactive artworks and experiences, it’s described as a ‘mental gym’ designed to help visitors ‘understand, unlock, and heal these difficult emotions within ourselves’.

We’d love to hear from anyone who’s had the chance to visit the Mandala Lab - what was your experience?
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Limina Collective brings mindfulness practices to art-viewing spaces, in galleries and online. Join us for one of our events via Zoom this Autumn. (Tickets from £6, see Linktree in bio).

Follow us for *mindful looking* practices, courses, quotes, reflections…. and recommendations for reading and exhibitions.
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#rubinmuseum #newyorkcity #newyork #art #museum #meditation #mindfulness #mindfullooking #emotions #lookingatart #closelooking #museumwellbeing #museumwellness #museumed #museumeducation #mandala

We’re excited for our next Wallace Collection co

We’re excited for our next Wallace Collection collaboration to go live 👏
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Details to follow in November…
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Limina Collective brings mindfulness practices to art-viewing spaces, in galleries and online. Join us for one of our events via Zoom this Autumn. (Tickets from £6, see Linktree in bio).

Follow us for *mindful looking* practices, courses, quotes, reflections…. and recommendations for reading and exhibitions.
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#artmuseum #museum #wallacecollection #slowlooking #mindfullooking #closelooking #lookingatart #franshals #portraits #men #mensmentalhealth #londonexhibitions #londonart #movember #dutchpainting

We are often asked to suggest further reading, to

We are often asked to suggest further reading, to deepen the experience of mindfulness and art observation. If you’re looking for a more philosophical approach, we highly recommend this new book from Hanneke Grootenboer: ‘The Pensive Image: Art as a Form of Thinking’ (University of Chicago Press)

In the meantime, follow us for *mindful looking* events, courses, quotes, reflections…. and more book recommendations.

Stay well and we hope to see you at one of our events soon (see links in bio)
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#bookstagram #bookrecommendations #slowlooking #mindfullooking #hannekegrootenboer @hanneke_grootenboer #mindfulness #lookingatart #mindfulness #closelooking #artoflooking #arthistory #artcourse

Join us to bring mindfulness approaches to looking

Join us to bring mindfulness approaches to looking at art - this month, our focus is on drawing, to coincide with #thebigdrawfestival2021
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Coming up TODAY -
Thursday 14 October, 1pm BST:
this 60-minute drawing event invites you to spend time looking closely at an artwork and respond through guided drawing prompts. (tickets from £10, link in bio)
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And also our mindful looking series #pauselookrelax:
Monday 25 October, 1pm BST
we’ll take a 30-minute mindful pause to practise slow, attentive looking with one drawing as our focus (tickets from £6, link in bio)
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We hope to see you at these October events - everyone welcome, no previous experience of mindfulness or drawing required.
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#drawing #drawingmatters #pencildrawing #pencilart #pencil #linedrawing #drawingchangeslives #thebigdraw #thebigdrawfestival #mindfuldrawing #mindfulness #mindfullooking #slowlooking #drawingcourse #mindfulnesspractice #london #arthistory @thebigdraw #contemporarydrawing #richardserra #sculptorsdrawings

#timetolookclosely Our co-director @yb_lucia has b

#timetolookclosely
Our co-director @yb_lucia has been revisiting art collections in Amsterdam and Leiden after many months away from the Netherlands. Today, back in the UK, she’s delivering a Limina close-looking event focusing on the Delft artist, de Hooch - an online session for staff at the Royal Household, as part of their well-being programme. Good to have you back, Lucia.
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Limina Collective brings mindfulness practices to art-viewing spaces, in galleries and online. Join us for one of our events via Zoom this Autumn. Tickets from £6, see bio for links.
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#travel #netherlands #royalcollectiontrust @royalcollectiontrust #amsterdam #leiden #holland #lookingatart #slowlooking #mindfullooking #gallerywall #gallery #museum

Join us to look closely at drawings, using mindful

Join us to look closely at drawings, using mindfulness approaches.
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This October, the theme of our mindful looking events is The Art of Drawing, to coincide with #thebigdrawfestival2021
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Coming up this week -
Thursday 14 October, 1pm BST:
this 60-minute drawing event invites you to spend time looking closely at an artwork and respond through guided drawing prompts. (tickets from £10, link in bio)
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Monday 25 October, 1pm BST:
we’ll take a 30-minute mindful pause to practise slow, attentive looking with one drawing as our focus (tickets from £6, link in bio)
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We hope to see you at these October events - everyone welcome, no previous experience of mindfulness or drawing required.
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#drawing #drawingmatters #pencildrawing #pencilart #pencil #linedrawing #drawingchangeslives #thebigdraw #thebigdrawfestival #mindfuldrawing #mindfulness #mindfullooking #slowlooking #drawingcourse #mindfulnesspractice #london #miro #spanish #spain #arthistory @thebigdraw

TODAY - tickets from £6 (link in bio) - join us f

TODAY - tickets from £6 (link in bio) - join us for 30 minutes online to look with mindfulness at one artwork.
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Our workshops use an artwork as the focus for mindfulness practice. We start with a short meditation to prepare for looking, followed by guided attentive looking. Our sessions end with an opportunity to share responses and engage with some art historical context.

This October, our events focus on the art of drawing, to coincide with #thebigdrawfestival2021.

Mindful looking can help people find their encounter with art more rewarding and discover a greater appreciation for the artwork and for their own experiences. These mindful art-viewing practices can be a strong scaffolding for developing mindfulness in everyday life.
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See the Limina Collective website (via Linktree) for more information on our work and future events.
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#mindfullooking #mindfulmuseum #mindfulness #mindfulnesspractice #meditation #mindfulmeditation #drawing #art #arthistory #artcourse

Join us to look closely at drawings, using mindful

Join us to look closely at drawings, using mindfulness approaches.
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This October, the theme of our mindful looking events is The Art of Drawing, to coincide with #thebigdrawfestival2021
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Coming up on Monday 4 October, 1pm BST:
30 minutes of mindful looking, beginning with a mindfulness practice to settle the mind and prepare for close observation. (tickets from £6, link in bio)
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Thursday 14 October, 1pm BST:
this 60-minute drawing event invites you to spend time looking closely at an artwork and respond through guided drawing prompts. (tickets from £10, link in bio)
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Monday 25 October, 1pm BST:
we’ll take a 30-minute mindful pause to practise slow, attentive looking with one drawing as our focus (tickets from £6, link in bio)
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We hope to see you at one (or all!) of these October events - everyone welcome, no previous experience of mindfulness or drawing required.
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Image: (detail of) Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, ‘Study for Raphael and the Fornarina (?)’, c. 1814, @metmuseum
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#drawing #drawingmatters #drawingchangeslives #thebigdraw #thebigdrawfestival #mindfuldrawing #mindfulness #mindfullooking #slowlooking #drawingcourse #mindfulnesspractice #london #ingres #neoclassicism #arthistory #france #newyork #newyorkart #metropolitanmuseumofart @thebigdraw

Looking at art with mindfulness can help cultivate

Looking at art with mindfulness can help cultivate a greater awareness and appreciation for the visual world beyond the painting - waking up the senses and bringing a sense of wonder to our everyday lives.
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Limina Collective brings mindfulness practices to art-viewing spaces, in galleries and online. Join us for one of our events via Zoom this Autumn. Tickets from £6, see bio for links.
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Image: Hedda Sterne, ‘NY, NY No. X’, 1948, @tate
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#lookingatart #looking #art #tatemodern #heddasterne #newyork #abstractexpressionism #americanpainting #mindfulness #mindfulnessquotes #meditation #slowlooking #mindfullooking #gallery #museum #painting

This October, the theme for our mindful looking ev

This October, the theme for our mindful looking events is The Art of Drawing, to coincide with #thebigdrawfestival2021
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Join us to look closely at drawings, using mindfulness approaches.
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Our first event offers 30 minutes of mindful looking, beginning with a mindfulness practice to settle the mind and prepare for close observation. Monday 4 October, 1pm BST (tickets from £6, link in bio)
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Our 60-minute event on Thursday 14 October, 1pm BST, invites you to make a drawing as we look at an artwork together. (tickets from £10, link in bio)
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On Monday 25 October, 1pm BST, we’ll take a 30-minute pause to practise mindful looking with one drawing (tickets from £6, link in bio)
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We hope to see you at one (or all!) of these October events - everyone welcome, no previous experience of mindfulness or drawing required.
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Image: (detail of) Andrea Mantegna, The Virgin and Child with the Magdalen and Saint John the Baptist, about 1490-1505, @nationalgallery
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#drawing #drawingmatters #drawingchangeslives #thebigdraw #thebigdrawfestival #mindfuldrawing #mindfulness #mindfullooking #drawingcourse #mindfulnesspractice #london #nationalgallery #mantegna #renaissance #arthistory #museumeducation #museumeducator

The sun going down as the Zoom waiting room fills

The sun going down as the Zoom waiting room fills up.
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Limina’s @yb_lucia capturing the evening light before the start of an online mindfulness session this week.
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Limina Collective brings mindfulness approaches to the experience of looking at art, in museums and online spaces.
Our series of 30-minute mindful looking events continues on Monday 4 October (1pm BST). Starting with a mindfulness practice, we’ll look closely at an old master drawing, to coincide with #thebigdrawfestival2021. Booking links in bio, tickets from £6.
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#mindfulness #mindfulmuseum #mindfulnesspractice #mindfulnessmeditation #art #lookingatart #slowlooking #slowlookingatart #mindfullooking #sunset #sun #onlinelearning #behindthescenes

What would it be like to spend 30 minutes practisi

What would it be like to spend 30 minutes practising mindfulness with a painting as your focus?
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At our online events we guide you through mindful, attentive looking and invite you to slow down, come into your senses and simply ‘be’ with one artwork.
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This recorded live audio is taken from our most recent ‘Pause Look Relax’ event - led by @yb_lucia, we looked at William Trost Richards’ ‘New Jersey Beach’, 1901, from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
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We have more dates coming up in October - tickets from £6, links in bio. We hope to see you at an event soon.
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#mindfullness #mindfullooking #art #painting #landscape #seascape #sea #water #beach #waves #newjersey #americanart #meditation #mindfulnesspractice #newyork #metropolitanmuseumofart @metmuseum

Where do you sense the movement of the brush over

Where do you sense the movement of the brush over the surface of the page?
The pace of the brush
The wetness of the ink
The texture of the paper
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Coming up in October, to coincide with #thebigdrawfestival2021 the theme for our mindful looking events is the art of drawing.
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Looking at artists' drawings with mindfulness can offer a strong sense of connection with the artist's quality of observation.
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All booking links in bio.

Join us for:
30-minute Pause Look Relax sessions (4 October and 25 October) will invite you to look closely at drawings by master artists.

A special 60-minute event, Pause Look Relax & Draw (14 October) is an opportunity to respond to an artwork by using your own drawing materials, through guided mindful drawing exercises.
Drawing is an enhanced mode of looking and can help to bring us into mindfulness: when we’re drawing, we come into the present moment, aware of the touch of pencil on the paper and our shifting sensations of sight.
This session is open to all, whether or not you have a drawing practice at the moment. All you need is a pencil, some water and paper.
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Image: Rembrandt, ‘Woman Sleeping’, c.1654, @britishmuseum
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#drawing #drawingchangeslives #drawingmatters #meditation #rembrandt #ink #inkdrawing #inktober #course #drawingworkshop #mindfulness #looking #closelooking #mindfullooking @thebigdraw #britishmuseum

#internationalweekofhappinessatwork THIS WEEK and

#internationalweekofhappinessatwork THIS WEEK and we’re offering 30 minutes of mindful looking at art, to bring you a nourishing wellness pause in your working day.
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Join us on Tuesday, 21 September (13:00 BST) - tickets from £6, booking link in bio.
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Our online sessions include a short mindfulness practice, guided looking at a painting, and some brief art historical context.
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All welcome, we hope to see you there.
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Limina Collective brings mindfulness to the experience of looking at art, online and in gallery spaces. Visit our website (link in bio) to find out more about our events for individuals, museums and corporate groups.
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Images: Carl Moll, ‘My Living Room’, 1903, Wien Museum Karlsplatz, Vienna
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Carl Moll, ‘Self Portrait in the Studio’, c.1906, Gemaldegalerie der Akademie der bildenden Kunste, Vienna.
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#wellness #wellnessatwork #workplace #mindfulness #wellbeing #wellbeingatwork #meditation #art #slowlooking #mindfullooking #lunchbreaksessions #vienna #london #carlmoll #museum #museumlearning #internationalhappinessatworkweek @yb_lucia @karlykallen #20thcenturyart #closeup #mindfulness

You can now find Limina Collective on the Bloomber

You can now find Limina Collective on the Bloomberg Connects App! 🎧 🖼 Download the free App, select the Wallace Collection and listen to our guide to mindful looking in the ‘Perspectives’ gallery. #bloombergconnects
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Limina Collective brings mindfulness approaches to the experience of looking at art, through meditation and reflection practices in museums and online. See bio for for details and to browse our events.
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@bloomberg @wallacemuseum #wallacecollection #looking #museum #mindfulness #meditation #art #dutch #painting #app #mindfulnessresources #slowlooking #mindfullooking

THIS TUESDAY (21 Sept, 1pm BST): spend 30 minutes

THIS TUESDAY (21 Sept, 1pm BST): spend 30 minutes with one painting, using mindfulness approaches to bring you closer to the artwork and your own responses to it. This live online session starts with a short mindfulness practice, followed by guided slow-looking at a painting, and some brief art historical context. An opportunity to take a quiet pause and connect with art. Everyone welcome, bring a friend, tickets from £6, link in bio
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Limina Collective brings mindfulness approaches to the experience of looking at art, through meditation and reflection practices in museums and online. See bio for for details and to browse our other events.
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#mindfulness #mindfulnesspractice #rembrandt #painting #meditation #art #closelooking #slowlooking #mindfullooking #slow #wellness #wellnessatwork #wellbeing #lunchbreak #mindfulliving #museumfromhome @yb_lucia

‘Nature created everything… so art then is jus

‘Nature created everything… so art then is just re-evaluating what is already there’ - Yoko Ono. To what extent does this resonate with you?
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Limina Collective brings mindfulness approaches to the experience of art, with guided workshops online and in gallery spaces. See links in bio for dates and more.
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Yoko Ono, ‘Apple’, 1966
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#apple #stilllife #conceptualart #yokoono #looking #slowlooking #noticing #nature #contemporaryart #green #mindfulness #mindfullooking

This Friday: spend 30 minutes with one painting, u

This Friday: spend 30 minutes with one painting, using mindfulness approaches to bring you closer to the artwork and your own responses to it. This live online session starts with a short mindfulness practice, followed by guided slow-looking at a painting by Rembrandt, and some brief art historical context. An opportunity to take a quiet pause and connect with art. Everyone welcome, bring a friend, tickets from £6, link in bio #fridayfeeling
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#mindfulness #mindfulnesspractice #rembrandt #painting #meditation #dutchart #selfportrait #closelooking #slowlooking #mindfullooking #slow #wellness #wellbeing #art #lunchbreak #mindfulliving #museumfromhome

Welcoming in some sunshine this week, and spending

Welcoming in some sunshine this week, and spending time with this courtyard scene by Pieter de Hooch: the subject of our upcoming session for the Royal Collection Trust. Limina has been invited to develop our ‘Pause Look Relax’ series into a 60-minute online event for community groups. #creativeprogramming #artsandhealth

Come along to our next Pause Look Relax, this Monday 16 August (1pm), to experience looking at one artwork with mindfulness. Booking link in bio, tickets from £6.
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Pieter de Hooch, ‘A Courtyard in Delft at Evening: a Woman spinning’, 1657 (detail) @royalcollectiontrust
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#painting #dutchpainting #netherlands #dutchart #pieterdehooch #courtyard #light #sunlight #mindfulness #mindfullooking #meditation #meditationpractice #royalcollectiontrust #royalcollection #arthistory

This Monday: spend 30 minutes with one painting, u

This Monday: spend 30 minutes with one painting, using mindfulness approaches to bring you closer to the artwork and your own responses to it. This live online session starts with a short mindfulness practice, followed by guided slow-looking at a painting by Piet Mondrian, an opportunity to reflect, and some brief art historical context. Everyone welcome, bring a friend, tickets from £6, links in bio #mindfulnessmonday
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#mindfulness #mindfulnesspractice #mondrian #abstractart #meditation #destijl #modernism #closelooking #slowlooking #mindfullooking #slow #wellness #wellbeing #art #painting #mindfulliving

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