Join with community members from the Hidden Truths and Chronic Pain projects for an immersive 90-minute online session exploring mindful photography as a tool for joy, awe, and gratitude. From wherever you are, through a window, from your seat, at your home. You will be guided through exercises that invite contemplation, tuning into your surroundings, and using your camera or phone to create images of these moments of wonder. Research shows that intentionally seeking awe significantly boosts joy, gratitude, and compassion. Through guided activities and group sharing, you'll uncover how photography can bring mindful presence and connection. No photography experience required, just curiosity.
Facilitator Bio: Alison Beaumont, an English settler from West Yorkshire, England earned her BA(hons) Photography at Staffordshire University before relocating to Sylix Okanagan Territory (Oyama/Lake Country) BC, Canada in 2008. Alison’s art practice is focused on the human and more-than-human interconnections, artworks take the form of site-specific and place-based projects. Alison has completed a Post-Graduate Certificate in Therapeutic Photography at Robert Gordon University. She applies this expertise to offer photo-based programs, including youth initiatives, therapeutic and mindful photography workshops. Through these endeavours, she harnesses the power of photography to inspire, empower, and explore social change.
