Ages 14 – adult
Grounding w/Clay Retreat
We invite you to release the constraints of our hurried and productivity obsessed society and return to your roots, where sensory play encourages magical wonder, self-connection, and a return to the earth.
Unlike traditional awareness experientials we’ll lead with our innate creativity. Through the mindful kneading, shaping, and smoothing of clay we’ll guide you through a variety of hands on practices that calm anxious thoughts and regulate your nervous system. This includes sensory exploration, combined with breath work and guided imagery, that anchors you to the “here and now”, promoting inner balance and emotional release.
As a culminating project, we’ll embrace the tactile nature of clay to bridge felt sense with logical understanding as you create a ceramic finger labyrinth that will be fired for take home use as an ongoing restorative tool.
Completed artwork will need to be picked up the following week after it’s been kiln-fired.
DATE
Saturday, March 7th, 2026
10 am-1:30pm
light brunch included
LOCATION
Spotted Rabbit Studio – Brighton
2376 Monroe Avenue
Rochester, NY 14618
COST
$75 per person
all materials included
AGES
Adults 18+
Ages 14+ with an adult
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ART SKILLS
- ceramic hand-building
EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING SKILLS
- community building
- social & communication skills
- emotional expression
- grounding skills
- mindfulness approaches
- creative problem solving
- fine & gross motor skills
- sensory connection
Brenna Brady, LCAT, ATR-BC (she/her) is an art therapist at Spotted Rabbit Creative Arts Therapy who is passionate about helping people increase self-compassion and self-worth. She uses a strength-based approach that prioritizes personal values and utilizes mindfulness to calm anxious nervous systems.