Art Meditation Lucid Dreaming

Yasuyo Anne Uehara / July 2023 / Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane / Photography: K Bennett, QAGOMA

Yasuyo Anne Uehara / July 2023 / Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane / Photography: K Bennett, QAGOMA / View full image

When

9.00 – 10.00am, Sat 20 Jul 2024
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Accessibility

  • Wheelchair Accessible
  • Assistive Listening

What to Expect

Admission

  • General Admission

    $39.00

  • QAGOMA Member

    $33.00

  • Companion

    Free
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About

Experience altered states of consciousness where dreaming intersects with awake awareness. Lucid dreaming and meditation have much in common as an open, aware state of allowing experience to creatively unfold.

Held within Iris van Herpen: Sculpting the Senses, explore the dreaming state in the flow of sensory perception with the art of mindfulness, guided by Yasuyo Anne Uehara, psychotherapist, life-long meditator, and mindfulness yoga teacher.

Ticket includes entry to Iris van Herpen: Sculpting the Senses following the session, from 10.00am.

This project has been assisted by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, through the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Australia

Yasuyo Anne Uehara / Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane / Photography: K Bennett, QAGOMA

Yasuyo Anne Uehara / Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane / Photography: K Bennett, QAGOMA / View full image

Yasuyo Anne Uehara

Yasuyo Anne Uehara

Psychotherapist & Mindfulness Yoga Teacher

Yasuyo is a seasoned therapist with 20 years of experience. As a dedicated practitioner, she integrates the science of awareness with ancient practices of breathing, movement, and meditation to teach healing states of consciousness. Specializing in Depth psychology, neuroscience, and Internal Family Systems therapy, Yasuyo enjoys guiding others to build the capacity to be present and expand into higher states of openness and vitality in both body and mind. She teaches how to connect and develop intimacy with the sensory field in the body, offering a practice that helps individuals remember and return to the simple satisfactions of existence. Her approach is deeply rooted in the understanding that we are designed to encounter life with awe and wonder and to stretch the reach of our being in this “one wild and precious life.”

What to Expect

Here’s what to expect at this event.

Everyone is welcome! Please contact events.plus@qagoma.qld.gov.au in advance of the program if you have any access needs or queries about the event. Find out more about Accessibility at QAGOMA and planning your visit.

Participation and content

  • No experience is required. The session is appropriate for both beginners, as well as new and returning attendees, you’ll be guided by our expert facilitator – who is there to support you
  • The session is a seated mindfulness experience that will involve some light stretching, however it’s not an exercise class – so movement will be gentle

Sensory aspects

  • You will be provided with a standard height chair with a back
  • The facilitator will use an amplified microphone and background music may be played
  • We try our best to minimise sound in the space but sometimes there might be low level noise from a nearby artwork or the sounds of the Gallery
  • We recommend that you remove your shoes for the session (but it’s not compulsory to)
  • You will be invited to close your eyes at times. This is a choice and eyes can remain open. Your comfort is most important
  • This event has a capped capacity of 25 attendees
  • No screens or projections will be used during the event, and the lighting in the space is dimly lit
  • The Gallery air conditioning is set to 21°C to conserve the artworks.
  • This event will be photographed and filmed by QAGOMA staff. If you do not wish to be photographed and filmed, please advise a QAGOMA staff member on arrival.