How to Turn Off Your Thoughts: Art as Meditation with Jenny SantaMaria, A 4 Week Series: Thursdays at 5pm starting 5/8
How to Turn Off Your Thoughts: Art as Meditation
with Jenny SantaMaria
A Four Week Series: Thursdays at 5pm
5/8, 5/15, 5/22, 5/29
$75 for full series/$25 per drop in
For those who struggle with compulsive thinking or anxiety, quieting the mind can feel impossible. This 4-week workshop series offers a creative path to stillness, using art as a meditative practice. Each session explores a new medium—watercolor pencil, colored pencil, and scratchboard drawing—designed to engage your focus and bring you into the present moment. Alongside hands-on creative exercises, we’ll also learn the basics of zazen, a practice that helps us recognize the consciousness behind our thoughts.
Through your own creativity and with practice, you will be able to observe thoughts without attachment, release their hold, and find calm in the process.
No prerequisite skills or meditation experience is needed—just an open mind and a willingness to discover how creativity can become a lifelong tool for clarity, resilience, and inner peace.
How to Turn Off Your Thoughts: Art as Meditation
with Jenny SantaMaria
A Four Week Series: Thursdays at 5pm
5/8, 5/15, 5/22, 5/29
$75 for full series/$25 per drop in
For those who struggle with compulsive thinking or anxiety, quieting the mind can feel impossible. This 4-week workshop series offers a creative path to stillness, using art as a meditative practice. Each session explores a new medium—watercolor pencil, colored pencil, and scratchboard drawing—designed to engage your focus and bring you into the present moment. Alongside hands-on creative exercises, we’ll also learn the basics of zazen, a practice that helps us recognize the consciousness behind our thoughts.
Through your own creativity and with practice, you will be able to observe thoughts without attachment, release their hold, and find calm in the process.
No prerequisite skills or meditation experience is needed—just an open mind and a willingness to discover how creativity can become a lifelong tool for clarity, resilience, and inner peace.
How to Turn Off Your Thoughts: Art as Meditation
with Jenny SantaMaria
A Four Week Series: Thursdays at 5pm
5/8, 5/15, 5/22, 5/29
$75 for full series/$25 per drop in
For those who struggle with compulsive thinking or anxiety, quieting the mind can feel impossible. This 4-week workshop series offers a creative path to stillness, using art as a meditative practice. Each session explores a new medium—watercolor pencil, colored pencil, and scratchboard drawing—designed to engage your focus and bring you into the present moment. Alongside hands-on creative exercises, we’ll also learn the basics of zazen, a practice that helps us recognize the consciousness behind our thoughts.
Through your own creativity and with practice, you will be able to observe thoughts without attachment, release their hold, and find calm in the process.
No prerequisite skills or meditation experience is needed—just an open mind and a willingness to discover how creativity can become a lifelong tool for clarity, resilience, and inner peace.
Jenny Santa Maria is a multifaceted talent as a teaching artist, art coach, and exhibiting artist from Farmingdale, NJ. She has created countless beautiful eggs over the years, many of which have been featured in notable publications, including the Wall Street Journal. She refers to her work as batik eggs, though the process is rooted in the traditional art of pysanky. Her work blends a modern aesthetic with personal symbolism, pushing the boundaries of traditional techniques. While associated with spring, Jenny designs eggs year-round using eggs from her free-range hens and beeswax from her own hives. Jenny has been teaching pysanky for many years in diverse settings, including museums, galleries, libraries, and artist retreats throughout New England. Her enthusiasm for teaching is matched by her passion for exploring new techniques within this medium. While eggs themselves are ephemeral, she believes that the true art lies in sharing the process, preserving this folk tradition, and empowering others to recognize their own creative potential. These carefully designed workshops foster a sense of shared humanity, encouraging participants to celebrate their cultural heritage while engaging in the creative process. The connections forged through this shared experience are among the greatest gifts that this precious art practice can offer. This meaningful and inclusive environment is a key reason why participants consistently leave her workshops with a deeper understanding and appreciation for the art, the culture, the history, and themselves.