<div>Exercise your creativity while training your attention and awareness and putting your mind in a calm and stable state.</div><div style="margin-top: 20px"><div style="margin: 20px 10px;font-size: 15px;line-height: 22px;font-weight: 400;text-align: left;"><p>Drawing and creativity are proven to have positive effects in reducing anxiety, boosting mood, and improving focus. The list of benefits goes on and on! Creative mindfulness is a visual technique for training attention and awareness, putting the mind in a calm state, and exercising the creative muscle. Whether you want to become more mindful, calmer, more focused, or simply find new ways to develop your meditative practice, creative mindfulness is a great exercise.</p><p>This three-week class will take place Wednesdays, October 11, 18 &amp; 25, from 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. CT. Please plan to attend all three sessions.</p><p>You will be asked for your address during the registration process so that we can mail you a small free kit for this class.</p><p>Join our Facebook group to connect with us and other participants, and to share your art: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/mathercreativeprograms" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.facebook.com/groups/mathercreativeprograms</a></p><p></p></div><div style="margin: 20px 10px;font-size: 15px;line-height: 22px;font-weight: 400;text-align: left;"><p><strong>You will receive a confirmation email that includes the Zoom link for your program, and the reminder emails each week will also contain the Zoom link.</strong></p><p><strong>If this is your first time accessing Zoom, or if you need a refresher, we’ve put together a few resources from around the web that should help!</strong></p><ul><li>Here is a guide on the basics from Zoom: <a href="https://youtu.be/pAMDxH_H_Cs" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://youtu.be/pAMDxH_H_Cs</a></li><li>If you are using your phone or a tablet, the easiest way to access Zoom is by downloading the Zoom app, as shown here: <a href="https://youtu.be/0NBARnBxk-Y" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://youtu.be/0NBARnBxk-Y</a> (Note that while this video shows an iPhone, other phones will have a similar process. The “App Store” for Android phones is called the “Play Store” or “Google Play Store.”)</li><li>And for even more detailed information, you can go to our partner Candoo Tech’s website for a library of tech guides: <a href="https://www.candootech.com/mather" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.candootech.com/mather</a></li></ul></div><div style="margin: 20px 0;line-height: 22px;"><iframe src="https://youtube.com/embed/pAMDxH_H_Cs/" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div style="margin: 20px 0;line-height: 22px;"><iframe src="https://youtube.com/embed/0NBARnBxk-Y/" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div>