Why Inspiring Arts? The aim is to inspire, involve and influence people positively to lead creative, healthy spiritual lifes. I am an artist and experienced workshops facilitator and have been working as a professional artist for over 11 years. I create workshops in a variety of contexts and situations, and can create artworks and workshops to suit your needs: see workshops . Many people have said “i have a relaxed friendly informal style” -which allows people to be themselves and to open up creatively, allowing awareness of themselves and others to expand naturally The name of ‘Inspiring Arts’ came partly from people saying they had been inspired by my works or workshops. Its also inspired by Evolution Arts & Health Centre where I worked in the team to manage the centre and its publicity, art studios & complementary health clinic from 1995-98 Same Sky I am grateful to have learned immensely from working extensively over 10 years working with freelance artists for Same Sky - Charlie Morrissey, Paul Harrington, Joe Coles, Sandrine Case, Patrick Bullock, Sharon Mee, Bec Britain, John Varah, Dan Lake, Ade Lovejoy, Paul Render, Angie, Dorothy Rosser,and many more... Thank you! Training I have received high quality teaching from a number of teachers in many contexts: and hope to inspire others as these teachers have inspired me: Performers & Artists Inspired by : Fujieda Mushimaru & The Physical Poets,Fran Barbe, Akiko Takenouchi, DUMBTYPE,Red Earth,Siou Hannam, Claudia Kappenberg, Suzanne Hutchinson, Liz Aggiss, Fiona Wright. Yoga Practice & Teaching My yoga teaching is informed by 18 years of Yoga and Meditation practice, though i originally came across meditation & Yoga in 1991 (20 years ago -aged 17). I trained as a Unity Hatha Yoga teacher with Sevanti-qualifying in 2006. I am inspired by different teachers’ practice and approaches to yoga and I have attended classes or workshops with: Surata (Iyengar,Scaravelli) Karunavira (Iyengar), Amritavajra (Iyengar) Peter Blackabby (Scaravelli), Sevanti (Unity Hatha), Suzy Daw (Scaravelli -Awakening School of Yoga), John Stirk (Scaravelli) Jo Tytherleigh (Hatha) Taravajra (Scaravelli) workshops.htmlhttp://www.yahoo.co.uk/shapeimage_1_link_0shapeimage_1_link_1
Age: 38 Born: September ’72. Inverness, Scotland Basic lifestory Lived in Inverness Scotland, until the age of 8 , my family moved to Trinidad in the caribbean, where we came across many beautiful arts including Trinidad Carnival. In 1984 returned to the U.K and lived in Crowborough, East Sussex , studied for GCSE’s, A-Levels then Art Foundation Diploma in Brighton Began learning Yoga, Meditation & Buddhism and I have lived in Brighton since 1993 and continued studies and developed my professional practice in arts & health. University Education BA (Hons) Dance & Visual Arts, University of Brighton International Student Exchange Nagoya School of Arts, Japan Art Foundation Brighton College of Art & Technology Shiatsu Professional Training The Shiatsu College Diploma Yoga Teaching Unity Natural Health Community & Celebratory Arts Training : Same Sky, Brighton Continued Professional Development: Same Sky Forkbeard Fantasy Mandinga Arts Kinetika- Carnival Arts Mas Fusion - Carnival Arts Volunteer Work Red Earth, Same Sky, Kinetika, Buddhafield www.brightonbuddhistcentre.co.uk www.being-in-unity.co.uk retreat centres: FWBO (Friends of the Western Buddhist Order) www.goingonretreat.com www.fwbo.org/fwbo/retreatcentres.html www.rivendellretreatcentre.com www.dhanakosa.com retreat centres for men: padmaloka: www.padmalokretreatcentre.org.uk www.vajraloka.org retreat centres for women: www.taraloka.org.uk ecovillages findhorn foundation www.findhorn.orghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinidad_and_Tobago_Carnivalshapeimage_2_link_0
Inspiring Arts & Health

Ady Griffiths

Ady Griffiths
inspiration of the imagination , leads to creation , of an inspired nation, a creative seed, an inner need , to create , evolve and grow, to form shapes, colours, sounds, sights... to take flight in the imagination... and soar, to beautiful realms , and return from heavenly inspired realms to earthly reality, and manifest these dreams!
inspiration “to inhale is to inspire, to inspire is to rise higher , like the flickers of a flame, becoming ...a blazing fire, amidst the fire rises - the spirit of the phoenix, transformation , inspiration arises in bursts, and flashes! or may be a constant flame or stream, may you live well, and follow your dream, may your reality be inspired and healthy “ Ady Griffiths
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links: Buddhist websites: FWBO (Friends of the Western Buddhist Order) www.fwbo.org Sangharakashita (Founder of The FWBO - ‘Friends of the Western Buddhist Order’) www.sangharakshita.org Buddhist podcasts Free audio podcasts and texts www.freebuddhistaudio.com Buddhist retreat centres: goingonretreat.com Buddhist Centres www.brightonbuddhistcentre.co.uk www.fwbo.org Yoga teachers suzy daw sevanti jo tytherleigh jim tarran music / voice workshops: www.angelhouse.co.uk www.soulfulsinging.co.uk http://www.fwbo.orghttp://www.sangharakshita.orghttp://www.freebuddhistaudio.comhttp://www.yahoo.co.uk/http://www.brightonbuddhistcentre.co.ukhttp://www.fwbo.orghttp://www.suzannadawyoga.co.uk/http://being-in-unity.com/http://www.jotytherleigh.com/http://vajrasatiyoga.co.uk/http://www.angelhouse.co.ukhttp://www.soulfulsinging.co.ukshapeimage_11_link_0shapeimage_11_link_1shapeimage_11_link_2shapeimage_11_link_3shapeimage_11_link_4shapeimage_11_link_5shapeimage_11_link_6shapeimage_11_link_7shapeimage_11_link_8shapeimage_11_link_9shapeimage_11_link_10shapeimage_11_link_11
Buddhism I am training to become an ordained member of The Triratna Buddhist Order (recently renamed from ‘The Western Buddhist Order’. An Order of men and women inspired by the Buddha’s teachings of ethics, meditation and wisdom. The Buddha was a human being who lived approximately 2500 years ago in India, his life inspires me as he represents a human being who struggled for many years but finally achieved spiritual enlightenment. I am inspired by his energetic striving and commitment to truth, to knowing the reality of this existence intimately , to know what it is to be truly human, above and beyond the mundane. I aim to lead an ethical life influenced by Buddhist practices and principles, the Buddha’s teachings are the deep foundations upon which my professional practice is based upon. I aim to to create with loving kindness,awareness, to develop wisdom and compassion, and to help create the conditions for myself and others to grow spiritually and artistically, and to those ends I will in the future run meditation courses and retreats combined with creative, artistic and yogic practice. The Future Design and create a purpose built Arts & Health Studio as part of a larger eco-village based on Buddhist practices and principals and healthy human living ways. Inspiring Arts & Health will establish itself as a high quality arts education provider in the South East of England ,U.K and teaching in many places around the world: May you be inspired and healthy !