The Art of Mindful Breathing: Fall Edition

Breathe • Move • Soothe • Create
with Larissa Noto of The Lovely Little Lotus

What places feel like home to you? What landscapes hold special memories or meaning?

Inspired by LUAG’s This Land exhibition, participants are invited to explore the many landscapes and stories that shape our communities through movement, mindfulness, music, storytelling, looking, and artmaking.

Led by Larissa Noto of The Lovely Little Lotus, this interactive experience will invite families to slow down, connect through breath, shared stories, and gentle movement, as well as explore landscapes in the gallery through color, shape, texture, and imagination. Together, we’ll think about the places that connect us—from mountains and forests to cities and farms, our own neighborhoods, and beyond.

Families will then create a personalized landscape art project inspired by a meaningful place or memory. Each piece will become part of a collaborative community tapestry of art celebrating the many places and stories that make up This Land. Participants will take their project home as a reminder of the experience.

No prior art or movement experience is necessary.

Space is limited to 12 participants. Advance registration is encouraged.

If you require assistance filling out this form, prefer to share your registration information via email or phone, or have questions, concerns, or any accessibility needs, please email Elise at ejs421@lehigh.edu or call 610-758-6882.

Larissa R. Noto, JD, C-IAYT, E-RYT 500, YACEP, is a longtime yoga and mindfulness practitioner, teacher, trainer, and certified Yoga Therapist who has spent the last 30 years exploring the connection between breath, body, mind, and everyday life. A former school teacher and lawyer, Larissa now shares yoga, meditation, and mindfulness with people of all ages and abilities. She considers writing, art, and music to be forms of mindfulness, as well as creative practices that invite us to slow down, pay attention, express ourselves, and connect more deeply to the present moment. Her work has been featured in Yoga Journal, MSN, NPR, PBS Kids, Yoga Love Magazine, and Lehigh Valley Style. When Larissa isn't sharing the art of mindful movement with others,  Larissa is a wife, mom of three boys, children’s book author, professor, breast cancer survivor, and special needs advocate.