| Abstract | For my Departmental Honors Project Thesis, I decided to organize and execute a wellness workshop for the artist focusing on mindfulness and self care techniques to help combat stress and mental health issues that are prevalent in many students today. In my thesis below, I will stress the universality of the artist - that we all have in us the need to create and exist for a greater purpose. I will focus on the need for theatre artists in particular to learn mindfulness tools such as slowing down and remaining present in every area of life, practicing yoga, and eating nutritious, well balanced meals to support growth and combat stress in the craft. I will also incorporate a detailed analysis and reflection of the process leading up to my final execution: the workshop itself. Throughout this process, my greatest goal was to share my personal experiences with mindfulness and the way they helped me thrive as a student, artist, and human being. and stress the importance of self care. My hope is that this workshop, or one like it, would be duplicated each year as a way for students to reset and indulge in their own self care. My thesis will aim to accentuate my notion that as creative beings, we must function in the healthiest version of our minds and bodies in order to fulfil our greatest potential as artists and people. |
