Wellbeing workshops that help your community flourish
Connected working, collaborative living, unified belonging
“The marbling workshop was perfect for a relaxed, inclusive and mindful experience for my group participants. I didn’t realise how cathartic the workshop would be – the feeling was magical and the marbling results, sublime.
Nina knows how to create a safe, friendly and stress-free atmosphere and I would highly recommend Recess Living for community group workshops.”.
— Chelsea Physic Garden
When your whole space is built around celebrating and nurturing a sense of community, you want everything you do to facilitate that. You want your members’ interactions to go deeper than fleeting nods in the foyer, and chats about the weather. You want to foster a feeling of belonging. And you want an events offering to match.
Recess Living’s customisable schedule of immersive workshops uses a shared sense of playfulness to create bonds in your community. Based on the idea of craft as an active form of mindfulness, a Recess Living event helps each attendee connect with themselves. And thanks to the uniting power of shared experience, a Recess Living event helps each attendee connect with each other, too. The benefits, both for personal and professional wellbeing, are endless.
The perfect blend of fun and ease, the workshops are playful but calm, creating a space where members can switch off, slow down, and reset, restore, and re-energise. They offer a chance to flourish and nourish at the same time
Here are just some of the wonderful wellbeing driven companies that I’ve created experiences for;
Creative workshops to slow down.
When you're looking for ways to help your community nurture their wellbeing, you might think of yoga or silent meditation. But there are other much more immersive and accessible ways to get the same stress-relieving, mood-boosting benefits of exercise that will help you become known for stand-out events; creative play.
Creativity, and our appreciation of it, has been proven to have positive effects on physical and mental health and wellbeing. In 2017, the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Arts, Health and Wellbeing reported that 82% of people examined enjoyed greater wellbeing after engaging in creative play, proving that an enriched creative life can contribute to a more positive mindset.
With a range of experiences to compliment your style, and fit your schedule, goal and budget, Recess Living creative workshops are available to be booked for monthly programming to ensure your members are scheduling in regular downtime in their diaries.
They’re also perfect for showcase events such as retreats, wellbeing weeks or brand activations and launches.
Create moments of mindfulness and spaces for connection, both to yourself and to others, with my curated range of creative workshops. Active rest helps manage and prevent burnout and reduce stress levels, whilst the practice of play brings unadulterated joy.
Offer your community the gift of escapism, exploration, and self-expression with craft.
POTTERY
Unwind with a mindful pottery workshop, making the most of the tactile medium of clay.
MARBLING
Discover the mesmerising art of marbling and learn how to paint on water
TEXTILE WALL-HANGING
Celebrate the beauty of upcycling, and seeing the world from a different point of view. Here, leftovers and remnants are not waste but the starting point for new works of art.
CREATIVE JOURNALING
Download and decompress with prompts specifically designed to speak to your members’ experiences, and help provide care and clarity.
Build a community and their wellbeing toolkit:
Tell me all about the community you look after and your needs using the form below and I’ll put together a proposal to surprise, delight, and ultimately nurture your people
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“Our tenants all loved the event. Nina was a great teacher; super friendly, really engaging with a calming spirit. We will definitely be booking more workshops with Nina!”
— Vonder Europe
“Nothing but amazing feedback from our members.”
— Soho House
Supper clubs to break bread and cultivate connection
Cultivate a supportive space for your community to connect, reflect and hear from others in similar positions with the Recess Living Twice as Nourished supper clubs.
For too long mental health has been discussed in hushed tones behind closed doors, disguising the fact that we’re all going through it together. It's time to not only bring these discussions out in the open, but to do it in a beautiful, elegant setting where you feel not only supported but celebrated too.
“I had the joy of attending a Recess Living supper club, and it was the most gorgeous evening. Nina curates everything with such intention and purpose, creating a beautifully welcoming atmosphere where I learned so much about myself. I came away feeling simultaneously relaxed and invigorated - thank you Nina!”
— Joyful Supper Club Attendee
Twice as Nourished is an intimate supper club series bringing people together to share their stories, experiences and learnings around mental health and wellbeing. The innovative format combines both professional expertise and personal experience,as the headlining experts take a seat at the table alongside your members.
Each supper club features a carefully curated panel of experts, whether they’re thought leaders, wellness and mental health practitioners, financial wellbeing experts or industry-changing entrepreneurs, who will guide you through the conversation, while you share a sumptuous 4-course meal at your venue.
Created by one of our partner chefs, your supper club menu will showcase seasonal produce, focussing on both flavour and texture to demonstrate the delights of plant-based eating. Each menu is specially curated to reflect the evening’s theme and prepared by one of our partner chefs.
Choose from one of our signature supper club themes such as ‘Burn to Bloom or ‘The Messy Middle, or we can create a bespoke offering for your community which reflects the values of your collaborative space.
Thank you so much for last night. I loved how intimate it was, and how there were women from so many different walks of life.
Usually when you pay to hear someone talk but you're just hearing them talk on a panel. But to ACTUALLY be in conversation with them so intimately was AMAZING
I can’t wait to come to the next one. ”
— Nourished Supper Club Attendee
Let’s craft the perfect experience together to show existing members and future members of your community that their wellbeing is just as essential to you as it is to them.
“I honestly felt so nourished afterwards (like yoga but without having to move)
— Calm + Relaxed Workshop Attendee