{"id":135034,"date":"2024-09-11T21:03:17","date_gmt":"2024-09-12T01:03:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=135034"},"modified":"2024-09-11T21:03:17","modified_gmt":"2024-09-12T01:03:17","slug":"shanthi-project-hosts-first-ever-art-auction-fundraiser-to-benefit-mindfulness-programming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=135034","title":{"rendered":"SHANTHI PROJECT HOSTS FIRST-EVER ART AUCTION FUNDRAISER TO BENEFIT MINDFULNESS PROGRAMMING"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shanthiproject.org\/about\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-135037\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Picture1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"293\" height=\"98\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lehigh Valley, PA \u2014 September 12, 2024 \u2014 Shanthi Project, a mindfulness education nonprofit based in the Lehigh Valley, will host its next fundraising event on September 26th at Llantrisant Retreat and Wellness Center. The event &#8211; Easely Yours &#8211; is an art auction that will give supporters the opportunity to bid on local art while supporting Shanthi Project\u2019s mission.<\/p>\n<p>This event celebrates the connection between art and mindfulness &#8211; where art offers a creative outlet for emotional expression, and mindfulness helps increase focus needed for creative endeavors.<\/p>\n<p>In preparation for Easely Yours, Shanthi Project has been working with local artists to secure original artwork for the auction, many of whom practice mindfulness in their own art-making.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am a practitioner of \u2018Mindfulness\u2019 and being responsible for my own consciousness about the world I live in. I believe humanity and the world as a whole benefits when we are engaged in understanding our emotional inheritance and lived experience and make attempts to develop our true selves,\u201d said award-winning Easton-based artist, Curlee Raven Holton. \u201cArt is the language of dreaming out loud. Art is an answer to our struggle for a deeper understanding of reality and an act of personal and communal liberation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Additional artists featured include Lauren Kindle, Kim Hogan, Matthew Nixon, Elizabeth Snelling, Kelly Forte, Maciek Albrecht, Elli Albrecht, and more.<\/p>\n<p>Easely Yours will be held at Llantrisant Retreat and Wellness Center in Tatamy, PA from 6:00 to 8:30pm, with a special VIP champagne toast at 5:30pm. The event is open to the public and tickets can be purchased at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shanthiproject.org\/easelyyours\"><u>www.shanthiproject.org\/easelyyours<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About Shanthi Project: <\/strong>Shanthi Project is a nonprofit organization providing science-backed mindfulness education to more than 4,000 children and adults annually across the Greater Lehigh Valley. For more than a decade, Shanthi Project has been working within schools and in the community to share mindfulness practices that support mental health and well-being. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shanthiproject.org\/\"><u>www.ShanthiProject.org<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Information provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nMaison Allen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lehigh Valley, PA \u2014 September 12, 2024 \u2014 Shanthi Project, a mindfulness education nonprofit based in the Lehigh Valley, will host its next fundraising event on September 26th at Llantrisant &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=135034\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">SHANTHI PROJECT HOSTS FIRST-EVER ART AUCTION FUNDRAISER TO BENEFIT MINDFULNESS PROGRAMMING<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":135036,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[69],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-135034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/easely.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135034"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=135034"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135034\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/135036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=135034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=135034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=135034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}