“Languages of Resilience” is an interactive workshop that blends journaling, visual art, and movement to explore stress, resilience, and self-expression. Using various creative and mindfulness methods, we’ll identify common stressors, engage in guided exercises, and experiment with different “languages” of healing. This is a workshop for everyone, and no artistic experience is needed! Come with an open mind and a willingness to explore new ways of understanding and processing emotions and experiences.

This workshop is part of an ongoing thesis project of The Sage School current senior Sarah Leidecker, in her work studying creative expression as a tool to process and heal from trauma and enact social change. Her research includes work with a choreographer and arts therapy organizations in New York City as well as techniques from The HeartMath Institute. Now, Sarah hopes to bring these insights to her own community, sharing methods, connection, and creative tools for healing and resiliency.

Sarah Leidecker is a senior at The Sage School in Hailey, studying creative expression as a tool to heal from trauma and enact social change. As a dancer, writer, and visual artist, she is passionate about using the arts to better understand what happens in our minds, hearts, and bodies, and help us move through the world with greater compassion. Sarah’s interest in social justice moves beyond the arts through her work with Idaho Conservation League, The Alliance of Idaho, the USCRI Refugee Center in Twin Falls, and the Flourish Foundation. When she’s not in school or dancing her heart out, you can find Sarah hiking carbonate or settling down to watercolor—or both.