Talisman Making Workshop with Yoga

Talisman Making Workshop with Yoga

Come join us for a unique experience at About Balance! In this event, you'll get the chance to create your very own talisman while incorporating yoga practices to enhance its energy. It's a perfect blend of creativity and mindfulness, allowing you to craft a powerful symbol that resonates with your intentions. Don't miss out on this opportunity to explore your creativity and connect with like-minded individuals.

“Art is not just for oneself, not just a marker of one’s understanding. It is also a map for those who follow after us.” Clarissa Pinkola Estes.

What is a Talisman?

In many cultures a Talisman is an object, most commonly a piece of jewellery. It’s believed to have religious or spiritual blessings, intended as a form of personal protection, to heal, aid in fertility, to keep disease and any other danger away, it can also be worn as a good luck charm.

Create your own talisman, for yourself or someone you love, under the guidance of Roxanna Moznabi, a talented and experienced jewellery designer, goldsmith, teacher and reiki practitioner, who will guide you through hand carving techniques, and experimentation with different wax carving tools. You will then have the opportunity to have your talisman cast in silver.

Flo Winterflood will be supporting this craft-learning experience with carefully curated yoga, pranayama and meditative practices designed to help you set your intentions into your talismans, enhance your powers of creativity, keep your mind focused, and your body supple.

After 20 years working with precious materials, Roxy has come to realise that one of the most important materials in jewellery making is the intention set into the process of creating something beautiful. She now sees, and shares her insights, into how jewellery is more than simply decoration, and can become a powerful spiritual tool.

Flo has known Roxy and her beautiful work as a goldsmith since it began 20 years ago. She has had the pleasure of attending Roxy’s talisman making workshop in Birmingham earlier this year and is excited to facilitate Roxy’s sacred jewellery making work with yoga and share this beautiful combination with her Brighton community.

Before the workshop:

You will be provided with mood-boards for inspiration, which you will receive in an email in advance of the workshop. This will allow you to have some time to really think about your design so you can relax, have fun, and be playful with the wax on the day. Feel free to bring along any form of inspiration, such as objects or artwork, you are encouraged to come up with a range of ideas so you can talk them through with Roxanna.

During the workshop:

Welcome and brief introductions

Grounding, visualisation and intention setting meditation

Pranayama and yoga asana practice

Break

Intention sharing and cacao blessing

Demonstration and explanation of techniques

- You will learn the basics of how to carve with sheet wax using techniques such as:

- Cutting out shapes with a scalpel.
- Melting with an open flame, carving tools, and wax pens to shape and add wax.
- Forming with your hands, to press, mould, and roll.

Talisman making with any 1-1 guidance needed

Talisman blessing ritual

Closing meditation

Any Qs and final sharing

We recommend you wear comfy clothes, bring snacks, have a light lunch if possible, and bring any designs/inspiration, notepad and pens

After the workshop:

If you would like, your Talismans will be cast in sterling silver in the historic Birmingham Jewellery Quarter. Roxanna will clean up your castings and present them on a 20-inch silver chain. They can be sent to your chosen address within a month of the workshop.

Additional Talisman cast in silver – £45
Adding gemstones – From £20 (I will have examples of the different birthstones and healing crystals you can add to your Talismans if you wish to add them. I will set your stones once the pendants are cast in silver)
Gold plating – £20
The Talisman cast in sterling silver along with a 20-inch rope chain. It will be sent via Royal Mail special delivery and posted in Roxanna’s branded eco packaging.

Roxanna Moznabi

Roxy has been making for 20 years, discovering the world of jewellery making at the age of 15 during work experience and went on to have an apprenticeship learning this traditional craft. She then graduated with a degree in Goldsmithing from The Birmingham School of Jewellery and since then, she has been an active jewellery maker in Birmingham’s famous jewellery quarter. As an Iranian-British designer and maker, her work is continuously influenced by the artistic and romantic cultural history of Persian designs, motifs and architecture.

Making jewellery with meaning is so important to Roxanna. Persian culture and all the beautiful ancient history has strongly influenced her work. She believes jewellery tells a story, holds memories and gets passed down generations, therefore it is something sacred.

Find out more on Roxy’s website: https://moznabi.com/about/ and follow her on instagram @moznabijewellery.

Flo Winterflood studied to be an advanced yoga teacher in India eight years ago and is now based in Brighton teaching yoga classes and workshops. She is also an artist - painter/designer - and enjoys marrying the two aspects of her life through tantric-inspired yogic practices for creativity and other creative collaborative workshops. You may also come across her more therapeutic orientated workshops in gut health and nervous system regulation.

Find out more on her instagram @dragonflo_yoga

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