The Art of Feeling: Envy

When does envy show up in your life?
What's the string that pulls at something in you?
What if envy wasn't something to feel ashamed of, but something to get curious about?

This month, The Art of Feeling turns its attention to ENVY.

Join us for an evening of reflection, conversation, movement, and creativity as we explore an emotion most of us experience, but rarely talk about.

The evening will be facilitated by Nimanthie Ariyasinghe (Nim), who will guide participants through a gentle exploration of envy using emotional and somatic awareness, small-group conversations, movement, and expressive arts.

Together, we'll explore what envy feels like, when it shows up, and what might be underneath it. Rather than seeing envy as something "bad," we'll get curious about what it might reveal about our unmet needs, values, desires, and dreams.

What is your envy pointing towards?

We'll then move beyond words and into creativity, using colours, textures, shapes, and symbols to explore our relationship with envy through a hands-on community art experience. This is not an art class, and no artistic experience is expected.

The Art of Feeling is a monthly gathering that uses expressive arts for self-exploration, connection, and expression. Each month, we explore a different aspect of the human experience, creating space to better understand ourselves, connect with others, and discover new ways of expressing what lives within us.

The Art of Feeling is a facilitated community gathering for reflection, conversation, connection, and creative expression. While many of the themes we explore can touch on personal experiences and emotions, this is not a therapy group, support group, or mental health service, and the facilitator is not acting as a therapist or mental health professional in this space.

We strive to create a trauma-informed environment where participants are invited to engage at their own pace, honour their own boundaries, and share only what feels comfortable. You're always welcome to participate in ways that feel supportive and appropriate for you.

Our intention is simply to create a space where humans can come together to explore what it means to be human... together... through conversation, creativity, curiosity, and connection.

Nimanthie Ariyasinghe is a community weaver, artist, yoga and movement trainer, workshop facilitator, and lifelong student of what it means to be human.

With a background in design, teaching, and community-centred programming, she creates spaces where people can slow down, connect with themselves and others, and explore life's big questions through conversation, creativity, movement, and shared experience. Much of Nim's work is inspired by her own journey of navigating grief, healing, belonging, love, identity, and what makes life feel meaningful. She believes that some of our deepest insights don't emerge through thinking alone, but through feeling, creating, connecting, and being witnessed by others.

Every day, she strives to live a life rooted in love, and gatherings like The Art of Feeling are an extension of that practice - an invitation to come together, get curious, and explore what it means to be human.

Instagram: @becomingnim

Alternity is located on the ground floor and the event space itself is step-free to enter. However, the washrooms are located on a different level and require the use of two staircases, so the venue is not fully wheelchair accessible.

If you have any accessibility needs, questions, or accommodations you'd like us to be aware of, please reach out before the event and we'll do our best to support you.

If the ticket cost is a barrier to joining us, please send us a note. We are happy to offer Pay-What-You-Can options whenever possible.

Creating spaces for connection and community is at the heart of this gathering, and we want to help ensure that finances are not a barrier to participating.