{ "event-2": { "title": "Sound Meditation", "dayOfWeek": "Wed", "date": "24 June", "time": "6:00 PM - 7:00 PM", "location": "Multipurpose Room 2nd Floor - Wood Green Library N22 6XD", "blurb": "Building awareness, listening, learning and sharing your voice with others to achieve inner and outer harmony. An immersive and relaxing series combining sound bath, guided meditations and chants with vocal toning, focusing more on the vibrations of simple sounds such as AUM, AHH for the positive impact on the mind and body. A gentle practice aligning heart and mind.", "description": "We start each session with guided meditations and vocal toning, preparing the mind to be more still, mindful and receptive to the vibrations received, followed by the resonant tones of the singing bowls and gong for deep healing and relaxation. Ideal to create that time to switch off from daily stresses, feel rejeuvenated and more empowered. No experience is necessary, all are welcome.", "image": "images/sound-3.webp", "facilitatorName": "Cassandra Om", "facilitatorPhoto": "images/cassandra-om.webp", "price": "From £3", "schedule": "Every Wednesday from 3 June to 8 July", "tickets": "£20/£15 concessions for 6 sessions (individual session £5/£3)", "book-override": "", "back-override": "", "text-override": "" }, "event-3": { "title": "Creative Writing", "dayOfWeek": "Mon", "date": "29 June", "time": "6:00 PM - 7:00 PM", "location": "Multipurpose Room 2nd Floor - Wood Green Library N22 6XD", "blurb": "How many stories lie behind a piece of jewellery? How can a keyring trigger a misplaced memory? And how can objects act as passports – allowing us to travel to different points in our lives?", "description": "Join creative writing teacher Mira Mookerjee as we explore the idea of 'material memory'. We will be writing poetry and short stories inspired by personal objects and flexing our creative muscles by giving a voice to the inanimate.", "image": "images/writing-3.webp", "facilitatorName": "Mira Mookerjee", "facilitatorPhoto": "images/mira-mookerjee.webp", "price": "From £3", "schedule": "Every Monday from 1 June to 6 July", "tickets": "£20/£15 concessions for 6 sessions (individual session £5/£3)", "book-override": "", "back-override": "", "text-override": "" }, "event-4": { "title": "Yoga - Legacy of South Asia", "dayOfWeek": "Wed", "date": "1 July", "time": "1:00 PM - 2:00 PM", "location": "Multipurpose Room 2nd Floor - Wood Green Library N22 6XD", "blurb": "The Living Legacy and Ancient Roots
Join Farah Fernandes for a three-part yoga workshop series celebrating South Asian heritage. Explore ancient Vedic wisdom, discover diverse spiritual paths, and master practical sequences like Surya Namaskar to enhance your mental and physical well-being through this living legacy.", "description": "Step into the history of yoga in our first session. We will look into the profound roots of South Asian heritage, exploring the Vedic origins and the transformative wisdom of the yoga Sutras. Learn how yoga evolved from ancient rituals and Sanskrit traditions into a holistic path for body, mind, and spirit. This workshop moves beyond simple exercise, connecting you to a timeless tradition of mindfulness and inner transformation that continues to shape our world today.", "image": "images/yoga-4.webp", "facilitatorName": "Farah Fernandes", "facilitatorPhoto": "images/farah-fernandes.webp", "price": "From £4", "schedule": "Three single sessions on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd of July", "tickets": "£15/£9 concessions for 3 sessions (individual session £6/£4)", "book-override": "", "back-override": "", "text-override": "" }, "event-5": { "title": "#CommunityLegacies Exhibition", "dayOfWeek": "Wed", "date": "1 July", "time": "5:00 PM - 6:00 PM", "location": "The Gallery on first floor - Wood Green Library N22 6XD", "blurb": "Exhibition is open from 2nd July 10-6 Mon to Fri and Sat 10-4. Until 24th.. A Creative response to Health & Wellbeing. Curated by Wise Thoughts’ Artistic Director/ CEO Niranjan Kamatkar. The art works have been created by participants of our #CommunityLegacies programme of arts workshops.", "description": "The art works have been created by participants of our #CommunityLegacies programme of arts workshops that were facilitated by Cassandra Om, Daniel Lloyd-Morgan & Selene Heath. The programme helps to stimulate personal creativity and growth. The workshops offer a dynamic innovative approach to support mental and physical wellbeing. Engaging individuals in participatory activities that support personal creativity and help to generate community dialogue and cohesion among people from diverse communities. The outputs create a ‘living legacy’ which can inspire communities and future generations.", "image": "images/exhibit.webp", "facilitatorName": "Wise Thoughts", "facilitatorPhoto": "images/wise-thoughts.webp", "price": "Free", "schedule": "Every day from from 2 to 24 July (Sunday closed)", "tickets": "Free event", "book-override": "Free Entry", "back-override": "", "text-override": "" }, "event-6": { "title": "Sound Meditation", "dayOfWeek": "Wed", "date": "1 July", "time": "6:00 PM - 7:00 PM", "location": "Multipurpose Room 2nd Floor - Wood Green Library N22 6XD", "blurb": "Building awareness, listening, learning and sharing your voice with others to achieve inner and outer harmony. An immersive and relaxing series combining sound bath, guided meditations and chants with vocal toning, focusing more on the vibrations of simple sounds such as AUM, AHH for the positive impact on the mind and body. A gentle practice aligning heart and mind.", "description": "We start each session with guided meditations and vocal toning, preparing the mind to be more still, mindful and receptive to the vibrations received, followed by the resonant tones of the singing bowls and gong for deep healing and relaxation. Ideal to create that time to switch off from daily stresses, feel rejeuvenated and more empowered. No experience is necessary, all are welcome.", "image": "images/sound-3.webp", "facilitatorName": "Cassandra Om", "facilitatorPhoto": "images/cassandra-om.webp", "price": "From £3", "schedule": "Every Wednesday from 3 June to 8 July", "tickets": "£20/£15 concessions for 6 sessions (individual session £5/£3)", "book-override": "", "back-override": "", "text-override": "" }, "event-7": { "title": "#CommunityLegacies Exhibition", "dayOfWeek": "Thu", "date": "2 July", "end-date": "24 July", "time": "Mon to Fri 10 to 6/ Sat 10 to 4 (Sunday closed)", "location": "The Gallery on first floor - Wood Green Library N22 6XD", "blurb": "Exhibition is open from 2nd July 10-6 Mon to Fri and Sat 10-4. Until 24th.. A Creative response to Health & Wellbeing. Curated by Wise Thoughts’ Artistic Director/ CEO Niranjan Kamatkar. The art works have been created by participants of our #CommunityLegacies programme of arts workshops.", "description": "The art works have been created by participants of our #CommunityLegacies programme of arts workshops that were facilitated by Cassandra Om, Daniel Lloyd-Morgan & Selene Heath. The programme helps to stimulate personal creativity and growth. The workshops offer a dynamic innovative approach to support mental and physical wellbeing. Engaging individuals in participatory activities that support personal creativity and help to generate community dialogue and cohesion among people from diverse communities. The outputs create a ‘living legacy’ which can inspire communities and future generations.", "image": "images/exhibit.webp", "facilitatorName": "Wise Thoughts", "facilitatorPhoto": "images/wise-thoughts.webp", "price": "Free", "schedule": "Every day from from 2 to 24 July (Sunday closed)", "tickets": "Free event", "book-override": "Free Entry", "back-override": "", "text-override": "" }, "event-8": { "title": "Yoga - Legacy of South Asia", "dayOfWeek": "Thu", "date": "2 July", "time": "1:00 PM - 2:00 PM", "location": "Multipurpose Room 2nd Floor - Wood Green Library N22 6XD", "blurb": "Diverse Paths: Finding Your Way
Join Farah Fernandes for a free three-part yoga workshop series celebrating South Asian heritage. Explore ancient Vedic wisdom, discover diverse spiritual paths, and master practical sequences like Surya Namaskar to enhance your mental and physical well-being through this living legacy.", "description": "Discover the diverse branches of yoga. Whether you seek knowledge through Jnana, devotion through Bhakti, or disciplined meditation through Raja, this workshop explores the various ways to approach self-enquiry and liberation. We will examine how Hatha yoga integrates physical techniques with subtle energy like prana and chakras. Learn how these diverse traditions can be applied to your personal journey to find balance, meaning, and emotional stability in modern life.", "image": "images/yoga-6.webp", "facilitatorName": "Farah Fernandes", "facilitatorPhoto": "images/farah-fernandes.webp", "price": "From £4", "schedule": "Three single sessions on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd of July", "tickets": "£15/£9 concessions for 3 sessions (individual session £6/£4)", "book-override": "", "back-override": "", "text-override": "" }, "event-9": { "title": "Yoga - Legacy of South Asia", "dayOfWeek": "Fri", "date": "3 July", "time": "1:00 PM - 2:00 PM", "location": "Multipurpose Room 2nd Floor - Wood Green Library N22 6XD", "blurb": "Yoga in Motion: Practice & Wellbeing
Join Farah Fernandes for a free three-part yoga workshop series celebrating South Asian heritage. Explore ancient Vedic wisdom, discover diverse spiritual paths, and master practical sequences like Surya Namaskar to enhance your mental and physical well-being through this living legacy.", "description": "Embody the practice in our final session. Focus on the practical application of yoga therapy to reduce stress, improve flexibility, and support your nervous system. We will guide you through a complete Surya Namaskar (Sun Salutation) sequence, a powerful 12-pose flow designed to boost energy and mental clarity. This hands-on workshop provides concrete, equipment-free tools to help you cultivate greater body awareness and bring the ancient art of yoga into your everyday wellness routine.", "image": "images/yoga-5.webp", "facilitatorName": "Farah Fernandes", "facilitatorPhoto": "images/farah-fernandes.webp", "price": "From £4", "schedule": "Three single sessions on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd of July", "tickets": "£15/£9 concessions for 3 sessions (individual session £6/£4)", "book-override": "", "back-override": "", "text-override": "" }, "event-10": { "title": "Creative Writing", "dayOfWeek": "Mon", "date": "6 July", "time": "6:00 PM - 7:00 PM", "location": "Multipurpose Room 2nd Floor - Wood Green Library N22 6XD", "blurb": "How many stories lie behind a piece of jewellery? How can a keyring trigger a misplaced memory? And how can objects act as passports – allowing us to travel to different points in our lives?", "description": "Join creative writing teacher Mira Mookerjee as we explore the idea of 'material memory'. We will be writing poetry and short stories inspired by personal objects and flexing our creative muscles by giving a voice to the inanimate.", "image": "images/writing-3.webp", "facilitatorName": "Mira Mookerjee", "facilitatorPhoto": "images/mira-mookerjee.webp", "price": "From £3", "schedule": "Every Monday from 1 June to 6 July", "tickets": "£20/£15 concessions for 6 sessions (individual session £5/£3)", "book-override": "", "back-override": "", "text-override": "" }, "event-11": { "title": "Sound Meditation", "dayOfWeek": "Wed", "date": "8 July", "time": "6:00 PM - 7:00 PM", "location": "Multipurpose Room 2nd Floor - Wood Green Library N22 6XD", "blurb": "Building awareness, listening, learning and sharing your voice with others to achieve inner and outer harmony. An immersive and relaxing series combining sound bath, guided meditations and chants with vocal toning, focusing more on the vibrations of simple sounds such as AUM, AHH for the positive impact on the mind and body. A gentle practice aligning heart and mind.", "description": "We start each session with guided meditations and vocal toning, preparing the mind to be more still, mindful and receptive to the vibrations received, followed by the resonant tones of the singing bowls and gong for deep healing and relaxation. Ideal to create that time to switch off from daily stresses, feel rejeuvenated and more empowered. No experience is necessary, all are welcome.", "image": "images/sound-3.webp", "facilitatorName": "Cassandra Om", "facilitatorPhoto": "images/cassandra-om.webp", "price": "From £3", "schedule": "Every Wednesday from 3 June to 8 July", "tickets": "£20/£15 concessions for 6 sessions (individual session £5/£3)", "book-override": "", "back-override": "", "text-override": "" }, "event-12": { "title": "Interactive Poetry Recital", "dayOfWeek": "Mon", "date": "13 July", "time": "6:00 PM - 7:00 PM", "location": "Multipurpose Room 2nd Floor - Wood Green Library N22 6XD", "blurb": "Join us for a one-hour interactive poetry reading, on the works of Sarojani Naidu and Amrita Pritam with award-winning writer and performer Taylor Beidler. Throughout the hour, you are invited to listen to poems, join in an open conversation about the poems, and take part in some group recitations. All are welcome and all levels of participation are included.", "description": "Join us for a one-hour interactive poetry reading, on the works of Sarojani Naidu and Amrita Pritam with award-winning writer and performer Taylor Beidler. Throughout the hour, you are invited to listen to poems, join in an open conversation about the poems, and take part in some group recitations. All are welcome and all levels of participation are included. ", "image": "images/interactive-poetry.webp", "facilitatorName": "Taylor Beidler", "facilitatorPhoto": "images/taylor-biedler.webp", "price": "From £3", "schedule": "Single session", "tickets": "£5/£3 concessions for 1 session", "book-override": "", "back-override": "", "text-override": "" }, "event-13": { "title": "Indian Music", "dayOfWeek": "Wed", "date": "15 July", "time": "6:00 PM - 7:00 PM", "location": "Multipurpose Room 2nd Floor - Wood Green Library N22 6XD", "blurb": "Facilitated by Unnati Dasagupta, this Indian classical vocal class offers a deep immersion into the North Indian Hindustani tradition, focusing on the foundational elements of Raag (melodic framework) and Taal (rhythmic cycle). Students will begin the session with Alankar, a series of deep-voice warm-ups designed to improve resonance and breath control, before progressing to exploring a Raga, Sargam exercises and Alankars.", "description": "Facilitated by Unnati Dasagupta, this Indian classical vocal class offers a deep immersion into the North Indian Hindustani tradition, focusing on the foundational elements of Raag (melodic framework) and Taal (rhythmic cycle). Students will begin the session with Alankar, a series of deep-voice warm-ups designed to improve resonance and breath control, before progressing to exploring a Raga, Sargam exercises and Alankars. The curriculum balances technical precision with creative expression, teaching students how to weave intricate Aalaps and within the structure of a composition. By blending disciplined practice with the oral tradition of the Guru-Shishya parampara, the class nurtures both the technical agility and the meditative soulfulness required to master this ancient art form.", "image": "images/indian-music.webp", "facilitatorName": "Unnati Dasagupta", "facilitatorPhoto": "images/unnati-dasagupta.webp", "price": "From £3", "schedule": "Single session", "tickets": "£5/£3 concessions for 1 session", "book-override": "", "back-override": "", "text-override": "" }, "event-14": { "title": "Poetry Workshop", "dayOfWeek": "Mon", "date": "20 July", "time": "6:00 PM - 7:00 PM", "location": "Multipurpose Room 2nd Floor - Wood Green Library N22 6XD", "blurb": "What does it mean to be South Asian?
In this poetry workshop, Neelam Sharma invites participants to explore how we tell our stories of where we came from and how we have made this place our home. Using poetry, this workshop will help you use creativity to express what it means to be South Asian and how our journeys and culture have made us.", "description": "In this poetry workshop, Neelam Sharma invites participants to explore how we tell our stories of where we came from and how we have made this place our home.
Using poetry, this workshop will help you use creativity to express what it means to be South Asian and how our journeys and culture have made us.
Together we’ll look at different ways to start writing poetry. Through a series of guided prompts, we’ll explore how to generate ideas and begin to develop your stories into poems. Beginners are welcome. No prior creative writing experience is needed. All you need is an interest in literature and willingness to give it a try.", "image": "images/poetry-workshop.webp", "facilitatorName": "Neelam Sharma", "facilitatorPhoto": "images/neelam-sharma.webp", "price": "From £3", "schedule": "Single session", "tickets": "£5/£3 concessions for 1 session", "book-override": "", "back-override": "", "text-override": "" }, "event-15": { "title": "Stories: Mira Mookerjee", "dayOfWeek": "Wed", "date": "22 July", "time": "6:00 PM - 7:00 PM", "location": "Multipurpose Room 2nd Floor - Wood Green Library N22 6XD", "blurb": "Mira Mookerjee is a Haringey based writer and editor. Mira's creative and academic writing has been published in S/He Speaks: Voices of Women and Trans Folx, by the International Human Rights Arts Movement, in WOWZINE, the Journal of Fair Trade, Azeema Magazine, Poetry and Audience, and more. Her writing focuses on pre-colonial histories, shifting identities and migration. She is currently working on her debut novel which was shortlisted for the #Merky Books New Writers Prize.", "description": "Mira Mookerjee is a Haringey based writer and editor. Mira's creative and academic writing has been published in S/He Speaks: Voices of Women and Trans Folx, by the International Human Rights Arts Movement, in WOWZINE, the Journal of Fair Trade, Azeema Magazine, Poetry and Audience, and more. Her writing focuses on pre-colonial histories, shifting identities and migration. She is currently working on her debut novel which was shortlisted for the #Merky Books New Writers Prize.", "image": "images/mira-mookerjee-poetry.webp", "facilitatorName": "Mira Mookerjee", "facilitatorPhoto": "images/mira-mookerjee.webp", "price": "From £3", "schedule": "Single session", "tickets": "£5/£3 concessions for 1 session", "book-override": "", "back-override": "", "text-override": "" }, "event-16": { "title": "Wise Thoughts LGBTQI+ Drop-in", "dayOfWeek": "Fri", "date": "14 August", "time": "5:00 PM - 6:00 PM", "location": "Room 330 3rd Floor - Wood Green Library N22 6XD", "blurb": "A safe and welcoming space for LGBTQI+ community members to connect, share, and support each other.", "description": "A safe and welcoming space for LGBTQI+ community members to connect, share, and support each other.", "image": "images/drop-in.webp", "facilitatorName": "Wise Thoughts", "facilitatorPhoto": "images/wise-thoughts.webp", "price": "Free", "schedule": "Every second Friday of the month", "tickets": "Free drop-in", "book-override": "", "back-override": "", "text-override": "" } }