If your body is asking for rest,
If your mind feels full,
If you are longing for a quieter way to be creative —

You are very welcome here.

Explore The Quiet Place — a gentle, guided creative 2-hour session for busy minds rooted in presence — not perfection.

ARRIVE

Arriving is a conscious choice. It begins the moment you decide to make time for yourself.

In a busy life, this is a pause taken on purpose — two hours set aside to slow the body before asking anything of the hands.

Through gentle grounding and breath, you are invited to notice what is already here: the pace you have been moving at, the tension you are carrying, and the quiet beneath the noise.

Nothing to fix. Nothing to achieve. Just arriving — fully, intentionally, here.

soften

Soften is about letting go of effort, control and expectation.

In The Quiet Place, mark-making becomes a way to release what words can’t always hold — stress, pressure, self-judgement, emotion. You are gently  guided to move slowly, to follow sensation, to let the body lead instead of the mind.

The focus is not on what you make, but on how it feels to make it.

LIsten

As your breath and marks fall into rhythm, the nervous system begins to settle. Thoughts quiet. The hands move without needing to decide or perform.

This is a space to experiment, to explore, to reconnect with curiosity — without trying to be “good” at anything.

Creativity here is not expressive for an audience. It is expressive for you.

WHEN EVERYTHING FEELS TOO MUCH

When your days are full, you are overwhelmed and your mind is buzzing, this is an invitation to slow down and turn your attention inward. You might recognise some of these thoughts:

  • I wish I could quiet the outside chatter

  • I want to create, but I feel tense as soon as I start

  • I feel pressure to make something perfect

  • I struggle to give myself permission to slow down

  • I feel guilty taking time just for myself

You are not alone. This is why The Quiet Place was created — to offer a gentle way back to yourself through making.

WHAT IF…

What if you gave yourself two hours just for you? To sit down, listen to calming music, hold a pencil and feel your shoulders soften.

What if your breath slowed, your hand moved freely and the outcome stopped mattering?

What if this became a small ritual you could return to — five minutes at home, or two hours held in community — whenever life feels too full?

WHAT THE QUIET PLACE IS

The Quiet Place is a guided, in-person creative session rooted in presence over perfection. It is designed for stress, burnout, fluctuating energy and busy minds — using breath, somatic awareness and intuitive mark-making as tools for calm. This is not an art class. It’s not therapy. It’s a space to rest, soften and reconnect — through the quiet language of making.

WHAT HAPPENS IN A SESSION

Each session gently weaves together:

  • Creative grounding and arrival

  • Breathwork to settle the nervous system

  • A guiding theme or poetic prompt

  • Slow, mindful mark-making

  • Quiet reflection and journaling

  • A soft closing to carry with you

Everything is optional. You’re free to follow what feels right for you.

THIS SPACE IS FOR YOU IF…

  • You crave time to pause, without another thing to manage

  • You feel drawn to creativity, but blocked by pressure or self-doubt

  • You want calm, presence, and consistency — without performance

  • You like being guided, but not corrected

THIS SPACE IS not FOR YOU IF…

  • You are looking for technical instruction or skill-building

  • You want fast results or a finished artwork

  • You prefer high-energy, outcome-focused sessions

about the facilitator

Natalia Millman is a visual artist and creative facilitator. Her own practice began as a way to sit with grief, slow down, learn to let go off perfection and find another language when words were not enough. Over time, she saw how powerful this way of working could be to listen inward, regulate emotions, develop resilience in post-traumatic growth. The Quiet Place grows from lived experience, community-led work and a belief that creativity belongs to everyone and can transform health.

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“The arts have remarkable protective benefits for our mental and physical health, benefiting our immune function, sleep, metabolism and cognitive function, reducing our risk of developing depression, Alzheimer's disease and chronic illness, and even increasing our chances of living longer”

Source: “The Science of How the Arts Transform Our Health” by Daisy Fancourt.