Weekly Wellness Saturday: SOULscape mindful movement (1pm) / Slow Flow + Restorative Yoga (3:30pm)

Join us in Encinitas for even more ways to interact with contemporary art! Weekly Wellness Saturdays at ICA North expands on our 2025-2026 exhibition season theme, On Healing. The exhibitions are part of a year-long exploration of the ways artists address the various socio-cultural wounds revealed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Similarly, the associated programs and events seek to explore how art can serve as a vital tool for mental, physical, emotional, and community wellbeing.

Weekly Wellness Saturdays will take place most Saturdays throughout the year during ICA San Diego’s open hours (Noon – 5pm), and includes:

• 1–2 PM: A rotating healing activity hosted by a local facilitator
• 2:15–3:15 PM: A complimentary tour of the current exhibition in its Lower and Upper Pavilions, the outdoor garden, and Sculpture Trail
• 3:30—4:30 PM: A rotating healing activity hosted by a local facilitator
• 12–5 PM: An all ages art-making activity related to this year’s On Healing season
• 12–5 PM: Complimentary admission to ICA exhibitions

Admission to Weekly Wellness Saturdays at ICA / North is free, and a donation will be suggested for healing activities, and made directly to the facilitator.

July 12:

• 1:00PM: SOULscape Mindful Movement Meditation with Soultry Sisters — Are you looking for a practice to quiet your mind, ground your body, and elevate your spirit? Join us for SOULscape, a movement-based healing and communal practice led by the Soultry Sisters Arts + Wellness Collective. The session will include mindful movement meditation incorporating breathing, visualization, and creative movement, as well as journaling and collective reflection. In doing so, we will participate in a soft space for folks to embody rest, foster creative flourishing, and connect with the community.

• 3:30PM: Slow Flow + Restorative Yoga with Kathleen Pizzello — Slow, deep, and mindful movement. Meditative sequences of poses linked with breath to increase strength, flexibility, and a steady mind. Relax deeply into longer held restorative poses that soothe the nervous system and promote wellness and rest.

These Saturday offerings at ICA North are an evolution of ICA San Diego’s popular C You Saturday! series, a monthly community event where guests enjoy the galleries, participate in art-making, listen in on an artist talk, and more. This year, C You Saturdays! will take place on exhibition opening dates only, including:

• August 16, Las Hermanas Iglesias at ICA / North (Encinitas)
• September 20, Ruben Ulises Rodriguez Montoya at ICA / Central (Balboa Park)

ICA San Diego’s locations in Encinitas and Balboa Park are open Thursday – Sunday, Noon – 5pm.

• Weekly Wellness Saturdays at ICA / North run from Noon – 5pm (last entry into the galleries is 4:30pm).
• C You Saturdays! at ICA / Central and North run from 4-7pm.

RSVP to a Weekly Wellness Saturday!

Donations made at time of RSVP or upon check-in will go to ICA San Diego, and a QR code and cash box will be available at the healing activity for donations to healing facilitators.

Weekly Wellness Saturdays are funded in part by City of Encinitas Community Grant Program.