Weekly Wellness Saturday: Energy Medicine for Self Care (1pm) / Mindful Movement (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
• 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.

June 21:

• 1:00PM: Energy Medicine for Self Care with Noriko Whitfield —  A gentle 1-hour outdoor self-care workshop designed to help you feel calmer, more energized, and balanced. Using simple, body-centered energy techniques like breathwork, meridian tapping, and movement, this class supports hormone health, emotional well-being, and digestion. No experience is needed. Just come ready to learn easy tools you can use daily to reduce stress, boost vitality, and reconnect with your inner calm.

• 3:30PM: Mindful Movement: A Journey Through the Elements with JenMarie Landig —  In this experiential workshop, we’ll explore the deep connections between our bodies and the natural world through the five elements: Earth, Water, Fire, Air, and Ether. Through mindful movement, we’ll reconnect with the elemental forces within us—our bones as stones, our blood as rivers, our breath as wind. We’ll reflect on how tension and unexpressed emotions live in the body, and how releasing them can restore balance and clarity. By embracing the wisdom of nature—where scarcity doesn’t exist—we’ll cultivate humility, presence, and self-compassion. This journey invites a return to the body’s innate intelligence and a richer, more grounded relationship with ourselves and the planet. The workshop includes a body scan meditation and guided gentle movement. There will also be time for personal reflection, and conversation with JenMarie and fellow participants.

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.