An Evening of Painting Art and Guided Meditation
Welcome to an evening of self-expression, community, presence and fun!
For the first in-person physician wellness event in two years, we will start with a very brief meditation and then each create a small canvas painting to take home. Creating visual art has been shown to improve mindfulness and support coping with anxiety or stress. Priya Monahan, MD, will be leading the session on art and self-expression. Feel free to bring your own supplies but Dr. Monahan will provide brushes, paints and canvases. Please wear or bring old clothes.
Event Details:
6:15PM Dinner
6:45PM Introduction and Guided Meditation: Dr. Michael Liu
7:00PM Art and Self-Expression (Painting Canvas): Dr. Priya Monahan
8:00PM Winding down
8:15PM Conclusion
About the Presenters:
Michael Liu, MD will be leading a short guided meditation. Dr.. Liu is chair of the OCMA wellness committee, and is a hospitalist at Southern California Medical Group in Orange County. He completed his medical degree at UCI School of Medicine and his residency at UCI Medical Center
Priya Monahan, MD attended medical school at U.C. San Francisco and completed her residency in internal medicine at Duke University Medical Center. She is a hospitalist and partner at Southern California Permanente Medical Group. Dr. Monahan has served in Cambodia with Project Angkor Medical Missions to provide medical care in a mobile clinic and to teach Cambodian medical students. The group has set up clinics in rural India as well. Dr. Monahan is a Yoga Alliance certified yoga instructor with hundreds of hours of instruction under her belt. In addition, Dr. Monahan is an artist. All commissions from her paintings are donated to charitable causes.