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Yoga and creative rest

Taught by em liptow


Community Workshop: Open to all – no Duke affiliation required!

When
  • Mon, Nov 17, 2025 at 6:00pm
Where

Ark Dance Studio
14 Epworth Dorm Lane
Durham, NC 27705

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Registration for this workshop will open on Friday, November 14.

Yoga and creative rest

Taught by em liptow

Community Workshop: Open to all – no Duke affiliation required!

Rest is an important part of being human. Rest helps our bodies recover from physical activity, reduces stress and anxiety, and supports a healthy immune system. Rest also supports our creativity by giving our minds space to wander and dream.
For many people, it’s difficult to find time to rest—especially students, teachers, folks with demanding workloads, and those with family responsibilities. And even when we do carve out a moment to rest, it can be challenging to relax, turn the brain off, and let ourselves be in the present moment.
In this workshop, we’ll practice creative ways to rest well together. Engaging with yoga, meditation, and deep rest practices, we will explore different strategies for relaxation. Each of us have different needs when it comes to rest, so this workshop is designed to offer multiply ways to settle into the present moment. Come ready to get cozy— napping is welcome!

Our time will include:

  • Simple yoga practices to move energy through our bodies and prepare for rest
  • Connecting with our senses—sight, hearing, tactile, taste, and smell— to ground our body, mind, spirit and nervous system in the present moment
  • Deep rest practices rooted in restorative yoga

This workshop will be focused on movement and stillness, with some space for discussion and light refreshments.

No experience required. Participants of all abilities are welcome. Please email emily.liptow@duke.edu with any questions.

Meet the Instructor

em liptow

emily liptow (she/they) is multi-disciplinary artist, creative producer, facilitator, and community organizer from the watershed of Lake Erie. Working with movement, voice, and textiles, they create experiences – in the …

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Duke Arts Create is a series of free, hands-on arts workshops designed to help all Duke students, including graduate and professional students (including Duke Health), as well as Duke faculty and staff develop a variety of creative skills in the visual arts, dance and movement, creative writing and more. Workshops are open to all skill levels and backgrounds. Most workshops are held in the Duke Arts Annex, the Rubenstein Arts Center or the Duke Arts Office 2101 and are typically held weeknights from 6-8 p.m.

Registration for the following week’s Duke Arts Create workshops go live on Friday morning at 9 a.m. – sign up in advance to guarantee your spot. Didn’t get a spot? No problem! We always reserve space for walk-ins and waitlist registers. Email DukeCreate@duke.edu if you have any questions. Sign up for the monthly newsletter here, which includes the full list of classes offered during the following month.

Duke Arts Create is sponsored by the Office of the Vice Provost for the Arts (Duke Arts).

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