Why does cultivating mindful presence matter?
How can mindfulness generate more creativity, more attuned insights, and braver ideas?
What mindsets can we embody to create inspired and generative workplaces?

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Join us on Aug. 29, 8-9AM MNL / Aug. 28, 5-6PM LA to reconnect with yourself, your creativity and the Culture First community in a session on Cultivating Creativity Through Mindful Presence with facilitators Jen Horn and Lex Balaguer.

* This event is co-hosted by the Culture First Manila chapter and the topic-based, global Culture First Creative Wellbeing chapter, with new chapter leads Jana Ragual and Jen Horn.

While meditation is one practice that we easily associate with mindfulness, Jen and Lex will use visual art and poetry to take you through a mindfulness practice to easefully start your day or end it, wherever you are in the world.

Our lives are rich with beauty and magic, when we are fully present to it. :)

WHAT TO EXPECT
• A reflective practice session for mindful looking at art and mindful making
• Invitations to interact in the chat or by unmuting your mic

PREPARING FOR THE SESSION
• Join via laptop / desktop in a quiet place with stable internet for an optimal experience.
• Have your journal / paper and a pen / coloring materials handy for easeful creating!

ABOUT THE FACILITATORS
• Jen Horn is a facilitator, ICF-credentialed coach for regenerative leadership and culture. Informed by Filipino psychology, wellbeing science, expressive arts and nature, she channels her energy into creating experiences, tools and resources that bring us back to connection with ourselves, each other and the natural world. She has over 13 years of facilitating and community-building experience, and 5 years in designing and delivering individual and organizational transformation programs for leadership, team development and culture-building for corporations, non-profits and civil society organizations. She completed her MSc in Sustainable Development from the University of Surrey on a Chevening scholarship, and published her MSc dissertation in The Journal of Management for Global Sustainability, on a framework for understanding the motivations of sustainability leaders in the Philippines. Learn more about her and her work via jen-horn.com, jenhorn.substack.com and @pagbubuo on Instagram.
• John Alexis “Lex” Balaguer is a cultural manager, educator, and curator based in Manila. He is the founder of Curare Art Space, a curatorial agency dedicated to supporting emerging contemporary art, and a part-time lecturer at the University of the Philippines College of Fine Arts - Department of Theory. With extensive experience in arts management, museum and gallery operations, cultural research, art writing and criticism, and arts education, he has worked across the heritage, museum, and gallery sectors. In 2025, he was awarded the Asian Cultural Council Fellowship Grant for Art Criticism, which brought him to New York to further his research and practice. Beyond his curatorial and academic work, he is currently training as an expressive arts facilitator and is a certified meditation teacher, expanding his practice at the intersection of art, education, and well-being. Learn more about him and his work via jabalaguer.com.

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