On select Friday evenings, families with kids ages 8 and up come to the studio to make art side by side. Arts and crafts is one of the most-loved parts of yoga camp, and these workshops bring the same focus to preteens, teens, and the grown-ups in their lives.

A good mindful art project asks for careful hands and open choices at the same time. You follow a technique closely, then decide for yourself what to make with it. This combination holds your attention and helps a busy nervous system settle.

Each workshop introduces a new method or medium. You don't need any art experience. The point is time spent making something together, and a perfect finished piece is optional.

Friday evening is a good time to wind down after the school and work week and to spend unhurried time with a preteen or teen whose free time keeps getting scarcer.