Dana Overman RN, MS, MPH

Integration of art + science = improved wellness

Visual Arts

Discover how art speaks to you. As you view the art through these pages I invite you to do so slowly and with purpose. You may only choose to view a single piece or a few. The goal is to settle into the image, see the color and form. How do they relate to each other? Ask yourself, does the image speak to you. In these moments of discovering what lies within the visual art you will be existing within the very moment. It will likely stir feelings, a memory, a thought an idea. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, find the image that speaks beauty and calm to you.

Music

Music enters through our hearing and can be felt within our physical bodies. Music is energy, producing sound waves that infiltrate our inner being while also touching our exterior existence. The idea that music as a powerful healing instrument goes back multiple centuries.

Guided Meditation & Breath Work

Guided meditation is beautiful participatory exercise of art and wellness. It is a practice that has been proven by neuroscientists to create new neuro pathways. Yet again, an age old practice proven incredibly effective by science .

Committed, mission driven, creative, seeker

The idea that science and art not only overlap but are interconnected in ways that reach beyond our human understanding is not a new one. However, with the advancement of science we have been able to learn and validate what so many artists have been saying for centuries. Music, fine art, and poetry, has the power to take our thoughts to places that move us and heal us. They slow our thoughts where our brains can awaken and heart calm, our bodies reset. This is the science of art & wellness.

As an artist, a public health professional, community development ally, meditation teacher, and registered nurse I have created this space to bring together the pieces that have for too long been isolated as being separate from one another. Here, you will find the tools to awaken the concept of art & wellness such as reading poetry, viewing art, listening to guided meditation and music, or learning breathing techniques to reset a stressful moment.

I welcome and invite you to peruse the entirety of this space; returning as often as you would like. Discover the areas that speak to you and explore the areas that bring a sense of newness to your thoughts. By using these tools you too can integrate art & wellness into your life; here is a place to reset, find calm, and learn how our bodies interact with the arts.

Dana Overman RN, MS, MPH