OMMM: Our Museum Mindfulness Meditation

Explore how deeply you can relax—by tensing each muscle in your body. This unusual exercise builds on Franz Xaver Messerschmidt’s The Vexed Man (1771–83), a sculpture of a man with an exaggerated facial expression.From the protruding veins in the neck to the deeply furrowed brow, ...  Show more

Explore how deeply you can relax—by tensing each muscle in your body. This unusual exercise builds on Franz Xaver Messerschmidt’s The Vexed Man (1771–83), a sculpture of a man with an exaggerated facial expression.From the protruding veins in the neck to the deeply furrowed brow, ...  Show more

Japanese chadō, or tea ceremony, is widely known for its beauty, precision, and meditative qualities.So how does that compare to the story told by artist Jean-Ettienne Liotard’s Still Life: Tea Set? UCLA Professor and chadō practitioner Michelle Liu Carriger explores the near-uni ...  Show more

Focus on fully experiencing the moment while you sip on a cup of tea in this relaxing meditation inspired by Jean-Étienne Liotard’s Still Life: Tea Set (1781–83).This painting of a Chinese porcelain tea set shows a scene after use—its contents consumed and the pieces left on the ...  Show more

People have made meaning from the movement of the stars and planets since before recorded history.In this conversation with host Lilit Sadoyan, contemporary astrologer Chani Nicholas explores the rise and fall of astrology’s popularity and provides an overview of how she understa ...  Show more

Feel one with the cosmos as you explore your place in time and space inspired by a 15th-century astrological diagram found in an unusual manuscript.Featuring a collection of diverse texts, this manuscript, called a miscellany, includes writings on medicine as well as magical prac ...  Show more