FEAL 2021: Feel Your Pause-October 1, 2, & 3, 2021

The Festival for Empowerment and Art for Life (FEAL) is a digitally-hosted, arts-based wellbeing festival organised by Kolkata Sanved. Conducted on October 1, 2 and 3, 2021,  the aim of FEAL, that year, was to enable participants to enhance their own sense of mental and emotional wellbeing, especially considering the adverse impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, which had led to widespread fear, uncertainty, isolation and loneliness. The focus was on bringing together resources and information around the use of creative and arts-based practice to build resilience. The festival included sessions on Mindfulness Practice with Sandy Dias, Authentic Movement with Brinda Jacob, Music for Healing with Bhaktiveda , Visual Art with Proiti Roy and Storytelling with Dr. Arna Seal. Each session was an  experiential session conducted over Zoom and streamed live on the Facebook  page of Kolkata Sanved.