Who doesn\u2019t love a seaside soundbath<\/a> or a spa day<\/a>? But wellness is expensive <\/i>\u2014 and self-care shouldn\u2019t break the bank. So we\u2019ve curated a handful of free wellness activities for the month of May to keep you stretched, sane and grounded. <\/p>\n But first: One of these events is blending wellness, culture, community and healing in an interesting way.<\/p>\n For more than 38 years the World Stage Performance Gallery<\/a>, in South Los Angeles\u2019 Leimert Park, has presented live music, poetry, spoken word and other forms of cultural expression in its performance gallery. On May 23, it will stage its first annual Sacred Music and Healing Festival <\/a>in Leimert Park.<\/p>\n It\u2019s an ambitious undertaking, says Executive Director Dwight Trible. The idea behind the festival, he says, is that \u201cmusic is medicine.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cAt a time when many are seeking restoration, grounding and connection,\u201d he said, \u201cwe are creating a space where sound, rhythm and collective presence become tools for healing.\u201d<\/p>\n We caught up with Trible to learn more about the free event in a conversation that has been edited for length and clarity.<\/p>\n You\u2019ve been thinking about staging this festival for years. Why finally do so now? <\/b> (Illustration by Robbin Burnham WACSO \/ For The Times)<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n How is the festival different than a traditional music festival? <\/b> How<\/b> exactly<\/b> is music healing, in your opinion? <\/b> What other wellness offerings will be at the festival? <\/b> Who will be performing? <\/b> You\u2019ve said the festival reflects \u201ca deeper narrative emerging in Los Angeles.\u201d What is that? <\/b> Sacred Music and Healing Festival, 11<\/i> a.m.-7<\/i> p.m. Saturday, May 23; 4321 Degnan Blvd., Leimert Park.<\/i><\/p>\n Here\u2019s what else is happening across the wellness landscape in May.<\/p>\n Mindfulness with Christiane Wolf at the Wende Museum <\/b>of the Cold War in Culver City. <\/p>\n (Stella Kalinina \/ For The Times)<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n Midweek is \u201cWellness Wednesdays\u201d at the Wende Museum<\/b><\/a> of the Cold War in Culver City. The museum will host a free, hourlong, guided meditation \u2014 led by Christiane Wolf \u2014 in its Glorya Kaufman Community Center\u2019s A-frame theater, a refurbished, century-old MGM prop house. Afterward, the Cantilever Collective will lead a free movement workshop in the sculpture garden, helping participants shake out any remaining remnants of stress. There will also be complimentary garden refreshments such as homemade soup and fresh bread from Clark Street Bakery. 9-11 a.m. every Wednesday in May; <\/i> 10808 Culver Blvd., Culver City.<\/i><\/p>\n Similarly, the Hammer Museum <\/b><\/a>hosts free, guided Mindful Awareness Meditations every Thursday in its Billy Wilder Theater, a collaboration with UCLA Mindful<\/b><\/a>. Can\u2019t get away midday to attend? The museum broadcasts the event live on its website. 12:30-1 p.m. every Thursday in May; 10899 Wilshire Blvd., Westwood. <\/i><\/p>\n Los Angeles County Parks & Recreation<\/b><\/a> is hosting a week of free \u201cgolden hour\u201d wellness experiences in dozens of L.A. County parks in a program it\u2019s calling, not surprisingly, \u201cParks at Sunset.\u201d<\/b><\/a> Activities include yoga, guided meditation, painting and dance; they\u2019re meant \u201cto help attendees relax, recharge, and reconnect in the heart of L.A. County parks.\u201d The best part? They\u2019re all free \u201cdrop-in\u201d happenings, with no registration required. 4:30-6:30 p.m. May 14-22; check<\/i> the site <\/i><\/b><\/a>for park addresses near you. <\/i><\/p>\n ace\/121 Gallery<\/b><\/a>, which is operated by the nonprofit Glendale Arts, will host a \u201cMindful Art for Wellness\u201d<\/b><\/a> workshop for participants over 16 years old. The instructor will start off by giving attendees a prompt to spark creativity along with stress-reducing breathing exercises. Then the art-making begins. No experience is necessary. Simply \u201cslowing down is the point,\u201d the organization says. 7-8:30 p.m. May 18; 121 N.<\/i> Kenwood St., Glendale.<\/i><\/p>\n Clockshop<\/b> <\/a>is an arts and culture nonprofit that puts on free programming in public spaces with the goal of connecting Angelenos to the land they live on. Its annual kite festival is a much anticipated, colorful \u201cgallery in the sky.\u201d This year, the festival\u2019s theme is: \u201cTake a Breath.\u201d<\/b><\/a> That includes visitors\u2019 own deep breaths to slow down and feel relaxed as well as \u201cthe wind that lifts our kites, the air that sustains us, and the open sky we\u2019re committed to protecting,\u201d Clockshop says. 2-6 p.m. May 9; Los Angeles State Historic Park, 1245 N. Spring St., downtown L.A.<\/i><\/p>\n Los Angeles State Historic Park will be busy in May! The National Alliance on Mental Illness<\/b><\/a> \u2014 NAMI \u2014 has dubbed May 16, 2026, \u201cthe day of hope.\u201d As part of that, the annual NAMIWalks Greater LA County Mental Health Festival<\/b> <\/a>will take place that day at Los Angeles State Historic Park. The donation-only event, with free wellness activities, includes NAMIWalks, a roughly 1.5-mile walk on a path around the perimeter of the park. The fair will include about 60 booths as well as a \u201cmind and body area\u201d with soundbaths, yoga and other wellness activities. 8 a.m.-1 p.m. May 16; Los Angeles State Historic Park, 1245 N. Spring St., downtown L.A. <\/i><\/p>\n Nearly 50 years ago the Venice Art Walk debuted as a one-day fundraiser. It\u2019s since grown into a 10-day-long Art Exhibition + Auction benefiting the Venice Family Clinic<\/b><\/a>. The VFC provides comprehensive healthcare services to more than 45,000 Angelenos. The free exhibition will showcase works by established, mid-career and emerging artists, with Alison Saar serving as the event\u2019s signature artist. Auction bids will be accepted online<\/b><\/a>. 11 a.m.-6 p.m. May 8-17; 910 Abbot Kinney in Venice. <\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.latimes.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Who doesn\u2019t love a seaside soundbath or a spa day? But wellness is expensive \u2014 and self-care shouldn\u2019t break the bank. So we\u2019ve curated a handful of free wellness activities for the month of May to keep you stretched, sane and grounded. 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The time is right to do this. Democracy is just barely visible and hanging on. I think we have a rogue administration and I do believe that they\u2019re pushing swiftly towards a fascist regime. Most people that I encounter are very, very angry about [that]. And whenever there is some upheaval in the world, or in our community, Leimert Park has always been this galvanizing place where everybody comes together to learn what\u2019s going on, to find out what the solutions are and what the marching orders are. Usually it\u2019s about some kind of injustice that\u2019s happening to the black and brown community. This time we just felt that the way of counteracting the upheaval and negativity that exists currently in our country was to look at it from a different perspective: with love, compassion, faith and education. <\/p>\n
It\u2019s a wellness experience shaped through culture, where jazz, Indigenous traditions and healing arts come together in one shared space. We wanted to make it as diverse as possible. To not only have the African-oriented or African American music, but music from Mexico, Indigenous Native American music, Asian music, so people can be exposed to different forms of spiritual music. Most of the time in South Los Angeles we will go to the church and hear this sort of gospel Baptist music \u2014 and there will be some of that too \u2014 but there are all sorts of ways to express your spiritual views. So we wanted to have something that everybody can relate to.<\/p>\n
We\u2019ve all been to concerts \u2014 whether symphonic music or jazz or new age music \u2014 and we go in with one mindset and when we come out, we have a completely different disposition. I think music is one of the strongest ways of healing. Music is medicine<\/i>. It\u2019s sometimes better than taking pharmaceutical drugs. It changes your mind, your mental state, your spiritual state. When you surrender to the music it\u2019s definitely something that\u2019s going to transform. Music has a direct impact on the nervous system. Hopefully it will calm the body, shift emotional states and create a sense of connection. I hope that people from all over the city will come.<\/p>\n
We have a main stage, which will have [musicians]. But there will be two other tents. In one, there will be people doing yoga, tai chi \u2014 the more physical things of peace and healing. Then we have another tent where there will be presentations on herbs and meditation and other ways of healing people\u2019s bodies. There will be about 25 booths with other people [showcasing] healing remedies and some of the hospitals will be talking about mental health.<\/p>\n
One of our founders of the World Stage, he\u2019s a poet, Kamau Da\u00e1ood<\/a>. We\u2019ll have Carlos<\/a> Ni\u00f1o <\/a>& Friends <\/a>and I\u2019m sure he\u2019ll bring a special guest. The great pianist Eric Reed. Jimetta Rose Voices of Creation<\/a>. I do progressive music and I\u2019ll have a group playing there as well. We\u2019ll also have people from our spoken word workshop who will be doing presentations throughout the day. There\u2019s a store called Nappily Naturals & Apothecary <\/a>in Leimert Park \u2014 they do healing remedies and meditation \u2014 and they will be curating the healing tent.<\/p>\n
I think the narrative is: there has got to be another way to do things rather than to try and use force against force. We [can\u2019t] bring peace by bringing war. I know that a lot of people are getting tired of what\u2019s going on and thinking about how do we stop this? You have a person leading the country and they\u2019re prepared to use guns and ammunition to be able to make sure they can keep doing whatever they\u2019ve set out to do. You have to go at it another way. The power of love is stronger than the power of hate.<\/p>\n![\"Mindfulness](\"https:\/\/ca-times.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/20efb3a\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/8192x5464+0+0\/resize\/320x213!\/format\/webp\/quality\/75\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fd2%2F56%2F0b245be1457cabf134afe3021e79%2F1521361-tr-wellness-hub-wende-museum-09.jpg)
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