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Y Space at the Yuchengco Museum is opening their doors to a festival that is not like any other.

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Y Now?

In a study conducted to analyze 500 locations worldwide, Manila ranked more stressful than war-torn Damascus in Syria! The research was based on pollution, traffic levels, public transport, percentage of green spaces, the financial status of citizens including debt levels, and physical and mental health. This study shows how a great majority of people in the city are stressed out, how the rise of depression and illnesses continues to affect lives, and how spirits are broken. The rise of suicides in the young and the sense of hopelessness for a sustainable future are frightening currents in the lives of the young today. Disruption of the norm is what is being experienced in all walks of life and in the fields of industries. Fears are forcing everyone to find new tools to cope with living.

We believe it is time to bring the discussion of contemporary spirituality and consciousness right next to the expressive arts of our culture, both traditional and pop.

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Y Now? Art & Healing Festival

in a Time of Critical Disruption

24 May–23 June 2019

The month-long festival will bring together a series of thematic activities within the complementing fields of Art and Healing. All events will be offered to the general public, our way of helping heal and rejuvenate new audiences and society too. The festival includes art appreciation within the context of spirituality; thought-provoking color, sound, movement healing circles; creative wellness therapy like meditation and yoga; even transpersonal development talks. The festival has brought together a curated group of specialists in their unique, often misunderstood fields. This festival will also include a special program for children and young adults. It is our way of grounding beauty and harmony together in our distressed world.

From children to millennials to adults we have a wide array of resource persons, readers, and healers catered for different needs. Their special practice, expertise, and gifts will add value to this Art and Healing Festival to help many that are searching for direction, deeper meaning and connections in a time of critical changes happening on our planet today.