Sunday Reset with Coach Shay

Rest & reset your week with ICA! 

Led by Sound practitioner & yoga instructor Coach Shay, this session invites participants to unplug and connect with their senses through a meditative experience inspired by Mavis Pusey: Mobile Images. Coach Shay will lead the group through a guided meditation, followed by a gentle yoga flow, and ending with a sound bath— all set to soundscape and visuals inspired by the art on view.

Whether you seek meditative calm, a source of artistic inspiration, or a creative outlet, this one is for you! This experience is suitable for all and does not require any prior experience. Guests should be dressed comfortably. All additional supplies will be provided. 

About the instructor

Coach Shay is a fierce self-care/mental health advocate who educates and inspires others on best practices for living an easeful, more balanced life. After years of working in high-demand corporate roles, being deprived of rest and experiencing burnout, she found healing and restoration in practicing yoga and mindfulness. Her journey ignited a passion to help others and in addition to teaching yoga, she uses her gifts as a sound practitioner and holistic health coach as tools to help others destress and connect with their bodies and breath to find deep rest and healing. Her desire is to help all beings discover balance and vitality, and as the founder of Inner Sanctuary Wellness in Rittenhouse Square, she mindfully curates experiences and services that allow rest and offer rejuvenation for the mind, body and soul.

About the Studio

Inner Sanctuary Wellness is a sacred space dedicated to rest, healing, and self-connection. We offer boutique wellness experiences that honor your body, mind, and spirit through yoga, sound baths, meditation and curated sensory immersions. Our offerings are designed to help you slow down, reconnect, and find sanctuary within yourself, leaving you feeling replenished, centered, and fully present. In a world that moves quickly, offering very little time for pause, Inner Sanctuary Wellness is an urban refuge for stillness, decompression and release.

About the exhibition

Mavis Pusey: Mobile Images is the first major museum survey dedicated to the work and life of Jamaican-born artist Mavis Pusey (1928-2019), featuring over 60 artworks from her prolific 50-year career. An important figure in geometric abstraction, Pusey created rich abstract paintings and works on paper that reflect her wide-ranging engagement with fashion, printmaking, and the urban environment of cities in which she lived. Despite her international presence in the art world, Pusey’s work has largely remained overlooked. This comprehensive retrospective is the culmination of over a decade of research and collaboration and offers an expansive reexamination of Pusey’s impact on abstraction and beyond.

Much of her work addresses themes deeply connected to contemporary life, including her “Broken Construction” series (1960s-1990s), which explores the artist’s powerful use of destruction and renewal as metaphors for societal change. These works, along with others, are further contextualized through the inclusion of photographs, personal notes, and archival materials, offering invaluable insights into Pusey’s practice and the historical context surrounding her boundary-pushing work. Through this exhibition Mavis Pusey’s significant contributions to abstract art are explored, deepening our understanding of her lasting impact on contemporary artistic discourse.

Accessibility

ICA is committed to creating a welcoming environment for all visitors. For more notes on accessibility including accessible parking nearby visit our Accessibility landing page. If you require any accessibility accommodations or have any questions about the program, please contact us at hello@ica.upenn.edu.

Support

Programming at ICA is made possible in part by the Emily and Jerry Spiegel Fund to Support Contemporary Culture and Visual Arts and the Lise Spiegel Wilks and Jeffrey Wilks Family Foundation. Public and Student Engagement at ICA is supported by the Bernstein Public Engagement Fund, Suzanne Weiss Doft & Jacob W. Doft, Stacey & Robert Goergen Jr., Hilarie L. & Mitchell Morgan, the Nash Family Foundation, Joline & David Stemerman, and by Dana McDonald Strong & Mark W. Strong.