NATURE, HEALTH + WELLNESS PROGRAMS
Laumeier Sculpture Park encourages visitors to engage in experiences of art and nature and uncover the health and wellness benefits provided by these experiences.
Whether it’s the calming effects of being in nature, movement for your body, or inspiration for healthy habits, we hope you will join us for these upcoming and ongoing programs.
WALKING TOURS
Experience artwork in the great outdoors and deepen your connection to nature and to our five senses. Join us for our walking tours on select Sundays—each tour focuses on a different theme and area of the Park. Walking Tours are sponsored by St. Louis County Parks.
11 a.m. / FREE / Kranzberg Education Lab Terrace / RESERVATIONS REQUIRED.
Level 1 / This tour includes both flat surfaces and some paved trails. The group will stay in proximity to resting areas and accessibility ramps.
Level 2 / This tour includes both paved trails and unpaved trails. The group will travel farther from resting areas and parking areas.
Level 3 / This tour includes unpaved surfaces, some slopes and narrow trails. Participants can expect to be in proximity to wildlife and some foliage. Proper footwear is strongly recommended.
Art In Bloom: Laumeier’s Museum Circle
Stroll through the Park’s prominent Museum Circle, which welcomes many Park patrons daily. Experience Judith Shea’s “American Heartland Garden”, 1992, and “Public Goddess”, 1992, while its rose garden begins to bloom. Gaze at Manual Neri’s “Aurelia Roma”, 1994, while previewing some of the Park’s newly planted annuals eagerly growing near the rejuvenating art works encompassing this location.
Sunday, May 19 / 11 a.m. / FREE, reservation required / Level 1
FULL MOON FLOW with CITRA fitness & movement
Get in the Flow at Laumeier! Join Citra Fitness & Movement for a 90-minute evening yoga practice in the midst of art and nature. Expand your mind-body connection as you purge stagnant energies and thought patterns with bright Full Moon energy. This is an open level class and all are welcome. Please bring your personal mat. Registration fee supports Citra Fitness and Laumeier Sculpture Park.
Ages 18 + / Thursday, May 23 / 7:30-9 p.m. / $35 Non-Members ($25 Members)
Morning Zen Classes with Citra fitness & movement
Grab your mat, your friends, and join us at Laumeier! Awaken your senses and discover the harmony between art and nature as you move through your yoga flow surrounded by captivating sculptures and the beauty of Laumeier Sculpture Park. Sponsored by St. Louis County Parks.
Wednesday mornings, May 15–July 3rd / 7:30-8:30 a.m. / $15 each session
ONGOING PROGRAMS:
MINDFUL REMINDERS
Placed throughout the Park, you will find nine Mindful Reminders that encourage you to search, pause, reflect and practice mindfulness techniques that can contribute to a positive sense of well-being. Bring awareness to your presence on earth in each unique space with both your mind and your body.
What is Mindfulness? It is the ability to be fully present, aware of where you are and what you are doing. We are often preoccupied with thoughts and anxieties that are not actually connected to our immediate environment. Allow the natural environment and the artistic creations to impact and speak to you, and savor the experience. Practice gratitude and appreciation.
Mindful Reminders locations:
Paved Path near the center of the Park
Dan Graham, Triangular Bridge Over Water, 1990
Michael Heizer, Compression Line, 1968
Jene Highstein, Ada’s Will, 1990
Richard Hunt, Linked Forms, 1999
Alexander Liberman, The Way, 1972–80
Donald Lipski, Ball? Ball! Wall? Wall!, 1994
Mark Mennin, Cores for Laumeier, 2003
Trail entrance by the lower parking lot
The Mindful Reminders project was created by Laura Peroutka Greenwood, Laumeier’s Art Therapy liaison in 2022.
Laumeier Sculpture Park Biodiversity Project
Participate in our ongoing Laumeier Sculpture Park Biodiversity Project, created by 2023 Resident Community Artist Emily Hemeyer, by recording natural observations at Laumeier through iNaturalist.