TeAda Productions is excited to announce CreAtive Healing Lab (CHL) which will take place from October 2025 through June 2026. As part of this series, all-star guest teaching artists will facilitate workshops that combine the arts, social justice, and collective healing. The goal of CHL is to be a sanctuary-third place for community to gather, process current events, imagine sustainable futures, community-build, and heal through sharing space and creating art.
The 2nd workshop of the Spring is titled “Restore: A Mindful Sound + Community Experience” and will be led by LA Adkins.
About the workshop: Restore: A Mindful Sound + Community Experience is a 2-hour offering that blends the healing power of sound with restorative circle practices in honor of collective healing. Designed to support emotional understanding, nervous system care, and deeper listening, this experience creates space for both personal grounding and community connection.
The session begins with gentle grounding and co-creating shared agreements, followed by a guided sound journey including crystal singing bowls and chimes to calm the nervous system, release stored tension, and invite reflection. We then transition into a restorative circle process, rooted in Indigenous talking circle traditions, which honors every voice and invites honest, heart-centered dialogue.
Unlike a typical sound bath or meditation, Restore is both an individual and communal healing experience, a sonic journey and a space for meaningful connection. It honors collective healing through dialogue and shared reflection. This offering is especially supportive for those navigating grief, change, or collective uncertainty, as well as leaders and community members who simply need rest or a moment to pause. Participants will leave feeling restored, seen, and reminded that they are not alone. Participants are encouraged to bring an item of cultural or personal significance to add to the community altar (i.e., centerpiece).
About the facilitator: LA Adkins (she/her), The Holistic Wellness Coach + Guide, is a licensed therapist and certified Mindfulness Meditation Guide and Sound Journey Practitioner. She is the founder of Reconnect With You, a holistic wellness practice dedicated to supporting personal and collective healing through inspiring inner work. LA has facilitated sound journeys and wellness workshops for hundreds of participants across corporations, public schools, universities, non-profits, wellness studios, and virtual platforms.
Trained in racial and restorative justice practices through the YWCA, LA integrates culturally mindful circle processes into her work, fostering courageous spaces for authentic expression and collective care. She has published a self-exploration gratitude journal, delivered a TEDx talk, and brings her expertise in mental health and holistic wellness to every experience. Guided by her personal values, LA creates accessible wellness spaces where participants feel seen, valued, and cared for.
LA’s main business website – www.reconnectwithyou.org
Restore website – https://restorewithla.carrd.co/
What: CreAtive Healing Lab Workshop, Los Angeles
“Restore: A Mindful Sound + Community Experience” | led by LA Adkins
When: Saturday, March 14th, 2026 — from 10am to 12pm PST
Where: West Los Angeles, CA (register for address information)
Register: Button to sign up for this workshop is below, or click here.
Prices: Suggested-Donation / Sliding-Scale based
TeAda Productions is a Los Angeles based non-profit theater of color rooted in the stories of immigrants and refugees. We are committed to healing and honoring the lives of the displaced, exploited and overlooked. Our artistic process starts and ends with conscious listening, community building, and creative courage. Through theater workshops and performances, TeAda offers acts of service that are transformative and impactful.
