To Join today’s Zoom meeting with the fells above Allenheads facilitated by Alan Smith and Helen Ratcliffe of Allenheads Contemporary Arts click the link below:

Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/93767963620?pwd=aHpoNjRDa0o0d2FTL0lpMGZiNHR0Zz09

Meeting ID: 937 6796 3620
Password: makebread

Some suggestions for engagement 

Thank you for your interest in attending a Making Bread meeting. In order for everything to run smoothy Laura wanted to give some technical advice on how she would like it to work. She also wanted to share a few suggestions for enabling the meeting to work as artistically intended. 

Technical 

1. You will need the Zoom app to attend a meeting. You can install this here https://zoom.us/download
2. For each meeting there will be a link which you can link through your browser or an ID and password for you to join a meeting through Zoom. 
3. Please use the link, ID and password at the time specified. 
4. Mute your mic before entering and during the meeting, in case it is not muted by the host. 
5. Turn off the video. 
6. The meeting will be ended by the host after 40 minutes. 

Artistic 

1.The intention for this meeting draws from a workshop devised by Jean MacGregor called ‘Don't Just Do Something, Sit There,’ referred to as an exercise in disciplined stillness used as a way of developing students’ capacity for observation and for contemplation in the natural world. Laura was interested in how this might translate through the portal of Zoom (whether we like it or not a platform that has quickly become one of main social networks and means for connectivity).
2.You are of course welcome to come and go according to your own situation. However, you are encouarged to remain for the entirety of the 40 minutes.
3.you are invited to leave mobile phones to one side.
4.You are invited to tape over the clock on the top right hand side of your computer.
5.Take a few moments to settle yourself. You could explore noticing your breath for a few minutes or some gentle stretching or both. Gently notice how your body is responding.
6.Find a comfortable position where you can explore your own stillness throughout the meeting for 40 minutes. Consider a position that will allow you to feel connected without effort, through your body; including the contact you make with objects and the space around you.Notice any changes happening as time passes through the meeting.
7.During the meeting pay attention to all your senses and what they are taking in. Observe what is coming in.