DISCOVER LASTING CALM
ChromaCalm Workshop:
A Path to Inner Peace
Step into a unique experience where dynamic, living paint and grounding lava stones come together to support your emotional well-being. The ChromaCalm Workshop is a journey into mindfulness, colour psychology, and personal connection, where you can create a powerful artefact designed to support calm and balance.
BEGIN YOUR CALMING JOURNEY
A Science-Backed Path
to Emotional Balance
The ChromaCalm Workshop is a unique experience where colour, mindfulness, and science come together to help you access calm and resilience. Through guided hypnotherapy and intentional colour work, you’ll tap into your subconscious to explore how specific colours influence your emotional landscape, engaging the brain and nervous system in new ways.
Why Colour Matters
​​Research in neuroscience reveals that colours can influence areas of the brain linked to emotional processing, affecting heart rate, stress responses, and overall mood stability. By working with colour, you’ll explore how your mind and body respond to different shades, guiding you to states of calm, focus, or energy.​
Wellness from Within
Supported by psychoneuroimmunology (PNI), this workshop combines mindfulness and colour-based practices proven to reduce stress and promote well-being. You’ll gain practical, science-backed tools for emotional regulation, helping you restore balance and connect deeply with a sense of calm.
A PERSONAL JOURNEY TO CALM
​From Overwhelm to Inner Balance
In my own search for calm amidst the overwhelming demands of life, I found myself needing more than just quick fixes. I wanted a way to feel grounded, connected, and resilient. This desire led me to develop the ChromaCalm Workshop—a space where I could bring together my background in design, neuroscience, and therapeutic practices to help others find balance and emotional relief. My goal is to guide you in creating a tool that reflects your journey, a meaningful artefact that supports calm whenever you need it.
FINDING YOUR CALM
If this Sounds Like You, You're in the Right Place
You Experience Anxiety
The racing thoughts, constant tension—if anxiety is a part of your life, this workshop provides a calming, hands-on approach. With living paint that changes colour and lava stone’s grounding effects, you’ll discover new ways to centre yourself and feel at ease.
You’re Drawn to Mindful, Creative Practices
If traditional meditation doesn’t feel engaging enough, ChromaCalm offers a dynamic way to experience calm through art. The combination of guided meditation and the living paint makes this workshop an active, interactive mindfulness practice.
Emotional Fluctuations Are Part of Your Life
Unexpected emotions, from sudden tears to laughter—sound familiar? ChromaCalm provides a personalised artefact that uses colour to symbolise calm, helping you work with emotions mindfully rather than being overwhelmed by them.
Easily Triggered by Stress
When stress keeps you on edge, relaxation can seem out of reach. The thermochromic paint on your artefact will respond to your touch, allowing you to engage in a ritual of calm, grounded by the lava stone’s stabilising qualities.
Seeking Natural Alternatives to Cope
If you’re searching for non-medical ways to manage stress, this workshop offers a science-backed alternative. You’ll use art and thermochromic paint to create a grounding tool that reflects your emotional journey and supports balance.
You Value Rituals in
Self-Care
If you appreciate creating rituals for self-care, the ChromaCalm Workshop will empower you to design a personalised home practice. From breathwork to meditation, your artefact becomes part of a calming ritual that grows with you.
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Living Colour for Emotional Release:
The thermochromic paint, known as living paint, changes with temperature, responding to your touch and environment. Watch undesired colours fade as you breathe or hold the artefact, symbolising the release of unwanted emotions.
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Guided Meditation to Set Your Intention:
With Christa’s guidance, begin with a meditation to clarify your emotional intention. This grounding step helps you select colours that align with your desired emotional state, turning your artefact into a meaningful representation of calm.
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Designing Your Personal Lava Stone Artefact:
Lava stone, a grounding material, combines with the living paint’s interactive properties. The stone embodies stability and calm, while the paint invites presence and emotional release, creating an artefact that mirrors your emotional shifts.
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Mindful Techniques for Emotional Regulation:
Using principles from colour psychology and psychoneuroimmunology, you’ll learn practical tools for grounding yourself through breathwork and mindful colour choice, extending beyond the workshop.
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Home Rituals to Support Balance:
Incorporate the artefact into your home practice. Use techniques like 4-7-8 breathing, box breathing, or loving-kindness meditation to activate the paint’s colour transition, reinforcing calm and visualising emotional balance.
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WHAT TO
EXPECT
In the ChromaCalm Workshop, everything is designed to support your journey toward emotional balance. Here, you’ll engage in an immersive process of anchoring emotions into a painted lava stone, a tool you’ll create to foster calm whenever you need it. Through a combination of hypnotherapeutic guided meditation and mindful art, this experience offers you a hands-on way to release unwanted emotions and anchor positive feelings.
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By painting your lava stone with thermochromic, sensory paint, you create an artefact that’s more than art—it’s a personal, interactive piece that evolves with your touch and warmth, reflecting your intentions for calm and balance. This workshop is your space to explore grounding practices and to create a piece that will support your well-being far beyond the session.
Tools for Real Transformation
A CREATIVE PATH TO MINDFUL BALANCE
About the
Workshop
Date: 17th November 2024
Time: 1:00pm — 4:00pm
Location: Omega Hub,
Hackney Wick, E9 5EN
Cost: £75
For those seeking calm and balance, this open-level workshop provides an opportunity to dive into the subconscious mind through guided hypnotherapy and intentional colour selection.
With a series of mindful, colour-based exercises, you’ll create a personalised artefact that captures your journey toward emotional well-being.
Supported by insights from neuroscience and PNI, this workshop reveals how colours influence the nervous system and emotional health, equipping you with tools to transform stress and emotional overload into harmony.
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Christa Leask, founder of Material Evolution Lab, integrates her expertise in design, neuroscience, and PNI to offer transformative experiences. Her work empowers others to access inner balance and resilience through intentional design, making her a leader in wellness and creative healing.
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THE POWER OF LAVA STONE
Grounding Stability for
Mindful Connection
Formed in volcanic fire, lava stone embodies grounding, resilience, and emotional stability. Used in healing traditions, lava stone offers a steady, stabilising energy that supports calm. The porous stone absorbs essential oils, intensifying the calming effects of aromatherapy if desired, and its warmth invites soothing rituals. Combined with thermochromic paint, it symbolises transformation, grounding, and emotional growth.
The Results you're Likely to Get
from this Workshop:
A lasting sense of calm anchored in a personal artefact you can carry with you
Increased emotional resilience through techniques that help you release stress and anchor positive feelings
A deeper connection to mindfulness by combining colour, touch, and intention
Greater self-awareness around emotional triggers and tools to manage them
A personalised tool for grounding in moments of stress or overwhelm
The ability to use guided meditation and sensory art as part of a daily self-care ritual
I've always been fascinated by
colour-changing materials and this workshop didn't disappoint!
I was lucky enough to be one of the first one-to-one clients for ChromaCalm and have to say that I enjoyed it very much. As a Reiki Master, I'm always looking for new and interesting ways to manage my emotions both before and after healing and my stone is like my new therapist for this. Thanks Christa.
Anthony Sharkey
Frequently Asked Questions
How does the living paint work?
The thermochromic, sensory paint shifts its colours in response to warmth and touch, creating an ever-changing interactive experience that allows you to release or reinforce emotions visually. It’s known as “living paint” because it feels almost alive, transitioning with the environment.
Is this workshop suitable for beginners?
Yes, ChromaCalm is designed for all levels. Whether you’re new to meditation or experienced, the workshop is crafted to guide you in creating a grounding artefact that’s personal and unique.
How does colour affect emotional well-being?
Scientific research shows that colours influence the nervous system and mood. The workshop explores colour psychology, helping you choose colours that promote calm and balance.
Can I use my artefact in daily rituals?
Absolutely. The artefact can be used in home practices like breathing exercises and meditation. Techniques like 4-7-8 breathing can activate the paint’s colour transitions, symbolising emotional release and grounding.
