Spatial Explorations
Spatial Explorations unlocks the psychological, emotional and functional needs of a space. This proprietary process brings together Manis’ work as practitioner and educator in the fields of architecture, design, meditation, yoga and breathwork to design free of exterior pressures and preconceptions. The imagination is allowed space to a truly ideal built environment.
Manis developed Spatial Explorations for clients to fully understand the potential of their space before jumping into the design process. It’s a moment to pause, turn down the outside noise and tune into the interior voice, we make a more clear and true articulation of the environment they choose to create for themselves.
The four-step process combines techniques and processes from design, meditation, pranayama breathing and yoga to create clarity. This process strips away unhelpful influences, commentary, imagery, and expectations and instead explore the reality that you want to inhabit.
THE STEPS
1
INITIAL CONSULTATION
We’ll gather all the information we need for the exploration, from the practical details to the big dreams.
2
SPATIAL RESONANCE MEDITATION
Here you are led through a series of focused visualizations and explorations. This exercise is grounded in familiar meditation, breathwork and yogic modalities, but the visualization prompts are all specifically tailored to each individual.
3
DOCUMENTATION
Synthesizing all the inputs to date, clients receive a document that serves as a documentation of the work and guides the design process to ensure the discoveries uncovered are central to the realization of your space.
4
SPATIAL SOLUTIONS
This step seamlessly takes this work from the theoretical to the realized. Our studio turns your vision into a built reality.
“I can’t believe how effective and enjoyable the process was. Undertaking the Spatial Explorations saved us from design mis-steps we wouldn’t want to live with. Now we have a beyond our dreams and absolutely perfect for us.”
“I’ve renovated many spaces and wish I had underwent this exercise before all the others. Highly recommend!”
WHY GO ON A SPATIAL EXPLORATION?
Spatial explorations were created to answer a missing step in the design process for clients.
The constructive sessions:
• Create a space apart where clients explore their idealized living removed from external narratives and expectations
• Fully visualize the project, inclusive of built, sonic, and olfactory environment, creating a clarity that streamlines and focuses the design process
• Identifies essential lifestyle and aesthetic preferences—the important pieces that often don’t fit within the design brief—that are foundational to successful placemaking
• Ensures that project resources and costs are directed to where they’ve most impactful
• Promotes good vibes
The Spatial Exploration process intersects Tina Manis’s 25+ years of architectural and design process with her _______ as a certified yoga instruction. Tina has taught and led teams on several continents, in her design projects and yoga practice. Seeing the need and value to combining these seemingly disparate worlds, she created her Spatial Exploration process and Spatial Resonance Meditation series.To book your Exploration, reach out.