Mindful and Curious: Discover a Different Way to See the World at Twist Museum’s Mindfulness Week
This summer, take a moment to pause, breathe, and reconnect with your senses at Mindfulness Week, part of the Curious Minds Festival 2025 at Twist Museum.
Known as London’s illusion museum and one of the most must-visit London attractions, Twist isn’t just a place to see cool things. It’s a place to feel them. To question your surroundings, notice the details, and be fully present in the moment. That’s exactly what mindfulness is all about. During Mindfulness Week, we’re combining perception-shifting installations with calming, creative sessions that help visitors of all ages tune into their thoughts, bodies, and environments in the most curious ways possible.
Whether you’re walking through our immersive mirrored tunnels or trying a movement meditation under glowing light art, each moment is designed to help you see yourself and the world around you in a new light.
🧘 Top Tips for Practicing Mindfulness at Home, Twist Style
You don’t need to be at a museum to explore mindfulness. Here are some simple, fun and perception-inspired practices you can try at home to bring a little bit of Twist into your everyday:
🌈 Try a “colour walk”
Take a walk around your home, garden, or neighbourhood and focus on finding just one colour like blue or yellow. Notice every small detail that matches it. This visual focus helps anchor your attention and brings awareness to your surroundings just like noticing every illusion or angle in an immersive experience.
👣 Mindful Mirror Play
Stand in front of a mirror and move slowly, observing how your reflection changes. Try mirroring yourself with a family member for added fun. This playful exercise, inspired by our mirrored illusion rooms, helps you become aware of your body and movement in space.
🔍 One-Minute Sensory Scan
Pick an object: a spoon, a leaf, a book. Spend one full minute looking at it closely. Notice textures, shadows, colours, reflections. What do you see that you’ve never noticed before? This type of focused looking is exactly what makes Twist one of the top immersive experiences in London.
🎶 Soundscape Stillness
Sit quietly with your eyes closed and listen for sounds: near, far, soft, sharp. Try identifying 5 different layers. It’s a simple way to practise auditory mindfulness and it’s similar to how we encourage guests to tune into every sense when they explore Twist’s sound installations.
✍️ Draw Your Thoughts
Instead of writing, try drawing how you feel with colours, shapes, or patterns. Like many contemporary artists showcased in our Art Week, this allows emotional expression through abstraction. It’s calming, creative, and curiously revealing.
🌀 Why Mindfulness Belongs at Twist
Mindfulness isn’t just about quiet; it’s about awareness. And there’s no better place to practice awareness than inside a museum designed to bend perception. Whether you’re navigating our illusion-based exhibits or joining a mindful movement session during Mindfulness Week, you’ll experience first-hand how tuning into your senses can completely transform how you interact with the world.
For families, friends, solo explorers or those looking for unique things to do in London, Mindfulness Week is the perfect chance to slow down, explore deeply, and reconnect with wonder.
🌟 Plan Your Visit
Mindfulness Week at Twist Museum runs 11th-17th August as part of the Curious Minds Festival 2025. Step into calm, creativity and curiosity at one of the best museums in London and leave feeling a little more connected to the world around you.
👉 Book now at www.twistmuseum.com
