FEATURE: INTO THE WELL + SUNSPEL

INTO THE WELL x SUNSPEL

Why I Meditate is a campaign by Into the Well in collaboration with Sunspel. With a common goal of finding quality in the subtly of life, this campaign features five creatives living in Los Angeles, California that use meditative practices to help navigate the world from a place of clarity, sensitivity and peace.

Ashley Lennon

Living near Laguna Beach, Ashley and her husband launched Museum of Peace and Quiet, ‘a contemporary label committed to a clear state-of-mind, enabling you to focus on what matters by designing simplistic objects and apparel for every day use.’ Through her platform, Ashley highlights a life of balance, creating and quiet, the importance of nature and peace at home.

Evelynn Escobar-Thomas

Walking between fashion, beauty and environmental activism, Evelynn has become an inspiring voice for women of colour to embrace their heritage and get outside. One of her several endeavours is Hike Clerb, a platform that brings promotes, ‘healing together through nature’, as well as important content on social and environmental issues through its activities and Instagram.

Jason Stewart

Jason, known online as Them Jeans, has been of LA’s cultural leaders over the past years, helming different podcasts, purveying music and bringing curiosity to the world each day. Working from home these days, Jason’s diverse interests play out through his culinary exploits and his growing podcast, How Long Gone which he co-hosts with Chris Black.

Rio Lakeshore

Rio is a father, a son, a writer and a runner. He lives in Atwater with his family and shares his journey through life on his Instagram. As a competitive runner, he uses a unique variety of methods for training from nature immersion, balance boards to dance.

Ryan Willms

Ryan is the founder of Into the Well and a freelance creative director and holistic life coach. For him meditation was vital to navigating depression and every day balance when he began years ago. As a life coach, mindful awareness has become one of the most important tools he has and shares; be it using a Chi Ruler, sitting quietly or the science-inspired work of Joe Dispenza. 

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Photography by Justin Chung
Film by James Messina
Art Direction by Ryan Willms