“I wish you an open heart and
mind...and love”
What is art therapy?
Art Therapy is a process of
psychotherapy and education where art is used as an interactive
medium. This process will help you to express your inner life in a
non-verbal way and recognize questions about your own life, which in
turn, helps you gain more insight into your biographical
development. The resulting artwork is seen as a mirror of your
conscious and unconscious self. Repressive/suppressive feelings,
thoughts and behaviour can be observed and processed in order to
arrive at a more positive attitude towards yourself and your life.
The process of Art Therapy makes its
own dynamics - there can be no fixed program. During the therapy,
new insights arise, are recognized, welcomed and included.
During therapy we also use guided
visualization, role-play, painting, drawing, collage, papier-mâché,
ceramics,
drama, singing, singing improvisation
and if necessary, some bodywork.
Previous artistic skills are not
required – but may be discovered.
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Who is art therapy for?
It is for anybody who wants greater
insight into his or her feelings, questions and experiences. It
could be that you are stuck in a role or a situation such as a job,
a place, an idea, an illness or belief about life that you would
like to heal, transform and accept.
Working together in small groups
enables you to discover how we inter-react and relate to others
around us. This is a safe, pleasant and practical way of helping us
grow and become more the person we really are. We create a warm and
safe environment giving opportunity to take the first steps towards
harmony and development.
If you have serious mental problems
and are already being treated by a psychiatrist or psychologist,
this treatment may not be right for you. It is important for you to
consult your doctor beforehand.
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Art therapy
Workshops
We are running weekly
workshops throughout the year and weekend courses covering 'Painting
your inner landscape'.
The weekly
courses include 4 days art therapy workshops + Friday morning if
necessary , Friday afternoon is free time, 1 activity day (optional)
and 1 yoga session.
If you wish to bring any musical instruments,
please do so.
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PAINT YOUR INNER LANDSCAPE using aspects of the “Law
of attraction”
If you
become empowered with the totality of LOVE that is present within
your own heart, and engulfed totally and completely by universal
LOVE, you are able to love everything about yourself to such an
extent that there is no negativity pouring out from you. (
Dr. Mansukh Patel )
In this art
therapy workshop we can experience that making art can be a powerful
bridge and catalyst in communication and understanding of one
another. As we work in small groups we can use this powerful bridge
in the form of exploring yourself, interactions and relationships,
as it is indirect and less threatening. We will work through the
experience in a creative way by Painting you inner landscape,
where your reactions, unconscious dynamics and emotions can be
expressed and released!
The
following step is making masks! Masks are a bridge between you and
your spirit. Creating one is an act of power. Wearing one and
speaking through it can reveal inner knowledge and wisdom. Masks can
hide and protect or they can reflect the truth! They can help one
unveil the true self, to discover the mystery and power of your soul
essence. In different cultures masks are the symbols for changing
identities, metaphors for trusting our own deepest guidance and
intuition. Masks making can help you in gathering strength, courage
and energy. They can help you to melt blocks and old ways of being
and thinking that keep you from moving forward.
Then we
move on to Paint your inner landscape in your future. This is
about how you want to be. Here we will use the “law of attraction”
in a positive way in respect to universal love, this will give you
the tools to help you change your life.
In the very
last step of this wonderful creative workshop we make a mandala.
Mandala is a Sanskrit word-meaning circle. It has been used for
centuries in Native America, Hindu, Tibetan Buddhist and medieval
Christianity as a meditative focus for spiritual transformation. A
mandala is a circular symbol reflecting the inner light of the soul.
Circles are found everywhere, in flowers, plants, foods, the sun,
moon, and planet earth.
“Each of us
is part of the great mandala of creation, a mandala in the making, a
mandala that we can shape with our love and live with a smile”.
The art
therapy workshops are informal enjoyable and are constructed in such
a way that everyone will achieve a positive outcome. Even though you
work as a group, Diana will make time to give you individual
attention. Supporting in the workshops Diana uses psychodynamic
tools, active meditations from Osho, dans, drama and the power of
sound. You will learn to express your voice; it does not have to
sound nice. Expressing the sounds is what you feel in that moment,
releasing that helps you to find peace, happiness and power in your
heart!
This
workshop is about creating as well as letting go of old behaviour
patterns, fear, negative thinking etc, reaching deeper levels into
yourself. It is about expressing what the soul needs to express,
which is healing; in essence it is the expressing itself that gives
fulfilment.
In this art
therapy workshop where you can experience happiness and light in a
different way, we advise you not to drink alcohol.
Please
bring something symbolic to burn.
The process
of Art therapy makes its own dynamics- there can be no fixed
program, during the therapy new insights arise, are recognised,
welcomed and included.
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If you need any
further information, please contact us at
ronawebb@hotmail.com
or telephone Rona
on 0034 661096727 or Susan on 0034 654617962
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