Many of you experienced Hector Aristizabal's keynote at the IEATA Conference. We are honored to welcome him as part of Our Professional Development Series. Next Monday Hector will share his deeply healing work as he guides us on an exploration of our
relationship to the natural world: What we have lost, and what we can return to...
Reconnecting to Our Own Nature and the Soul of the World
with Hector Aristizabal
Monday June 13th
6pm-8:30pm EDT
How can Deep Ecology and The Work that Reconnects illuminate the work that we do as expressive arts practitioners? The world's ecosystems and social systems seem to be collapsing under the unsustainable effects of the Industrial Growth Society and its devastating
exploitation of nature.Our delusional belief that we are separate from nature or above nature has guided the hubris of our destructive behavior to the point of causing the sixth mass extinction of what some have called the Antropocene.
Hector was born and raised in Medellín, Colombia where he worked as a therapist and as a theater actor director until he was forced into exile due to persecution for his human rights activism. In the US, he worked as a therapist and developed original plays with immigrants,
torture survivors, incarcerated youth, gang members, AIDS/HIV infected people and people in Hospice care.
In the year 2000, he founded ImaginAction to help people tap the transformative power of theater in programs throughout the US, Latin America, Europe, Africa, The Middle East and many Asian countries. He has worked mostly in war-torn and post conflict zones training psicosocial teams and
using theater as a laboratory to explore alternatives to conflict and as a path to design healing rituals.
In 2017, he decided to return to his native country to work in the reconciliation process inspired by the peace agreement between the FARC guerrilla and the Colombian government. With the project Reconectando, www.reconectando.org he is currently accompanying the truth commission using deep ecology, theater and ritual to work with victims and ex-combatants in the complex task of clarifying the truth, creating spaces for reconciliation and imagining the conditions for the no repetition of the violence.
Art and ritual have offered us symbolic paths for healing our connection to our deep soul as ways to connect to the soul of the world. Let's explore together some of these paths!
SoulCollage® Council Suit: Mother Archetype
with Diane Lampitt, M.Ed
SoulCollage® Facilitator.
Thursday June 16th
6pm-9pm EDT
on Zoom
What does the Archetype Great Mother, the Divine Feminine, or Mother Earth mean to you? The Great Mother is the oldest of all archetypal forms. She represents fertility, she controls nature, she is both patient and fierce, and so much more! Join us
for this SoulCollage® workshop as we explore the Council Suit with a focus on the Great Mother and explore how this energy resonates within you.
This is an invitation to take a deep dive into the process of SoulCollage®, to learn about and explore the Council suit. Cards in the Council Suit represent different archetypal energies, energies that are universal patterns or themes. Some of these Larger Story archetypes enter and
act in one’s personal and local story. They are guides and challengers, as in the other suits, but on a larger scale. Your Council cards may help you identify your unique and personal purpose. We will place a focus on the various archetypes representing Mother energy.
"There's a crucial difference between doing SoulCollage® cards by oneself and doing them in community--even in virtual community! The sense of the other participants somehow informs the images with added meaning and imbues the whole experience with a sense of connection."
-Rachelle O.
Pre-registration is necessary as a SoulCollage® kit will be mailed to you. U.S. residents please register 1 week prior to workshop date. International Participants can still register but may need to provide their own materials as the mailing deadline has
passed.
Listening to the Body
From the Art as a Healing Practice Series
with Kathleen Horne, MA, LMHC, REACE, REAT
Monday June 20th
6-9 pm EDT
Online via Zoom
In this workshop you will be guided to listen deeply to your body's wisdom. Through art-making and writing this wisdom becomes visible and accessible. This wisdom can then be taking into your life in a way that brings healing and positive change. You can develop this as an
ongoing practice, continuing to use the recorded meditation and resources on your own. I This Art as a Healing Practice workshop will allow you to witness yourself, in the present, through a series of gentle and powerful expressive arts practices.
From Chaos to Flow; From Flow to Stillness
with Mitchell Kossak
Thursday June 23rd
6pm-8:30pm EDT
In this workshop we will explore the different kinds of rhythmic energies that might be guiding our mind/body connections. The ability to charge and discharge energy or tension in the body are important aspects of health. Being rhythmically attuned to tension patterns, how tension is built and
released in breathing patterns, movement, sound, art making, poetry is an important aspect of health and well-being. When we regulate our rhythms, it also reaches beyond our individual self, connecting into an extended field of resonance to others in our lives, communities and to a greater collective consciousness. In this workshop we will explore different ways that engagement in art activities can help us to re-regulate our psychobiology, bringing us back in alignment with our true
self.
Expressive Arts Discovery
Listen. Learn. Make Art. Witness. Discover.
June 24th 1pm-2:30pm EDT
Learn about Expressive Arts by engaging in it! Listen to what stirs inside of you. Respond to your longing. Make Art. Tune in. Be aware of the images that are waiting to emerge. Explore creating those images with simple art
materials and let the images speak - in words, movement, or sound, perhaps. Be amazed. Find your way. Share the gifts that your images bring. Connect with others and witness. There is nothing that needs to be said or done. Discover your next step.
The Emotional Landscape
with Kathleen Horne, MA, LMHC, REACE, REAT
Monday June 27th
6-9 pm EDT
Online via Zoom
In this workshop, you will be invited to look within and explore your current emotional state. This is a powerful and helpful way to connect with yourself in the present moment, and bring your compassionate mindful attention to your inner experience.
By considering our emotions as a landscape, we are invited to move from the literal to the imaginal and to engage with the complexity of the inner territory and discover its wisdom through image-making and writing.
Intermodal Expressive Arts Certificate Training Program
2022 Training Program Dates are On Our Website
EAFI 110: Dive Into Expressive Arts
September 6th-9th (online)
Apply now for your September start date
Experiential in nature, this course is a great introduction to the power of intermodal expressive arts.
It is a gift to yourself!
Immerse yourself into Expressive Arts process, including visual art, sound, music, movement, drama, writing, and guided meditation. In a safe and supportive retreat atmosphere, set an intention and
follow the thread of your own creative process and imagery through a series of guided experiences.
Enroll in Creative Wisdom: Introductory Online Training in Expressive Arts. Complete this over the summer as your pre-requisite to more training in the fall!
Online Open Studios
Join us from anywhere to create!
There is no charge to participate in Open Studio. Donations gratefully accepted at the link provided below. We are grateful to be able to gather in creative community to connect, share, and witness each other's images and work.
with Kathleen
Online via Zoom
Tuesday June 21st only this month
1pm-4pm EDT
Join our creative circle of support; begin with a guided meditation focused on self-compassion and move into 2+ hours of open creative time. During the last half hour we witness and share. Join from wherever you are in the world.
with Tamara
Online via Zoom
Wed. June 8th and 22nd
10am-1pm EDT
Join us via Zoom to gather in creative community. We will continue to evaluate current health and safety recommendations and will update you when we are able to safely return to an in-person studio. Drop in via Zoom, Relax, and have fun- bring a project you are working on, or start something new.
We will be taking a break for the month of July to rest, reflect, and reconnect with family. There will be no Workshops or Open Studios in July; and it may take a bit longer to reply to emails. Your Weekly e-news will still arrive each Sunday to inspire
you. It might be a good time to dive into one of our complimentary creative resources or self-study workshops. We look forward to seeing you again, online via ZOOM, refreshed and ready for what August and beyond has to bring. All our August offerings are listed on our website.
Complimentary Creative Resources
Our Gift to You
We offer these gifts to you in service of your expressive arts journey and practice and hope that you enjoy the process of discovering what lies within your own creative life. We welcome you to share in Your Personal Expressive Arts Practice Facebook group, if you like. Creating and being witnessed is powerful medicine!
SELF-STUDY TRAININGS AND WORKSHOPS...
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EXPRESSIVE ARTS THERAPY
Telehealth and in-person
Tamara Teeter Knapp, MA, REACE, NCC, MHC Intern
Expressive arts therapy is a multimodal, holistic approach to counseling. It acknowledges the complexity of human experience by facilitating the client in exploring all aspects of the self, by inquiring through the imagination and the body about subjective experience, and expanding the play space to allow for new possibilities and shifts in consciousness that lead to desired changes in one’s
life. More
OUR MISSION
Through workshops, programs, certificate training, and therapy Expressive Arts Florida Institute empowers individuals, groups and communities by cultivating the creative wisdom inherent in all.
With warm regards and much gratitude,
Tamara and Kathleen
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