We are Honored to Welcome Mitchell Kossak, presenting Thursday as Part of Our Professional Development Series. He will guide us on a journey through the various rhythmic energies of our bodies: Embracing the Flow and the
Stillness.
Listening to the Body with Kathleen and Expressive Arts Discovery are also happening this week; We'll see you there!
Mitchell Kossak Ph.D., LMHC, REAT is a Professor and former director in the Expressive Therapies program at Lesley University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. He is a licensed clinical counselor
and registered expressive arts therapist and has presented his work and research on rhythmic attunement, improvisation, psychospiritual and community-based approaches to working with trauma at conferences nationally and internationally. He is the past President for the International Expressive Arts Therapy Association and recipient of the Shining Star, lifetime achievement award in 2017. He is the Associate Editor of the International Journal of Applied Arts and
Health and author of Attunement in Expressive Arts Therapy: Toward an Understanding of Embodied Empathy. In 2019 he helped to create Voces Arts and Healing, to work with asylum seekers
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.
Listening to the Body
From the Art as a Healing Practice Series
with Kathleen Horne, MA, LMHC, REACE, REAT
Tomorrow! 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.
Expressive Arts Discovery
Listen. Learn. Make Art. Witness. Discover.
Join us this Friday!
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.
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. We look forward to seeing you again, online via ZOOM, refreshed and ready, and we'll be eager to re-visit the creative space with you. We have many offerings happening in August; all of which can be viewed more fully on our website.
We welcome back presenters Manju Khader and Aslam Khader as they present a workshop that integrates positive psychology, and healing traditions from around the globe.
They will also introduce the Creative Wellness Service Initiative from IEATA
The Summer months call us to explore outdoors-Explore Your Ecological Self with Tamara Teeter Knapp and Kathleen Horne as they co-facilitate an experience to connect and deepen
your relationship with nature.
Kathleen Horne continues the Art as a Healing Practice Series with two more workshops that call you to explore your Creative Self, and Your Spiritual Journey.
We will learn about Expressive Arts Projects happening in Nepal and Kenya: Harambee Arts. Gloria Simoneaux, Rina Pratik, and Lillian Obonyo return to facilitate this workshop and share their wisdom.
Fiona Chang joins us at the end of the month to present a project launched in Hong Kong. Healing Our Home is a Community Arts Project that helps to transform struggles, pain, helplessness, and
sadness into healing resources through art
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 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.
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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