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Dear Creative Friends, What are your biggest
questions about Expressive Arts? We would love to know! Each week, as an introduction to our Creative Menu, we write about different aspects of this work and we offer you an invitation to try something on your own. Some of you share how that goes, or post in our FB group. We love receiving your feedback. You can re-visit a few of our recent
newsletters here, if you like. This week, we invite you to consider your own
big questions about Expressive Arts, and share them with us. We welcome the opportunity to tailor our weekly writings to your specific questions. If you are reading our newsletter, you have interest in the expressive arts, whether you are brand new to the field or an experienced practitioner. No matter your level of experience, new questions are always emerging, and an arts practice helps us to listen deeply and better define for ourselves what those emerging questions
are. Try this: - Take a minute or so to gaze softly at
this image, and quiet your mind.
- Tune in to the cycle of your breath. Call in your creativity and the wisdom it carries.
- Consider this field of Expressive Arts. Imagine this field, and
notice where you are in relation to it. What is the quality of your relationship with it? Is it surrounding you, or off to one side, or up ahead somewhere? Move your body, and explore the space around you, seated or standing, as you experience, in your imagination, your relationship to this field. Consider what you cherish, what you long for, what confuses you. Keep moving and exploring until it feels like time to pause. As you pause, allow your body to take a pose or gesture that seems to
reflect your experience. Hold that pose for a bit, and release.
- Go to your art materials, and spend some time making marks, shapes, colors, textures, or whatever arrives on the page. If your visual image has a title, write it down.
- Then do some spontaneous free writing in response.
- Finally, write: As I consider my relationship to expressive arts, my biggest question is............(and write what arrives).
What did you learn? Is there something you would like to share with us? We would love to explore your questions in upcoming newsletters. Just reply to this
email. Currently, in our Business and Profession class, students are using expressive arts practice to identify their questions, define their visions and missions, find their ideal clients, and more. A rich personal practice is a resource to identify our questions, bring them into the light where we
can engage with them creatively and consciously. Thanks for being here, for reading our newsletters, and for inviting the power of this work to nourish your life, and to spread, through you, into the world. We look forward to hearing from you, or to seeing you in the circle, or the FB group, soon. With gratitude, Kathleen, Tamara, and the Expressive Arts Florida Team |
We have a busy week here! Take a look at some of our offerings below. Reminder: All Certificate Training Program students and graduates can join Expressive Arts Discovery as a complimentary resource! Creative Wisdom students also receive 3 complimentary Expressive Arts Discovery sessions. Send us an email for the coupon code! |
All Self-Study Courses contain detailed, yet approachable instructions, videos, and meditations facilitated by Kathleen & Tamara. The imagery and guidance from this work can assist
you, whether dipping your toes into expressive arts or seeking a deeper connection. *All courses come with lifetime access so you can refer back to them at any time! *No previous art experience is necessary! |
Transform Your Life with the Healing Power of the Arts! This is a 9 week online self-study course with different themed lessons each week to explore yourself deeply and freely through nature, guided meditation, the arts, and writing. Includes CEUs and Certificate of Completion. The next live Zoom gathering is coming up June 29! Click here to learn more!
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Interested in several self-study courses? Our self-study bundle includes the following 4 courses at a discounted rate! Save 20% by purchasing all 4. Learn how to use collaged cards as a tool for personal growth & self-discovery in this 3 hour online workshop! Click here for more info! |
Our Certificate Training Program in Intermodal Expressive Arts is IEATA (International Expressive Arts Therapy) compliant and provides you with the 200 training hours necessary to pursue professional registration in expressive arts. It
is a hybrid model and admissions are on a rolling basis. Want to apply but have some questions? Let us know. We'd love to connect with you! |
Not sure if you are ready to enroll in the entire program? Check out our introductory training program, Creative Wisdom!
This is an 8-week introductory training into the field of expressive arts and the pre-requisite for our Certificate Training Program. Click here to learn more!
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Tamara is accepting new clients in Florida seeking therapy services and support using expressive arts to heal and grow. Using her years of creative practice and a compassionate approach, she is able to help clients access their inner strengths and
create the change they most want in their lives. To inquire about services, you can go HERE,
call/text 941-444-9585 or email tknappcounseling@gmail.com ~Tamara and Kathleen Tamara Teeter Knapp MA, Registered Mental Health Counselor Intern,
REACE® Kathleen
Horne MA, LMHC(S), REACE®, REAT® www.expressiveartsflorida.com |
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