Greetings and a Warm Hello to You!
Thank you for being here.
This year I am working on opening myself up to sharing my passion for integrating mind, body, and spirit through the forms of meditation techniques, body movement, and creative expression.
I am facilitating monthly workshops in Minneapolis, Minnesota that I am calling Creativity & Expressive Arts Workshops.
Coming up in May, June, and July, the creative expression piece will focus on art journaling. Art journaling is a way of integrating visual imagery with words and/or writing. Sometimes an art journal page is void of words, and that's part of the fun, too. Art journaling is a creative practice that allows the freedom of playing with art supplies, exploring your own visual language, as well as writing for self-discovery.
At the Sunday, May 6th, 2018 Creativity & Expressive Arts Workshop we will be exploring the chakra system. The guided mediation, movement, and art journaling will all be related to learning about our chakras. Imagine rainbow colors of red, orange, yellow, green, turquoise, indigo, and violet filling your journal pages, as well as your mind, body, and spirit.
If you are wondering why you may want to learn about the chakra system, it's because knowledge is power. In this case, as you explore each chakra, what it represents, which stage of development it correlates with, etc., you may be able to better understand yourself, and then heal what needs healing. Doing this important healing work enhances your life force energy, also known as prana or chi. As you may guess, we need life force energy to feel alive and well. (Here's an article on the American Holistic Health Association site, to help you understand more about "energy".)
Is there a time in your life when you recall feeling energized, happy, and truly alive? At that time, your chakras were likely aligned and flowing freely. Unfortunately, life is "messy" and there are many things or reasons that can cause blocks in our energy flow.
Healing work is important work. The tools and techniques can be simple, but not easy, as we are complex beings. It's important to go easy on yourself and remember that we are all on a journey of discovering who we are (our authentic selves), why we're here (reason of being/passions), and what our purpose may be (how we may better serve the world). Everyone is at a different place on their own personal journey, so acceptance is key. We can not "fix" or change other people, but we can make choices about our own lives. That's where your power resides, in your right to choose what is best for you.
What I hope for you to gain from these upcoming workshops is that you are loved and accepted right now, in this moment. No one is perfect. No one's life is perfect. We all want to love and be loved. See yourself as being loveable, right now, and allow the healing to begin. It all begins with self-love and acceptance. Look in the mirror and say, "I love myself. I deeply and truly love myself." The late Louise Hay, was a huge proponent of self-love as a way of healing. Mirror work is something that Louise put out into the world.
Before I get too side-tracked, I would like to invite you to explore art journaling and your chakras this summer in Minneapolis, Minnesota. I am not an expert, but a facilitator, a human, like you, striving to grow and heal. Let us support one another on the spiral path, the journey of life. Let us be seen, heard, loved and accepted as we are, right now.
There is no art experience required for these workshops. In the expressive arts, we strive for authenticity, not perfection or performance. This is a space of non-judgment. Instead, we take an open attitude of acceptance, listening, and curiosity.
I hope that you will join me in the upcoming Creativity and Expressive Arts Workshops. For more information, and to see the themes for August-December 2018, you may look here.
Reserve Your Spot for Sunday, May 6, 2018, 1pm-4pm
$125 USD (all sales final)
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$300 USD (all sales final) Three spots reservation (YOU SAVE $75)
