January, 2012:

New Dates for Shrine Making Workshops

Jan 28th, 2012
by Claudia M. Gyr.
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People have created shrines for thousands of years to celebrate and honour connection to spirit, nature, significant people and important life events; in short, anything which holds meaning and deserves remembrance, such as:

  • Worship and Prayer
  • Love and Gratitude
  • Mindfulness and Meditation
  • Healing and Wellbeing
  • Birth
  • Death
  • Relationships
  • Creative Visualisations

Our lives have become so busy that we often forget or/and have difficulties to make space for what is meaningful in our lives.

In this workshop you get to explore what really matters to you whatever that may be and create your own personal shrine to bring that into focus.

You will learn how to create a beautiful shrine from a pre cut cardboard template which is quick and easy to assemble. We use paint, collage, and found objects to decorate and embellish your sacred space.

We explore together colour, symbols and imagery to enhance the meaning of you shrine. These processes are accompanied by group sharing’s and reflective self explorations.

Shrine building is a creative process which will inspire you, hopefully in an ongoing dialogue, to focus and remember and engage with your hearts voice. These shrines can easily be repainted and redecorated again as your focus changes.

Workshop Dates:

14th of March – 4th of April 2012

4 Wednesday Mornings

Time 9:30-1:00

Place: Mullumbimby (details will be forwarded)

or

17th/18th of March 2012

Sat/Sun 2 full days

Time 9:30 – 4:30

Place: Mullumbimby (details will be forwarded)

Investment for both workshops are :

$ 165 / Concession $145 (price includes one shrine and basic art materials)

Shrines in Clay 16th April-7th May 2012 Mullumbimby (more information on website below)

For more images, inspirations and to enrol for shrine making workshops visit www.personalshrines.com

You can also purchase an easy to ensemble shrine making kit and create a shrine by yourself at the above address.

Women’s Resource Service/ 6wk Art Therapy

Jan 28th, 2012
by Claudia M. Gyr.
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Post from Mullumbimby Neighbourhood Center:

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The Women’s Resource Service and Art Therapist Claudia Gyr, will be offering this 6-week Art Therapy group for women who have experienced domestic violence or trauma in their lives.

About Claudia Gyr – Claudia Gyr (Leaney) is a leading Art Therapist in the area and has previously ran this group and received positive feedback and many of the women gained a lot of insights from the process.

Claudia holds a Masters in Creative Arts Therapy (Miecat) and has been trained in other therapy approaches like NLP, Gestalt, Kinesiology, Relationship Related Psychotherapy and Somatic Experiencing.

When:        Weekly Commencing Tuesday 28th February 10am – 1 pm

For 6 weeks until Tuesday 3rd April.

Where:      Mullumbimby Neighbourhood Centre

55 Dalley St, Mullumbimby

RSVP:         contact Kim or Neroli to register on 6684 4299

“Creative Arts Therapy uses the therapeutic relationship and various expressive arts modalities to explore and share how we experience our lives. “

“Often when problems arise we can find ourselves in a stuck mental space and the issues surrounding the problem are vague and unclear. Expressing what we feel and experience through a visual representation of any kind, be it through movement, paint, crayon, clay, collage or just through imagination, brings more clarity to our inner explorations, making it more visible and tangible than only talking about our issues.” – Claudia Gyr

Please forward this information onto any services that may be interested.

www.mullumbimbyarttherapy.com

regards

Neroli Jager

Introduction to Arts Therapy

Jan 11th, 2012
by Claudia M. Gyr.
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This year the one day introduction course will run again through the Mullumbimby Community College. A popular and enjoyable day to get a taste of Arts Therapy.

Participants will gain a basic understanding of the principles of Arts Therapy and its uses in different contexts. We will engage in some simple examples of experiential, interactive processes to give you a little taste of different approaches in the field of Arts Therapy.

The dates and times are:

12WW011  Arts Therapy – An Introduction

24/3/2012 from  9:30 am and 3 pm

The course will be held at MULLUM CAMPUS ROOM 3

12WW012  Arts Therapy – An Introduction

16/6/2012 from 9:30 am and 3 pm

The course will be held at MULLUM CAMPUS ROOM 2

For bookings contact the college on 66 843374 or on line www.byroncollege.org.au