6 week Shrine Making Workshop at Still@theCentre in Byron

In this workhsop you will have time to explore the many ways in which you can create your shrine.  Play with different textures, papers and templates and embellish it with things that touch your heart. A wonderful opportunity to take your time and enjoy the process. (You can also come for single sessions to suit your needs).

For more information and booking visit http://the-centre.com.au/?page_id=42

The Women’s Resource Service will be offering another Art Therapy Group for women who have experienced trauma or domestic violence. This group has had overwhelmingly positive feedback from women who have been able to feel more confident, better able to cope with their fears, anxiety and stress. The’ group’ also provides women with an opportunity to be not so isolated and to make connections with other women to promote healing.

When:     Weekly Commencing Tuesday 14th August  9.30am – 1 pm

                   For 7 weeks until Tuesday 25th September.

 

Where:      Mullumbimby Neighbourhood Centre

                   55 Dalley St, Mullumbimby

                  

RSVP:         contact Neroli to register on 6684 4299

 

 

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.

“This has given me such invaluable tools for my personal and professional life.”

Tertia Maynard

The dates and times are:

12WW014  Arts Therapy – An Introduction

3/11/2012 from  10:00 am and 3 pm

The course will be held at MULLUM CAMPUS

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

These three canvases where painted by women at the red tent festival 2012. The theme of the painting was finding balance between mother earth and father sky, between  receiving and giving, listening and creating, connecting our left and right brain.

I prepared the canvases and provided an open table for anyone who wanted to stop for a moment and participate. It was an invitation to paint and connect with each. I asked women to add dotts of different colours with an open and curious mind, letting the images emerge. Due to it’s simple form of expression everyone felt able to participate.  Adding little dotts one at a time invites us to slow down finding  balance between relaxing and creating. This process invits to experience the theme of the painting.

Women expressed that the process had a meditative quality and they all enjoyed the process of slowing down.

Nearby there was a basket weaving area which had a similar flavour to it….women gathering creating and connecting, something women have been doing for tousands of years.

The peace and connectedness was enjoyed by all women on that wonderful festival.

There were workshops on offer all day and stalls selling products and serives aimed to nurture and support mothers and women of all ages.

I also offered a three hour workshop on self nurture.  At the end each woman created a flower pedal to create one beautiful flower representing our time of nurture together.

The Women’s Resource Service is pleased to be able to offer the Art Therapy Group with Claudia Gyr (Leaney)  in term 3 for women who have experienced domestic violence or trauma in their lives.

The feedback from women who have attended this group has been overwhelmingly positive: “It has changed my life completely”….. “I was afraid and overwhelmed with negative emotions and now I feel positive, empowered and more able to cope”….. “Claudia uses her gifts and personal experience, understanding to guide you through a very powerful, healing and growing process that was so nurturing and empowering”

The group will run for 6 weeks on a Wednesday morning commencing Wednesday 23^rd may.

If you know women who could benefit from this experience please contact Neroli or Kim at the Women’s Resource Service on 6684 4299 .

Regards

Neroli Jager

Women’s Resource Service

Mullumbimby & District Neighbourhood Centre Inc.

PO Box 149 Mullumbimby 2482

Women’s Resource and Development Worker

Phone: 02 66844299

Mob.: 0457 864 253

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.

New workshop dates for April/May

For images, inspirations and information 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.