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Women Creating - Day-long
Retreat
Unlike the other workshops which are scheduled by request for specific groups, the Women
Creating Day retreat is open to the public.
The next scheduled retreat is T.B.D..
Registration Details
Work, Creativity, and Passion
Many of us are at a point in life where our current work situation no
longer reflects our values and who we are. Our careers are less
meaningful than we would like. In this workshop you will tap into your
creativity and passion to explore new paths leading to a more
fulfilling professional life, so you may share your special gifts and
abilities with the world. This weekend is for you if you feel your
career is in need of a fine-tuning or a major overhaul. We will use
visual expression, reflective writing, and dialogue to access our
heart’s calling.
Finding a Balance; Work and Personal Life
Our days are crowded with too much to do both personally and
professionally. Making room for your priorities, while staying true to
your purpose and living with integrity, is often a challenge. This
workshop will help you clarify your priorities, honor your choices,
and find ways to integrate these choices into your personal and
professional work. We will use visual expression, reflective writing,
and dialogue to explore these themes.
Making Art of Work
Creative approaches for inspiring you and others to think “outside the
box” – ideal for leaders, informal leaders, managers, and
supervisors. "Making Art" and "Work" may initially seem like an odd
combination, but using visual expression and reflective writing as a
catalyst can enhance what you need in today's work environment:
innovative thinking, conscious decision making, and creative solutions
to transition and change. This workshop will help you clarify what it
is you need from your work and how it aligns with your core values and
purpose. We will identify what you want more of and less of, and
develop strategies for moving toward those goals.
Moving Through Transition
Job decisions? Empty nest? Relationship change? Retirement?
Regardless of the life change you are experiencing, you owe it to
yourself to do more than 'adapt' by using the usual, habitual tools of
dealing with change. If your goal is to emerge from a transition with
renewed energy, aligned with purpose and connected to what's
important, this workshop is for you. To help you focus on what needs
to be addressed, you will be asked to respond to a short survey
regarding the strengths, talents and gifts that you bring to a
situation. Time will be set aside during the weekend for an
individual consultation as well as personal reflection. We will use
art, imagery, writing and dialogue to engage your creativity and help
you get to a higher state of self realization. The process will help
you to clarify your priorities, make choices aligned with your purpose
and find ways to integrate these choices in moving through the
transition.
Making Clear Choices
A model for achieving goals in the workplace, reaching harmony at home
and getting what you need out of personal relationships. Too often
our own blind spots plus insufficient feedback conspire to color our
assumptions. We create barriers that inhibit achieving intended
results. This workshop will help raise the level of awareness of how
you make decisions and provide insight into specific actions you might
take to improve your effectiveness. To help you focus on what needs
to be addressed, you will be asked to respond to a short survey that
will map out your current problem solving methodology. Time will be
set aside during the weekend for an individual consultation as well as
personal reflection. We will use art, imagery, writing and dialogue
to engage your creativity and help you get to a higher state of self
realization. The process will help you to identify decision traps,
strategize about putting supports in place, and improve your mental
flexibility and sound judgment.
Revitalizing Creativity in Your Organization
Public and non-profit organizations expecting to thrive in this
competitive environment need to operate with a creative edge. Creative
ideas and innovative thinking need to be generated and implemented at
every level to achieve desired results, yet old habits of doing the
same things the same way are hard to break. Formal and informal
leaders who attend this workshop will learn skills and processes to
build sustainable creative capacity that will positively influence
situational analysis and decision making.
Tools for Rejuvenating Talent
Tapping into talent is essential to a fulfilling career and is the
basis for authentic leadership. In this workshop, attendees will
experience, first hand, a tool that can be used with employees and
managers to help them consciously access their talents and be more
creative, innovative, and productive. During this interactive session,
you will have an opportunity to develop visual imagery- a skill that
many great inventors and scientists have used to spark their
discoveries. Using simple writing and drawing, you will be able to tap
into symbols and images about 1) what’s important and 2) what’s in
your way. Utilizing methods applied to many of the country’s top
corporations, workshop leaders will bring you to new levels of thought
regarding your untapped ability. Also, discover how much this approach
can unleash hidden talent in your organization. No experience in art
is necessary!
Gateways to Creativity
Leading
organizational transformation and living an authentic life in the
midst of rapid change requires vision, courage, balance and honesty.
Our five-day workshop, Gateways to Creativity, provides an opportunity
to release limiting habits; choose greater value and integrity in your
personal and professional life; envision new choices and make them a
reality; distinguish between survival-based (reactive) choices and
creativity-based (proactive) choices to make better decisions.
During the workshop, we explore the forces and decisions that produce
your life. Using visual expression, reflection, writing, and group
dialogue, we provoke thoughtful engagement with your decision-making
patterns and priorities. You will gain a renewed sense of commitment,
leadership and integrity in all aspects of your life. Gateways is
designed for individuals in formal and informal leadership roles who
want to develop their full creativity and bring it on bear upon the
things they care about supporting and changing. No previous art
experience is necessary.
Getting
Acquainted with Art Therapy
Through
art experience, media presentations and discussion, you will be exposed
to the inherent healing capacity of art therapy and its place in social
service, medical, and educational settings.
Applications of Art Therapy
In this workshop,
you will learn practical art therapy techniques to enhance personal
growth for individuals and groups in a variety of settings; to utilize
art-making as a focusing technique to express feelings; and to foster a
safe environment that encourages creative expression.
Exploring Art Materials
In this practical
and playful workshop, you will explore the dynamic qualities of art
materials, such as paint, clay and cloth. You will be able to apply
these learnings in therapeutic and personal growth settings, and savor
the sheer joy of creativity.
Art
and the Power of Transformation
When art
experiences transcend the habitual inner judge, authentic images and
metaphors can be portrayed from deep within the individual's soul.
Using specific art therapy techniques, with paint as the medium, you
will learn to apply a three-step process of transformation and healing
using art therapy with yourself and with others. You will be able to
identify the major blocks that inhibit creativity and healing, and
transform them into powerful, honest images and experiences.
Art,
Creativity and Healing
In this workshop,
you will learn how essential love and self-love are to the process of
healing; how art and creativity are vital forms of expressing self-love;
and how to facilitate the healing process through the use of art therapy
experiences.
Art
Therapy: A Bridge to Cultural, Racial & Gender Differences
In this workshop,
you will use Symbol Drawing, a dynamic process of personal expression
and transformation developed by the instructor, to bridge differences.
You will learn techniques to facilitate and support individuals and
groups in honoring their uniqueness and differences; learn to bridge
differences through art; contact aspects of yourself that are whole and
healthy, fearless and loving; and transform outmoded patterns into
inclusive and effective ways of being with others who are different.
Art
Therapy and the Dynamics of Oppression and Liberation
In this powerful,
experiential workshop, you will learn about the dynamics of oppression
and their manifestations in personal, social and professional realms;
use art-making and art therapy processes to recognize and understand the
implications of oppression dynamics; create an action plan to dismantle
oppression dynamics in your own life; and learn simple effective skills
to empower yourself and others to transform oppression dynamics.
Drawing from Within: A Sense of Self
The Self we will
be exploring, using the creative processes of drawing, painting and
collage, is that larger, deeper, finer Self which we all aspire to
become. The elements of this Self already reside within. This workshop
will make evident, and thus celebrate, this Self.
Drawing from Within: Inner Motivation as the Source of Creativity
In this workshop,
you will learn the importance of inner motivation in creativity, how to
touch your own creative source, and appropriate techniques for
facilitating the creative process in others in a variety of settings.
Drawing the Family Myth
In
this workshop, you will learn to use art therapy to recognize family
myths, value the creative childhood experiences, and develop self-esteem
by transcending family myth.
Drawing Upon Nature
We live in an
awe-inspiring world full of light and shadow, alive with movement and
pattern. Too often we are unaware of our partnership in this vibrant
cosmic dance. In this workshop, you will explore ways of building
visual, expressive bridges between the life forces pulsating through
Nature, and through your own inner self.
Healing Through Mandala Drawing
Mandalas are universal symbols for healing and integration. This
workshop is inspired by the Navaho and Tibetan mandala rituals. Through
structured experiences you will create a mandala to enhance your
personal development, and learn how to use mandala-making in
therapeutic, educational, and medical settings with groups and
individuals.
Images of the Inner Self
Symbolic images spring naturally from the unconscious. When we learn to
access and utilize our own symbolic messages, we can create fuller and
richer lives. You will learn Dr. Cuéllar's Symbol Drawing approach and
its applications in therapeutic and educational situations, career
choices and life transitions; and in facilitating the transformational
process for yourself and others in other areas of problem solving.
Managing Creativity
This
workshop focuses on the different elements that positively or negatively
influence creative behavior. You will learn to identify environments
that are conducive to fostering the creative process, and to manage
creative behavior in yourself and others.
Path of the Creator
The intent of this workshop is two-fold: first, to bring into conscious
awareness your personal journey on the path of creativity; and second,
to learn to embrace and live in the grace of your true nature's
guidelines as a way to liberate the creative self.
Using Art for Recovery from Abuse
Through guided art experiences and discussion, you will learn ways to
use art and creative expression as a healing approach with children,
adolescents, and adults recovering from physical, sexual, and/or
emotional abuse. This workshop is for people in the helping
professions.
Sacred Art, Sacred Places
Held in Oaxaca,
Mexico, this workshop is a journey through art-making into ancient and
sacred places. It is an opportunity to honor, through the creation of
art works, our primordial and contemporary authentic Selves, with
fullness and dignity. Join your own creative aspirations with
supportive others in a place where the sacred and the artistic have
inspired each other for millennia. Our encounters with Mexican arts,
history, archeology and museums will provide an inspiring context for
our own creative work in such media as drawing, painting, and journals.
Art
as Therapy in the Classroom
This workshop is
designed for educators and others in the helping and healing professions
who wish to integrate art as a therapeutic modality into a classroom,
therapy, or medical setting. Through art experiences you will learn
ways to apply fundamental art therapy principles in various settings;
how to foster a safe environment to encourage creative expression; how
to create group and individual art experiences; how to use art to
develop skills, enhance self-image, and stimulate creativity; and how to
explore art as the creative language of children.
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