look what i'm going to do tomorrow!
Tamalpa Life/Art as a Creative Healing Force
This workshop is for people whose life is or has been affected by illness, their caregivers and health care practitioners. We will explore how embodied creativity such as movement/dance, visual art, dialogue and writing is a healing force that nurtures mind, body and spirit, connecting us to our resources within. About the facilitator: Astrid Mackwitz is a graduate from Tamalpa Institute, currently pursuing her MA in Expressive Arts Therapy. She is facilitating expressive arts therapy groups for adults facing cancer at the Marin Cancer Institute through the Foundation for Integrative Oncology.
i found out about it through a friend at work who has her masters in expressive arts therapy. i was asking her about suggestions for helping through my new body issues and she suggested this...and it's free.
it's a little weird...i wouldn't think that i would normally do something like this....but...whatever...i'll try anything these days.
This being human is a guest house.
Every morning a new arrival.
A joy, a depression, a meanness,
some momentary awareness comes
As an unexpected visitor.
Welcome and entertain them all!
Even if they're a crowd of sorrows,
who violently sweep your house
empty of its furniture,
still treat each guest honorably.
He may be clearing you out
for some new delight.
The dark thought, the shame, the malice,
meet them at the door laughing,
and invite them in.
Be grateful for whoever comes,
because each has been sent
as a guide from beyond.
-Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi 1207-1273, written in 1230
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