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Women’s Resource Service/ 6wk Art Therapy

Post from Mullumbimby Neighbourhood Center:

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 [...]

Introduction to Arts Therapy

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, [...]

Launch of Northern Rivers Arts Health & Wellbeing!!

NORTHERN RIVERS
ARTS HEALTH & WELLBEING
Invitation…
Thursday 24th November 2011
5.30 – 7.30 pm
The Fountain Room
Lismore City Hall
RSVP: 22nd November
Contact: info@nrawh.net Website: www.nrahw.net
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/273399726022616/
• Guest speakers on the value of the arts
for health and wellbeing
• Performance and entertainment
• Art event: where you can get creatively involved
• Display of creativity from people using art
for health and wellbeing
• Refreshments and [...]

Brain Plasticity

Here an other youtube about the Mind and Brain and how lasting changes can happen through mindfulness by Dr. Rick Hanson. He is a presenter at the Buddhism and Psychotherpay conference held in Sydney on the 13th and 14th of August. You find information on http://www.buddhismandpsychotherapy.org/ You also find more information and resources on R.Hanson’s [...]

Mindfulness and Neuroplasticity

What exciting times we live in! Science is questioning the most fundamental believes surrounding materialism. To question the very structures we have built our life around, opens us to new choices not previously imagined.
It seems like whatever we can imagine already creates new neural pathways in our brains. I am not an expert in these [...]

New Byron Region Community College Courses

11PDA053  Introduction To Arts Therapy
This will start on: Sat and run for 1 sessions from 27/8/2011 to 27/8/2011 between 9:30 am and 3 pm
The course will be held at MULLUM CAMPUS ROOM 3
11VM303  Personal Shrine Making Workshop
This will start on: Sat and run for 2 sessions from 3/9/2011 to 10/9/2011 between [...]

Personal Shrine Making Workshop

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 [...]

Introduction to 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.
Saturday, 28th of May 9:30am-3pm Cost $61/Cons. $55 plus $5 for materials.
Contact [...]

Schools kill creativity

I have had this link sent to me which may be of interest to anyone supporting children’s creativity. Ken Robinson is talking about the values of most educational systems and how it effects our development.
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html