A very interesting weekend retreat Visual Journaling,
a community education class taught locally
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| AHA Center- Artful Healing Academy |
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| Director Becky Cox-Certified Art Therapist |
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| It was a small class with four students but very effective |
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| Some amazing art was shared and healing at the same time |
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| Christina made a 3-D art piece-very creative |
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| We explored our physical well being |
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| Emotional feelings with collage art and words |
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| Left and Right Brain thinking |
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| Examined our spiritual yearnings |
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| Scribble drawings=Life's Complexity |
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| Medicine Cards-Totem Animals got me in touch with my lost motherly feelings |
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| Zen Drawing as I analyzed a multi-layered rock and compared it to my life and growth |
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| Using a Mandela to answer the question of my heart: How bring my family together? The understanding that came was: Unity is not conformity. |
I have more journaling to do and experimenting with art as healing
and to find understanding from this very insightful class.