In this workshop we explore how we interact with life through painting.

If you have a block around expressing yourself creatively or if you struggle with painting and art as an expression - here you can explore, expand and free your creativity!
And if you are a practicing artist, this workshop can enhance, expand and inspire your ongoing work into fun, new and exciting directions.

In a Mini-Training you get the basics on how to share this work with your friends and incorporate meditative art into your workshops and sessions-  and prepare you to hold a meditative art event on your own.
We will do our own artistic group work in the mornings and dedicate 1 afternoon and all the evening sessions to practice holding space for others to create. 
* The training part is optional - if you just want to focus on finding your expression, you can use the evenings for your own creative work.

 

About:

Working on a canvas is a mirror, each movement and each emotion leaves a trace of colors and shape. It stays physically present in front of our eyes, until we decide to change it again. In each moment there is the potential for our mind, our inner judge to come in and disturb our process - and so each moment we have a chance to let go, let flow and let ourselves be with our creation. Through this practice we learn not only to engage with art, but also with life, moment to moment - naturally, spontaneously and playfully.

Because, when we paint with totality, without pretense and accept whatever is present in the moment - frustration or fun, stuckness or sadness, exuberance or shyness - we get to know that they all have their own expression, flavor, color and inherent beauty.

We will work alone and in group and partner exercises on full body sized canvases.

We have a supply of painting clothes, but if you have your own comfortable clothing that you can get dirty please bring them.

Included in the workshop are: Canvases, Materials, brushes and a workbook for Sharing Art as Meditation