Creative Play Workshop for People
with Fibromyalgia and Compromised Health
5 Sessions, Each Session 2.5 hours
2015
I will be offering 5 follow up
sessions Oct 31, Nov 7, Oct 14, Oct 21, and Oct 28
1:00-3:30 PM
All Art Supplies and Materials are
included
$135.00 per person
Oct
31 – Weather
Permitting: Meet at Cliff Gilker Parking
lot, walk at your own pace, bring a camera or ipad to photograph nature. Goal
is a 30 minute photo walk in nature. Find imagery while walking that presents
as an analogy to some aspect of your life. (photograph it) Return to Evi’s
place to check in, discuss how you are doing with your goals, bring up any
problems or obstacles preventing you from moving forward.
If the weather isn’t nice come
directly to Evi’s place, 576 North Fletcher. Each person will learn how to
paint on silk stretched on a silk hoop. We may need two sessions to complete
this creative play-painting project. Use the imagery from any visualization as
inspiration for your silk painting. We will always dedicate 30 minutes to check
in and share how we are doing with our goals and intentions.
Nov 7-
If the weather is nice we will meet at Cliff Gilker Park, if not come
directly to Evi’s place, 576 North Fletcher. This session will focus on
exercise, stretching, dance, and directed visualization followed by a group
discussion on how we each can create more self-care and establish positive
habits.
Oct.14 – If the weather is nice we will
meet at Bonnie Brook by the sea. We will begin with some stretching exercises
in the fresh air, then do some slow walking for up to 30 minutes if possible.
If you can’t walk that long, there are benches to sit down on. We will return
to Evi’s house for a group discussion and check in. Is anything holding you
back? Are you maintaining daily and weekly goals? How are you doing?
Oct
21- Art Play – We will
create rubbings on either paper to be made into cards of sheets of white paper
to be use as wrapping paper. Bring a collection of things with texture, leaves,
textured plastic, flat household items, coins etc. (I will also supply items to
use). We will use oil pastels, crayons or candles to imprint the objects on our
sheets of paper. We will then use liquid tempera or coloured inks and cover the
entire surface in colour. Glitter can be added for a festive touch. The last
step is string painting using either watered down tempera or black ink. I
include some examples made by kids. This is a totally fun activity but produces
brilliant results with minimal
effort. Bring treats and we will have tea and admire our creations as they dry.
Oct
28- Exercise and Writing
Workshop: If the weather is nice we will meet at Bonnie Brook and begin this
session with stretching exercises and fresh air. If possible we will try and
walk for 40 minutes then meet at Evi’s place. If it’s raining come directly to
Evi’s, bring a yoga mat and we will do stretching exercises and slow aerobics
to music. After exercises and visualization we will sit around the circle table
and pick topics out of a hat that are relevant to our healing journey. This
session is dedicated to writing “off the cuff”. You don’t need writing skills!
Just write what comes to mind. There will be two topics per person. Anyone is
welcome to read aloud to the group. Since this is our last session, bring some
refreshments to share. We will have a relaxed time drinking tea and coming up
with other ideas that continue to help us find fluidity, relaxation,
creativity, humour and support. My hope is that you have acquired some skills
to use in your lives that will bring inspiration, reduce anxiety, increase
energy and flexibility. The experience of engaging in a variety of activities
in a spirited way with others should help inspire you to continue working
towards your own personal goals.
Car pooling can be arranged ahead
among group attendees. I chose these dates but I am flexible if attendees
prefer week days. Please email me or we can discuss this at the end of the
seminar.
604 886 8097
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