REWILD Your Creativity
expressive arts workshops
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ONLINE & IN-PERSON
Should you wish to book a customized workshop or retreat for
a special group experience, let's explore how we can
co-create something wonderful for your crew.
Christy’s class at the Victoria Yoga Conference several years ago allowed me the surprising realization that I LIKE to move my body to music.
Carey Davidson
Yoga Teacher & Expressive Arts Practitioner, BC • Canada
Rewilding Creativity experiences may be for you if you are curious about low skill/high presence, sometimes playful, therapeutic exploration of writing, poetry, storytelling, expressive movement, visual arts, sound, music, and nature-based arts.
Between us and our full creative expression is unprocessed emotion, trauma, conditioning, belief systems & internalized oppression.
Gently nourishing & opening up your creative pathways is a way to reclaim the territory of inspiration in your life.
If you have some kind of wild idea that you aren't creative, l beg to differ!
APRIL 27, 2 - 4 PM • ATHLETIC HALL, SOINTULA • FREE
Facebook event page HERE • To reserve your spot email creativitysings@gmail.com
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You are invited to a therapeutic expressive arts exploration to support your relationship with your innate creative genius. Life is a strange journey and the expressive arts help us navigate the terrain.
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No experience is necessary. Rest + participate as you wish. Feel free to rest or doodle the whole time if you feel shy to participate + just want to check it out.
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This workshop is free and brought to you by Neighbourhood Small Grants North Island - Mt. Waddington.
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Follow your unique curiosity with pen, paper, colour, music + movement to nurture your mental health. Expand your range of play through low-skill, high-presence expressive arts experimentation. This creative renewal process is for the creative curious + artists alike. Messy art is welcome.
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This is not therapy but can be therapeutic in nature. Many of us have experienced a creative shutdown for a variety of reasons. In this trauma-informed workshop, you can leave anytime if needed.
This is a time for you to give generously to your innate creative genius in ways that work for you.
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In regards to the movement portion, you are welcome to sit, rest or move as you wish. There is no expectation to move or dance, but music will be played and you will be guided to move and rest as you prefer.
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If you are afraid, nervous, or awkward about movement or creative expression, please know you are not alone! This is a welcoming space for you to be with whatever you are present to. Experimenting is the name of the game in this moving meditation.
Move and rest as you wish according to your curiosity and self-tending.
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Maybe that means just moving with your fingers. Maybe that means a full on free-flow dance experiment. Your way is the best way when it comes to movement here. It's common to feel awkward in public situations of expression and I will speak to that. Many folks aren't comfortable being stared at when we explore movement. I invite folks to hold a gentle gaze in the space.
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Bring: water, journal, pens + fave colouring utensils, a nest for rest (yoga mat, blanket, cushions)
Chairs & tables will be set out with supplies also. Contact me for questions. Pre-registration required.
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To reserve your spot email creativitysings@gmail.com
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Christy Greenwood tends to mental health + wellness with body-centred, creative + nature-based approaches through expressive arts therapy, dance, counselling + massage. She resides in the unceded traditional territory of the Kwakwakaʼwakw people on Malcolm Island. → www.christygreenwood.com
KATHERINE PHETHEAN
• KATHERINE PHETHEAN •
So much gratitude to you for holding this space for us for the last 6 weeks. I had no idea when I started that these little zoom evenings would open up so much for me, allow me to revisit myself in the gentle way you made possible. It did indeed rewild my creativity, not in a Jackson Pollock paint explosion way, but rather that wonderful way that little flowers start to grow between the cracks in the sidewalk. Strong, persistent, gentle, beautiful. Thank you!
JAZ SNIDER
• CO-FOUNDER OF DANCE TEMPLE VICTORIA •
I highly recommend Christy as an expressive arts therapist. Her groundedness, deep wisdom, intuition and care for the nervous system make her a potent space holder. Her presence fosters healing and authentic expression. I also appreciate her embodied approach and playful spirit. Sessions with her are profoundly enriching and enlivening!
Rewilding Dance E-Course →
Nourish & Activate Your Wild Genius
Online • Anywhere In The World • At Your Own Pace
A self-paced, 8-session creative movement journey of ritual, healing & transformation. Dance yourself free (whatever that looks like for you). Root down into the Earth, blossom towards the sun and dance your heart out.
No experience necessary. Move as you wish.
What is Dance Temple?
(From the Dance Temple Collective)
Dance Temple intends to provide a welcoming space to have an authentic experience, to express in an inclusive way, to clear blocks, thoughts or patterns, to centre and harmonize with ourselves and with each other.
Dance Temple is the heartbeat and foundation of a larger cultural transformation where all are allowed to share their brilliance.
We dance to feel connection to ourselves, our bodies and community along with our joy and our sorrow. We dance to allow it all to move through.
We dance to come home to ourselves again and again.
breathe • drink water •take care of yourself •wear comfortable clothing for movement • be prepared to sweat
Sybille Webb, MED
Integrative Body Psychotherapist,
Facilitator of Dance & Paint Soul Journeys
• Duncan, BC •
Christy’s facilitation is very grounded, clear and fun. I have done many dance and yoga workshops with her and always felt safe to go deep as she holds a strong container. She draws from a wellspring of experience and training that make every journey with her feel like a new adventure. Activating and clearing chakras through breath and dance is one of the most powerful and life changing things I have ever experienced. I am excited that Christy will share tools, wisdom and her unique selection of music with us to practice in the convenience of our homes."
Christy has a special gift when it comes to facilitating deep transformation through movement. She's now taken all her masterful expertise in connecting people to their deep core essence and transposed it into an exceptional online experience that is as fun and inspiring as it is healing and transcendental. I highly recommend all that Christy creates to anyone ready and willing to meet their true, wild and wonderful nature."
I confess - I am a Christy dance groupie! Her incredible ability to hold space, facilitate transformation and choose the grooviest music to get down to, make her dance journeys something you just want to do over and over. I leave feeling cleansed, rejuvenated, inspired and ready to move forward in a powerful way! Can't say enough about all the goodness that Christy brings to everything she does!"
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