The Artist Within: Creative Expression
Thursdays, Nov 10-Dec 8, 2022, 1:00-2:30pm PT
Learn to engage in creative play to awaken and ignite your inner artist, contributing to physical, mental and emotional wellbeing.
Are you looking for a secret weapon in your journey to vibrant health?
Did you know that in communities large and small, the arts are used daily to reduce the experience of pain, help express needs and emotions, and create a welcoming and uplifting environment?
It has been demonstrated time and again that engaging in creative experiences is vital to human health and well-being, to bridging the life experiences that divide people and society, and to helping people understand the human condition. Yet, most people overlook this powerful form of healing on their way to wellness.
It’s Time for Your Inner Artist to Come Out and Play!
The Artist Within explores the modalities of visual, performing and media arts, and expressive writing integrated with joyful movement, mindfulness, healing relationships and soulful service.
Studies show that spending just 30 minutes or more each day on arts activities relieves stress, decreases feelings of loneliness, lowers depression and anxiety, encourages creative thinking and increases greater life satisfaction.
Because the arts are uniquely capable of enhancing positive emotions, we build agency and resilience in the discovery of something we can do to feel better.
The marriage of the arts and wellness practices is a natural example of how creativity connects, in this case, with the science of recovery, resilience and longevity.
What Can You Expect from The Artist Within?
Learn nonverbal means of communication through visual, auditory, and movement pathways that are still available to us when stress, trauma, language, ability, or culture interfere with speech
Engage the brain so much that it quite literally crowds out stress and enables the upper brain functions, necessary for learning, to come back online
Enhance positive emotions and not just reducing negative ones
Cultivate and grow character and leadership development skills
Build social connection
Share creative experiences to offer an organic way to be truly seen, heard, and connected
Meet the Facilitator: Christina Wright
Read Christina’s blog post
“Arts as a Wellness Practice”.
View pop-up interview with Christina
View a video about Arts Trainings
at Bauman Wellness
