Opening to the Wisdom
of the Heart
In
many cultures the word for heart is synonymous with mind, and wisdom is
understood as centered in the heart.
This workshop will explore the physical, emotional, spiritual and mind dimensions
of the heart and introduce a somatic process for opening the heart. We will
draw on heart teachings from Indigenous, Buddhist and Christian traditions that
support the expansion of the felt sense of the loving compassionate heart. The
workshop will include experiential anatomy of the heart, embodied meditation, art-making
and movement.
Where: Royston
Community Hall, Old Island Highway – wheelchair accessible
When: Saturday, November 7, 1pm to 5 pm.
Cost: $25 to $40
sliding scale
Facilitators:
Denise Nadeau ( DMin., MDiv. M.Litt.) is a dance-movement therapist, spiritual companion, and educator whose work in the past twenty years has combined expressive arts with spiritual practice in the recovery of the sacredness of the body. She has trained in BodyMind Psychotherapy, the Halprin Life-Art Process, and Relational Trauma Therapy, and has worked in many interfaith contexts. She has discovered that the healing of the heart involves an embodied spiritual practice.
Nicole Crouch is an art therapist living in the Comox Valley. She has a Masters in
Creative Arts Therapies from Concordia University. She has been working in the
arts and in community development for over ten years. She believes that the heart speaks in
dreams and images, and that art therapy is an excellent medium for giving voice
to these imaginings by letting images speak for themselves.
To register or for more information: contact Denise at dnadeau@shaw.ca or Nicole at nicolearttherapy@gmail.com.
