Art-Based Self-Care & Stress Recovery
With Barbara Gini Creative Wellness Educator Therapeutic Art Practitioner
"Harnessing the Creative Process for Hope, Happiness & Healing"
No Matter the Source of Your Stress
You can't reason, motivate or affirm your way out of it.
Our logical, thinking brains are good at understanding, recognizing, remembering and even concealing stress, but not so good at releasing or recovering from it.
And that is why typical "stress management" programs don't work: because they're aimed at our thinking brain. Stress hides within our feeling/emotional brain, and in our physical bodies. So, recovering from stress and restoring well-being must include finding and releasing the hidden stress wherever it is in the body and the brain.
The good news is that you can learn how to use art-based creative methods to access the feeling brain, and find, express, process, release and recover from stress.
(And THEN the logical/thinking brain can reason, motivate and affirm, and work its magic.)
The creative process helps us reduce and recover from stress and is accessible and inclusive to everyone of all ages and abilities. There are so many ways to create, that doesn't involve elaborate or lengthy projects. This process is very simple and fun!
You DON'T need to have any experience, or special skill or talent. Stick-figure artists are encouraged and welcomed! (Think fun art rather than fine art.)
Let me show you what is possible...
