Group Therapy Workshop (Every Wednesday from 9:00 am to 10:30 am)

The International Expressive Arts Therapy Association (IEATA) and the Winnipeg Holistic Expressive Arts Therapy Institute (WHEAT) are collaborating to co-host the IEATA 12th Bi-Annual Conference - Indigenous Roots Of Expressive Arts: Transformation, Social Justice and Social Change - Globally and Locally October 4th-8th, 2017. 

This conference will allow participants an experiential engagement in the Indigenous Roots of the Expressive Arts. Pre-Conference days will feature outings to explore local Indigenous teachings on the land, as well as relevant workshops by esteemed pioneers in the field of Expressive Arts. The conference itself will showcase locally and nationally acclaimed Indigenous leaders working to create social change and cross-cultural understanding through the lens of the arts. 

The conference will be of particular interest to therapists, teachers, artists, social workers, community agencies, politicians, social justice advocates, and anyone interested in creating a more ethical, healthy and socially conscious community.

Please join us for this groundbreaking opportunity to dialogue, create, and celebrate our Indigenous roots and move forward collaboratively to promote healing through the arts.

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Etymological root Dev- means "a shining one," from *div- "to shine,"

An Experiential Program

This 15 day program spread over two months is designed to help participants to embark on an inner journey and to work actively on a process of self-inquiry, within a safe space or container. Drawing from expressive art therapy activities, integral theatre and authentic movement processes, the program invites individuals to develop their empathy, mindfulness and a sense of embodied presence as they explore the relationship between the creative, psychological and sacred dimensions of their experience through bodily expression, voice and visual art.

While participants are encouraged to explore their responses, reactions, and insights through pictures, movement, sounds, explorations, and encounters with art processes, they are not required to have artistic ability or training.

The workshop is open to special educators, school teachers, dancers, actors, visual artists, team leaders, social workers, therapists and anyone interested in understanding and deepening the body-mind-soul connection.

Come and immerse yourself in this intuitive self-reflective process. Participants will create their own unique palette of cards, where each card represents a different aspect of themselves. There is a deeper level of knowledge that is accessed through the images.  The process combines image, words, intuition, and synchronicity into a uniquely creative and artistic process. This soul-tending practice honors one’s personal journey, symbols, and archetypes in an insightful process of self-discovery.

It requires no special skills, but can often produce images and insights that are surprising and full of depth and meaning. Open to individuals interested in practising mindfulness and deepening the body mind connection.

Imagine visiting a new country by participating in a deep immersion into its indigenous arts, dance, music, and cultural symbolism, as well as meeting local contemporary artists and expressive arts therapists and teachers. This is the essence of Expressive Arts Cultural Journeys with Kate T. Donohue in collaboration with the great artists of that country. These two-week seminars are well planned and safeguarded journeys into the soul of the country through a Jungian expressive arts therapy lens.