Intuitive Mark Making: releasing creative contraction in mind and body

11b Main St,Essex VT 05452

18 September, 2021

Description

Intuitive Mark Making is a workshop designed to reconnect individuals to a fundamental and primary human experience of creative play. Objective Intuitive Mark Making is a workshop designed to reconnect individuals to a fundamental and primary human experience of being creative. Creativity is built into our DNA, but many people suffer from crippling creative wounding which evidences itself in insecurity and fear of vulnerability when considering the process of being openly creative. Creativity is our natural mechanism of problem solving and a generative activity, it allows us to explore ideas playfully and without fear of failure. This workshop is designed to help individuals reengage with the idea of creative practice through building somatic awareness, deep listening skills and being in non judgement with the act of mark making. Goals In this workshop we will begin to understand how creative wounding is locked in the body. We will explore originating triggers of contraction in the creative mind and body, and how we might begin to find new ways of holding and expressing creativity through mark making. This workshop is designed to build somatic awareness, engage and break down limiting beliefs and stories about creativity and what it is, and who has access to it. We will work to release creative contraction and insecurity in 2 days of creative engagement. Outcome Recognizing and working to heal creative wounds allows for a more robust engagement with life. Active creativity diminishes insecurity in expressing ideas and editing ideas before we give them a chance. This work can begin to offer new ways of working, increase feelings of productivity, and create time for unconscious integration of ideas and problem solving, create a sense of time affluence, and help us move toward states of flow personal and work time. Workshop Intuitive Mark Making is a 2 day workshop designed to engage mind and body toward integrating ideas of healthy creative practice. Morning coffee and light fare will be provided as well as a light nutritious lunch. Dinner will not be provided but many restaurants are close to the studio and offer many international choices. Participants will need to bring: comfortable clothing a blanket water bottle Participants will be provided with: Mark making supplies and materials yoga mats and blocks for some simple body opening stretches light breakfast and nourishing lunch love and non judgment For those interested in a somatic bodywork session, 2 time slots will be available in the evening following each day's event. Creative practice inquiry and coaching is available pre or post workshop in 3 hr blocks. Reccommended fees : (sliding scale is available) Workshop : $200 Pre or Post Workshop Coaching Session (3hr): $200 Presented by Kristin Humbarga of KLH Coaching Studio: MFA, CiPP, POD. Trained in Brain Based Coaching, Somatic Awareness, Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness and Design Thinking . As a Creative Practice and Leadership Coach, Kristin blends knowledge and practice to create transformational experiences for individuals in leadership and life. Kristin Humbargar is a Personal Wisdom and Leadership Development Coach, Certified in Positive Psychology, Positive Organizational Development, is a Seven Stones Leadership SUSTABU guide and is trained in NeuroLeadership, Somatic and presence based coaching, she holds a Masters of Fine Arts, is the founding director of the Essex Hub co working and co creative spaces,  and is the Chief Listening Officer at KLH Coaching Studio contact [email protected]