PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

 
 
 

Organizations become healthier when they dedicate time and space for collective wellbeing, honest conversations, creativity, beauty, joy, and meaningful action. Healing arts practices create a spacious relational framework to help make this important work happen. I work with you to understand the terrain of your organization and then craft healing arts experiences that meet you there.

 
 

Expressive Arts Therapy and Eco-Arts for Collective Wellbeing

Expressive Arts Therapy approaches art-making as a profoundly healing practice that belongs to everyone. I was trained and certified in Expressive Arts Therapy by Indigenous wisdom-keepers in Canada. Through an Indigenous lens, creativity is an emergent process that flows from present-moment awareness and in embodied relationship with all sentient life. Expressive Arts workshops take place in a container of ritual or ceremony that allow access to deeper states of awareness and expression. The Meadow’s Expressive Arts Circles employ any number of mediums including dance and authentic movement, writing and storytelling, as well as visual and fiber art

 
 

Organizational Retreats

Would you like to provide an opportunity for your team to restore, reflect, and reset in these dense and challenging times? I can collaborate with you to create the perfect retreat for your organization. The Meadow retreats can last anywhere from a half day to an entire weekend and generally involve a combination of mindful movement and meditation, circle talks, and expressive/eco arts projects. 

 
 

Individual Sessions involving Mindfulness and the Arts

I’m happy to meet with individuals to explore how mindful arts can help build self-awareness, cultivate wellbeing, nourish and heal spirit, and enhance creative leadership.

 
 

Mindful Educators

Experiential and practical workshops rooted in the realities of the school system. Contemplative practices can improve the social emotional health of students and teachers, build the school community, prevent teacher and student burn-out. They are an excellent tool for learning, support, and conflict resolution.

 

Introduction to Mindfulness

This one-hour workshop introduces participants to the neurobiology of mindfulness, the basic pillars and tenets of mindfulness, and offers instruction on how to begin a personal mindfulness practice.

The Mindful Classroom

This 1.5-hour workshop explores ways in which educators can integrate mindfulness into their teaching practice to enhance learning and wellbeing in the classroom.

Self Care for Teachers

This 1.5-hour workshop is designed to address and relieve chronic stress that leads to teacher burnout. The workshop supports the wellbeing of teachers by offering tools for self care and restoration that can be used throughout the school day and beyond. We will use mindful movement and meditation to restore our bodies, minds and relationship with one another.

Beyond Mindfulness

This one-hour workshop takes contemplative practice to a new level by looking at how mindfulness can be the foundation for compassion for others. We will explore compassion based practices such as gratitude, loving kindness and exchanging self for other. These practices help us develop personal resilience, strengthen relationships, and build supportive communities.

Non-Violent Communication in the Classroom

This 1.5 hour workshop explores how human behavior and emotions are driven by unmet needs. We will explore how we can use mindfulness to identify the feelings and needs in ourselves. This increased social emotional awareness can improve communications and enhance connection.

Half-day Retreat

This three-hour workshop treats educators to some much deserved self care while offering practical tools they can use in the classroom. Educators will experience both mindfulness and compassion-based practices as well as have an opportunity for relaxation and restoration through mindful movement such as yoga, qigong, or expressive dance.

 
 

EACH ORGANIZATION IS DIFFERENT

At The Meadow, I work with you to create the best offering for your organization’s needs. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions or are looking for a specialized offerings that serves you and your employees.