Healing through art: Pet Grief
Our fur, feathery and scaly babies become apart of our family, and we need space to grieve, and honor them the same way we do humans.
This workshop, facilitated by Therapeutic Arts Practitioner; Stephanie Chinn, offers a safe and supportive space where we explore pet-grief and the different avenues to healing through our grief. It doesn't matter if you lost a pet 2 days ago, or 6 years ago -- you still can show up and work through whatever stage of grief you may be in.
We make a piece honoring our love for our lost baby while also processing the grief, with where we are currently at. No artistic experience is necessary—just an open heart and the willingness to create. This workshop is process focused, not outcome. Stephanie will also share what has helped her move and work through the loss of her soul dog; Nom Noms. Therapeutic arts can help us work through parts of ourselves that do not live in our mind, but reside in our subconscious -- where we can regulate our nervous systems and create long-term healing.
Duration: 1.5 hours
Supplies needed: Paper and some kind of coloring tools (crayons, markers, colored pencils)
Healing through art: Body Image
Our relationship with our bodies is one of the most sacred relationships we will have in our lives. It’s a complex relationship layered with our personal experiences, inner-dialogues and the stories we have been told about how we SHOULD feel about our bodies.
In this 2 hr workshop, we will explore that relationship through therapeutic arts practices (NO PRIOR ART EXPERIENCE NEEDED) This workshop is not product focused; it’s process focused, so no need to be an ‘artist’. This is about using art as a tool to go inward and strengthen our relationship with our body-image. This workshop isn’t about exploring how we must LOVE our bodies all of the time, it is about how we can still respect, care for and nourish our bodies through the ebbs and flows of our body-image.
This workshop is for you if you're working to heal your relationship with your body.
Duration: 2 hours
Supplies needed: Paper and some kind of coloring tools (crayons, markers, colored pencils)
Workshop feedback:
"Stephanie is so absolutely magical, creative, and a joy to be guided by in any and all workshops!"
— Diana G
Workshop feedback:
"My experience with the workshop was so magical and healing. Having no previous art experience, I was quite nervous about being able to create, but Stephanie's prompts to make it about play and not about creating a finished piece really gave me the permission I needed to explore."
— Amanda N