Aileen's
Oasis -WORKSHOP Preamble: Circles have long been used as a ancient healing form whether as a figure drawn on paper, in the sand or as a format for being together in a group. In Aboriginal cultures, medicine men would often have the patient lie in a circle created upon the ground or in a covered structure as they performed their healing techniques. Afterward, the drawn figure would be erased indicting that the malady was now forever erased. Famous Swiss psychiatrist as Carl Gustav Jung, discovered the beneficial use of the Sacred Circles, termed Mandalas, meaning sacred circle in Sanskrit, as spontaneously began drawing them daily as part of his journal entries. He quickly realized the benefits of this practice and used this Mandala drawings with his patients as a healing component of their treatment. Bernie Seigel, oncologist, and author of Love, Medicine and Miracles worked the Exceptional Cancer Patients who, in spite of negative prognosis, survived in many cases much longer that their oncologists had predicted. He worked with this special group of patients using this circular art form. During the time of their therapy, Bernie discovered that expressing within the circular drawing seemed to assist this group of patients in expressing deeply held emotions that permitted them to accept the future without the usual anguish and dread. Often their lives were much more fulfilled and peaceful than would otherwise have been the case. This phenomena of spontaneously discovering the benefits of the Sacred Circle has been repeated over and over again. Therefore, I have decided to work with this in a workshop context experimenting with the use of various drawing media, music and meditations. Purpose: Mandalas have been used for centuries for healing purposes. During this workshop we will discover how our creativity is innate and simply waiting for the appropriate opportunity to be presented. We will learn how to work with mandalas as a healing tool to be incorporated into our daily life as an enduring process of healing. Description: In this workshop we will learn about the history of the mandala, discover the therapeutic possibilities, learn about the symbolism of colour and shape as we create, enjoy and share our wonderful works of art. We will explore individually and as a group the actual healing power of this beautiful icon. We will work with a variety of media over the six weeks of this workshop, exploring texture, colour, shape and the impact of music and imagery upon our person process. Resources: This workshop is designed around the works of Susanne F. Fincher, Judith Cornell, and Bernie Seigel. Duration: This workshop is approximately 18 hours in length, over 6 evening and will be offered in the Winter of 2009. Each evening will be about 3 hours long from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m Cost: Cost to participants will be $180. which includes supplies. Location: MacLaren Center of the Healing Arts, 340 MacLaren Street, 2nd floor, Ottawa
Description: In this workshop we will learn about the history of the mandala, the discovery of the therapeutic possibilities of using mandalas as well as exploring individually and as a group the actual healing of the powerful icon. Schedule: Workshop is approximately 18 hours in length, over 6 evenings.
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