The art of living creatively consists of short courses and workshops in deep personal transformation based on the philosophy of Rudolf Steiner, Psychophonetics (a therapeutic approach that includes conversation, body awareness, sensing, gesture, visualisation and sound work) and creative expression.
This personal development program is for people wishing to connect to their inner wisdom, who want to be more in charge of their lives and who wish to be on a more conscious and creative journey of self development.
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Course overview
The art of living creatively program consists of short courses and workshops in personal development over four terms - meeting on Tuesday evenings, 7.00pm-10.00pm, at the Tree of Life in Kew, with a 1 day workshop held each term on Saturdays, 10.00am-5.00pm, at the Michael Centre, in Warranwood.
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The next short course begins on Tuesday April 27
Participants are taken on a journey that explores
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Through the short courses and workshop program we will:
- Create a safe space to share and to express who we are on our soul journey
- Explore issues arising from the needs and wishes of group members
- Create a process of learning from and with each other
- Focus on our experience and the choices we make in life as the source of self-knowledge and inner knowing
- Develop skills to become more aware and conscious in our thoughts, feelings and actions
- Participate in an experiential approach that embraces our whole being, as body, soul & spirit
The art of living creatively program assists participants to focus on inner experience and expression. Participants will experience a range of ways for expressing, communicating and sharing within a safe group setting.
Facilitators bring a wide range of skills and knowledge including the framework of Anthroposophy (Rudolf Steiner’s spiritual work) and the tools of Psychophonetics (an expressive therapy that embraces the whole human being as body, soul and spirit) and creative skills in order to guide participants.
Part of a larger group painting by the facilitators
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About our team |
The facilitators bring a wide range of experience, expertise and creativity to their work. In addition, all are qualified Psychophonetics practitioners and members of IAPP (International Association of Psychophonetics Practitioners).
Participants will have a rare opportunity to work closely with our highly qualified team who are passionate about supporting and sharing in your journey.
Read more about our team by clicking on the names below.
 Judy Greenberg |
 Anne Holland |
 Hadas Sorenson |
 Robin Steele |
Kate Casey |
 Francoise Foster |
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Structure and course summary |
4 short courses over 4 terms x 7 weekly meetings + 4 x 1-day workshops (1 per term)
Weekly meetings: Tuesdays, 7.00-10.00pm at the Tree of Life, 3 Denmark St; Kew
Workshops: Saturdays 10.00am-5.00pm, at the Michael Centre, Warranwood
Soul drawing - April 27 to June 8 - Anne Holland
Workshop 2: Creative writing/poetry - Sat. June 19 - Kate Casey & Hadas Sorenson
The art of relationship - July 6 to August 17 - Hadas Sorenson
Workshop 3: Watercolour painting - Sat. August 28 - Hadas Sorenson & Kate Casey
The healing power of sound - September 14 to October 26 - Robin Steele
Workshop 4: Reflecting creatively on the journey - Sat. Nov 13 - Robin Steele & all facilitators
Pastel drawing by Hadas Sorenson
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Restoring inner peacewith Judy Greenberg |
Inner peace is our true nature yet we often don't feel peaceful. The world around us is certainly reflecting that lack of peace.
During our time together we will explore what is in the way of each of us experiencing inner peace and some different ways of restoring it.
We will be guided by the principles of Rudolf Steiner's seven conditions of spiritual development and focus on both inner peace and peace with others; our contribution to peace in the world. These conditions are also the basis for personal transformation.
Restoring inner peace is an experiential process in which you will learn basic and practical tools for exploring and transforming inner dynamics.
Tuesday February 16 to April 6 (no meeting on March 30)
Week 1: Self-care: Taking responsibility for my well-being
Week 2: Empathy: How conscious is my relationship to others?
Week 3: Reality of inner life: Thoughts, feelings, desires have an inner/outer impact
Week 4: Personal space: Taking care of my needs and those of others
Week 5: Steadfastness: Do my intentions and resolutions lead to action?
Week 6: Gratitude: Is my cup half-full or half-empty?
Week 7: Restoring inner peace: Living the 7 conditions
Workshop 1 - Clay/Drawing
Saturday April 10, 10.00am-5.00pm
Venue: The Michael Centre, 37A Wellington Park Dve; Warranwood
with Kate Casey and Anne Holland
Pastel drawing by Hadas Sorenson
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Soul drawingwith Anne Holland |
In this 7 weeks program through the use of drawing and colour, participants will explore and develop their own creativity and find a way of transforming and healing an issue that continues to make life difficult or uncomfortable.
By changing the way we relate to a painful or difficult situation, transformation and healing becomes possible.
This course is based on the successful series of workshops run by myself and Kate over the last 2 years.
Participants will journey together in a safe and supportive environment.
Each week participants will use tools of creative expression to tap into their own inner resources.
Tuesdays April 27 to June 8, 7.00pm-10.00pm
Week 1: Exploring and identifying inner needs
Week 2: Exploring inner dynamics (eg pain)
Week 3: Acknowledging and transforming loss
Week 4: Facing fear
Week 5: Overcoming inner conflicts
Week 6: Transforming anger
Week 7: Creating healing images from the heart
Workshop 2 - Creative writing/poetry
Sunday June 20, 10.00am-5.00pm
Venue: The Michael Centre, 37A Wellington Park Dve; Warranwood
with Kate Casey and Hadas Sorenson
Soul drawing
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The art of relationshipwith Hadas Sorenson |
Relationship starts when ‘I’ reach out to make contact with another. Once I identify separation between two or more configurations, I can start to communicate with them. We tend to think that relationship has to do with our social life, this is true, but it is also true to say that relationship begins with recognizing that we can experience ourselves as whole once we get to know our duality and our multiple faculties.
In the seven weeks relationship course we will start a conversation between the ‘I’ and the ‘other’ in myself and between me and my companions. We will enhance our observation skills and will explore useful tools of creating enjoyable and productive dialogues.
During these sessions we will explore multi-modal ways of expression, such as: Enactment and movement, visualisation, black and white drawing, pastel drawing, painting, sculpting and creative writing.
Tuesdays July 6 to August 17, 7.00pm-10.00pm
Week 1: The art of companioning
Week 2: Relationship with my body (soul & spirit)
Week 3: Family relationship
Week 4: Child–parent relationship
Week 5: How much space do I need?
Week 6: My present relationship to my past
Week 7: Relationship with the future me.
Workshop 3 - Watercolour painting
Saturday August 28, 10.00am - 5.00pm
Venue: The Michael Centre, 37A Wellington Park Dve; Warranwood
with Hadas Sorenson and Kate Casey
Pastel drawing by Kate Casey
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The healing power of soundwith Robin Steele PhD |
“When all the sounds of human speech resound around a living human body, every aspect of one’s inner experience, from every phase and level of one’s life echoes and vibrates with them, like the strings of a piano with the sound of guitar strings nearby. Our subtle bodies...are like the resonance chamber of the sounds…The sounds are the hidden language of our inner life.” (Tagar, 1995)
Working with body awareness, gesture and visualisation, the sounds can address and enhance the bodily memory of experience and access untapped inner resources.
The capacity of sounds to resonate with specific soul experiences makes them a powerful tool for personal development, as they can echo experiences, such as pain, inner and outer pressures, impositions, abuses, criticism, as well as experiences of protection, release, nurturing and inner strength.
Sound therapy gives us a range of effective tools for exploring our inner life and for creating a space for practicing authentic speaking and expression.
Week 1: Introduction to the experience of sounds
Week 2: Warming to the elemental groups of sounds
Week 3: Heart Flow meditation - Invoking through visualisation and sound
Week 4: Identity – the mystery of the ‘I’ - naming
Week 5: The power of sounds
Week 6: Healing with sounds
Week 7: Creating sound conversations
Workshop 4 - Reflecting creatively on the journey
Saturday November 13, 10am-5pm
Venue: The Michael Centre, 37A Wellington Park Dve; Warranwood
with Robin Steele, plus the other facilitators
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One day workshops: The healing power of creative expression |
“We must always be able to dream a little even by day when we are awake; we must be able to give ourselves up to the enjoyment of art, of poetry, or of some other activity that is not concerned wholly with crass reality. Those who can give themselves up in this way form a connection with something that can enliven and invigorate the whole of existence.”
--Rudolf Steiner
The art of living creatively incorporates an invigorating and enlivening workshop program that includes:
- Drawing/clay - with Kate Casey & Anne Holland - Saturday April 10
- Creative writing/poetry - with Kate Casey & Hadas Sorenson - Sunday June 20
- Watercolour painting - with Kate Casey & Hadas Sorenson - Sat. August 28
- Reflecting creatively on the journey - with Robin Steele & others - Sat. Nov. 13
As well as learning about technique and materials, participants will be offered the opportunity to focus on the interior landscape of memories, emotions, unconscious patterns and the heart’s wisdom, engage with a sense of beauty, and connect to their deepest resources of creativity and vitality.
Participants have the opportunity to gain skills and techniques that can be applied in their daily life.
No previous experience with the creative arts is required.
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Fees
Payment for each short course + workshop = $644For details of payment, contact Kate on 0419 246 389
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Enrol Now
Please download and complete the registration form PDF or Doc
or contact Kate directly - katemcasey@gmail.com
To secure your place in one or all of the short courses and workshops, register your interest now, as numbers are limited.
Pastel drawing by Hadas Sorenson
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Contact us
Enquiries can be directed to Kate Casey
Mobile: 0419 246 389
Email: katemcasey(at)gmail.com