January 09 Newsletter
The time between the years...
often finds us disorientated, even a little edgy, jumping like yoyos between excitement, merriment and Blues, anticipation, elation, flatness and even a meaning crisis and back to yet something else. Our usual full-to-the-brim life and hectic rhythm has pretty much seized to exist, and there it is, this window of opportunity, this time of possibility to finally attend to all the people and projects we have longed to be with, that we have rarely visited in the last year and have promised this precious time to. And suddenly I have a mental list a mile long of all the people I want to spend time with, the places in nature that all year I wanted to visit, the creative projects that I had put aside, the envisioning about the year ahead, and then there is also the damn tax return! And there….the time between the years grows into a an edgy thing that has me swing between some very chilled out days with my partner and cat, bumbling happily along into the short days and then a panic that now that I have let go my reigns I will never be able to ever work again and juggle all my projects and various hats- is this just me or does any of this sound familiar?
Then suddenly I remembered that these are after all the ‘Rauhnächte’, the ‘rough nights’, the nights when the wild and wonderful old, European dark Percht rides with her wild hair and wild hounds over the country and creates havoc- she is the stirrer, the wild one and supporter of all who seek their wild, expansive, untamed Selves- she hates all domesticity, is known to break dishes, tear down washing lines when people dare to attend to those chores in this, yes, holy time! She reminds us that this time is one in which we need to let go of our too closely held reigns, allow chaos, go inside and then out again, let things hang out and let other things go, shuffle the deck anew and see what it will bring up for us in the new year: a time also for divination and remembering our roots, our ancestors.
Percht is still on the lose until the 6th of January, and so I invite you to pay attention to her energies in this time! Maybe in your envisionings, dreams, thoughts, affirmations, resolutions and hopes for the New Year you can also let her in: expansive, wild, untamed energy.
I know that if I don’t invite her I become a very good girl who attends to all her chores but becomes stale and worn out very quickly. Yes, Percht makes me feel disorientated but then I believe like Anne Bogart says: ‘Every great project begins with disorientation’; and isn’t a new year a beautiful new great project, a magnificent blank canvas !?
I myself will make a collage for my new year ahead, I like it’s playful form and process.
And if you want to give yourself a treat and feel you like some support to tackle that long overdue creative project that you’ve been promising yourself to start or finish, I am starting a new Creativity Coaching group in January, which has a few places left. Or maybe the Shamanic path has pulled you for some time and you would like to find out more? Then send me a line or two at evaweaver@talk21.com or visit me at the Lewes Wellbeing Fest on the 11th of January where I will give a talk about Creativity Coaching. And please read on! I look forward to hearing from you!
With warmest wishes! Eva
PS email me if you’d like to come to the Wellbeing Fair- I will give away 10 entry tickets!
PPS: If anyone is in Ireland over the weekend of 23/24th of January, I will be performing ‘RED CROSSING’ a durational performance over two days at ‘EXCURSIONS’ , Limerick’s, Contemporary Performance Festival! for info: www.visitlimerick.com
Welcome to the January WILDWING Newsletter!
'INTO THE WILD CENTRE OF CREATIVITY'-
an on-going Creativity Coaching group
Whether you are at the beginning path of
connecting or re-connecting with your creativity
or a seasoned artist, Creativity Coaching can support
you in various ways: exploring and unblocking obstacles
and patterns that might hinder you in fulfilling your
creative dreams, addressing practical, existential or
spiritual issues and celebrating your achievements.
This small group will offer a supportive and nurturing
environment to work with hands-on creative exercises and space to address issues that might stand in the way of fulfilling creative potential, such as procrastination, burn-out, loss of meaning etc.
Every session will include some creative and stimulating exercises, such as free- writing, mapping, collage, drawing, clay as well as time for discussion and exchange. We will look at time-management, balance, how to avoid burn-out, strategies for regular creating etc. and you are encouraged to commit to individual ‘homework’ in between sessions.
This group will be on-going and a commitment for three months initially is essential.
No artistic skills are needed only a willingness to work within a group and use creative media!
The group will run weekly,
Tuesdays 6 pm to 7.30 pm
maximum 6 participants
Start: Tuesday 27th of January 09
Cost: £150 for 10 sessions,
some concessions available.
I look forward to hearing from you!
For more info or to book
please call 07757747027 or
email evaweaver@talk21.com
I look forward to hearing from you!
'Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it! Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.' Goethe
Complementary Therapies, Personal Growth and Spiritual Awareness
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Live Music, Children’s Area, Workshops, Talks, Demonstrations & Delicious Organic Food!
Saturday 10th 10:30am - 6:00pm
Sunday 11th 11:00am - 5:30pm
The Corn Exchange (Town Hall) & Assembly Rooms, Lewes,
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Admission charges £3.00 (2 day pass £5.00)
Concessions £2.50 (2 day pass £3.50) Children under 16yrs free!
For full info, programme and to book tickets call 01273-488924
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Here some greetings from the wild and wonderful Percht! (from celebrations in Austria and Germany)
Welcome to WILDWING’s January Newsletter !
I will be giving a talk on Sunday on Creativity Coaching, would be lovely to see you there!
Introduction to Shamanism for Arts Therapists
as part of Roehampton University ‘Lets Engage’ CPD Programme.
on Saturday 21st of February 09 10.30-4.30pm £80
for more info and to book , click here
This one-day CPD course offers an introduction to the ancient spiritual practice of Shamanism and raises questions about the relevance of its concepts for our practice as Arts Therapists today. Space is offered for reflection, discussion and some practical exploration
Similarities and overlaps between Arts Therapies approaches and shamanic work and experience will be explored as well as clear differences. Besides an introduction to Core Shamanism, the workshop will include case material from Art Therapy practice in the field of Mental Health as well as from my experience as a shamanic practitioner and as a Performance Artist. The workshop does not require any previous knowledge of shamanism.
Over the past few years Shamanism has received a lot of interest from various areas, including health practitioners, therapists and artists. Shamanism is the oldest spiritual path known; it holds a world-view that all things are connected and that everything that exists has a living spirit. Shamanism is a path of the heart, which helps us to connect more deeply and fully with ourselves, with other people, nature and spirit-helpers/ guides in various forms through the way of the ‘shamanic journey’ in which the practitioner asks for help, guidance and knowledge and healing.
What can we, as Arts Therapists learn from Shamanism and are Arts Therapists really ‘modern day shamans’ as Shaun McNiff suggests?
‘The Mask of Power- Introduction to therapeutic Mask-work- A two day CPD workshop at Roehampton University
For more information and to book click here
So I wish you all a
very HAPPY NEW YEAR
with much creative juices and adventure, fun, love, wildness and abundance!!
