At Daily Practice, 1322 Dodds Avenue, Chattanooga TN 37404 During this session, participants will study the Serenity Prayer through Art. Beginning with a decorated, framed and illuminated manuscript of the prayer itself and breaking it down week by week, participants will enjoy art-making projects with deeper meaning. Dates: Session 1 classes meet on Mondays from 11:30am - 1pm on the following dates in 2020: January 6, 13, 20, 27 & February 3, 10 Register Now for Session 1! … [Read more...] about Session 1 – The Serenity Prayer Through Art
Session 7: Your Food Language: An Exploration Through Art
November 11 - December 16 Mondays 11:30am - 1pm At Daily Practice, 1322 Dodds Avenue, Chattanooga TN 37404 Often disordered eating is not really about food. In fact the food is often a stand-in for something else we need or want or have too much of or can’t let in. If you are interested in exploring your own food language you may join us! As we identify unhealthy patterns and relationships with food and learn how to better meet those needs. We will use art and art making in this process … [Read more...] about Session 7: Your Food Language: An Exploration Through Art
Session 6: Paths to Peace
September 30 - November 4, Mondays from 11:30am - 1pm At Daily Practice, 1322 Dodds Avenue, Chattanooga TN 37404 Art and art making have been used by many cultures to create peaceful vibrations and to support a sense of well-being. Positive, up beat art can make an impact on a whole room or office. Creating art can also provide a sense of inner peace. Join artist/art therapist Jas Milam for this six week session devoted to using art to create inner and outer peace and tranquility. We will … [Read more...] about Session 6: Paths to Peace
Session 5: Mandala Intensive – Making and Coloring Mandalas
August 19 - September 23, Mondays from 11:30am - 1pm At Daily Practice, 1322 Dodds Avenue, Chattanooga TN 37404 Mandalas are drawings inside circles and have a rich and cross-cultural place in healing. The word mandala is Sanskrit for “circle”. Mandala artwork is represented cross culturally and historically and includes Buddhist sand mandalas, yantras and maybe even crop circles. They may be made of colored sand, chalk, paint or crayon and incorporate geometrics based on sacred geometry … [Read more...] about Session 5: Mandala Intensive – Making and Coloring Mandalas
Session 4: Guided Meditation Series With Art Debrief
May 20 - June 24, 2019 Mondays from 11:30am - 1pm At Daily Practice, 1322 Dodds Avenue, Chattanooga TN 37404 One of the Seven Spiritual Principles is the Law of Attraction, which states that we create our external life experiences first in our internal mind’s eye. Not only do we want to “see” our future with our third eye, we need to hold the vision and its vibration to manifest our desires. Guided Imagery is an easy way to both set the intention and envision the outcome. This workshop … [Read more...] about Session 4: Guided Meditation Series With Art Debrief
Torn Paper Mandala and Guided Meditation
May 18 2019 1pm - 2:15pm Experience the connection between visualization, guided meditation and art making during this gentle two-part experience. Jas Milam will lead a relaxing guided meditation/visualization exercise. Following this inner journey. participants will have the opportunity to create a torn paper mandala recreating the experience. This finished mandala can serve as a map back to this safe place or a reminder that peace is within. ONLINE REGISTRATION will be here, when … [Read more...] about Torn Paper Mandala and Guided Meditation
Centering Through Art
April 20, 2019 1pm - 2:15pm Centering through art and art makingis a meditational or devotional practice designed to quiet the mind and tune in spiritually. Coloring mandalas is a perfect way to do this. The benefits may be seen immediately and are helpful in reducing stress, beautifying your surroundings and maintaining conscious contact with a Higher Power. A variety of easy to keep on hand media – markers, colored pencils, crayons and gel pens – as well as circle templates, straight … [Read more...] about Centering Through Art
Aboriginal Dot Painting – mandala river rocks
March 16, 2019 1pm - 2:15pm The Aboriginal people of Australia believed that their souls traveled outside their bodies during sleep to a Dreamtime parallel universe. Their dot paintings were maps of this created during an altered state generated through sound (didgeridoo) and repetitive process (dot technique). Participants will borrow this idea and make a couple of these dot mandala stones to native music after viewing a presentation on these Indigenous Australians. ONLINE … [Read more...] about Aboriginal Dot Painting – mandala river rocks