“Whenever illness is associated with loss of soul, the arts emerge spontaneously as remedies, soul medicine.  Pairing art and medicine stimulates the creation of a discipline through which imagination treats itself and recycles its vitality back to daily living.”
Shaun McNiff

Expressive arts therapy is a cutting edge approach to addressing life’s challenges.

The experience of expressive arts might be the creation of a painting, writing of a poem, or simply a movement of the hand. 

Within these creative expressions lie opportunities to open space to expanding ideas and beliefs. These are stories of possibilities.  These are the sounds when meaning is echoed in suffering.  We may delight in the surprise that emerges from ones work with the image, the word, the song.

Rather than interpret their meaning we may engage what is expressed by allowing it to speak, to tell the story of their creation, to dramatize through body movement, or simply to be with the image and listen to its message.  We may breathe life into what is created and journey further as we follow its unfolding.

Immersion into the healing power of the arts offers fresh perspectives, increased potential for change, insight, and deeper connection to self and others.

Contact Information:
Director:  Carmen Richardson
403-245-5553 ext 15
1528 12th Ave SW
Calgary, AB
T3C 0P9
 

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