The 'How' of Neuroplasticity with Art & Mindfulness - by Charmaine Husum.

ONLINE Zoom Event with Charmaine Husum.

The 'How' of Neuroplasticity with Art & Mindfulness
How can the Creative Process and Mindfulness techniques reroute neural pathways in the brain to support optimal mental health?
In this workshop will explore just that!
So many of us have been struggling with mental health after a very difficult couple years; finding the right solution can be exhausting! In this workshop we will explore how using Art and Mindfulness techniques can contribute to healing and actually change neural pathways in the brain for optimal mental wellbeing.
Join Art Therapist, Registered Therapeutic Counsellor, Yoga/Meditation teacher, and Somatic Practitioner Charmaine Husum DKATI, RTC, CT, as we discuss and experience the power that art and mindfulness have on moving through difficult times in life. If you have been feeling the heaviness that life can bring or are just curious on ways to shift towards optimal happiness and joy, this workshop is for you.
You do not need to be an artist to receive the benefits of using art in therapy and you don’t need to be a seasoned meditator to tap into the resource of using breath to create a sense of calm.
The idea of using art in psychotherapy has been around since the early days of Carl Jung. It is through the making of art that feelings trapped inside the body can be moved and expanded on, bringing an awareness to ourselves that was before uncovered. Integrating psycho-therapeutic techniques with the creative process helps people resolve conflicts and problems, develop interpersonal skills, manage behavior, reduce stress, increase self-esteem and self-awareness, achieve insight, and improve mental health and well-being (American Art Therapy Association, 2013). Art Therapy can help a person give expression to their feelings and hidden inner conflicts that they may not have words for by bringing unconscious feelings to consciousness. When we add mindfulness and breathwork to this exploration, we further instill lasting healing tools somatically, to create lifelong and effective change.
COST: Free

MATERIALS NEEDED: Paper and writing device or any art materials of your choice. (Although all one needs is a writing device, the benefits of art therapy expand when we have a large selection of materials to choose from)
WHERE: Zoom link :
Charmaine @ Centre of the HeArt is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: The How of Neuroplasticity with Art & Mindfulness
Time: Apr 21, 2022 07:00 PM Edmonton
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BIO: Charmaine Husum DKATI, RTC, CT, runs a private Art Therapy and Counselling practice Centre of the Heart in Calgary Alberta, seeing clients in person and online both regionally and internationally. She is also an Artist, Kundalini Yoga teacher and trained in the somatic approach of Integrative Body Psychotherapy and Reiki.

Helping others find their personalized way to healing through art psychotherapy, mindfulness and body focused approaches is the foundation of her work. Her approach to healing is within a Humanistic, Feminist lens that believes the power of healing lies within the individual. She specializes in working with trauma and symptoms of PTSD and C-PTSD as well as Autism, Depression, Anxiety, Eating Disorders, Addiction, Suicidality and other mental health symptoms. She also works as an integration specialist for people needing support after psychedelic or plant medicine journeys using art therapy, meditation and transpersonal counselling.

Her current research enthusiasms are in neuroplasticity, neuroscience, epigenetics, mystical integration and intergenerational trauma; on which she is currently writing a book and creating online courses and programs.
Centre of the Heart is grateful to live and work on the traditional territories of the Blackfoot Confederacy (Siksika, Kainai, Piikani), the Tsuut'ina, the Îyâxe Nakoda Nations, and the Métis people of Calgary Alberta, Canada.