These workshops demonstrate how any ordinary backyard, park or garden can provide relaxation, bliss and creative inspiration and a multitude of other therapeutic benefits.
All session are tailored to your needs aiming to fulfill participants personal intent and build confidence and self-esteem with creative expression through Eco-Art activities. Sessions are created with focus on the student's personal intent; this may be anything such as a need of greater relaxation, harmony and balance, address personal issues or to learn to allow creativity to flow and play with art materials. See some options below.
You will be guided to explore sensorial connections (Natural Attractions) in Nature by a qualified facilitator providing a nurturing and supportive environment conducive to inspirational flow and creative expression. You may submit your artwork and comments, participants have shared examples on the Gallery page.
All session are tailored to your needs aiming to fulfill participants personal intent and build confidence and self-esteem with creative expression through Eco-Art activities. Sessions are created with focus on the student's personal intent; this may be anything such as a need of greater relaxation, harmony and balance, address personal issues or to learn to allow creativity to flow and play with art materials. See some options below.
You will be guided to explore sensorial connections (Natural Attractions) in Nature by a qualified facilitator providing a nurturing and supportive environment conducive to inspirational flow and creative expression. You may submit your artwork and comments, participants have shared examples on the Gallery page.
Day/Time: On request. Weekly classes operate within the Victorian public school term (8-10 weeks)
Time: 2- 2.5 hours (Family Nature Play 1 hr)
Suitability: Adults and adolescents 16+ (Family Nature Play by quote/travel/intent)
Location: Any ordinary backyard. Yours or mine! Melbourne, Australia. Glen Eira district and surrounds.)
Session options:
Exclusions: Location considerations: *travel time (*Contact for travel allowance fee quote)
Facilitator: Ecopsychologist and eco=art facilitator Deborah Punton
Methods used include: Applied Ecopsychology (Natural Attractions), horticultural activities, art techniques, play, mindfulness and visualization.
Register/Inquire: Contact
Please call to give notice of cancellation of class: Participants will be offered a makeup class in case of illness with Backyard Bliss Program. Discontinuing sessions please provide 1 months notice.
Time: 2- 2.5 hours (Family Nature Play 1 hr)
Suitability: Adults and adolescents 16+ (Family Nature Play by quote/travel/intent)
Location: Any ordinary backyard. Yours or mine! Melbourne, Australia. Glen Eira district and surrounds.)
Session options:
- BLISS PROGRAM 1:1: Weekly individual classes for individuals wanting to dive deeply into Ecopsychology practices, systems thinking and Ecoo-Art Therapy for processing personal growth. The first session is a 1 hour trial: $60. If you choose to sign up for the term, a tailored program intent is ascertained and catered for. Session 2 hrs Fee: *$110p/session Inclusions: A3 Visual Art Diary and all materials.
- BACKYARD BLISS TEA PARTY: 4-6 friends get together for tea party at a Hosts house/backyard to deepen their connections with nature and support friendship bonds by sharing a common intent. How: The host invites friends and prepares a tea party. Your Eco-art facilitator takes you through steps depending on the groups intention for the first half, we break for tea and then go back to working on artwork and sharing reflections (Ages 16+) Exercises chosen may include bath or seed balls, propagation (sacred seeds), eco-art seasons. Session: 2.5 hours Inclusions: All materials provided. Fee: $60 per person payable as per confirmation email. Participants: 4-6 people
- FAMILY ECO-ART PLAY: 1 hr following the natural attractions of the curious young people and any focused intent. (Children aged 3-7) We explore their interests in a variety of outdoor locations, investigate and learn in a hands-on practical outdoor setting and complete the session with eco-art activity. (Eg: Creating insect habitats, growing edible plants, investigating and meeting the non-human friends in our area...) Fee: Contact for quote.
Exclusions: Location considerations: *travel time (*Contact for travel allowance fee quote)
Facilitator: Ecopsychologist and eco=art facilitator Deborah Punton
Methods used include: Applied Ecopsychology (Natural Attractions), horticultural activities, art techniques, play, mindfulness and visualization.
Register/Inquire: Contact
Please call to give notice of cancellation of class: Participants will be offered a makeup class in case of illness with Backyard Bliss Program. Discontinuing sessions please provide 1 months notice.
Create your own Mini-Garden from inspiration gained through Nature-connecting and Eco-Art exercises. This is a great fun activity to do with friends!
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Create bath bombs from inspiration gained through Nature-connecting and Eco-Art exercises. Take home bath bombs you have made, gift wrap, molds and worksheet instructions to repeat the activity.
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Natures natural cycles of seasons to address deeper yearnings, life transitions, underlying issues and work with Nature to align with all the particular season offers.
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Topics for investigation following Eco-Art methods
- Healing Relationship: Support in nature to help heal a troubled relationship.
- Perspective: Addressing a specific issue with natures guiding perspective.
- Accessing Creativity: Sensing colour and shape ( 54+ senses and sensitivities)
- Creative Flow: Accessing the creative flow state through Natural Attractions.
- Soundscape for Relaxation: Using sound to create by exploring our sense of hearing and relationships within
- Needing Support: A great grounding-gravity connecting the dots activity for stress reduction or clarity on an issue.
- Art Play: For people who feel they have no artistic ability, we look at design and pattern.
- Purpose: Wondering about sense of purpose... we follow natural attractions and make a zentangle.
- Transformation: Looking more deeply at changes in our lives and in Nature.
- Nature Play: Fun, expression and chatting with nature.
- Befriending our Shadow Self: exploring aspects of self in a guided and supported manner.
- Self-care: How can we naturally care for ourselves?
- Time: Never have enough time?
- Body Image: Transforming judgments to gratitude.
- Childs Play: Remember that child-like sense of play? Lets PLAY!!!
- Giving and Receiving: Finding balance
- Wholeness: Making a mandala in nature with natural materials or art materials
- Weaving oneness: Exploring our interdependence in a multifaceted world
- Gratitude: Enjoying breath as a creative exercise
"My 13 year old daughter has attended Deb's Nature Art Workshops (Backyard Bliss Program) for the last term. In that short time, Deb has managed to create a warm, calm and reassuring environment in which my daughter can relax, enjoy nature, take some artistic risks and learn about the detail she can find in nature as well as in her own work. The lessons always seem to go too quickly for both teacher & pupil which is always a good sign. This is a such a unique learning experience and one that would be hard to replicate without someone who has as much of an appreciation and respect for nature as Deb does. Highly recommend these workshops on a regular or holiday basis and am happy to discuss with anyone thinking of joining." (Deb. Melbourne. April 2015)
Guided nature walks gently assist with re-connecting with our inner nature and natural environment to provide therapeutic benefits. Deb uses Eco-psychology 'Natural Systems Thinking' model to gently guide individuals to access the natural energy and wisdom offering feelings of relaxation, creativity and inspiration. Individuals and groups of 4 or less will most benefit.
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