Category: Workshops

Chakra Yoga & Art Series (Oct – Nov, 2019)

Creative Workshop with Evie Dunville & Laura Gibson!

Chakras are the main energy centres responsible for receiving, flow and release of life Energy (prana, chi) and form the main link between the body and the mind. They are located along the spine, and they are distributed to seven levels on which the energy vibrates.

In this 6 week series workshop, you will be led through understanding your chakras from root to crown through yoga practice, oils, meditation, breath work and intuitive expression through creative art.

You will experience flow and yin yoga, creativity, movement and balance every week based around a new chakra, completing the series with a sense of balance and finished art pieces based on the chakras to remind you of your experience. You will also receive a special chakra gift from Laura Lotus Love at the completion of the full program!

What you will learn: • What are the chakras and where are they • How to create balance in the chakras through yoga, meditation, essential oils and creative expression! • How to use an understanding of the chakras to improve creativity • How to use art to access your chakras • How to create intuitively • What poses access each chakra • Why you might be feeling misaligned in your chakras and how to change it!

Series starts Fri. Oct 4th. 6 weeks from 6-7:15pm. Full series $120. Or you may sign up for Individual Sessions $25 (plus tax)

Week 1: Root (Oct 4) Week 2: Sacral (Oct 11) Week 3: Solar Plexus (Oct 18) Week 4: Heart (Oct 25) Week 5: Throat (Nov 1) Week 6: Third eye & Crown (Nov 8)

Must Pre-register. Spaces limited to 10 bodies! Not all 6 are mandatory, so you can sign up for all or individual sessions.

Art Therapy: Fostering Resilience & Healing (Mar 6, 2020)

A presentation as part of the Canadian Domestic Violence Conference 6

This presentation will introduce an Art Therapy approach to fostering resilience and healing. Art Therapy uses non-verbal communication to support resilience. This approach builds the capacity to reverse physiological changes associated with trauma, expanding the individual’s capacity to recover, adapt and problem solve.

Art & Yoga (Jul 9, 2019)

Inhale and exhale, expand and enhance.

Join Art Therapist Evie Dunville and Yoga Instructor Laura Gibson for Art & Breath ~ rhythm and flow at Halifax Yoga. Weave between intentional yoga movement and creative expression to restore balance and foster resiliency through self awareness.

* Engage in a new experience within a supportive group environment.

Tues. July 9th from 6-8pm! $40 Capped at 12 spots!.

Art & Yoga (Jun 25, 2019)

Inhale and exhale, expand and enhance.

Engage in art and yoga with Art Therapist Evie Dunville, and Yoga Instructor Laura Gibson, as complementary practices in a session at Halifax Yoga that combines yoga movement and creative expression. Yoga and art work together to restore balance and foster resiliency through self awareness. Find your rhythm and flow as you weave between intentional movement and creative expression in a supportive group environment.

Tues. June 25th from 6-8pm! $40 Capped at 12 spots!

Art & Yoga (Jun 4, 2019)

Inhale and exhale, expand and enhance.

Engage in art and yoga with Art Therapist Evie Dunville, and Yoga Instructor Laura Gibson, in a session that combines yoga movement and creative expression at Halifax Yoga.

Yoga and art work together to restore balance and foster resiliency through self awareness. Find your rhythm and flow as you weave between intentional movement and creative expression in a supportive group environment.

No Experience necessary.

Tues. June 4th from 6-8pm! $40
Registration required — Capped at 15 spots!

Supporting Resiliency and Well-being through Art in Young Children (May 4, 2018)

A presentation as part of the annual EDCA of PEI’s annual conference.

This highly interactive session will explore the distinctive outcomes associated with using art as therapy, and why it works. Participants will explore the concept of
using art therapy in the classroom to build resiliency and well-being in children, as well as how to speak to children about their artistic process. Case studies will include art therapy for grief and loss in the classroom, and using art therapy and storytelling for agency building in the context of a daycare.

Participants are asked to come prepared to create, and are asked to dress in clothing appropriate for crafting.

Eco-Leadership (May 3, 2018)

An experiential workshop as part of the ECDA of PEI’s annual conference.

Eco Leadership is a program designed for school-aged children. Based on an anti-bullying platform, encouraging empathy for each other and the environment while lessening the impact of waste in landfills and promoting sustainability. The workshop will incorporate art making as well as an in-depth exploration of the program, including case studies.

Art Therapy and Mindfulness (Apr 22, 2018)

An open presentation on Art Therapy and Mindfulness, part of the Free Wellness Day at Halifax Central Library hosted by the Nova Scotia Chapter of Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture of Canada. Stop by room 301 from 2:30-3pm for information and the chance to try out some mindful art making techniques!

Art For The Soul (Feb 2, 2018)

Join Peer Support and Healthy Minds Team for #ART4THESOUL as Art Therapist Evie Dunville guides us to bring meaning to a blank canvas by allowing our creativity to flow freely. You will be led through brief demonstrations of working with acrylic paints and have plenty of opportunity to create your own master piece!

It’s all FREE!

Free admission, snacks and refreshments courtesy of SMU Peer Support.

February 2nd from 5:30-7:30 pm in the MM Auditorium.