In-Person Workshop: Introduction to the Life/Art Process® with Daria Halprin

Held in-person at the historic Mountain Home Studio, Kentfield, California

Saturday and Sunday, April 18-19, 10 am – 5 pm Pacific Time  

Cost: $350

Daily Schedule:

• Saturday, April 18, 10 am-5 pm ARRIVE FOR CHECK IN 9:30 am
• Sunday, April 19, 10 am-5 pm

Grounded on the innovative work of the Halprins, the workshop will introduce an approach to movement /dance and the expressive arts that enlivens dialogues between body and imagination, life experiences and art making, creativity and healing. 

Through the use of movement, drawing, poetic writing, improvisational performance, and ritual, you will tap into art’s symbolic language to encounter and explore your personal mythology, generating new resources to apply in your personal and professional life.

Throughout each day, you will be guided to explore your personal material through an interdisciplinary model that integrates movement/dance, visual art, and poetic narrative, opening doorways of insight, creativity, and play.

You will be guided in movement exercises and explorations to develop somatic awareness and the expressive language of the physical body.  Daria will introduce the Self Portrait Process and  Body Part Mapping –  visual and narrative maps will lead you into the themes and memories that inform your life. 

Over the course of the workshop, through group interaction and collaboration, we will form a community for healing art and ritual.  Participants will leave having made meaningful connections with others and having learned models that generate creativity, insight, and transformation.

Covid Protocol for in-person classes at Mountain Home Studio

Bring a box of oil pastels and a journal. 

Clothing for indoors and outdoors.

This workshop is designed for everyone. No previous experience in dance or art is needed. 

While this workshop can be therapeutic and personally meaningful, it is offered as a creative and educational experience and is not psychotherapy or a substitute for mental health care.

For further information about the work and Daria Halprin: www.tamalpa.org

Participants are required to bring their own craypas.

Daria Halprin, MA, REAT, RSMT: co-founding director of Tamalpa Institute, dancer, poet, teacher, and author, is among the leading pioneers in the field of movement/dance and expressive arts education and therapy. Her work bridges the fields of somatic psychology, movement/dance therapy, expressive arts therapy, community-based arts & health education, organizational consultancy, leadership development, social change & performance. Bringing a life-long practice in the arts to her work, published writings include: Coming Alive; The Expressive Body in Life, Art and Therapy; contributing author Expressive Arts Therapy: Principles and Practices; Poesis: Essays On the Future of the Field; and Body Ensouled, Enacted and Entranced. dariahalprin.org

Payment:

$350

Deadlines and Refunds:

QUESTIONS? Contact the Tamalpa office via email at info@tamalpa.org 

** To receive a similar workshop experience, we highly recommend you attend our event at Esalen **