4 Wednesdays, June 7, 14, 21, 28 | 9am-10:45am PT | $80 for the series
Myths are timeless and so is our soul. The Greek goddess Demeter is an archetypal mother figure that must be reimagined if we are to embody her cyclic wisdom, reclaim her courage, and harness her healing energies. Demeter’s journey is multifaceted: from bliss to loss, from grief to despair, from contemptment to anger, and from victimhood to empowerment. Demeter shows us the way back home to ourselves after a loss, when at a crossroads in our life, and while facing an unexpected event. As Demeter goes in search of her daughter she sets in motion the process of searching for the parts of herself that she has neglected. Demeter’s myth sheds light into a deep lesson from grief and victimhood: radical mothering begins with oneself.
In this 4-week journey participants will be guided to identify their own individual resonances with and connections to the story of Demeter utilizing the methodology of the Tamalpa Life/Art Process: somatic movement, movement metaphors, guided imagery, and expressive arts, and Life/Art dialogues.
What prior participants have said:
Demeter’s posture exploration brought me back, once more, to the trauma and the grief of having had an emergency C-section. The life and opportunity taken to roll, to flow into natural life- sterile, cold, unfelt- the child being taken away for a while- searching for him. The posture unfamiliar was to be in my power, to extend, connecting to Demeter’s power to insist on not feeding anyone till she knew where her child was…that power to have over life, even others life…is very unfamiliar. To embody it, connected me to a feeling of majesty…from there, shuffling back and forth birth happened…birth, holding pelvis, screaming from my pelvis…as if the screams that had not been screamed, finally were screamed and heard….it was a release and brought me to exploring my drawing in movement:” I am done mourning”. Thank you very much from the bottom of my heart, and of my family’s heart- I imagine this will be a helpful turning point! (Workshop participant, with permission to publish anonymously)
Marialuisa is a gifted and generous facilitator, who guides with a combination of gentleness and passion. She has a special talent for leading people into very personal and sacred places in a way that feels safe and transformative. Her work is always grounded in the physical and emotional realms of embodied learning and the breakthroughs can be life-changing. I have studied with her for years, and every class is a new discovery.– Elaine Rose
Marialuisa Diaz de Leon, MA, REAT, RSME/T.
Therapist, movement specialist, mythologist, educator, researcher, and performer born in Guadalajara, Mexico. Marialuisa’s professional experience in psychology, somatics, and the arts spans over twenty years and includes work in education, private practice, and community intervention. She served as Program Director at Tamalpa Institute and is core faculty for the Level 1 Weekday training program. Marialuisa is the creator of Mythic Life: Embodying Wisdom, Beauty and Courage where she brings her expertise to work with women’s empowerment through a forward thinking integration of myth, arts, somatic movement and archetypal psychology(mythiclife.net). She is on faculty at SouthWestern College in Santa Fe, NM and holds the office of President for the ISMETA Board of Directors.
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Payment
$80/series
Registration for this series is closed.
Deadlines:
- Registration closes 7:30AM Pacific Time on the first day of the series
- Refunds will only be given if cancellation is received at least 48 hours before the start of the first class
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