Thresholds Art Therapy

14/10/2022

Introducing Towards Eudæmonia: A Season on the Mountain, learning, connecting, feeling.
Eudæmonia is a state that results from living well…
(…or being seized by a nature spirit).

In a state of Eudæmonia one finds self-discovery and expression, purpose in life, intense enjoyment and full presence in one’s activities. Eudæmonia does not arise from the ‘little self’ (or ego), but by getting the self “out of the way”, and allowing nature’s forms, feel and intent to wash through us. Eudæmonia is what we feel when we connect with nature.

This series of weekend offerings (October & November) on the beautiful and mysterious Mt Tarrengower is designed to bring you closer to nature and to yourself. The series is presented in association with the Maldon Neighbourhood Centre.

More information go the new website https://xn--towardseudmonia-6lb.weebly.com/

05/11/2021

Warm spring greetings from my dwelling spaces ~ to you in yours... I have been exploring even more 'embodiment' (focussing on what is happening in the body and being present to that) in my work and within myself. It is profound!! And I've have been offering a powerful creative process called "body mapping" with some of the women and children I companion, with Creative Arts Therapy.

If you would like to have a greater sense of "Body mapping" and "Embodiment" possibilities - here is a an inspiring short film by: Annette Schwalbe, Body & Movement Psychotherapist:

With heART,
Marita

A therapeutic and creative approach for women to gain inspiration and guidance from her body. In the film, founder of Somatic Body Mapping, Annette Schwalb...

08/10/2021

Hello! We have a beautiful offering for you - a 3 session live online course this November, a journey together ...

"The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having fresh eyes" Proust.

A N X I E T Y... lets meet it with fresh eyes... feel free to share this course around your communities...

Warmly,
Marita 🌀

21/08/2021

A N X I E T Y... We all feel it, this primitive emotion, it has helped us survive so much over millennia, so it does come with some benefits. Yet, sometimes it gets too carried away, too much and it can be so debilitating, I know from lived experience.

The image is 'The Inkpot' a water-filled sinkhole in Lower Glenelg National Park (where I camped in January). Anxiety can feel like this, an endless sinkhole of good energy.

Would you like some support with meeting and understanding your experience of anxiety? Would you like to find new ways to respond to it, to live with it in empowering ways?

Well this October, we (Denise Howes: Counsellor & Mindful Self-Compassion Teacher and I: Marita Jacobsson) will be offering a 3 week online introduction to meeting your anxiety with self compassion and creative arts approaches.

Stay tuned for more details, we are currently co creating all the good stuff for you to share in, with us ~ this Spring.

21/08/2021

I am re-posting and raving about this Mindfulness Self Compassion Course, Live Online, Starts September 20!

Did you see their special deal offered? BYO friend/associate and they pay half!

Includes introduction session, 8-week course, 3hr
virtual retreat and MSC workbook.
$550 per participant

Special Offer: If a participant brings a friend or
associate, the fee will be half price
for the second participant.
Limited concession places are also available.

Here are the testimonials from this same course I completed in June:

Comments from MSC participants who have completed the course:

I am so grateful for my growth and learning, that I am applying to my personal and professional life, by attending the 8-week MSC course. Thank you for this transforming experience!

Initially I was worried that this course was not for me – but it definitely was! This course has left me with a calmness and sense of well-being – which feels wonderful.

I have greatly benefited by doing the MSC course. I feel stronger, more resilient and more able to give to others (and myself). I would strongly urge anyone to do the course if they are contemplating it.

The MSC program has provided me with a sense of understanding and acceptance of myself and others. It has opened my eyes to savor every moment and find comfort in the experiences that surround me.

MSC has been such a powerful and freeing process that has for the first time, allowed me to consider treating myself as I would a best friend. It’s allowed me to really breathe, to realise I am a worthy human being and that common humanity means I am not alone.

The MSC course was a beautiful unfolding of togetherness. It was incredible to develop such deep connections with people through shared experiences, shared intentions. No need to express the rawness of emotions and pain, just be through these practices that helped us to let go, accept and love ourselves.

With kindness,
Marita

04/08/2021

I highly recommend this course and the excellent Teachers: I completed this recently and I continue to reap the rewards in my personal and professional life.

"A moment of self compassion can change your entire day.
A string of such moments can change the course of your life"
Christopher Germer

With compassion, Marita

16/06/2021

Mindfulness Drawing Prompt: fill a whole page with randomly shaped circles.
Notice your breaths…
Notice your thoughts…

Deepen your breaths…
Draw a circle for each thought…

How much space is it taking up in your mInd?
How much space is it taking up on the paper?

Or just draw circles, or any shape, drop into your breath awareness and the practice of pen on paper: a relaxing practice of just being in the here-and-now.

Image: Drawing my favourite shape, circles, with a purple felt tip pen, during a 3 hour ‘Mindfulness Self Compassion’ class, soon coming to the end of an 8 week online course.


I am dreaming of offering these nourishing ways-of-being, entwined with Creative Arts Therapy, in future groups. Stay Tuned! ⭕️

11/06/2021

Warmly Welcome... I have been dreaming of this for a long time...This group series will be a 'hands on' introduction to Creative Arts Therapy, using art making as a form of inquiry, to make sense of things and to find new pathways to your wellbeing.
Booking information to come soon.
With heART, Marita 🦜

12/05/2021

Aaaaah, "Mindfulness Self Compassion": I am 'swimming' in this learning at present, completing an 8 week course online, with a beautiful group of Women from around Australia.

With intentions to weave these wonderful knowings into my own future Art Therapy groups: watch this space!

These practices have given me lovely tools for when times are tough. One such practice is "A Compassionate Friend" guided meditation, actively using our amazing imaginations...

Chris Germer will guide you, via this guided audio practice.

With compassion,
mARiTa

Chris Germer is a clinical psychologist, meditation practitioner, author, and teacher of mindfulness and compassion in psychotherapy and everyday life. He is...

12/05/2021

A Warm Autumnal hello to you 'out there' .... A 'seed of softness' I created a little while ago (oils, acrylics, white charcoal, wool fibre and finger painting), is presently, gently, taking sprout...

I am offering Women's Art Therapy groups in my Castlemaine Thresholds Studio, commencing this June, offering: Art Journalling, 'Mindfulness Self Compassion' practices, playing with easy poetry & more... NDIS funded beings (Yes, I am a Registered Provider) are welcome too, stayed tuned for details or email to express your interest: [email protected]

PS. Finger painting is fun!!
Marita 🦜