Somatic art therapy

Somatic Art Therapy: Alleviating Pain and Trauma through Art

When You Can’t Draw Your Feelings Hello friends, today, I'll show you what you can do if you’re feeling stuck with trying to express your feelings through art. You might have tried to do this exercise I shared previously, where I showed you how to draw or paint your emotions on paper. I know so

A body-focused, trauma-informed art therapy that will appeal to art therapists, somatic experiencing practitioners, bodyworkers, artists, and mental health professionalsWhile art therapy traditionally focuses on therapeutic image-making and the cognitive or symbolic interpretation, Cornelia Elbrecht instructs listeners how to facilitate the...

Put your phone away for 20 minutes and soothe your soul with these easy, artistic exercises and tutorials. Fun, easy and inspiring

Can Polyvagal Theory explain my obsession with art and craft?

When you become more aware of your body and its sensations, you become more likely to notice stress, anxiety, and tension. This is useful because body awareness gives you the knowledge of when it’s time to step back, take a break, or not overwork yourself. Without body awareness, we often ignore these important signals that our bodies send us. And when we suppress these basic needs for rest, nutrition, and digestion, they can often have negative consequences on our physical and mental…

Art Therapy

Bilateral drawing is drawing simultaneously with both hands and is sometimes referred to as bilateral doodling or scribbling. It is an exercise in both self soothing and warming up your whole brain.