Invitation to living the Wildish Self
A series of workshops to deepen our relationship with our creative selves.
4 Sessions. The workshop is designed as a whole, but each session can be taken independently, Modifications to be announced shortly.
Through creative exploration of our cycles and rites of passage, we will nourish and develop our visions.
- Creativity sessions and group discussions are the basis of the process
- Each session will focus on a theme
- Readings from "Women who run with the Wolves" by C.P.Estés
- Jungian psychological framework
- Practical information on different forms of intelligence and personal thinking patterns
"She must set for herself a something in life that she is willing to reach for and therefore take risks for. It is through this process that she shapes her intuitive powers"
-C.P.Estés
Introductory session
Initiation
Date to be announced
Exploring our spontaneous creative process and our intuition
Cycles and rythm
dates TBA
- The different cycles in a woman's life, listening to one's rhythm
- Rites of passage: understanding one's place in one's own cycle
- Medicine wheel and Mandala
Women's Wisdom
TBA
- Intuitive thinking, right brain, creative intelligence
- "Clear water nourishing the creative life"*
- Leadership au féminin
- Deepening the personal creative process and contact with our archetypes
Accessing our vision
" To take the world into one's arms and to act towards it in a soul-filled and soul-strengthening manner is a powerful act of wildish spirit"
-C.P.Estés
- Woman in relationship to the planet
- Nourishing our goals, missions, and visions
- Deep ecology
- Vision questing, natural Mandala, Land Art
*all quotes from C.P.Estés "Women who run with the wolves"
NEW:
WOMEN WHO RUN IN THE DESERT
"When we understand the wildish nature as being in it's own right, one which animates and informs a woman's deepest life, then we can develop in ways we never thought possible"
C.P. Estés.
Contact your inner wild woman; enjoy an 8 day creative journey in the warm and welcoming Tunisian desert of Grand Erg Oriental.
With the dunes' majesty as a backdrop, we will journey in search of la loba, your inner wild women, your creative soul...
Program: Gentle hiking, not more than three hours/day, (with camels carrying our bags). The rest of the day will be spent in creative activities (drawing, painting, writing, music making...)
Themes for exploration inspired by "Women Who run with the Wolves" by C. P. Estés.
- Time for solitude and time for community
- Sleeping in tents or under the night sky (your choice)
- The weather in March is pleasant (25-28c), evenings are cool (15c).
- No artistic experience is required; activities are designed for all levels; artistic materials provided
- Easy hiking level
In collaboration with l'Ami du Vent
Dates : offered in 2007-2008, or contact us to arrange for your group.
*Image copyright L'ami du Vent Copyright Ami du Vent.
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"Each woman has potential access to Rìo Abajo Rìo, this river beneath the river. 
-Your dreams, strengths , desires 
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Bilingual expressive therapist, psychotherapist and coach, working with individuals and couples for over 20 years in the USA and in Paris, offers workshops, outdoor adventures and retreats as well as coaching and teambuilding services. 
Elizabeth Leafy FELD M.A.