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Andrea Bloom Art Therapy

Locality: Sydney, Australia

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25.01.2022 Art and Nature

25.01.2022 But it is possible that everything will get better after it has all seemed to go wrong VG Artists feel life so deeply. They suffer and survive. They are pulled apart by passion. Art can contain so much life. Art therapy is spacious- it can offer space to come into oneself.

24.01.2022 Much broader than the title suggests. Let Theodore Zeldin breath space into your world.

22.01.2022 What are you choosing in this new year? How are you nourishing and supporting your highest desires? Where do you need to meet yourself (or be met by another) in a way that would feel truly good to you today? Lets start today. Together.

22.01.2022 Such good writing - punchy, to the point and on topic

20.01.2022 Art is an echo of the creative force that birthed the galaxies

20.01.2022 One of my favorites videos weve made "CUTE HOUSE" -Dress Up Gang -Frankie Quinones - Brent Weinbach

20.01.2022 Hows the fort building going in your place?

20.01.2022 This is what beautiful therapy can give you I love it!

19.01.2022 Art is essentially the expression of our aliveness

18.01.2022 This looks good ...

17.01.2022 A good description of the experience of carrying transgenerational trauma

16.01.2022 In our stream of consciousness that wash of different sensations feelings and emotions theres so much to process that a lot passes us by, Lomas says. Th...e feelings we have learned to recognise and label are the ones we notice but theres a lot more that we may not be aware of. And so I think if we are given these new words, they can help us articulate whole areas of experience weve only dimly noticed. See more

16.01.2022 The healing power of art

16.01.2022 Getting our creative on

16.01.2022 <> Unhealed wounds leave us vulnerable to manipulation. At their extremity, unhealed wounds are portals through which ideologues and fundam...entalists (of every stripe) recruit, program, and weaponize people to serve their own agendas of dominance and control. Healing is a pilgrimage -- one that liberates all of us who undertake it and liberates the communities to which we belong. Your healing heals your ancestors, your peers, and your descendants. When you restore your own wholeness, you heal our world, not least by making it impossible for someone elses ideology to become your guiding star. And yet, if you hold trauma in your body (as most of us do -- we live in a world lacerated by the violence of our own species) you cannot make healing yet another demand on an already fragmented energy system without inflicting further damage. Acceptance is the first portal to wholeness. Acceptance is a soul quality; it places you firmly in the power, presence and embrace of your soul, and the soul of the world. This is where you begin your pilgrimage to healing. Accept all of who you are, all that youve experienced, all that you feel and know, all the choices and actions that have led you here. Accept the truth of things as they are, without demanding change -- even as you hold, in your heart, a radiant vision of wholeness. Let your heart break -- it was made to shatter and be restored to wholeness over and over again. Know your desiccated, exhausted, traumatized, wounded personhood as a fractal of our beautiful, wounded world. Know yourself as a fractal of the Sacred, whole even in the midst of fragmentation. Create an energy field filled with the power of radical acceptance. Place your wounded inner selves in it, gently, with all the love and care with which youd cradle a newborn in a warm bath of purest water. Let the field of acceptance, and its multidimensional allies, enfold you. Feel the way your body lets go, releasing tension, striving, fear, and the heightened alertness that is one of the hallmarks of held trauma. Feel your heart soften, your twisted nerves resume their organic shape. Feel the movements of energy in your body, breath, feelings and thoughts. Feel the radiant patterns held by your soul, reorganizing your energy body back to its natural state of wholeness. Do this as a daily practice. Do it before you need it. Do it because you have been given the immense privilege of loving and caring for all life, including your own. Then, when you encounter the everyday violence of demagogues, you will stand as the chalice of your soul, the clear flame of truth your voice, your gift, your magic.

15.01.2022 #artteacherlife

14.01.2022 "These arent paintings on canvas. These are paintings on real, live humans!" Alexa Meade Art (video edited by Abbey Sacks Art)

14.01.2022 A good reference

14.01.2022 This is the most detailed picture of the inner cellular life ever taken. There are more than 100 trillion cells in the human body. Source: Harvard University "Cellular Landscape" Evan Ingersoll & Gael McGill (Digizyme Inc, Brookline MA)

14.01.2022 Holding doctors hearts

13.01.2022 David Bowie as sea mollusks is the distraction we need right now. (Via bowiebranchia.tumblr.com)

12.01.2022 Such compassion

12.01.2022 Sharing because I want to read this several more times

11.01.2022 Funny not funny but very beautiful work I’m currently working with parents and children to hold them while they shed trans generational trauma - deep healing

10.01.2022 "With his Polyvagal Theory, neuroscientist Stephen Porges offers a road map for understanding the ANS based on the fact that humans come hardwired to avoid thre...at and seek physiological safety by connecting with others. From the moment were born, our nervous systems are constantly searching for signs that its safe to connect. When we cant connect to reduce our neuroception of threat, we experience stress responses, often in the form of behavioral challenges. Unfortunately, many well-meaning educators are unaware of the powerful force that the ANS exerts on childhood behaviors, and so they continue to rely on the binary notion that childrens behaviors are either compliant or noncompliant. This popular paradigm views all behaviors as incentivized and motivated, rather than instinctual and safety-seeking."

09.01.2022 Sometimes a Wild God Sometimes a wild god comes to the table. He is awkward and does not know the ways Of porcelain, of fork and mustard and silver.... His voice makes vinegar from wine. When the wild god arrives at the door, You will probably fear him. He reminds you of something dark That you might have dreamt, Or the secret you do not wish to be shared. He will not ring the doorbell; Instead he scrapes with his fingers Leaving blood on the paintwork, Though primroses grow In circles round his feet. You do not want to let him in. You are very busy. It is late, or early, and besides You cannot look at him straight Because he makes you want to cry. The dog barks. The wild god smiles, Holds out his hand. The dog licks his wounds And leads him inside. The wild god stands in your kitchen. Ivy is taking over your sideboard; Mistletoe has moved into the lampshades And wrens have begun to sing An old song in the mouth of your kettle. I havent much, you say And give him the worst of your food. He sits at the table, bleeding. He coughs up foxes. There are otters in his eyes. When your wife calls down, You close the door and Tell her its fine. You will not let her see The strange guest at your table. The wild god asks for whiskey And you pour a glass for him, Then a glass for yourself. Three snakes are beginning to nest In your voicebox. You cough. Oh, limitless space. Oh, eternal mystery. Oh, endless cycles of death and birth. Oh, miracle of life. Oh, the wondrous dance of it all. You cough again, Expectorate the snakes and Water down the whiskey, Wondering how you got so old And where your passion went. The wild god reaches into a bag Made of moles and nightingale-skin. He pulls out a two-reeded pipe, Raises an eyebrow And all the birds begin to sing. The fox leaps into your eyes. Otters rush from the darkness. The snakes pour through your body. Your dog howls and upstairs Your wife both exults and weeps at once. The wild god dances with your dog. You dance with the sparrows. A white stag pulls up a stool And bellows hymns to enchantments. A pelican leaps from chair to chair. In the distance, warriors pour from their tombs. Ancient gold grows like grass in the fields. Everyone dreams the words to long-forgotten songs. The hills echo and the grey stones ring With laughter and madness and pain. In the middle of the dance, The house takes off from the ground. Clouds climb through the windows; Lightning pounds its fists on the table. The moon leans in through the window. The wild god points to your side. You are bleeding heavily. You have been bleeding for a long time, Possibly since you were born. There is a bear in the wound. Why did you leave me to die? Asks the wild god and you say: I was busy surviving. The shops were all closed; I didnt know how. Im sorry. Listen to them: The fox in your neck and The snakes in your arms and The wren and the sparrow and the deer The great un-nameable beasts In your liver and your kidneys and your heart There is a symphony of howling. A cacophony of dissent. The wild god nods his head and You wake on the floor holding a knife, A bottle and a handful of black fur. Your dog is asleep on the table. Your wife is stirring, far above. Your cheeks are wet with tears; Your mouth aches from laughter or shouting. A black bear is sitting by the fire. Sometimes a wild god comes to the table. He is awkward and does not know the ways Of porcelain, of fork and mustard and silver. His voice makes vinegar from wine And brings the dead to life. Tom Hirons - Poet and Storyteller Art: Stephanie Carr Gromm

08.01.2022 In 1969, when Martin Luther King had been assassinated a year earlier, black citizens werent allowed to swim in "white-only" swimming pools. So Mr. Rogers sent... a deliberate message on the May 9, 1969, episode of Mister Rodgers Neighborhood. Mr. Rogers invited Officer Clemmons, a black police officer played by Franois Clemmons, on his show and asked if he wanted to cool off by dipping his feet into a childrens wading pool. Clemmons initially declined the invitation, noting he didnt have a towel but Rogers said Clemmons could share his. Mr. Rogers joined Clemmons, breaking the color barrier live on television. Via That Oregon Life

07.01.2022 One of my favorites videos we've made "CUTE HOUSE" -Dress Up Gang -Frankie Quinones - Brent Weinbach

05.01.2022 For those of you who dont know I am virtually a born again Neurofeedback devotee. Looks like Im in good company - Bessel van der Kolk explains the changes observed when neurofeedback is used to treat trauma. It is extraordinarily effective and non-invasive (treatment is passive and change unfolds from the inside out).

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03.01.2022 In 1969, when Martin Luther King had been assassinated a year earlier, black citizens weren't allowed to swim in "white-only" swimming pools. So Mr. Rogers sent... a deliberate message on the May 9, 1969, episode of Mister Rodgers' Neighborhood. Mr. Rogers invited Officer Clemmons, a black police officer played by François Clemmons, on his show and asked if he wanted to cool off by dipping his feet into a children's wading pool. Clemmons initially declined the invitation, noting he didn't have a towel but Rogers said Clemmons could share his. Mr. Rogers joined Clemmons, breaking the color barrier live on television. Via That Oregon Life

03.01.2022 This was on my heart today. What if none of your big thoughts, feelings or behaviours are fundamentally bad, wrong, negative or unhelpful? W...hat if many of your reactions to stress or your responses to uncertainty or mistreatment are not a flawed aspect of you? Disclaimer: There are many patterns of thinking/feeling/behaving that can be hurtful and violent. And when those are used to harm others we should be held accountable to the ways they impact/harm others. As well, we should not shy away from labelling violence as wrong, bad and negative. This post refers specifically to the ways in which were taught or are made to believe that our normal responses to abnormal events make us wrong, bad, unhealthy, negative, unproductive and no-good. What if our responses are just reasonable reactions to feeling unsafe? And what if our so-called maladaptive, socially unacceptable and unhealthy responses are just the strategies weve used to stay alive or have deployed to cope with feeling unsafe? Too often our big thoughts, feelings and behaviours are labelled as bad, wrong, and negative. Too often systems trap us inside of these labels. Big thoughts/feelings/behaviours only get that big in order to keep us safe or free from harm. Reframing our big thoughts/feelings/behaviours m helps remind us that all of the big, bad, negative stuff is how we engage in a process of safety-seeking. Its how we arrive at feeling more safe within our bodies or in our environments. Big thoughts/feelings/behaviours cue us into our unmet need for safety. So-called negative thoughts arise to help us become more aware of our circumstance. So-called negative feelings call attention to disruptions in our internal/external environment. And so-called bad behaviour (tantrums, swearing, raging, physical aggression in early childhood, self harm in adolescence, over-working in adulthood, etc.) help us cope with our circumstance, protect ourselves, regulate ourselves, or advocate for ourselves. They happen for a functional purpose: Safety-seeking. See more

03.01.2022 "These aren't paintings on canvas. These are paintings on real, live humans!" Alexa Meade Art (video edited by Abbey Sacks Art)

03.01.2022 From The brave new mama poems by Vicki Rivard

02.01.2022 Such beautiful hearts. Art opens us: mind and heart

02.01.2022 So true! Art by Marybeth Shaw

01.01.2022 Art Therapy with Andrea in the studio in Sydney! Thanks Kari for photo xx

01.01.2022 Deep resonance here