La Loba Arts

Each theme has an activity attached to it, which can vary in length from 1-4 hrs.  Some themes coincide with others by combining them in the right way gives you a weekend workshop.  The amount of activities  could  span over 5 days if someone wanted a week-long retreat.  Below the themes are described so you have the opportunity to ask more questions about each.  Please register to receive current information about upcoming Workshops.

Voice Dialogue I
Medium:  Painting
Purpose:  to identify the voices that make up the "self"

Voice Dialogue II
Medium: Writing
Purpose:  to interact with identified voices that make up the "self"

Rite of Passage
Medium: Sculpture
Purpose: to create of rite of passage for the self

Journey with Visuals
Medium: viewing art
Purpose: what is the purpose of art? understanding art and art appreciation

Body Memory
Medium: Creative writing, multi-media
Purpose: to explore the concept of body memory or cell memory, to tap into the memories your body contains, whether conscious or not

Emotional Self-Portrait
Medium: writing, multi-media
Purpose: exploring your emotional landscape and your own uniqueness

Making a Puja Table
Medium: wood, paint, metal and your own personal sacred objects
Purpose: to explore what is important to you and to discover where your journey work lies

Dance and Movement
Medium: our bodies
Purpose: to exist from the head down, expressing emotions through movement rather than words

Prayer and Illustration
Medium: writing and drawing
Purpose: to explore one’s own sense of spirituality or aliveness

Chanting
Medium: voice
Purpose: meditative

Drumming Circle
Medium: drums
Purpose: to discover the heartbeat, unity and movement

The Face Behind the Face
Medium: Mask making
Purpose: exploring concepts of stillness, timelessness, decoration, movement and dance

Earth Works
Medium: outdoors in nature
Purpose: Creating beauty that is impermanent and discussing how that makes us feel

The Inner Critic I
Medium: Charcoal
Purpose: to explore both the positive and negative of the inner critic

The Inner Critic II
Medium:Creative writing 
Purpose: to place the inner critic as an employee rather than boss

Archetypal Hero
Media: pencil, pencil crayons, comic strip
Purpose: exploring personal ethics

Map of Life
Medium: paint, pastels, multi-media
Purpose: exploring one’s past - identifying milestones and crossroads, "Gathering the Bones"


All willing participants may share their visions with others through a group discussion afterwards.