Groups
Movement based Expressive Arts Practice Groups
A community practice space to explore and deepen you personal process using movement based expressive arts therapy
Dances of Yes and Dances of No
I am beginning to offer a movement based expressive arts practice group for those interested in deepening their personal process using movement based expressive arts therapy practices. There will be a monthly theme to the group, and I will provide some basic structure, facilitation and invitation, the first theme is Dances of Yes, Dances of No. The spirit of the group is to follow your own process and aliveness and dive into the unknown and discover where your own art making is taking you. We will close with a sharing and witnessing process the last 15 minutes. We will use movement as a foundational modality and also invite writing, drawing, songwriting, and sound to shape. deepen and crystallize what emerges. There will be a signal group to stay connected to each other and share art making and integration projects with the group.
Donation Based: suggested 10-35 dollars no one turned away for lack of funds
Drop-ins welcome
Friday mornings 10-11:30 PST, first session dates 7/10, 7/17, 7/24, and 8/7
email to join and receive a zoom link kelseywunderelmft@gmail.com
Dances of No, Dances of Yes - 7/10, 7/17, 7/24, and 8/7 (no group on 7/31)
The theme for this first session will be dances of No dances of No and dances of Yes. What is it that we have let into our space that is not ours? What is the unique process our body wants to move through to take back our space and find our No? What are my dances of No? What are my dances of Yes? What is in the way of my No and Yes? What are your questions that come up around this topic that might call forth the wild animal of your body’s dances from the depths? What wants to emerge as actions in your life as you explore this topic? What do you remember and return to in your self that guides you? What happens when you open to images, drawings, stories, and songs to let what is inside continue to share and be crystallized?
Rough Structure (90 minutes total)
Arrival and Slowing down: (15-20 minutes) identifying what is alive in your process related or unrelated to the theme, may involve movement, writing, drawing, sounding etc….exploring: what helps you drop in with yourself? What do I need/want to explore in my practice today? What am I resourced to explore today?
Deeper Dive: (40-45 minutes) Exploring through movement what is emerging for you and engaging with themes (if desired), going into the unknown and exploration
Closing Art making: (15-20 minutes) time to write, draw, and reflect on what emerged, art making to deepen, to crystallize, to cohere, to reveal
Closing Share: (10-15 minutes) whole group and sometimes small group share out, harvesting, witnessing and receiving from each other’s and our own work
This is a space where we are learning from ourselves, each other and the art that emerges from the process. I will be inviting and sharing from my own process and practice rooted in a decade of study in the expressive arts therapy, yet ultimately our intention is in creating space within to court and listen to message the art making comes to bring and how it wants to inform our lives.
Connecting Through Song
Singing together can be a life line amidst difficulty and a pathway into connection that can hold all of who we are. It has saved my life again and again so I’m taking a step to offer space for more of us to gather and connect to the power of our voices and song.
Come join us in creating a space together where we can sing, move and explore connection through song. The times we are in are challenging and complex, and singing and sounding are primal technologies that we have utilized across cultures and evolutionary history to tap into our resilience, our humanity and our bodies’ capacities to be well.
We are interested in coming together to practice and discover ways we can resource and build loving welcoming community through a community singing practice. This circle will be facilitated by Kelsey Wunderle in a style that honors what is emerging in the shared space and invites co-creation and collaboration as well as free expression and embodiment. Most of the songs will be led by Kelsey, yet there will also be space for others to share as we listen deeply together. All voices and experiences are welcomed and included. May we discover what is possible when we join together in song and strengthen our capacities to listen, express, release and rise to meet ourselves, each other and our world from our deepest center.
Currently on Pause from regular meetings
Look out on Partiful for Pop-up offerings for singing together outdoors in West Marin and Fairfax this Spring and Summer!
Connecting Through Song
Community singing from an embodied perspective! This is more than just a singing circle, but an opportunity to connect with self, voice, body, emotions, community members, and what is beyond or more than self. Some of the values emphasized in this space are inclusivity, emergence, listening, and freedom.
Regular meetings are currently on pause. Look out on Partiful for pop-up offerings outdoors this Spring and Summer!