Bodywriting™ Retreats are held in a beautiful country setting whether it is the mountainous three-acre Southern California studio near San Diego or the five-acre studio in the Texas Hill Country near Austin. Both settings are breathtaking and tranquil complete with walking trails, pool, studio, sleeping quarters and kitchen. Either studio is less than 40 minutes from the airport.

What can you expect?

Bodywriting™ provides guidance in all of the art making experiences offered. No art background is necessary to have a fulfilling weekend. We begin by joining in a circle to discuss the structure and guidelines for creating a safe container for the weekend. We introduce ourselves and begin to develop relationships with group members.

The focus of the weekend revolves around making prints of our own bodies on canvas and on paper; however, the end product of these two life size works of art will have been supported and informed by many other prior images that arrive through art experienced throughout the weekend.

Each participant will be given a journal and will be journaling often throughout the weekend. There will be a guided process called “Intuitive Collage”™ and also movement meditation. We will drum, take a breakfast hike, learn how to make body print sketches and then create body prints with acrylic paint on canvas and then with ground pastel on large heavy weight paper. You will be introduced to many art materials, all of which are provided. To maintain a safe atmosphere, the group will learn a form of feedback which offers a helpful way to talk about the art we make. We will reconvene often throughout the weekend in our circle to check in with one another and our process.

Around and between all of our art making, our community will continue to deepen during group meals, quiet time, snacks, swimming and walks.

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