Proudly announcing

SoulCollage(r) Workshop  

with guest teacher Ina Armstrong, artist extraordinaire on a return visit to San Miguel de Allende from WestVirginia.  

Friday, September 14th, 10 am - 4:30 pm  

at Windows to the Soul Art Studios 

Begin creating your own unique deck of collaged cards in this day-long introductory workshop to "SoulCollage(r)", led by registered and trained facilitator Ina Armstrong. She brings a unique spiritual approach to this modality; discover your deeper images and have fun at the same time! Your multi-card deck becomes a "Mirror of your Self and your Soul"

"A SoulCollage(r) Deck is the Story of You: It is a tangible way to know yourself in your diversity and depth, and also to show yourself to others."--Seena B. Frost, creator of SoulCollage(r)

for more info about Ina, SoulCollage(r), and our workshop, see this link; go to the "home" tab for videos and the history of SoulCollage(r). Join us this Friday September 14th! I am honored to host this workshop at Windows to the Soul Art Studios!

http://soulcollage.com/ina-armstrong

Cost of workshop is $65 USD or peso equivalent and includes lunch, snacks, and all materials. Scholarships available. Contact Rebecca for registration or questions, 154-7010 local phone, or message here, or email mexrebe@yahoo.com. Spaces limited!

"A little bit of glitter will solve anything"

 Beverly R., nichos student extraordinaire

Saludos on this Blue Moon evening: time of transformation, winnowing the harvest, riding the wave ....bendiciones...blessings...blessings....

Friends of the Red Book, our group must have been truly inspired by watching Cronenberg: In our last sessions we embodied Jung's writing by reading the dialogues aloud--hmmm maybe a new playreaders of a sort for San Miguel de Allende? I am beginning to imagine sets...costumes...wow....

We read the encounter with Elijah and his blind daughter Salome; I won't spoil the plot, there is a big surprise!

And now, our upcoming wonderful guest artist/teacher Ina Armstrong will be presenting an introduction to Soul Collage (registered trademark but I don't know how to make the little "R" circle thingy)...Ina has great experience teaching; This creative all-day workshop will take place in San Miguel de Allende on Friday September 14th at Windows to the Soul Art Studios....check out her webpage for delicious info about Soul Collage...
http://www.soulcollage.com/ina-armstrong-workshops/soulcollage%C2%AE-windows-to-the-soul 

Ina's home page has great enticing photos with a short video by the Seena Frost, creator of SoulCollage, who I had the privilege of seeing at an Art Therapy Conference in 2001. SoulCollage is a process for accessing your intuition through creating your own "deck of soul cards"....Join us in San Miguel! contact me for registration, pricing, directions to the studio; and you can contact Ina with any questions about the process, method, and history of this wonderful modality... 
here is Ina's bio info; I am honored to have her visit the studio again from West Virginia; Bienvenida Ina!
http://soulcollage.com/ina-armstrong

Cheers Lovers of Soul!
 

"A Dangerous Method" 

Playing this Friday August 17th in San Miguel ! Who's up for a discussion of this film and Jung's work?  Jung began his Red Book work right after the time of crisis depicted in this movie. How can we use art to help us through these "dark nights of the soul"? is one of the many questions we will explore:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=664eq7BXQcM
A Dangerous Method trailer 

Whether or not you are a fan of Cronenberg's work, this is an interesting and controversial view of Jung and Freud and their friendship which ended with such bitterness. Perhaps see you there?  I'm planning to attend the 3 pm function at

Cinema Schedule August 13 to August 19

Movie Pocket Theater
Movies in original language with English subtitles
Tickets and Reservations Only at Hernandez Macias 95
Includes one drink and popcorn


Friday/August/17  

A Dangerous Method    2011              BIOGRAPHY-DRAMA-THRILLER      UK, 99m
Showing at 3:00, 5:30 and 8:00

Dir: David Cronenberg    Starring: Michael Fassbender, Keira Knightley and Viggo Mortensen
    A fascinating investigation of the relationship between Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung, the birth of psychoanalysis. The famous case of the hysteric Sabina Spielrein leads to the development of a great rift between the two men, a divergence that continues to define many aspects of psychoanalytic thought today. A provocative work of historical fiction, with a remarkable performance from Kiera Knightley.
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**and please don't buy pirate!

  

Next two Fridays, 
August 24th and 31st, 
Visual Journaling  with CG Jung's
 Red Book
 12 noon - 3:30 pm
 bring a blank book or journal
 all other materials provided, 
plus nice tea and a botanita! Cost $300 pesos 
at Windows to the Soul Art Studios.

Friday August 24th: Theme "Befriending"; how do we befriend image/dream/our souls? How does "friendship" show up in the Red Book? Touching on the deep friendship between Jung and Freud and its subsequent crash (no pun intended for Cronenberg there!), we will also dive into befriending our art, our journals, our words.  We will touch on Cronenberg's film but it is not necessary to have seen it to join the conversation!

Friday August 31st: "Making Art in Times of Crisis"; how can visual and tactile activity help us to express, survive, and integrate intense psychological material? This was one of Jung's main premises for his own art-making and the reason he exhorted his patients to do the same: "Make Art!" was his imperative. What is the implication for culture--can making art help the world? 

Discussions initiated by Rebecca with a presentation of work from Jung's "Liber Novus, The New Book", known as "The Red Book", as well as material from his autobiography "Memories, Dreams, Reflections" and other Jungian and post-Jungian work, in particular that of James Hillman. Join this ongoing rich and deep conversation and art-making! call Rebecca for reservations, directions to studio, or further questions. 154-7010 local, 505-205-1316 from USA; or email mexrebe@yahoo.com.
 
 

I will be thrilled to attend my friend Susan Risse AKA Glitter Gypsy's one-day painting intensive

  "Exploring Your Deepest Soul in the Land of the Virgin & Goddesses"

taking place this Friday August 10th from 10 am-6 pm in the beautiful Casa Frida B&B here in San Miguel de Allende. Susan is visiting from Hawaii where she offers fantastic workshops and events.  Her creative spirit will be a fun addition to life here during this beautiful green summer time.  I look forward to her guidance in "revealing & expressing my 'Inner Wise Woman' on canvas. Her web page has details and registration info, or you can contact me for info as well.  I look forward to deepening my contact with feminine energies! (not just for women, amigos! :-)

 www.glitergypsy.com, email Glitter Gypsy at susan@risse.com to register. 

And, announcing August Visual Journaling with CG Jung's Red Book sessions on Friday August 24th and Friday August 31st, 2-5:30 pm.

Gathering together to collage, write, paint in our visual journals over deep conversation with Jung's inspiration to explore Active Imagination, creativity, dreams....these sessions will deepening previous work...newcomers welcome too...bring a blank book or journal, tea and snacks provided....discount for returning students! email for details....

I have had a most fun summer teaching art classes for children during these vacation times, and the fun is not over yet! "Secret Box" and nicho classes have been filling up as kids and adults alike make art in my beautiful studio space (yes I am proud of it :-)...There are still a few weeks left of summer art fun, contact me for special scheduling for young children's classes, or to register for Tuesday nicho-embellishing workshops!  full or half-day.  I am so grateful! (pssst, sometimes I can't believe this is my job! but don't tell anyone, I still do get paid...heehee).... 

 

Mandala Workshop Spring 2012

 Summer 2012

Mandala-Creation Worskhop

with Phil Roger

Guest Artist&Teacher

at Windows to the Soul Art Studios

  Friday, July 13th

10:30 am - 3:30 pm

 

Mandala as Transformative, Energizing, Balancing and Harmonizing your inner being PLUS fun with color and form! Paint, draw, and learn the rich history of this art form from Tibetan and Jungian perspectives. 

Each student will find the freedom to create and discover her own specific designs and configurations of these spiraling, circling, energetic forms. A wide variety of art materials and papers will be at your disposal in this pleasant studio setting. Lunch break in a beautiful plant-filled outdoor patio; music and ritual will form part of the day as well as Phil demonstrates living mandala process!

 

Phil Roger is a teacher of Tibetan meditation in the Kadampa Buddhist tradition and holds a Master's degree in Art with a focus on Jungian approaches to the Mandala.  This sacred circle provides a space or temenos for inner work.  Phil has been creating his own mandalas in mixed media and is available for private classes in his new studio!  Contact Phil at snowlion108@gmail.com or in Mexico (52) 415-154-6243 for more info or class registration and directions to studio. 

Mandala Creation Worskshop

Friday, July 13th, 2012

 

10:30 am -3:30 pm

 

Windows to the Soul Art Studios in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico

 

$60 USD, includes all art materials, tea, and snacks; bring a sack lunch, and a notebook.

 

Rebecca  here:  I am proud to host our fifth Mandala Worskhop in the studios with Phil!  This is an inspiring and fun class with a thread of deep meaning for soul.  saludos! 

  

Jung's Red Book & the Art of the Visual Journal: new series set to begin!

Wednesdays June 13, 20, 27, & July 4, 10am - 1:30 pm 

new material! new aspects of the never-ending-story of the unconscious....

 
Summer is approaching, and we have a beautiful feminine Venus energy doing magical things in our sky; as her transit across Sun is observed over the world, many cultures see this as a liminal moment of transition into a more connected consciousness.

Study of CG Jung's Liber Novus, (he called it "New Book") or, as we know it today, THE RED BOOK, will help open our own perspectives to new ways of beings with the world of nature, our dreams, our towns; our souls. What is within is without.  

We will begin a new round of Art-Making in our Journals--"your own Red Book", as Jung prescribed his patients to create,

on WEDNESDAYS jUNE 13TH, jUNE 20TH, jUNE 27TH, AND JULY 4TH, 2012.  Morning coolness in the studio, 10 am - 1:30 pm, bring a visual journal with nice thick-ish paper for gluing and painting in, or a spiral sketchbook makes a nice surface.

All other materials provided, and refreshment.

In this series we will look at the concept of "place" in the Red Book; the "where's" of Jung's encounters with his imaginal guests; forest or desert, mountain, cave...library?

What are YOUR imaginal places? What is the "where" of your encounters with psyche, with your soul?  Let's go for a walk....

Cost is $25 USD per session (or peso equivalent)or great discount for the month, $75 US for four sessions paid in advance; that's 4 for 3! 

Call Rebecca to reserve your place: local # 154-7010, Vonage (USA#) 505 205 1316, email mexrebe@yahoo.com