The Collage Connection-Create. Transform. Renew.

Tap into your inner-source through the art and play of collage...

Collages have long been a method of creative art, dating back to 12th-century Japan. Today, the collage practice has the unique power to transcend a simple activity to become an outlet for discovery, healing, wisdom, and re-connecting with our true potential.

Tissue Paper Collage Playshops now propel this storied art-form in an inspiring new direction, one that allows for a satisfying exploration of our psyche, what C.G. Jung calls the Self. In fact, the practice is based on an innovative approach to Jung's "active imagination," a technique devised to help a client access information, emotions, and feelings hidden in the unconscious. Using images that emerge from our inner world, a more authentic and organic self-awareness is revealed to us. As our inner world is opened, we are given a brand-new lens through which to view and live our lives.

A retreat for renewal...
Meeting life with a fresh perspective and with revitalized energy, you will uncover a new direction, reconnect with your passion, and reduce your negative responses to stress. Join us for a magical five-day retreat in the foothills of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, just a few miles outside of Santa Fe. Enjoy the natural beauty of this private southwest retreat with her mountains, mesas and spring-fed ponds. At 7,100 feet, the air is clean and the sun plentiful. This is a perfect place to relax, renew, and re-connect with your creative inner self.©

The Play-Shop: More than just collage-making...
The Collage Connection Playshop is one of those rare chances to relax, rejuvenate, and rediscover your creative side.

• Prepare for the play-shop by writing the "story of your life in the form of a myth or a fairy-tale
• Explore various forms of movement and somatic awareness
• Take part in several relaxed group meditations
• Create a variety of tissue-paper collages to bring home at the close of the play-shop
• Have the chance to take long walks, solo or in groups, through the foothills of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains

11 benefits to the Collage experience...

1. Access a doorway to the unconscious
2. Be inspired and reconnect to a sense of beauty
3. "Think" with your hands
4. Working in a group, find a sense of community
5. Transform aggression and other emotions through tearing, placing and gluing
6. Express in image, color, movement, story and sound
7. Develop a deeper sense of empathy
8. Access innocence and the child-self via play
9. Develop valuable inner strength for adapting to the uncertainties of our time
10. Unlock creativity and find new solutions to old dilemmas
11. Diffuse anxiety and stress

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