New Date! Open Heart Workshop; Art & Healing for Inner Renewal (March 8-9)
New Date! Open Heart Workshop; Art & Healing for Inner Renewal (March 8-9)
Are you seeking a way to feel more grounded, creative, and emotionally free this 2025?
I’m excited to invite you to Open Heart Workshop: Art and Somatic Healing for Inner Renewal in Durham, NC., March 8th & 9th.
What to Expect For this 2-Day Training:
🎨 Create a meaningful collage and painting in a guided, intuitive art session. No experience is necessary.
🧘 Experience a 45-minute group somatic healing each day, focused on the mediastinum—the center for heart-centered energy and emotional release using Transforming Touch®. This healing session will bring more Joy and Resilience for the upcoming year.
2-Day Workshop ( we will be working as a close group and it’s important to attend both days for the full benefit of the healing within this type of container. Email Heather with any questions at openheartsomatics@gmail.com
⏰ Time: Saturday 10-3, Sunday 10-1 (Total of 8 hours for the weekend)
💲 Price: $175
Early Bird Discount of $25, paid in full ($150 before February 12th) or $50 Deposit
Don’t miss this opportunity to nourish your body and soul. I can’t wait to see you there!
Warmly,
Heather
openheartsomatics@gmail.com
The Mediastinum is the structure between the lungs that includes the heart, esophagus, trachea, lymph nodes, and large blood vessels.
This “Center” is also known as “The Cathedral of Healing” and a place that holds joy, building resilience, sadness, grief, loss, etc.
Class Objective - We will be creating a collage of found and new objects, images, and mixed media materials over the anatomy of our heart, reflecting what lies beneath and layering with hopes and intentions of new normals filled with more joy and calm. Students will leave with a 10x10 fine art piece of their own making on canvas.
Materials are provided, though you are encouraged to forage around your home or in nature to find some items or imagery you would like to incorporate. Like the example here, I’ve glued beads, found stones and my daughter’s art to the work.
As a supportive group, we will share findings and curiosities that may come up as we create.
At the end of Both days, I will facilitate a group Transforming Touch® Healing, incorporating the Mediastinum. Students will be provided with a mat or blanket for the floor and small pillows if needed. Please bring anything else, that you think would make you the most comfortable. Please let me know if laying on the floor is not possible, and we can accommodate this.
Mediastinum Class Schedule:
Day 1
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM – Welcome Introductions and Intuitive Collage-Painting Session
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM – Sharing and Reflection on Artwork
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM – Lunch Break (Lunch is not included)
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM – Guided Somatic Healing Through the Mediastinum
2:30-3:00 PM - Closing, Sharing
Day 2
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM – Deepening Artistic Exploration or Finishing Collages
11:30 AM - 11:45 AM - Snack Break
11:45 PM - 12:30 PM – Second Healing Session
12:30 PM - 1:00 PM – Closing, Sharing
Great Article on how emotions are stored inside our Body Parts