Art therapy provides a creative outlet to explore emotions, gain new insights, and express them freely.
It’s a refreshing break from routine, allowing expression to flow through colors and forms.
ABOUT YOU
When words fall short or become overwhelming, art therapy can help you explore challenges, limitations, dreams, and hopes. We believe that drawing and painting are innate instincts everyone possesses.
By immersing yourself in an art therapy retreat, you open the door to personal discovery, creative expression, and a deeper understanding of yourself in a nurturing and inspiring setting.
NO ART SKILL REQUIRED TO PARTICIPaTE
Based on art therapy principles, our programs offer a safe space with small groups, providing non-judgmental guidance and skillful management of group dynamics.
Through playful and creative intuitive art-making, participants are led to thoughtful reflection.
Person-centered and trauma-informed approach, fostering self-discovery through questions explored via the art.
From Hippocrates to Neuroscience
Art in the form of theatre and music were prescribed together with sports, diet and herbs as part of a toolbox of medical remedies and interventions in ancient Greece.
Fast forward couple of thousand years and the belief stays firm. Evidence from 3,000 studies about the positive impact of arts in health was presented by the World Health Organisation in 2019. Canada and UK's health systems prescribe free visits to museums as a way to help people suffering from post trauma, anxiety and stress. Dance, music and painting are among the most used art therapy techniques.
Modulation of neurotransmitters, such as serotonin (involved in mood, sleep, digestion, bone health) and cortisol (known as the primary stress hormone), as well as decrease of inflammation, together with promotion of neurogenesis and new neural connections are among the first findings of the positive effects of culture in mental health and health overall (WHO, 2022).
"Artful Retreats are unique in mental wellness travel"
The National Geographic
"Arts for Health is a Creative Solution for Complex Challenges."
Niels Fietje of WHO, for the European Parliament,Culture Health and Wellbeing, 2022
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