Events January to April

I am back in the UK till April so take advantage of the events on offer! Looking forward to seeing you,

Claire 

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New Year Evening

New Birth  3rd January 7.30-9.30pm

A special evening celebrating the Birth of the NEW YEAR
And as we move into a new year it often feels important to acknowledge the
death of the old year and our hopes for renewal in the new one. This
evening will be an opportunity to celebrate the end of the old year and
start the new one in the spirit you mean it to continue.
Venue: Diorama 2, Euston Place,
London NW1 3JG
not easy to find unless you’ve been before see http://www.diorama-arts.org.uk/findus.htm
Tubes: Warren Street, Euston Square, Euston
£20 per evening
To book: email claire@makingmoves.net or call 07717 474687

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NEXT WORKSHOP

Sisyphus – the End of the Struggle

12th-13th January 10.30am-5.30pm
Helios Centre, 116 Judd street, London WC1

• Are there things in your life that feel a bit like Sisyphus’s stone?
• Are you battling with shyness or introversion?
• Is there an urge within you to express your creativity and yet creativity seems a luxury in comparison to the other problems in your life?
• Do you feel weighed down with emotions, and fear that if you begin to let them out your life will fall apart?
• Or do you have financial burdens, or responsibilities to people in your life, or feel that you never have enough time to do all the things you want?

In the myth of Sisyphus, Sisyphus is doomed to roll a very large stone up a hill. It requires a huge amount of effort and at the end of the day his strength gives way and so the stone rolls down the hill, leaving Sisyphus no choice but to start the process all over again the next day.

And so it goes on… day in and day out. Little does Sisyphus know how close he was to getting to the top, and to the end of his toil.

Many of us can relate to this story, and many of us repeat this pattern endlessly throughout our lives. We struggle and struggle and then give up, little knowing how close we were to achieving victory. We applied our logical minds to the problem, believing like Sisyphus that this is the only way .

If you’re anything like me, however determined and persistent you might be, the effect of living with the struggle gets us into a mind set that just perpetuates the situation and ultimately is deeply demoralising.

The truth is Sisyphus does not have the physical strength to roll the stone all the way up the hill, and to keep on and on rolling it day in and day out is draining his life energy and his potential to change the situation.

This weekend workshop is an opportunity to explore Sisyphus’s story through creativity and self expression and symbolically break the pattern and mindset that keeps us struggling – maybe forever. An opportunity too to turn struggle into life-giving opportunity and set free your passion and joy of being alive. A safe haven where you will be totally accepted for who you are.

Cost £120
TO book:  email claire@makingmoves.net 

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Breakthrough Group
Starts Thursday 24th January- 17th April
no session March 20th

• Are you wanting a breakthrough in your life in any area – could be a work, home or relationship situation, or something you want to change in yourself – confidence, self esteem
• Are you wanting to get unstuck in any area of life
• Are you wanting to start 2008 in an inspiring and energising way
• Do you want to live your life more in your creative right brain
• Do you want to have more fun in life and express more of who you truly are.

Over twelve weeks we will be exploring through creativity and self expression. An opportunity to challenge yourself, explore the unconscious blocks that are standing in your way, and break down the walls that have kept you from living your potential.
 
7.30.9.30pm
Venue: St Pancras Old Church
Tube: Kings Cross/St Pancras
Fee: £240 paid in monthly installments i.e three payments of £80
Please note missed sessions must be paid for

To book: email or telephone (020 8965 9419) expressing your intention of joining the group. If I haven’t met you before I will need to speak to you on the phone to make sure this is the right group for you, or attend the session on January 3rd (highly recommended).

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Creative Healing Sessions

These one to one sessions are a unique way of working with an issue, working through the body, the imagination, and creativity that is fun, potent and incredibly effective. It is common that only one session is needed to transform a situation that the individual has been wrestling with for many years. It is potent because it works through creativity – the language of dreams and the unconscious – and thus transformation can take place at a deep level without the usual accompanying stress or pain. Often after a session people can literally feel the energy shifting in the body, and it common that magical things start to happen in the form of synchronous events, opportunities, and people which shifts the situation beyond recognition.

Common issues that have been successfully worked with:

feeling of being stuck
buried/unexpressed emotion
emotional blocks
creative blocks
fear of moving forward
performance anxiety
lack of confidence or self esteem
obsessions/addictions (particularly in relationships)

£45 per session

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Shyness the Way Out Workshop

·         Do you hold back from expressing who you truly are?

·        Do you consider yourself an introvert or fell you suffer from shyness ?

·       Are you  reticent about putting yourself forward, or letting yourself be seen and your voice heard?

·         Do you feel restricted, as if you were in a box and want to get out?

·         Are you anxious in social situations?

There is a place for shyness. Almost everyone experiences shyness in some area of their life. It can even be viewed as an attractive quality. However for most people shyness is an uncomfortable and debilitating experience.

In this workshop you will have an opportunity to explore your shyness through creativity and self expression with a group of others who share your experiences and have travelled the same road as you. It will be an opportunity to understand more about your shyness, challenge yourself, break down the walls that have kept you away from expressing who you really are and say goodbye to debilitating aspects of shyness.

19th-20th April 10.30-5.30

Helios Centre 116 Judd Street WC1

£120

To book: email or telephone (020 8965 9419) expressing your intention of joining the group.

Creative Healing Practitioners Training

starts September 2007

The One year Practitioners Training in Creative Healing is designed to train and support you in structuring and holding the space for short-term groups and workshops (for normal adults).

Run by Claire Schrader  S.R.A.T. (DRAMA)  dramatherapist, playwright and director of Making Moves.  See www.makingmoves.net for details of her approach

Drama is a powerful medium. To work safely and supportively with drama requires the practitioner to hold the space, in order to avoid the pitfalls and potential dangers that the unaware can fall into. Holding the Space is perhaps the most important aspect of Making Moves groups and workshops, in providing a safe container through which people can liberate themselves from their inner restrictions through self expression and creativity.

You will learn:

•  How to create a safe space for participants of your groups and workshops

• How to structure sessions and create safe boundaries for drama

• How to hold the space so that your participants can liberate what is inside them  
  

•  The principles that underlie the healing effects of this approach
  

• Tools and techniques for facilitating potent change through working with creativity, mythology, archetype and metaphor
  

• Working safely with the “shadow”
  

• Tools in developing your intuition and following gut instincts

 The training will include:

• 4 weekends, 15 conference call telephone sessions, 3 one to one sessions

•  The four training weekends will be practical and experiential in and in which you will have an opportunity to hone and develop your facilitating skills and receive supportive feedback.

• The telephone conference call will cover the theory that underpins practice along with supervision of practice groups and workshops and support in all aspects of running sessions for normal adults

   

• Marketing techniques and resources for building a successful practice

   

• You will be able to advertise your groups/workshops through the Making Moves Website (for a small annual fee) 

  Weekend 1 Holding the Space

  14th^th-16th September (Friday Eve 7.30-9.30 pm  Sat/Sun 10-5pm)

   

  Weekend 2 Freeing up Creativity and Play

  Dec 14th -16th (Friday Eve 7.30-9.30 pm  Sat/Sun 10am-5pm)

   

  Weekend 3 The Magic of Myth

  11th-13th April (Friday Eve 7.30-9.30 pm  Sat/Sun 10am-5pm) tbc

   

  Weekend 4 Working with the Shadow, Personal Ritual and Ceremony

  11th-13th July(Friday Eve 7.30-9.30 pm  Sat/Sun 10am-5pm) tbc

   

  Venue: Helios Centre 116 Judd Street WC1

  The cost will be £1200 which can be paid in 12 monthly installments of £100.

  It is an Earn Whilst You Learn Training – you can charge for your services as appropriate for your skills and background.

  You can also choose to run your practice groups and workshops alone or collaborate with others on the Training. You will not be pressurised into when you run your practice groups/workshops although you are advised to do so before the course ends in order to receive your certificate.

  The emphasis will be on creating peer support and learning between participants. Assessment 

  To apply for the Practitioners Training Course email or write to me about your interest and your intentions in applying. Entry to the course will be through an interview (£60 new comers or £35 past participants).

  You may participate in the First Weekend only for £150For more details contact 020 8965 9419 or email online@makingmoves.net  

Summer Workshops

 

Phoenix Workshop

· Are you drawn or fascinated by the image of the Phoenix?

· Are you going through major transition or change or seeking to make changes?

· Do you long to express your fiery, creative spirit?

· Is it time to get out of a rut and discover your unlived potential?

· Has death touched your life and you want to find an uplifting way to come to terms with that?

According to Egyptian mythology the Phoneix is a a sacred, mythical bird. At the end of its life-cycle the Phoenix builds itself a nest that it then ignites; both nest and bird burn fiercely and are reduced to ashes, from which a new, young phoenix arises. A symbol of immortality, resurrection and life after death.

In this two day workshop we will be exploring the relevance of the myth to us personally, and to celebrate transformation and transition. It will be an opportunity for you to ignite the aspects of your life that need to be released in order for your new inner Phoenix to rise out of the ashes, transformed.

7^th-8^th July
10.30- 5.30

Helios Centre
116 Judd Street WC1

£120

 

 

 

Shyness the Way Out Workshop

· Do you hold back from expressing who you truly are?

· Do you consider yourself an introvert or fee you suffer from shyness?

· Are you reticent about putting yourself forward, or letting yourself be seen and your voice heard?

· Do you feel restricted, as if you were in a box and want to get out?

· Are you anxious in social situations?

There is a place for shyness. Almost everyone experiences shyness in some area of their life. It can even be viewed as an attractive quality. However for most people shyness is an uncomfortable and debilitating experience.

In this workshop you will have an opportunity to explore your shyness through creativity and self expression with a group of others who share your experiences and have travelled the same road as you. It will be an opportunity to understand more about your shyness, challenge yourself, break down the walls that have kept you away from expressing who you really are and say goodbye to debilitating aspects of shyness.

11^th-12 August

10.30-5,30

Helios Centre

116 Judd Street WC1

£120

 

To book for either of these workshops or for further information contact online@makingmoves.net

Drama-Rama

Drama-Rama

with

Satya & Tanya

Through the use of stories, archetypes, games & improvisation discover the

Unexpressed Inner Self

and become whole while having fun.

 

We are holding 3 taster sessions on monday evenings:

11th & 25th of June & 16th of July

6.30-8.30pm

£15.00/session

at the LSBP Centre (the old Kriya Centre), 25-27 Bickerton Road, Archway, N19

 

To book a place on one of these small groups sessions contact:

Satya Kaur 020 8361 3314 or Tanya Adams on 020 8447 3930

Shyness – The Way Out

Do you experience shyness is some form? Maybe it’s not shyness you feel, but a lack of confidence, a reticence in putting yourself forward, or letting yourself be seen and your voice heard. This is experienced by many, so be assured you are not alone. Many people experience this in some degree.

There is certainly a way out. I got out myself, so I know it can be done, and I have helped countless people to break out of their box and to make their bid for freedom.

The purpose of the free mini e-book thus is to:

· Give a deeper understanding and insight into the causes of shyness

· Describe my own journey with shyness and how I broke out

· Demonstrate the ways in which shyness has been overcome through personal stories of people who combated shyness

· Provide tools and resources that will put you on a track to finding your way out

· How and why drama is the fastest and most effective way of overcoming shyness.

To receive a free copy of this book please email me by clicking this link below and requesting a copy of the e-book, which will also subscribe you to my free e-newsletter.

Click here to request Free e-book

Individual Sessions

For deeper self exploration working with the imagination to gain understanding of the theatre of your inner self to uncover the cause of vocal or emotional blocks. The process is gentle and supportive, allowing you to work at your own pace using symbol, myth and metaphor as a way of healing deep seated issues. Participants are commonly surprised at the magical way in which situations are resolved and healed.

This is appropriate if

• Unexpressed emotion is blocking you from feeling truly happy
• You are feeling stuck
• You are going through a challenging time
• You are dealing with depression, low self esteem , relationship or work issues
• You are unable to come to groups or workshops
• You want an alternative to a talking approach
• You have a creative background or you feel attracted to working through creativity

£45 per hour session

For more information contact
claire@makingmoves.net

 

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