Creative Expression UK

Performance the Pathway to Freedom – performance group starting 6th October

Claire Schrader — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 13:58:34 +0000

Have you always wanted to perform?

Does the idea of performing in front of others thrill or slightly terrify you?

Or, do you want to take your performing to a whole new level?

What would you express if you knew you could not fail?

Performance is a part of life. More and more life calls on us to perform. Career paths can be blocked if we fail to come up to the mark and life too has a way of singling out and rewarding those who perform well.

Performance too can bring liberation, excitement, a sense of achievement, of being utterly alive and in touch with all our senses. It mirrors too many of the experiences we seek when we yearn for freedom.

Perhaps you’ve been promising yourself that experience for some time. To get out of yourself! To feel fully alive!

Perhaps you’ve always longed to go to drama school or be in the movies, or play in a band, or speak in public or live life in a more creative way.

And you know that performing would unlock something powerful in you, a part of yourself that you never express, a part of you that could potentially unlock many other doors too…

Or perhaps you’ve been traumatised by some of your performing experiences in the past.

Perhaps you’re already a performer but you know you hold back, you’ve never really been able to get over that self consciousness and ability to relate to the audience in a natural way and so you’ve never had that experience of truly surrendering yourself to the performance.

Or you feel inhibited and restricted by the demand to perform well and so lost some of the fire and magic you felt when you first started performing. You are looking too for a way of performing in a more meaningful way that really feeds your spirit.

Or you want to delve more into yourself, discover more about what makes you tick, and what is holding you back in your performing work and maybe life too.

A rare opportunity to join this unique, liberating group cuminating in a performance before an invited audience

A safe haven to challenge yourself, make breakthroughs in self expression, charisma and personal power.

This group will be exploring through theatre, movement, music and expression the powerful Shakespearean play of King Lear cumulating in a performance before an invited audience of friends.

King Lear is one of Shakespeare’s most powerful play – it is a story of madness, badness, illusion and thee redeeming power of love

There will be no lines to learn (unless you choose to), no set moves, but an invitation to go with the flow of your heart and spirit and follow the impulses of the authentic performer within. An opportunity too to be seen, witnessed and validated by an empathic community, and at the same time free yourself of the internal limitations and emotional baggage that is holding you back.

The program is an opportunity to:

make breakthroughs in areas of self expression, charisma and personal power

discover your untapped, creative potential

break out of your “box”, overcome inhibitions, self-consciousness, shyness or the limiting aspects of being an introvert

take a leap forward in your personal/professional life

connect with others in a meaningful and inspiring way

live life more in creative flow

benefit emotional and physical health

transform blocked energy

For all levels of experience from complete beginners to those with performing experience/background.

Group Details

10 evening sessions in starting Thursday 6th October 7.30-9.30

Performance Workshop (10th/11th December 10-5 approx)

Follow up conference call session Tuesday 13th December

Follow Up Evening – date t.b.c.

All group sessions will take place at the The Upper Room in Camden Town
8 Greenland Street
London NW1
I shall cherish the memory of it for the rest of my life.M.R. Editor

Cost: £450 (£400 if booked by 1st September and non refundable deposit of £100 paid)
which may be paid in 3-4 installments

To Book

Send an email to makingmoves1@me.com or call 0208 838 0329 expressing your interest and reasons for wanting to join the group.

Advanced Workshop – Midsummer Madness

Claire Schrader — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 11:04:33 +0000

Oberon and Titania, the Fairy King and Queen are arguing, the Lovers can’t work out who they really love, Puck is getting up to mischief and poor Bottom is being made into an a*s.

This light-hearted workshop , Midsummer Madness, is based on Shakespeare’s play A Midsummer Nights Dream will be about love, madness, and what can happens when the heat of summer makes you lose your reason.

This will be an opportunity to let go, reconnect with the Making Moves Magic, play, be Shakespearean, be foolish and wild and who knows what else you will discover. Explore the many parts of your self from the dignified to the ridiculous.

This is a more advanced workshop suitable for people who have worked with me before, or who have had either drama experience or done similar work. Contact me if you want to know if this would be right for you.

13th/14th August
10.30-5.30pm

Helios Centre
116 Judd Street, London WC1

Tubes: Kings Cross/Euston

£135 (125 if booked by July 20th)

To book : send an email and tell me why you’re interested in participating.

http://www.makingmoves.net/Improving_Confidence/contact.html

Pathway to Breakthrough

Claire Schrader — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 07:43:25 +0000

Intro Evening
Pathway to Breakthrough

Want to break out of your shell and really start living your life?

Want to be effortlessly self-confident?

Want to play but don’t think you can?

Or interested in joining the Breakthrough Group this summer.

This special evening of play, creativity and self-expression is a safe space to discover all this, let off some steam, opening up a pathway to Breakthrough. And will give you a taste of what to expect is you should join the Breakthrough Group starting in July. It will offer too tools so you can stop feeling inhibited, be more spontaneous, and discover the creative magic that lives inside you?

All welcome

16th June t.b.c.

7.30-9.30pm

£15 or £10 to you if you’re already signed up for the Breakthrough Group

Helios Centre

116 Judd Street, London WC1

Tubes: Kings Cross/Russell Square

To Book: call 0208 838 0329 or mobile 0750 112 7813

Or pay by credit card. Send an email to claire@makingmoves.net

Autumn Impro Group

Claire Schrader — Sun, 15 May 2011 00:54:02 +0000

Are you sometimes tongue tied at a party, social event or when someone makes a smart remark? You want to be able to respond in a natural way but find it hard to know quite what to say?

Have you been going through a stressful time and know you need to let your hair down, get out of all the heaviness and play more …. be more true to who you really are.

Do you want to be more spontaneous, more able to respond in the moment and let your true gifts shine forth?  Are you someone who has a tendency to give rather than receive, or feels they need to get everything right, and as a result feel that people/life doesn’t treat you as they/it should?

Do you struggle to put yourself “out there”? But know that if you’re going to be as successful as you want to be, then you’re going to have to get more comfortable in the spotlight?

If the answer is yes to any of these questions…..then you might want to consider joining the Impro Group that I will be starting on 26th September.

Impro, sometimes known as improvisation is a form of theatre that has been gaining in popularity over the last few decades. As an introvert, who was once very inhibited in social situations, never knowing quite what to say to people when they made some smart, playful remark, the skills that I learnt in Impro literally changed my life.

I discovered how to be witty, playful and humourous in social situations – and so much more. In fact I still use those skills today, and I wouldn’t have achieved half the things I have in my life without them.

Click here to book

WHAT YOU MIGHT GET OUT OF IT

You will have the opportunity to be part of a very supportive group who are all rooting for you. This on its own can be very healing, particularly if you’re someone who has a tendency to give more than you receive from other people.

You will learn how to be more spontaneous and how to respond more in the moment, so you will become less inhibited in social situations.

You will have tremendous fun, playing and creating with other people even if you think you can’t play. You are likely to find it easier to play more in your relationships and communication.

You will find yourself thinking less and allowing yourself to communicate in a natural way without need to analyse everything before you speak.

People very commonly find that health problems and emotional issues simply melt away as a result of the group. For one woman, a long standing back problem completely disappeared as a result of participating.

LEARNING TO MAKE MISTAKES
The Impro Group will first of all be a very safe environment to make mistakes and take risks - this is something that doesn’t come so easily to introverts. We have a tendency to want to keep our heads below the parapet and feel we don’t have the luxury to make mistakes.

You will learn the basic tools of improvisation, that will enable to respond rather than feel you need to initiate or have brilliant ideas.You will discover there is no such thing as a brilliant or creative idea. In fact making a mistake can be the most brilliant thing you can do.

You will learn to truly to give and receive, and that by receiving fully and allowing yourself to respond in the most natural way- not from your head – but from your heart or your gut feelings…. then that can be a true gift to your fellow participants. In fact just receiving an “offer” can be a gift in itself – without you having to do anything. Even getting frozen can be a great gift. If you are a habitual doer or giver, this can help to undo some of this programming.

You will learn too how to follow a positive flow, because then an effortless flow of receiving and giving can happen. Take this skill into your life and watch your life take on a completely different quality. You will begin to experience more ease in your life, you will deal with challenges more effectively and will find more synchronicity come into your life.

You will also be able to let the many parts of yourself out of the cupboard, as once you have learnt these basic skills, we will be exploring a whole host of characters – and through this you will discover parts of yourself that you may have suppressed or denied. And the group will be a very safe space to explore those things.

This is a more verbal group than my other events so will teach you verbal dexterity, and will help you overcome any ways in which you are habitually blocking yourself in your communication with others.

We’ll be starting Monday 6th June and running for 12 weeks (see below). You will need to commit to the whole group – you can miss sessions but you will need to pay for them.

THE DETAILS
Dates: Monday 26th September- 12th December 2011
Times: 7.30-9.30pm
Venue: Helios Centre, WC1
Tubes: Kings Cross, Russell Square
Cost: £240 (12 sessions)

Limited spaces so you are advised to book as soon as possible. Please note: it is fine to miss one or two sessions and still get enormous value from the group.

Booking your place
Please send an email to check a space is available Click here to book or visit http://www.makingmoves.net/Improving_Confidence/contact.html or call 020 8838 0329 or 0750 112 7813 – and let me know why you are interested in joining this group.

If I have never met you before I like to chat with you on the phone to make sure this is the right group for you. You will be asked to send a cheque or book by PayPal to speed up the process.

Not sure? It is very natural to have concerns, particularly if you’ve just discovered this website, haven’t yet met me or experienced any other event.

See if any of this information answers your questions?

I’m a complete beginner, will it be suitable for me?
The event is especially designed for people of all levels – and you don’t have to have any previous experience. Each session will build on each other, and you will gradually become more familiar with the techniques and process until it becomes second nature. Most people find it a lot easier than they thought they would. This is non judgmental space and you will be encouraged to participate in your own way and at your own pace. But if you have any concerns please call or email me.

What if I don’t get anything out of it?
This is why I offer a 90 day money back guarantee, because I know how effective the group will be for you. If you attend 9 out of the 12 sessions and participate fully in the sessions and you have gained nothing from the experience then I will refund you money in total (less a small admin fee). I usually ask you to wait a full 6 weeks before you make your request as the shifts often take that long to come into place.

I’ve been to Impro Classes before – will this be too easy for me?
The Impro Group will be a little bit different from an Impro Class – and less geared towards comedy – and is likely to take you into deeper areas of yourself. You may be surprised too how quickly the other participants get up to speed. Because we are working within the safety of an ongoing group, you will be able to work with issues and areas of your expression that wouldn’t be possible in the more performance orientated atmosphere of an Impro Class

I’ve been to Impro Classes and felt very uncomfortable?
I resonate with you. I’ve been to comedy impro classes which I used to love and felt very exposed, and often come away feeling empty. This group will not like that, which is why I’m charging just a little more than for a normal impro class. It will be a small, intimate group, and the focus will be less on performance – and more on exploration – with an opportunity to reflect on your experiences afterwards. So as a result you may find the process sh

What sort of people do it?
Most people who come into my groups feel that they are on some kind of a path – of growth and personal discovery. There is a open, light-hearted atmosphere in the group the most people find very relaxing. All I can say is that there is a wonderful motivated group of people who are drawn to this work, many who may go on to become close friends.

I’d love to do but I haven’t got the money right now?
If you would like to pay installments, that’s fine, then just email me, and I can set up an arrangement through Pay Pal.

Feeling ready to book?
Just send me an email see http://www.makingmoves.net/Improving_Confidence/contact.html or call me on 0208 838 0329 to reserve your place. Or if you have further questions not answered here or want to know more, please don’t hesitate to get in touch

Breakthrough Group – two chances to join

Claire Schrader — Sat, 14 May 2011 23:38:14 +0000

You know you’ve been called to live a bigger life and to shine your light in powerful ways.

There’s so much potential in you that’s still unfulfilled, and perhaps you’ve been on the edges of realizing that potential… … but you feel/know that something is holding you back. A wall you can’t seem to break through.

Some people experience it as feeling shut down – as if a wall literally came down and shut them off from their life energy. Or there’s a part of you that’s in hiding.

You may be paralysed at the thought of standing up in front of a group, or find yourself tongue tied when meeting new people, or in situations when you feel pressured or put on the spot.

Or it’s a lot more subtle than that. You know you ought to be more successful than you are, and you just know that some part of you is in hiding and keeping you away from the success that is rightfully yours.

If you’re resonating with this and know you need to break out if you’re going to live your life the way you want to, there’s two opportunities to join The Breakthrough Group, a powerful course which will enable you to break out of your shell, and allow yourself to be seen and for your voice to be heard.

It is an opportunity to get out of you head and explore what is blocking you….. through a powerful creative process, that gets right to the unconscious root of the issue and is also enormous fun. And this is one of the reasons why it is so effective.

If you’ve been to numerous courses to help you to overcome these issues, learned countless success techniques that haven’t lived up to their promises – and you may be understandably reluctant to invest in another. The Breakthrough Group is based on my experiences of being an introvert and what really worked in getting me out of my shell so I could express myself powerfully in the world. And a result I have achieved things I never would have dreamed possible.

The group has worked for the hundreds of people, many of whom have been struggling to make changes for many years and report the group quicker and more effective than any other approaches they have tried. It has literally saved them thousands of pounds.

THE BREAKTHROUGH PROCESS
The group will include an opportunity to work with the powerful Breakthrough Process, and is one of the most powerful ways I know to transform the unconscious patterns that are holding you back and that have kept you stuck in old roles and modes of behaviour. And these patterns will release. Some times instantly. Sometimes it might take a little bit of time to integrate the new energy.

This process alone has been life changing for so many people – in fact many have said they have made more progress in this one process than in 30 years of therapy.

This group is designed for you if:

You want to live your life in a more potent way. You want to express yourself powerfully in the world, and be paid what you’re worth. You maybe an introvert, or feel there’s a part of you that keeps you away from success.

You’ve been in previous groups and workshops and know the progress and shifts you can make, and you want to go to the next level. There’s a new level of breakthrough that you’re ready for or a bigger dream, or another skin that’s waiting to be shed.

You want to stop feeling lonely and isolated from other people. You want to get over your fear of the crowded room, to stop driving people away from you and start attracting them towards you.

You want to overcome your fear/avoidance of the spotlight. You want to seen, valued and recognised by the people who are important to you in your career or personal life

The foundations of your life being tested right now and you know you have a choice, either to sink in swim. You want to swim and yet you’re afraid that…. fill in the blanks with all that you’re afraid of. You don’t want to stop living like a mouse and start living your life out loud.Watch this video in which I describe the process
http://youtu.be/eo7xoAjPtcY

The group is limited to eight people, and this means that you will build up a strong level of trust with a small group of people who are 100% in support of you making a significant breakthrough. This makes the group a very safe place to explore any area where you are stuck. And you will also be able to work much more deeply and at an individual level. Then watch your life begin to transform in magical and unexpected ways, old emotional baggage and patterns simply melt away.

The Weekend Group designed specifically for people who live out of London
2 weekends and two support tele-sessions
1st Weekend : 28th-29th May 10.30-5.30
2nd Weekend: July 9th-10th 10.30-5.30
Venue: Belsize Rooms, Belsize Lane NW2
Nearest tubes: Swiss Cottage, Belsize Park
Cost: £300

The Weekly Group
Dates: 7th July – 29th Sept 2011  (no session on 28th July)
Times: 7.30-9.30pm
Venue: The Upper Room
Tubes: Camden Town
Cost: £300 (12 sessions which can be paid in installments)

To reserve your place please send an email or call 020 8838 0329 or 0750 112 7813

If I have never met you before I like to chat with you on the phone to make sure this is the right group for you.

Not sure? It is very natural to have concerns, particularly if you’ve just discovered this website. See if any of this information answers your questions?

http://www.makingmoves.net/Improving_Confidence/BreakthroughQuestionsUK.html

with warmest wishes

Claire Schrader

Harbin Hotspings event – California

Claire Schrader — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 21:36:03 +0000

MYTH-A-DRAMA

free your spirit

Leave the real world behind and enter into the fabulous world of myth, larger than life characters and experiences
Express your passion, magic and joy of being alive
Connect with others in a meaningful and inspiring way that celebrates the magnificence of the human spirit
Transform negative emotions and situations into life-enhancing creation

Thursday 28th April 7-10pm

Stonefront

Harbin Hotsprings
Middletown CA

This evening is part of the Harbin Events Program – so it is free – however donations much appreciated.

Here’s a quote from Joseph Campbell to inspire you:

“The Ancient myths were designed to harmonise the mind and the body. The mind can ramble off in strange ways and want things that the body does not want. The myths and rites were means of putting the mind in accord with the body and the way of life in accord with the way that nature dictates.”

This is why engaging with myth is so important in a world full of distractions and technology which drain our energy in which it’s easy to forget who we really are. In engaging with myth in this bodily way, mind and body immediately come into harmony so your soul can shine.

See http://www.harbin.org/poster.htm

Skyros Holiday

If you’re a globe trotter, you may be interested in my course “Coming Alive” at the Skyros Centre in Greece, the foremost alternative holiday centre in Europe. A fabulous place where you are guaranteed to have fun and meet some amazing people.

http://www.skyros.com/svc_atsitsa_program.htm

Next Workshop

Claire Schrader — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 09:39:12 +0000

Awakening Workshop

It is Spring but are you fully awake? After a “long, hard winter”, it is time to emerge from hibernation, but this is hard if you have become used to living in a contracted state.

Do you want to have more fun, feel more alive and to live more in creative flow?

In this powerful workshop we will be exploring the theme of awakening through the Greek myth ofPersephone’s, return from the Underworld. Persephone was innocently picking flowers with some nymphs when Hades, Lord of the Underworld burst through a cleft in the earth and took her to be his queen. In her absence the natural world withered and descended into a deep sleep.

So the return of Persephone brings with it the awakening of the natural world,
new life, growth and possibility.

WHO IT’S FOR
This workshop is designed for you if…

You’ve been battling with emotional stress, depression, and/or low energy
You’re stuck in a rut and can’t seem to get out of it. You’re feeling in a “deep sleep” or perhaps it feels as if you are enclosed within some kind of a cocoon?
You feel ready to emerge from your shell – either because of shyness, or you’re an introvert or because you feel you’ve been in hiding (you avoid situations where you’re the centre of attention).
You feel a deep desire to express your creativity. You know that there’s a lot inside you but you feel blocked from expressing yourself. Your career or lifestyle offers few outlets for expression, and as a result you feel boxed in unable to express who you really are.
You want to wake up, hold back less often and more completely express your passion, magic and joy of being alive?
You’re ready for the next step on you’re Making Moves journey.

WHAT YOU MIGHT GET OUT OF IT

Shed the final trappings of “winter” and emerge into new life fully awakened.
Transform negative emotions and situations into life-enhancing creation
Learn how to live more from your instincts and intuition. Get out of your head and be more spontaneous – more uninhibited and have a lot more fun in your life.
Connect with others in a meaningful and inspiring way that celebrates the magnificence of the human spirit?
Let go of old habits and patterns of behaving.
Find your voice and express your power.

THE DETAILS

Date: 9th/10th April 2010
Times 10.30-5.30pm

Venue: Helios Centre 116 Judd Street London WC1
Tubes: Kings Cross/Euston
Cost: £125 (if booked before 15th March) £135 (thereafter)

HOW TO BOOK
Send me an email claire@makingmoves.net and I will confirm your place and request that you send a cheque or pay by credit card.

“The fun of it!! Working with eternally relevant myths, dressing up, letting goof self-imposed restrictions, rediscovering the exuberance of being a child atplay without judgement or restriction. It was all very liberating and funny andpoignant. And at times, richly profound and illuminating.” C.V., Project Manager

Events January to April

Claire Schrader — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 08:48:06 +0000

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

Claire Schrader — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 15:19:42 +0000

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

Claire Schrader — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 15:15:09 +0000

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?

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