Sunday, April 5, 2020

30 Day Art Therapy Challenge: Reduce Stress Using Creative Arts Intervention

 Prayer Flag by Gina Welds Hulse

Studies suggest that art therapy can be very valuable in treating issues such as depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder and even some phobias. It is a great way to express your emotions without words, process complex feelings and find relief.

While art therapy is its own field, you can also use self-directed art to express your creative side, reduce stress, and get in touch with your feelings. ... There are many reasons that art is a great stress relief tool, even for those who don't consider themselves artistically inclined.

I've been doing an art break on my Lupus Page on Facebook for the last couple of weeks, and will continue for 30 days.

Please feel free to join me at 1:00 p.m. Eastern time daily to take a break from the stressors of life, if just for a few minutes for an episode of #CreateWithGina.

The previous episodes are listed below (with a few examples) and will be updated daily, if you miss the LIVE stream.


Day 1 Doodling and Grounding with meditation

Day 2  Recyle and Receive

Day 3 Part 1 Herbal tea
Day 3 Part 2 Positive Quote Collage
Day 4 Fill Your Heart With Things You Love
Day 5 Create Affirmation Cards
Day 6 Design a Prayer Flag 
Day 7 How do you anchor during stressful times?
Day 8 What makes you unique?  Create your YOUnique snowflake.
Day 9 Be the Architect of your life.  Design your Comfort Castle. 
Day 10 Brain Dump
Day 11 Create a Mandala

Day 12 Create a Photo-Collage of your favorite moments from last week.
Day 13 Create a Tree of Strength
Day 14 Create a Gratitude Jar 

Day 15 Create a Self-Portrait in the style of Giuseppe Arcimboldo 

Day 16 Decluttering, Trauma and Creating a Clutter Collage
Day 17 Scribbles into Masterpieces (Mess to Message) 


Day 18 Create a Victory Symbol
Day 19 Create a Found Poem
Day 20 Create a Doodle Centric or Exquisite Corpse
Day 21 Egg symbolism: What will you hatch this year?
Day 22 Healing with Art: A Spiritual Experience
Day 23 DIY Aroma Play Dough
Day 24 Crate a Home Altar
Day 25
Day 26
Day 27
Day 28
Day 29
Day 30

 To be continued.....

 Blessings!

Gina











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