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back frequently for current events, workshops, and other happenings
at Rising Bird Healing Arts!
Rising Bird Healing Arts Summer Art Show!
WHEN: Thursday, August 14, 2008; 6:00-9:00pm
WHERE: 6316 9th Avenue NE (in the Roosevelt District
of Seattle)
This summer I am joined by the lovely JC Clapp,
a fiber artist who creates original felted handbags.
Please join us for an evening of art and merriment!
• Contemplate Courtney's original art, prints, and cards
for sale!
• Salivate over JC's handmade felted handbags for sale!
• Tour the other businesses in the neighborhood as part of
the Roosevelt Art Walk!
• Enter to win a free massage!
• Enjoy some delectable refreshments!
To learn more about the event, click here
to view the colorful flyer!
The Artist Within: An Integrative Art
Workshop and Bodywork Series
For three months (August 3 – November 1, 2008), immerse
yourself in your creative life by exploring your artist within.
This hands-on holistic healing package includes a dynamic combination
of group art workshops and individual holistic bodywork sessions.
In this package you will...
* Tend to your creative life, allowing it to grow & flourish.
* Explore your identity, personal journey, desires, and dreams
through a powerful combination of reflection, art, and bodywork.
* Connect with like-minded people for creative play, support,
and inspiration.
* Release stuck-ness in your body and your life through dynamic
art exercises.
* Learn to listen to your body's powerful messages and creatively
address old injuries or traumas that are being held in the body.
* Improve your well-being through bodywork sessions that both heal
and rejuvenate your mind, body, and spirit.
This package includes...
* Four “Artist Within” group art workshops - all art
supplies provided!
* Tasty snacks and tea provided at each workshop.
* Three 90-minute individual bodywork sessions (one session per
month).
* A community creativity blog for between-workshop sharing, support,
and inspiration.
* Weekly art exercises I will post to the blog to foster creative
momentum.
* A “Creativity Pack” of goodies, including an artist
journal and a “Second Chakra Kit” for creativity.
To reserve your spot in The Artist Within,
please email or call Courtney at
cputnam@rising-bird.com or (206) 228-9124 by July 1, 2008.
Space is limited to 8 participants.
Cost: $495* Cash, checks, and credit card (via PayPal) are accepted.
* May be paid in two installments.
Click here
to view complete workshop schedule and descriptions!
A Year of Living in Your Body: An Experiential Workshop
Series
Imagine feeling more connected to your body's messages. Imagine
tapping into your inner wisdom and creativity, letting go of doubt
and fear. I invite you to spend a whole year living fully in your
body. By engaging in awareness, reflective, creative, and body-centered
exercises, we will explore how our bodies can help us to understand
in a deep and meaningful way how we relate to ourselves and engage
with the big, wide world around us.
This workshop series is facilitated by Courtney
Putnam, MFA, LMP
and will be held at Rising Bird Healing Arts.
$100 per workshop or $320 if you sign up for all
four.
To register, email Courtney at cputnam@rising-bird.com
Space is limited to 8 participants.
Sunday, July 27, 2008; 1-5pm
Writing from Your Body
Do you feel and hear all that your body has to tell you? In this
workshop, we will explore the ways in which paying attention to
our bodies can enhance our writing and our writing process. We will
write from our guts, our hands, our spleens, and our blood vessels.
We will explore how telling the story of our bodies can help us
to reclaim our creative, knowledgeable, and truth-telling physical
selves.
Sunday, October 19, 2008; 1-5pm
Six Senses Workshop
When we smell, hear, taste, touch, see, and intuit, we take in the
world around us. We process information, feel deeply, make important
decisions, and experience pleasure. We also can feel overwhelmed
by sensory stimulation and in turn shut off our sensors. In this
workshop, we will engage in all six of our senses and learn how
to become “awake” in our bodies and to interpret the
wisdom of our sensory experiences.
Sunday, January 11, 2009; 1-5pm
Your Body Speaks: Inner Wisdom
What does it feel like in your body when you resonate with an idea,
thought, or feeling? How do you know when your body is giving you
important information? In this inner wisdom workshop, we will explore
the power of our six chakra, the chakra of intuition and inner knowing.
Using writing, guided visualizations, muscle testing, and pendulum
work, we will tap into the body's hidden wisdom.
Sunday, April 12, 2008; 1-5pm
You, Yourself, & You: The Self-Portrait
In this hands-on art workshop, we will explore the self in three
parts: past self, present self, and future self. Using collage as
our medium, we will cut and paste together meaningful images of
who we once were, who we are now, and who we wish to be. Feel free
to bring meaningful images you've collected.
Click here
to view the complete (and colorful!) flyer
Spring Art Show!
Thursday, April 10, 6-9pm
I host my Spring Art Show here at Rising Bird Healing Arts (my
home business in the Roosevelt District). The multi-talented Kara
Jones will be offering henna body art to
decorate your hands or feet! I'll be showing my mixed media originals
and we'll both be selling cards and prints of our work. For more
information about the show (and the artists), click here.
(Encore workshop!) Intentional Desires:
An Abundance Box Workshop
Date/Time: Sunday, January 27, 2008; 1-4pm
Location: Rising Bird Healing Arts
Cost: $30 (checks and cash accepted); space is
limited to eight people so sign up early!
Contact: Courtney Putnam at cputnam@rising-bird.com
Join me for an afternoon of envisioning your own abundance. In
this hands-on workshop, you will explore your dreams and goals and
create an abundance box as a visual representation of what you wish
to manifest in your life. This is a time for thinking big, pulling
your ingenious ideas out of the cobwebs of your mind, and giving
life to your desires!
The purpose of an abundance box is to channel your intentions,
goals, and visions into a symbolic artifact. Inside this box you
will place small objects that characterize the things you wish to
actualize. Think about what aspect of your life you would like to
give a little positive intention. Are there goals and dreams you
are ready to make real?
In this workshop you will create your very own abundance box and
fill it with objects that represent what you hope to bring to life.
We will also explore some principles of Feng Shui, which may enhance
or inform the intention and placement of your box. Using a Feng
Shui bagua (map) as your guide, you will determine where your box
is best placed in your own home.
You bring (if you wish): Any significant images, symbols, or objects
with which to 1) decorate your box, and to 2) place inside your
box. I provide: Boxes of varying shapes and sizes, art supplies,
collage supplies and decorative papers. Tea and light snacks will
be provided.
Holiday Art Show!
Thursday, December 13, 2007, 6-9pm
Featuring…
Courtney Putnam, mixed media artist
Kristin Stubbs, jewelry artist
* Jewelry and original art for sale!
* Art cards and prints for sale!
* Enter to win a free massage!
* Enjoy some delectable refreshments!
Please join us!
This season, Courtney will be joined by the talented Kristin Stubbs,
whose art takes the form of unique and exquisite jewelry pieces.
For more information about the artists, download this flyer.
Intentional Desires: An Abundance Box Workshop
Saturday, December 22, 2007 (Winter Solstice), 3-6pm
Abundance [n]: great amount or supply; bounty, fortune, plentitude,
prosperity, thriving
What do you want in your life? Better health? A terrific job? Creative
energy? Strong relationships? Financial security?
Join me for an afternoon of envisioning your own abundance. In
this hands-on workshop, you will explore your dreams and goals and
create an abundance box as a visual representation of what you wish
to manifest in your life. This is a time for thinking big, pulling
your ingenious ideas out of the cobwebs of your mind, and giving
life to your desires!
The purpose of an abundance box is to channel your intentions,
goals, and visions into a symbolic artifact. Inside this box you
will place small objects that characterize the things you wish to
actualize. Think about what aspect of your life you would like to
give a little positive intention. Are there goals and dreams you
are ready to make real?
In this workshop you will create your very own abundance box and
fill it with objects that represent what you hope to bring to life.
We will also explore some principles of Feng Shui, which may enhance
or inform the intention and placement of your box. Using a Feng
Shui bagua (map) as your guide, you will determine where your box
is best placed in your own home.
You bring (if you wish): Any significant images, symbols, or objects
with which to 1) decorate your box, and to 2) place inside your
box. I provide: Boxes of varying shapes and sizes, art supplies,
collage supplies and decorative papers. Tea and light snacks will
be provided.
Cost: $30 (checks and cash accepted); space is
limited to eight people
About Courtney:
Courtney Putnam is a licensed massage practitioner and certified
Reiki practitioner who offers a holistic approach to wellness. She
is a poet and visual artist and holds a Master of Fine Arts in Creative
Writing. With a strong belief in the mind-body connection, Courtney
encourages creative expression as a vehicle for healing on the physical,
emotional, and spiritual levels.
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