WRITING:  CREATIVE LIVING BEYOND FEAR

1.     Ask my 'fear' to write a letter and listen. 
2.     Write another letter in respectful response to 'fear'
3.     Write a prayer asking for God to remove my fear and direct my attention to what he would have me be [the grace of acceptance, peace, courage, faith or trust?]

Reflection:  What do I now know about about my fear and what to do about it?

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    SPONTANEOUS HEALING DRAWING

  • Be aware of the presence of the divine creative power, who brought healing into the world, through the birth of the Christ child.  
  • Start drawing [With spontaneously process drawing, there is no judgement about what it looks like, only the meaning it reveals. There is no right or wrong way. Freely choose colours, make lines and shapes - play and have intuitive fun.  Enjoy.]
  • What is drawing you away from God’s love of Him, others and self?  
  • See an image of a personal symptom, physical or emotional appear.
  • If many images surface choose one. Look at all the details and make it as vivid as possible.
  • What challenge does this speak to in your life right now?
  • Draw another spiritual powerful image to appear that heals or resolves the problem .
  • How do the two images connect?
  • Create the healing spiritual image to be stronger than the problem.
  • How can the problem be transformed into a healing image? 
  • What does this say about your life right now?
  • Notice how it is revealed in your body
  • Notice where God has been, giving you the power to heal through creating something new from a challenging situation.
  • Write and record 
  • Share your experience with others
DRAWING:   HEALING BODY MAPPING  ®
  1. Close eyes
  2. Draw with both hands on a large sheet of paper.  No imagery.  A direct expression of one's felt sense.
  3. Draw rhythmically repeated scribbles to express and release inner tension, patterns of bracing and pain held in the body.
  4. Assert your boundaries
  5. Listen to inner guidance
  6. Sooth and nurture your soul
  7. Apply massaging movements according to inner needs [eg. finger painting, pastel, etc. ]
  8. Release embedded emotions
Elbrecht, Cornelia. Healing Trauma with Guided Drawing; a sensorimotor art therapy approach to bilateral body mapping. 2018 

​Reflection:  What emotions were experienced?  How was this helpful?