Our Bodies, Ourselves?

This is the recordings of my online live course (Zoom) on transforming and healing your relationship with your body through visual art with NVC and Neurobiology. As you would be watching and following the methods, you can leave your questions or share artwork via comments and attachments, and I will offer support and guidance to your learning the skills that you would be able to use daily. You may find the methods useful if you are experiencing any of the following:

• feeling disconnected from one's body
• one's body feeling trapped in its environment during the pandemic
• one's body struggling to get to sleep or stay asleep
• one's body having an uneasy relationship with food and/or eating
• one's body getting sick
• one's body changing with age
• one's body that would not or cannot do what one wants the body to do
• one's body that craves something - and can't get it
• one's body wearing "battle marks" - the scars and other traces of life
• one's body that is different in any way (colour, weight, race, ability levels, gender etc) from what is "approved" or "desired" by the society - and feeling the impact of it
• one's body that is in pain

We will journey towards making friends with our bodies - with body-sense-based tuning-in exercises and various art methods and techniques. The body-sense based exercises boost our brain integration and bring our right hemisphere online. With practise, they structure right hemisphere.

Would you like to travel together and move from the inner "body battleground" closer to this place of self-warmth and self-acceptance - towards our own bodies and ourselves?

We will cover the following methods:

1. body-sense based "Inner Landscape" method - a map to start your journey that you can come back to time and time again
2. body-sense based "Self-portrait" (be assured, with this abstract technique, even children can follow it) - exploring your relationship with your face towards self-acceptance and self-warmth
3. body-sense based "Making Friends, Receiving Gifts" - an art dialogue with any body part that is troubling you/ you are struggling with/ where you'd like to have a more friendly relationship with it
4. body-sense based empathy and transformation technique "Lifting the Rug" - a movement towards body-related DISGUST or CONTEMPT feelings
5. "The Body and the Systemic" - acknowledging where you vs systemic and various things bigger that one human body, and gifting your body with blessings using "art/resource" approach, wherever your body is just right now

What will you get?

• Visual "how-to" for every stage - I will show you my approach, give explanations and answer your questions before we start
• The time together to draw along and call on me for support in case you are stuck or unsure or can't get moving with your process
• Before we start, guided body-sense-based exercises to prime your creative process and easing you into it, no matter whether you are a beginner or an experienced visual artist
• Support and feedback on your work - your questions answered

Where?

Any time on your computer or devices, you can watch videos of Zoom sessions with my demos, and follow along. We will send you instructions for Zoom once you joined, before the first session.

When?

What do others say?

Pavla Haluskova, USA (Neuroart Foundation mini-workshop followed by some one-to-one support from Olga)

"Yes!! I learned so much from this sweetest human and dearest friend .. this work is very healing approach how to bring our inner self into more tangible place outward and catching ourself with empathy when actions blocks enter into our field. I’m so in love with neurographics and neuro painting .. deep gratitude for these teachings .. such a beautiful support of the work we do with Sarah (Peyton). Thank you my lovely friend. In deep bow to you!!💛" - Pavla Haluskova, USA

" I recommend Olga's work so very highly..." - Sarah Peyton, USA, CNVC CT, Author of "Your Resonant Self"

Can I join if I absolutely can't draw?

Yes! We believe that with this step-by-step method, as long as you can hold a pen, breathe and watch a 5-10 minute video and follow instructions in it, you would be able to use this approach. Here is some work of the students who did the equivalent of this Foundation-level course facilitated by Olga.

Jaya Manske, Mindfulness and Well-Being coach, USA

Robin Collins, USA

Han Tran, Vietnam, and Melissa Dao, Vietnam and Poland

Sittharmanin Susamawathanakun, Thailand

If you are still unsure, we offer 10-days money back guarantee (from the time of the first session).

What art materials do I need

• a fineliner (a black ballpoint pen will do at a pinch),
• a piece of paper (printer paper will do) and
• some pencils, crayons, markers or felt tips (whatever you have at home will do!)
• optional: scraps of colourful paper, fabric, anything to collage with, scissors and a glue stick.

If you want to get more things or are really into your art materials, we share various tips on art materials as one of the videos in the course. The sky is your limit!

Are there any alternative payment methods? I am in Europe and Teachable wants to charge me extra 20% VAT on top! Help!

For those of you in EU or the UK, you can pay via Paypal (friends and family or you can add 3% to cover half of the fees) or a bank transfer to an EU or a UK bank account. If you would like this option please contact us.

DISCLAIMER:

This is not the course about fitness/sports/exercise, dieting or any approach to eating/food. This is about exploring and acknowledging our relationships with our bodies, strengthening or restoring our awareness of our bodies, which, in turn, restructures and strengthens your right hemisphere and integrates whole brain - and using that as a starting point for wherever you want to go.

This course is not a replacement for any medical support, treatment or advice, from diagnosis to care to medication. If feeling unwell or worried about your health, we suggest seeking suitably knowledgeable and qualified healthcare provider.

This is also not a replacement to one-to-one support or therapy.

However, with this course you will get the ways to have a friendlier and warmer dialogue with your body. And you'd be able to use them day in, day out to continue this journey.