Centurion therapy and art workshop a great success
“The workshop aims at uncovering the causes of anxiety and fear by focusing on how to enhance self-image and improve self-confidence.”
Therapy has the ability to help people work through difficult experiences. Mix that with art and, voila, you have a winner.
People deal with their emotions differently and nothing beats the results of dealing with emotions through art and therapy.
Founder of Therapy and Art Nikita Smit hosted the “love yourself art workshop” at the Shed Coffee and Gift shop in Centurion on Saturday.
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The “no-art-skills-required” workshop was attended by women from different walks of life.
“Studies have shown that art promotes mental health and improves our overall quality of life. By combining therapeutic – and creative processes; physical, mental and emotional well-being of individuals of all ages can be improved and enhanced,” she said.
Smit used art and narrative activities to help women discover the meaning of being worthy in today’s society.
“The workshop is aimed at uncovering the causes of anxiety and fear that prevents life in abundance, by focusing on how to enhance your self-image and improve self-confidence.”
Smit said she hosted these workshops quarterly under different themes.
“I am planning on doing these workshops for the less privileged, especially women and children. I also want to teach them artwork so they can sustain themselves,” she said.
One of the attendees Driana Zandberg said the workshop was very relaxing.
“For a few hours, you could escape, reflect and find meaning in yourself again. I would definitely recommend it to anyone. We all think you need to be artistic to do art but that is not true, once you start an activity… everything makes sense.”
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Ilze Domingues said what she took from the workshop was that she needed to acknowledge her negative emotions caused by ordinary life, then release that on paper through art activities.
“The art activities made me feel at peace and carefree with myself and my life again. I enjoyed being creative with other women,” she said.
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