SomaArt
The art voluntarily and sacredly shared on this page by my clients and myself was created during somatic sessions or afterwards with the material explored in session.
SomaArt is the exploration of the body and psyche through movement, sound and imagination. The creative and often unconscious materials of the psyche/soma are provided an opportunity to move into the physical world. This movement outward onto a sheet of paper is a way to access deeper held symbols, emotions, memories and somatic experiences. The focus is on what is happening inside the body, rather than what is on the paper. Often the eyes are closed during the session. The art is revealing through its symbolism and explored with the client through a mythopoetic and somatic analysis. The creative process pulls us closer to the numinous and places us within the realm of that which is sacred.
Occasionally, potent and highly charged material surfaces during the process. Somatic techniques of titration and pendulation are employed to help clients process the material towards a wider range of tolerance and resiliency.
Bilateral Body Mapping
encourages bilateral, rhythmic repetition of movements and applies particular archetypal shapes as intervention tools to structure the experience, if necessary.
It also awakens structure and builds new neurological pathways. The techniques activate all three parts of the Truine brain (the brain stem, limbic and neocortex), working with the expressive therapies continuum of kinesthetic, perception and cognition.
This art therapy is a form of bodywork, grounding individuals in the present substance of the body through direct contact with the physical reality of paper, pastel, color, and paints.
Anchoring in the present moment helps the individual feel safe and empowered as they process highly active material, release tension from the body, and find richer meaning.
Bilateral Body Mapping (7 Year Old) - Moving Stuck Energy
Draw Your Body
After Session - Longing
Bilateral Drawing - Theme: Grief
Exploring the Lemniscate Shape
Timed One Minute - Theme: Darkness
After Session - Rage
Bilateral Body Mapping: Building a base with the Bowl Shape
Timed One Minute - Theme: Miscarriage
Exploring the Lemniscate
Bilateral Body Mapping: First Exploration
Bilateral Body Mapping: Working with the Circle (Vortex)
Bilateral Body Mapping: Exploring Joy
Exploring the Bowl Shape
Bilateral Body Mapping: Expressing Rage
Bilateral Body Mapping: Wholeness
Bilateral Body Mapping: Release
Bilateral Drawing-Theme: Ovarian and Kidney Cyst carrying the Weight of Responsibility
After Session Painting: Working with Darkness and Light
Wall Size Drawing-Theme: Absent Father
Darkness
Bilateral Body Mapping: Releasing Rage
Bilateral Body Mapping: Tapping into Something Buried
Bilateral Body Mapping: Exploring Difficulty with Voice
Bilateral Body Mapping (7 year old) - Soothing the Nervous System
Art Play (7 year old)
Bilateral Body Mapping: Soothing with Circle Play