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Touch Drawing in the UK
British BBC Film by Sue Mason Touch Drawing was featured on the British BBC television program “Inside Out” last autumn (2003),
Read more.Touch Drawing and Pain Management
Touch Drawing and Pain Management:A Beautiful Meeting of Ideas Rebecca A. Leonard, MA, MFT As an Expressive Arts Therapist and
Read more.From Touch Drawing to SoulCards to Portals of Presence
This is a wonderful hour-long video conversation with Justine Serebrin. It was part of her Intuitive Artist Mastery Code Course.
Read more.Strengthening Your Soul Through Creativity
Authentic Messengers Interview A wonderful hour-long conversation with Catherine Van Wetter on the theme Strengthening Your Soul Through Creativity.
Read more.Drawing Light Out Of Darkness
Reclaiming Creative Spirit by Helen Warren Helen Warren worked through clinical depression to arrive at a place where she reclaimed
Read more.Standing Strong
This is not an easy image. We are not in easy times. I created this drawing during the Indigenous Day
Read more.Touch Drawing as a Moving Meditation
by Jewell Jnana Scanlon I began Touch Drawing in 1999. It was an amazing opening for me. My sense of
Read more.Women’s Spiritual Leadership for the 21st Century
Women spiritual leaders are emerging more prominently than ever before across the major religions and spiritual traditions of the world.
Read more.A Lifetime of Creating Continues Despite Parkinsons via Touch Drawing
by Irv Knowlen On February 20th, 2009 Victoria Anderson and the Expressive Arts Gallery of Sarasota had a special opening
Read more.Touch Drawing: The Art of Grief
Interfaith Minister Uses Touch Drawing in Grief-Work Author: Rev. Donna Belt It’s been five weeks now since I sat with
Read more.Finding Beauty Within Grief
by Kathleen Horne Artvisioninc@aol.comI arrived at the Touch Drawing Gathering, not really thinking that one of the themes I would
Read more.Touch Drawing with Traumatized Children in Gaza
by Mohammad Mukhamair Last fall Mukti Khanna invited me to introduce Touch Drawing to two Palestinian therapists from Gaza who
Read more.Global Earth Repair Conference – Touch Drawing Gallery
This conference brought together more than 500 earth repair practitioners, grass-roots activists, farmers, scientists, indigenous leaders and supporters to talk
Read more.2019 Whidbey Winter Gathering Touch Drawing Gallery
THE DECISIVE DECADE SERIES: Chaos, Community, and Compassion Thursday, January 24 – Sunday, January 27, 2019 Whidbey Institute on Whidbey Island,
Read more.TD as a Communication Tool
Touch Drawing as a communication tool when few means of communication are left by Madelyn Pitts A dear friend of
Read more.Inner Portrait for Healing from Cancer
by Deborah Koff-Chapin When a friend was diagnosed with breast cancer, my way to support her during surgery was to
Read more.In-Depth Touch Drawing with Children
by Katrina Plato In July I taught a one week, half days Touch Drawing class for children ages 7 to
Read more.Beyond the Patient
Art and Creativity for Staff, Management, Executives and Organizational Change by Deborah Koff-Chapin Chapter 22 from Art Therapy in Healthcare,
Read more.Celebrating 40 years of Touch Drawing…
May 14, 1974 was the last day of my last year in art school. I was in the print shop. A
Read more.Touch Drawing at Y-We Write Camp with Young Women Empowered
Young Women Empowered and Hedgebrook team up each summer for an amazing leadership and creative writing summer camp on Whidbey Island, WA.
Read more.Co-Creative Spirituality Conference at the Findhorn Foundation in Scotland
Time lapse of Deborah creating a Touch Drawing “Engaging with the subtle worlds isn’t simply to experience or explore the
Read more.Touch Drawing with Parkinsonians and Their Caregivers
By Susan Jackewicz in collaboration with Victoria Domenichello-Anderson VICTORIA_ANDERSON6@msn.comAlong with Kathleen Horne, Victoria started the Art and Healing Certificate program
Read more.Tibetan Monks Find Touch Drawing
Seven Tibetan monks on tour from the DalaiLama’s Drepung Loseling Monastery in Karnataka, India, visited Whidbey Island to offer chant
Read more.A Storyteller’s Gallery: Love has Won
by Linda Howe Linda is an artist, educator, writer, poet, storyteller and facilitates Touch Drawing. She recently had an exhibition
Read more.Inner Portrait for Death Support
by Deborah Koff-Chapin A beloved friend had been diagnosed with a brain tumor. She used it as a catalyst for
Read more.Touch Drawing at Hospital Stroke Retreat
Saint John’s Hospital Stroke Retreat & Refresh Weekend Facilitated by Janet Nix October 10-12, 2008Written by Debbie Woodford, RN, BS,
Read more.The Image Emerging
Equilibrium – An Image Offering for the EquinoxI created this Touch Drawing while sitting on the beach on my island
Read more.Touch Drawing Deepens Artist’s Sources of Inspiration
by Mark RungeI’ve made art for years. Ever since I can remember, I’ve drawn on paper, in dirt, and in
Read more.Core Course in Art & Healing Certificate Program
Ringling School of Art and Design, Sarasota, FL by Kathleen HorneArtvisioninc@aol.com In 2004, Victoria Domenichello-Anderson and myself approached Ringling School
Read more.The Parliament of the World’s Religions Touch Drawing Gallery
The World’s Oldest, Largest, Most Diverse and Inclusive Global Interfaith Event Toronto, Ontario Canada, November 1 – 7, 2018. The
Read more.Using Touch Drawing at Auschwitz
by Nancy Shemaya Blauer accompanied her family through Auschwitz and offers her story: As a Jew one of my struggles
Read more.Touch Drawing with Pregnant Women
by Ivy Shawl-Song I am a Certified Childbirth Educator and Rehabilitation Practitioner. I am currently completing my requirements for Midwifery
Read more.Touch Drawing with Mentally Disabled People in Arica, Chile
by Tosha Tobias with Photographs by Kenny Tosha Tobias has been opening the way for Touch Drawing in Chile for
Read more.Touch Drawing During Treatment for Leukemia and AIDS
The Power of Touch Drawing to Heal by Julie Rathbun and Sean Mcgee Note from Deborah: Julie has been using
Read more.We Wear Each Others Colors
SoulCards & Touch Drawing & A Family in TransitionBy Stacy Robinson My daughter purchased SoulCards for me as a gift a
Read more.A New Documentary is in the Calling
by Barbara Hulin I have been attracted to Deborah’s art since, as a graduate student, it was introduced to me
Read more.Touch Drawing with At-Risk Youth
Curtis Manzano and Joanne Hobbs Curtis Manzano is a young man who is devoted to developing his creative work, despite
Read more.Transforming Negative Mental Images after 9-11 Through Touch Drawing
by David Baum, Ph.D. Done during a five day Touch Drawing Class as part of the Doctor of Ministry program
Read more.Touch Drawing for Persons with a Life-Challenging Disease
by Ruth Vanden Bosch, M.A., R.N., L.P.C. I have worked with Exceptional Cancer Patients (ECaP), a group founded by Bernie Siegel, MD, for several years.
Read more.Touch Drawing in New York City after 9-11
I want to share some images and writing from one of my Touch Drawing workshops at the Open Center in
Read more.The Source of Myself – I Touched My Origin
By Akiko Mukunashi (Body Worker/Psychotherapist), Oita Japan Japanese Version click here (Translated by Junko Kurata
Read more.Touch Drawing from a Place of Collective Wisdom
By Suzanne FageolIt was the day during the Summer Gathering when we were to draw from the collective and to
Read more.Women of Wisdom: Empowering the Dreams and Spirit of Women
by Kris Steinnes, Founder, Women of Wisdom Foundation Every February since 1995, I have done Interpretive Touch Drawing at the
Read more.Painting a Sense of Self Control
The Sarasota Herald Tribune recently published an article featuring Charles Jursa, a participant in the Touch Drawing classes for Parkinsonians
Read more.Touch Drawing with Therapists in Puerto Rico
Attendants Commentaries: Only God or the Higher power knows how much I needed to reaffirm many things that I’m coping
Read more.The story behind an image in Opening to Love, a SoulTouch Coloring Journal
The immediacy and spontaneity of Touch Drawing has allowed me to draw in so many settings. Over the years I
Read more.Hold Me
A Hospice Worker Processes her Experience Through Touch Drawing by Shemaya Nancy BlauerAs a hospice volunteer I often sat bedside
Read more.Conference on World Affairs – Touch Drawing Gallery
The Conference on World Affairs, sponsored by the University of Colorado Boulder, is a premier forum for discussion of
Read more.Touch Drawing in the Dominican Republic
Aleah Chapin with Deborah Koff-Chapin This summer, my daughter Aleah took a journey to the Dominican Republic to volunteer for
Read more.Touch Drawing and Beyond
Group Exhibition at Portland Library, Portland, Maine From March 1st through April 12th, Maine artists and Touch Drawing practitioners Helen
Read more.Dawn of Interspirituality – Amanecer de la Inter-espiritualidad
San Jose Costa Rica March 12-16, 2018 See the full English/Spanish conference program booklet Welcoming statement by William Keepin and
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