10 Day Creative Gratitude Practice: A Spirited Exploration in Words and Images
Join Adriana in a Self-Guided Daily Creative Practice to:
- Focus on a Gratitude Mindset
- Engage in Creative Inspiration and Play
- Allow more Presence and Focus
- Deepen Connection to the Senses
- Experience Renewal and Appreciation for Life
For the next 10 days we will be embarking on a simple, and inquisitive gratitude practice. Using creative expression, I will offer you a prompt each day to explore your surroundings and evoke a sense of gratitude using simple art tools.
Materials that will support the Creative Gratitude Practice (and feel free to improvise with what you have on hand):
- A Journal or Notebook
- A Phone to Take Photos, or a Digital Camera if you wish to produce actual photos
- A Small Sketchbook
- Colored Pencils, Markers, or Oil Pastels
- Magazines to cut out images for Collage
- Glue Stick or Mod Podge
If you would like to share any of your findings with me, feel free to email me during or after the practice with your impressions and any artwork and poetry that arrives along the way.
You can also tag me on social media on Facebook, Instagram or LinkedIn and use the hashtag #creativegratitude
Keep the daily practice as simple as possible so you can sustain it, especially if you have limited time. However, do give yourself space to experiment if the practice inspires you to create more.
About Adriana
Adriana is committed to finding the links between art and life. Her work employs a variety of methods to support emotional and physical health, creative growth, and a deeper relationship to life. Adriana brings an artistic and compassionate perspective when working with individuals, groups and the creative process. Her work is rooted in the belief that the language of the soul speaks through the body, the imaginal world, artistic expression and our life stories.
She has been involved in the arts for over thirty years as an award-winning filmmaker, dancer, photographer and is internationally recognized in her work as a movement-based expressive arts therapist and educator. Since 2002, Adriana has mentored thousands of students as faculty member of the renowned Tamalpa Institute, WHEAT Institute in Canada, and through her thriving business ‘Art Cures’ where she coaches clients and teaches courses. She has presented her creative healing approach supporting mental health with a special focus on addiction, grief and trauma at festivals, conferences, and treatment centers including South by Southwest, She Recovers and the Commonwealth Club. Adriana’s films include When the Fall Comes (2014) and the award-winning documentary The Creative High (2021). www.art-cures.com
Testimonials
“As a creative entrepreneur and as an energetic person it is hard at times to navigate what is passion and purpose and to identify when that drive turns against me and burns me up. Adriana helps me to return to solid ground, providing me with the support to practice my profession in a sustainable way. Working with Adriana helps me to re-balance, see and put things into perspective. After each session I have the feeling I have landed back into self and what truly matters.” — Hilde Elbers, Choreographer, Dancer, Teacher
“Adriana is an excellent choice if one is looking for a therapist or coach. She is insightful and engages on deeper hard levels and stirs the juices bubbling within. She firmly guides one to creating healthy boundaries and cultivating resources in very practical ways . The trust and humor she embodies is refreshing and down to earth - and it is the weight of her emotional integrity - her raw honesty that is a real gift.” — Susan Nalaboff Brilliant, Dancer, Visual Artist
“Adriana is a soulfully creative and gifted healer who is highly attuned to the individuals she works with. In working with individuals in recovery from an eating disorder who feel disconnected from their bodies, her compassionate and mindful presence creates a sacred healing environment to help these individuals. She allows the opportunity to move toward acceptance and re-connection with this disowned aspect of themselves in a safe and nurturing manner.”
— Carol Dietrich, RN, LMFT, RDT
“Working as a consultant in the hi-tech industry can be very demanding. Projects move at a breakneck pace, you need to navigate challenging personalities and somehow not allow that stress to intrude on your personal life and relationships. Adriana has been helping me overcome these obstacles. Borrowing from a variety of disciplines, she always seems to find the perfect practice to help me center and regain perspective.” — Dave Castelnuovo, Software Engineer
