100 Excellent Art Therapy Exercises for Your Mind, Body, and Soul January 9th, 2011 Pablo Picasso once said, "Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life." It's no surprise, then, that many people around the world use art as a means to deal with stress, trauma and unhappiness – or to just find greater peace and meaning in their lives. If you're curious about what art therapy has to offer, you can try out some of these great solo exercises at home to help nurse your mind, body and soul back to health. If you like the experience, you can also seek out professional art therapy treatment in your area. Emotions Deal with emotions like anger and sadness through these helpful exercises. 1. Draw or paint your emotions. In this exercise, you'll focus entirely on painting what you're feeling. 2. Create an emotion wheel. Using color, this activity will have you thinking critically about your emotions. 3. Make a stress painting. Choose colors that represent your stress and jab, scribble and paint your problems away. 4. Put together a journal. Journals don't have to just be based around words. You can make an art journal as well, that lets you visually express your emotions. 5. Make sock puppets. Sock puppets aren't just for kids. Make your own and have them act out scenes that make you upset. 6. Use line art. Line is one of the simplest and most basic aspects of art, but it can also contain a lot of emotion. Use simple line art to demonstrate visually how you're feeling. 7. Design a postcard you will never send. Are you still angry or upset with someone in your life? Create a postcard that expresses this, though you don't have to ever send it. 8. Create a sculpture of your anger. For this activity, you'll make a physical manifestation of the anger in your life. 9. Paint a mountain and a valley. The mountain can represent a time where you were happy, the valley, when you were sad. Add elements that reflect specific events as well. 10. Attach a drawing or message to a balloon. Send away negative emotions or spread positive ones by attaching a note or drawing to a balloon and setting it free.
100 Excellent Art Therapy Exercises for Your Mind, Body, and
SoulJanuary 9th, 2011Pablo Picasso once said, "Art ashes aay fro!
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li)e the experience, you can also see)out professional art therapy
treat!ent in your area#Emotions*eal ith e!otions li)e an(er and
sadness throu(h these helpful exercises#1# Draw or paint your
emotions. $n this exercise, you%ll focus entirely on paintin( hat
you%re feelin(#+# Create an emotion wheel. ,sin( color, this
acti"ity ill ha"e you thin)in( critically about your e!otions#-#
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to de!onstrate "isually ho you%re feelin(#4# Design a postar" you
will ne#er sen". Are you still an(ry or upset ith so!eone in your
life5 .reate a postcard that expresses this, thou(h you don%t ha"e
to e"er send it#6# Create a sulpture o$ your anger. 7or this
acti"ity, you%ll !a)e a physical !anifestation of the an(er in your
life#8# Paint a mountain an" a #alley. The !ountain can represent a
ti!e here you ere happy, the "alley, hen you ere sad# Add ele!ents
that reflect specific e"ents as ell#10# %ttah a "rawing or message
to a &alloon. Send aay ne(ati"e e!otions or spread positi"e
ones by attachin( a note or drain( to a balloon and settin( it
free#11# Paint insi"e a heart. ,sin( a heart as a pattern, fill in
different parts of the heart ith the e!otions you%re feelin( ri(ht
no#'ela(ationArt therapy can be a (reat ay to relax# .onsider these
exercises if you%re loo)in( to feel a little !ore laid bac)#1+#
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a (reat ay to let out feelin(s and 'ust relax#1-# Make a
sri&&le "rawing. 9ith this acti"ity, you%ll turn a si!ple
scribble into so!ethin( beautiful, usin( line, color and your
creati"ity#1/# )inger paint. 7in(er paintin( isn%t 'ust fun for
)ids& adults can en'oy it as ell# :et your hands !essy and
really ha"e fun spreadin( paint around#11# Make a man"ala. 9hether
you use the traditional sand or dra one on your on, this !editati"e
sy!bol can easily help you to loosen up#12# Draw in the "ark. ;ot
bein( able to 'ud(e hat you%re drain( or ha"in( to orry about
hether or not it%s "ri(ht" can be "ery liberatin(#14# Draw
something *!+E. Then so!ethin( "ery s!all# :ettin( your body
in"ol"ed and !o"in( around can help release stress as you%re
drain(#16# !se olor &loks. .olors often co!e ith a lot of
e!otions attached# .hoose se"eral paint chips to or) ith and
colla(e, paint and (lue until you%"e created a colorful
!asterpiece#18# ,et yoursel$ &e $ree. *on%t allo yourself to
'ud(e your or)# After all, there%s no ay to fail and no ri(ht ay to
!a)e art# 0ust dra, paint or sculpt until your heart%s content#+0#
-nly use olors that alm you. .reate a drain( or a paintin( usin(
only colors that you find cal!in(#+1# Draw in san". 3i)e a
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