Labyrinth Creative Health

Creative Empowerment Workshops Help :

Encourage Listening and Concentration skills with children and adults through creative means, as well as identifying their own strengths and weaknesses in this area and help them to focus more where focus is needed.
Communicate more effectively through creative / sensory means with children/adults, no matter what the background, or circumstances of the group, learning ability, age or cultural difference.
Become more aware of their own self-perception through others’ eyes as well as encouraging self-awareness, esteem and confidence through a variety of creative methods.
Encourage & facilitate trust with the participants, though a variety of trust inducing creative activities.
Children to develop motor skills and are also very valuable with disabled groups, helping with non verbal communication and externalizing emotions sometimes difficult for them to express.

The value of using art in group-work shows

Visual creativity is a natural human capacity
Whatever the ability or disability the person has, they are capable of producing meaningful art
When creative juices are released in groups using art, the potential for growth, change & pleasure sharing are limitless
It enriches our creative lives
It can trigger the potential for self healing
It can move us towards envisaging the possibility of making changes within ourselves, our relationships, & with our world in general.

People can learn that these exercises:

are not about creating beautiful works of art
require no special ability
encourage simple mark making
encourage people of all backgrounds & denominations to work equally
break down barriers of language, race, culture or disability
Stimulate choice around the use of materials, encouraging decision-making
Help with communicative skills either verbally or non-verbally just feeling comfortable within a group
Stimulate self expression
Encourage turn-taking
Assist sensory development
Connect people with visual images, stimulating memory
Improve motor skills
Take people out of their own negative thoughts
Develop imagination

These workshops are facilitated safely in a non therapy fashion though very carefully monitored as emotions can be exposed through the medium of art. Themes are always positive and encouraging and appropriately targeted according to the specific group.