How does art help us express ourselves, can it work as a therapeutic tool? A social anthropolgist turns to the canvas to explore, and share more in this special post.
Tag: Art Therapy
Mind-Body Connection: Taking a ‘Hands-on’ Approach to Mental Well-being
In the last year people seem to have taken to what can be called mindfulness art practices like Mandala, Zentangle, pottery, therapeutic knitting as ways to deal with their anxiety and the general sense of uncertainty that the pandemic brought to our lives. Find out why that is and what might help you in this special post on The Health Collective
Your Stories: How the Urdu Ghazal became ‘Therapy’ for Me
By Ilina Acharya Part of my healing and recovery process, which in my case is managing my anxiety and learning coping skills, is finding new forms of therapy for myself. This is not an alternative to clinical therapy; by ‘therapy’…
Creating Art: From Self-Expression to Healing
By Jerin Jacob “This is SO overwhelming. I need my book! and my colours! I need to switch off, right now!” We all have times when we absolutely, completely zone out and need a break, or rather, some me-time. ‘Me-time’…