Creative Arts for Spirit Renewal
Art & Yoga for Spiritual Renewal
2008 Classes & Workshops
with Carla Mattioli, M.A.
Carla Mattioli , M.A. is director of Awakening Arts in Rockport Massachusetts, offering classes and trainings in Creative Arts and Yoga for Spiritual Renewal. Art Classes are inspired by the spiritual and color teachings of Rudolf Steiner and Anthroposophy. Carla also teaches yoga & meditation classes and offers private flower essence consultations at her office in Rockport, Massachusetts.
God's Peace and Loving Wisdom be with us all !
"Colour is the Soul of Nature and of the entire Cosmos. We participate in this Soul and in Cosmic Life when we experience the living flood-tide of Colour. Painting is the free movement of the Soul in the Universe." Rudolf Steiner
"Let the Beauty we Love be what we Do. "
Jelaluddin
Rumi, 13th Century
Spring/Summer 2008
Calendar Listing of Events
by Date
Creative Arts & Yoga for
Spiritual
Renewal
with Carla Mattioli, M.A.
Please register in advance for
all workshops.
cash, check or credit cards accepted for registration.
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March 15th Saturday 1- 4:30 p.m.
Finding Harmony of Soul : Exploring the Four Elements through Watercolor Painting:
Earth, Air, Water, Warmth
Earth, Water, Air and Warmth are the universal elements with which the creative Spirit of Nature creates, dissolves and transforms.Through the help of these elements in painting, discover a way to access an inner soul mirror, find new sources of inner strength and rejuvenation, practice inner flexibility, soul balance and harmony.Painting in pairs or as a group may be part of this
transformational process. Beginners Welcome!
Cost $75 includes all art materials
Rockport Community Center, 58 Broadway, Rockport, Massachusetts
April 26th Saturday 1- 4:30 p.m.
The Sacred Cycle of the Plant through Color
Creative Movement, Singing, Nature Meditation,Nature Drawing, Watercolor Painting on the theme of Goethe's Metamorphosis of plants,
Seeding and sprouting, budding and blossoming, fading and fruiting 1-4:30 p.m. $75 includes materials
No prior painting or drawing experience is required.
Rockport Community Center, 58 Broadway, Rockport, Massachusetts
May 31st- Saturday 1-4:30 p.m.
Awakening to the Goddess of Nature -
Nature Meditation, Outdoor Nature Drawing by Rockport's scenic Ocean and Granite Quarries and wet -watercolor Painting .
Includes creative exercises to awaken to the subtle energies of flowers, plants, trees, rocks, ocean and sky.
Beginners welcome!
$75 includes art materials .
Rockport Community Center, 58 Broadway, Rockport, Massachusetts
June 14th, Saturday 1- 4:30 p.m.
The St. John's Imagination
Preparing for Solstice and St. John's Tide
Watercolor Painting & Nature Meditation Workshop
The festival times of the year are windows to the spiritual world that offer us
inspiration , rejuvenation and solace. Entering into an artistic process during these
times offers us an opportunity to come to a quiet place within and allow
the spiritual inspirations of the festival time to settle upon us, from which we gather
courage for our life work and strength of heart to carry us through challenging moments
in our life. St. John’s day as a Summer Festival, invites us to find the Spirit in all of
Nature, offering us expansion of our sensibilities and communion with the creative
elemental qualities of warmth, water , wind and earth. This workshop includes
singing,creative movement, contemplation of the St. John’s Imagination pastel
drawing by Rudolf Steiner, nature observation and watercolor painting weaving the four elements into a nature mood.
$75 includes materials.
Rockport Community Center, 58 Broadway, Rockport, Massachusetts
August 4th Monday Evening 7:30 p.m.
The Essence of Flowers: Color and Healing
Flower essences are infusions made from flower blossoms in pure spring water that work as energy medicine to help us transform
emotions such as fear, stress, grief , and anger . Gentle, without harmful side effects, flower essences work to re-harmonize
our energy field. This workshop includes a lecture and slide show with case studies about how flower essences
can be helpful for emotional and spiritual well-being.
House of Peace, 1 High Street, Ipswich, MA
Donations Gratefully Accepted.
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Awakening Arts Summer 2008 Arts Workshop
Yantra Meditation & Painting Workshop
“ Through Beauty we are united.
Through Beauty we pray.
With Beauty we conquer.”
Nicolas Roerich
Saturday August 23rd, 2008
1-4 p.m.
Rockport Community Center, 58 Broadway, Rockport, MA
True art nourishes us on so many levels!
The art of Yantra painting is an ancient practice of meditation through
art that enhances creativity, reduces stress and helps us appreciate the colors and forms of nature around us,
offering us a sense of harmony, balance and inner peace. To paint a yantra is a creative process! Choose from a number of
beautiful yantra designs including Bliss, Divine Mother, Radiance, Nourishment, Strength,
Communication, Expansion, Organization. You can even design your own Yantra! Trace your yantra design either
on your own yoga mat or on a large format paper. Choose your colors and the practice unfolds! No previous art experience is required.
We will do a brief meditation before the painting begins and again at the end of the class.
Meditative music will accompany the practice.
Cost of workshop $60 - $45 class ($15 art materials fee)
Please bring your own yoga mat to paint on.
Advance registration is required. Please call
Carla Mattioli to register at (978) 546-8018.
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2 weeks in advance of class date to :
Awakening Arts, Carla Mattioli, M.A. P.O. Box 777 Rockport, MA 01966.
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Transformational Services for Adults and Children:
* Spiritual Counseling through Arts, Yoga and Flower Essences
* Art Therapy Sessions,
*Painting Lessons for Soul integration and Spiritual Renewal
*Creative Arts Intensive Training Program
* Flower Essence Consultations
*Flower Essence Consultant Training Program
* Yoga Classes, Private Yoga & Meditation Classes & Yoga to Go (6 persons minimum)
* Moon Maiden Celebrations (Coming of Age) for Young Girls
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Ongoing Yoga Classes in Rockport
Tuesdays (First Congregational Church) and Saturdays (Rockport Community House)
Spring Yoga Schedule 2008
Please call to reserve your space in advance . Thanks!
12 School St. 2nd floor, Rockport
$20 per class . $120 for 8 class series .
For July only- Location change- July 1 and 8th - Rockport Community House
July 15, 22 and 29th- St. Mary's Episcopal Church 24 Broadway, Rockport
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Sunset Yoga- Tuesday evenings 5:30- 6:45 p.m.
The First Congregational Church,
12 School St., Rockport. 2nd floor
$20 per class . $120 for 8 class series .
For July only- Location change - All Tuesday Evening Classes meet at
Rockport Community House, 58 Broadway, Rockport
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Saturday Mornings Yoga 8:30-10a.m.
Rockport Community House, 58 Broadway, Rockport.
$25 drop in.
$20 per class if paid by the first week of the month.
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If a class is missed, you may make up at any other
class
that same week.
Please
pre-register to insure a place in the class.
Bring
a thick mat, yoga strap and blanket. Yoga Supplies are for sale.
(978) 546-8018.
PRIVATE YOGA CLASSES ARE AVAILABLE for working on healing themes
or developing your own personal
practice.
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Yoga
Instructor Carla Matttioli, M.A.C.Y.T. has
studied sacred movement and meditation for over 25 years
through
a variety of inspiring teachers and approaches. She has
studied Vini-yoga from the Krishnamacharya lineage, Iyengar yoga,
Kripalu
Yoga, Sivananda Yoga, Kali Ray Yoga, Yoga Therapy, Classical Indian
Dance,
Egyptian and Belly Dance , Eurythmy, the Alexander technique applied to
yoga and dance and the Zen Buddhist Meditation in the
tradition of Thich
Nhat Hanh. She is certified in Dance Yoga through Yoga Spirit Studios
and
in Yoga Instruction from the tradition of T.K.V. Desikachar and
Krishnamacharya
through the Yoga Institute of Houston and Vini-yoga through the
work of Gary Kraftsow , Claire Willis and Mark Whitwell.
Carla's classes incorporate a gentle yet strengthening and invigorating
yoga style to bring
the
body through its full range of motion, assist flexiblility, strength
and
stress reduction with breath exercises, mindfulness practice, and
a deep relaxation at the end. Please call for more information.
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with Carla Mattioli, M.A.
Enjoy a yoga class to help you stretch, tone, breathe more deeply and be more aware of the beauty ,grace and strength of your body . Slow down, develop focus and concentration. Appreciate each moment of your day though breath awareness. Includes guided gentle yet invigorating yoga postures with a dance-flow feeling , breathing exercises and deep relaxation for release of stress and tension, deep refreshment for body, mind, soul and spirit. Beginners welcome.
(please bring yoga mat, strap, blanket and water to drink)
Ongoing
classes
Friday
Mornings 8:15 a.m.-9:30 First Parish Hall-Manchester
(
behind
the Sovereign Bank in downtown Manchester)
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.
$90
for 6 week series.$20 drop in.
Wednesday
nights 6:00-7:30 p.m.Manchester Community Center
$120
for 8 class series. $20 drop in.
Classes run September - June . Please pre-register to
insure a place in the class.
Call Carla Mattioli (978) 546-8018 to pre-register.
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MOON MAIDEN CIRCLE
COMING OF AGE WITH
Beauty , Reverence, Wisdom & Self-Esteem
Celebration for Young Girls coming into their Moon Time. Includes
slides of Divine Feminine in Art and Sculpture, dance, yoga,painting ,
making a moon -cycle bracelet and creating a ceremony together.
Planning
a one day event in Spring and Autumn each year. Held in Rockport,
MA
For more info to schedule a celebration for your daughter and her
friends
call Awakening Arts: (978)546-8018.
A teacher in the arts and humanities for 23 years, Carla has a Master’s in Creativity in Literature and Art from UMass Boston and extensive post-graduate training from Tobias Academy of Art in England, in the field of Anthroposophical Visual Arts and Art Therapy inspired by the spiritual research of Rudolf Steiner.She is currently enrolled in a Eurythmy training program, the Spiritual form of Movement inspired by Rudolf Steiner. In addition to teaching art to Waldorf Teachers in training at Antioch New England Graduate School, over the last 15 years Carla is painting out of this inspiration and is active as an arts educator, art therapist and workshop leader at schools and conferences in New England and abroad.
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Awakening Art Shows and Exhibits
See Carla's Paintings , Prints and Art Cards for Viewing and Purchase:
Awakening Arts Gallery at 3
Pigeon Hill St.
Rockport, Massachusetts
Giclee Prints and Art Cards for Sale
Viewing times by appointment call (978)546-8018
Carla isalso Exhibiting Paintings in January and February 2008 at the Organic Garden Restaurant,
Cabot Street , Beverly Massachusetts
March - August 2008 at the Christian Community Church, 366 Washington St. Brookline, MA.
CALL (978)546-8018 to REGISTER for all classes or with any questions on directions or ordering prints .
Tuition
Policies
Fifty
percent
of course tuition is required for registration.
Please
register
three weeks in advance. Make check payable to Carla Mattioli
or
Awakening Arts. Send to:
Carla
Mattioli,
P.O. Box 777, Rockport, MA 01966
No refunds
will be granted on tuition once a class has commenced.
Painting
Exercises will be provided for missed classes, if student
requests.
Credit
for missed classes may be applied to another Awakening Arts
course
within 6 months
( with
instructor's permission) or to a private painting session.
For
more information or to be placed on the Awakening Arts emailing list
call:
(978)
546-8018 or E-mail: info@awakearts.com