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Grieving to Overcome Hate

by Sheila Collins | Nov 30, 2023 | Art & Life, Book Excerpts, book promotion, Celebrations, Community, Environment, Family, Gatherings, Good Will Come, Grieving, History, Past Events, Personal Stories, Publications, The Art of Grieving, the Big Body, Writing

I didn’t see the National news item when it was broadcast across the gigantic flat TV screen at the airport this morning. But I saw its effect in the eyes of my traveling companion. As he described its message to me, the churning sensations in my gut reminded me of...

Dancing On Behalf of Our Grieving Selves

by Sheila Collins | Nov 9, 2023 | Art & Life, Community, Dances, Family, Gatherings, Good Will Come, Grieving, Health, Health and Wellness, History, Improvisation, Our Children, Past Events, Personal Stories, Story-telling, The Art of Grieving, Uncategorized

I spent the weekend in Oakland CA at InterPlayce, the home of the art-based improvisational system InterPlay, (an active creative approach to unlocking the wisdom of the body.) I’ve been a proponent, participant, practitioner, performer, teacher and altogether...

How to Grieve War and its Atrocities

by Sheila Collins | Oct 19, 2023 | Community, Duality, Environment, Family, Gatherings, Good Will Come, Grieving, Meditations, Personal Stories, ReImagine, The Art of Grieving

Practicing the art of grieving throughout the years and using the arts to do that, has continually offered me lessons and learnings not available through any other method. A profound example are the lessons I learned in how to grieve when war was declared in Israel. ...

London Artist Tours a brightly colored Kiosk for Dancing Grief Raves

by Sheila Collins | Jul 13, 2023 | Art & Life, Community, Dances, Environment, Family, Gatherings, Good Will Come, Grieving, The Art of Grieving

Talk about the art of grieving! Graphic artist Annie Frost Nicholson lost several members of her family in a tragic helicopter accident in New York in 2011. This changed her approach to creativity which was her outlet to process her grief. She channeled her own...

Designing Environmental Supports for Our Grieving

by Sheila Collins | May 10, 2023 | Environment, Good Will Come, Grieving, Health, Health and Wellness, Rituals, Self-Care

In 1987, when my husband and I were founding Iatreia Institute for the Healing Arts, a group practice mental health clinic in Texas, it was my responsibility to design and arrange the physical space to best serve what was to transpire there. I met with a design...

Lessons on the Art of Grieving from the Duke and Duchess of Sussex

by Sheila Collins | Jan 18, 2023 | Art & Life, Family, Gatherings, Good Will Come, Grieving, History

Unless you’ve been on a total media vacation this past month, you’ve most likely read, seen, or heard of Prince Harry’s recently released memoir, Spare. The media blitz of book reviews, podcasts, interviews on Good Morning America and 60 minutes, preceded by a...

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Grieving to Overcome Hate

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London Artist Tours a brightly colored Kiosk for Dancing Grief Raves

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Lessons on the Art of Grieving from the Duke and Duchess of Sussex

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