In this interactive workshop, we journey deep into the literary fairy tale of The Little Match Girl to explore the story using tools from the Story Arte creative toolbox. Gestalt therapy, and expressive arts therapies will accompany us on the voyage.
We will be working with the classic tale of The Little Match Girl written by Hans Christian Anderson. We will discuss some of the insights from the book Woman who Run with the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estés.
As we walk in the shoes of the little Match Girl, we will explore and give voice to the symbols she encounters on her path.
This workshop is experiential, and participants will be invited to explore the story in depth and engage actively in the activities.
Stories have been with us since the very beginning of humanity when we gathered around the fire to listen to myths of creation to connect us with our inner selves, our clan and the universe. Stories have accompanied us through dark times, of war and plague and they are here to accompany us now, with their medicine, in this time of uncertainty.
In this workshop:
- We will call upon the ancient wisdom of this literary fairy tale to guide us.
- We will experiment with creative tools; drawing, journaling and perhaps enter a scene through psychodrama as we deepen into the symbolic language of the story.
- We will explore the archetypes present in the story and how they relate to modern times.
- We will discuss the taboo of death and other themes that come up during the workshop
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Presenter
Jennifer Ramsay is a professional storyteller. She has told stories in more than 2,000 events and trained hundreds of people in the ancestral art of storytelling. She works with story medicine in private practice and as a group facilitator in unique workshops, weaving stories into Nature Based Art Therapy, Gestalt therapy, Symbolic Psychodrama and Embodiment work.
She has a degree in Biological Sciences and is part of the global network of Earth Storytellers. The rhythms of nature are very present as she incorporates the Celtic wheel of the year and the lunar cycles into her work.
She is the founder of Story Arte, a centre for Art Therapy and Storytelling in the village where she lives, in the foothills near Madrid.
