Artful Brain - 6 Week Course

By learning to pay attention to your body, your senses, your emotions, and your thoughts you will learn to tune into yourself and define your values and intentions.

By learning to attend externally through drawing, you will strengthen your attention like a muscle and ready yourself for optimal performance in other areas of your life too.

By learning to let go of attention in ways that are in line with your intentions you will help your brain organise and consolidate information, and tap into your innate creativity.

discover how your brain attends, processes and organises information and why it is easily distracted

learn about your nervous system and how tuning into your breath can not only give important information about your emotional state, but also directly effect that state

find out how you can use simple drawing practice to connect with your breath, reduce anxiety and regain control at times of stress

learn the science behind mindfulness and how training your mind to attend to the present moment reshapes your brain

discover the ways in which your brain evolved to automate your actions and how through this powerful process some important moments in your life get filtered out. You will learn to challenge your own brain’s machinery by tuning your attention

use drawing to connect to your senses through music and through touch

learn how your emotions provide you with vital information in order to alert you, guide you, or nudge you. Yet these messages are not always accurate. By attending to your emotions, even the most uncomfortable ones, you become in control of your reactions, which is the backbone of resilience

discover how you can use drawing to connect with your emotions with the help of music. Music induces emotions, some will make you feel sad, some - joyful. You will practice connecting with emotions induced by music in a safe and supportive space. You will then be able to use that experience to practice on your own with real-time emotions that arise for you

learn how your brain generates your reality and what role your thoughts play in that. You will discover how deeply engrained beliefs, biases, and life narratives are born and how powerful they are in shaping your life. You will realise that your thoughts are simply representations of reality, rather than the reality itself. It is one of the most powerful changes you can make in your life

you will find out how through drawing meditation and journaling you can become attentive to your thoughts and question their validity, allowing you to feel more in control of your life

learn about the Flow - your brain’s superpower that often remains hidden in the depths. You will find out how activities that you feel passionate about are your biggest treasure, and once that treasure is discovered, it will illuminate your life

discover how understanding the 9 conditions of Flow will help you find your element and use it to supercharge your focus. You will learn how Olympic champions use Flow to win gold medals and how you can tap into your optimal performance by doing something that you already love doing

use observational drawing to put together all principles already uncovered in the course. During a longer stretch of time, you will draw an object from nature, whilst observing your thoughts, challenging your perception, and channelling your emotions

learn about the vast importance of inattention. You will learn the power of the wandering mind and find out how your brain consolidates learning and memories, as well as how creativity is born

combine all previously learned techniques to tap into your innate creativity and set on your unique journey with drawing, music, colour, shapes, lines and whatever else...

All course materials, extended reading list and music playlists

Art supplies used in practical sessions

Oriental tea and nibbles

A 2-hour reflect & refresh session in 6 months