To cocoon: “to envelop in a protective or comforting way” (Oxford languages).
Music offers a natural cocoon of comfort, predictability and containment.
With its multifaceted and endless permutations of moving forward, slowing down, resting, stretching, expressing, and connecting inside, outside and in between, music can meet us wherever we are.
Join us in the beautiful acoustics of Saltwater House to meet yourself in the moment as you connect to ground, body and sound.
In this nurturing and experiential workshop, you will be guided to safely switch off, connect inwards and focus on your needs through:
music-assisted breathing practices
connection to your embodied experience
connection to place and others
progressive relaxation approaches, and
guided listening and imagery focuses
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Minky joins us on Sunday 7th May at the 2023 Creative Mental Health Forum to facilitate this cocooning journey into connection through sound.
About Minky
Minky van der Walt
Reg. Music Therapist, Reg. Guided Imagery & Music Therapist.
PACFA Reg. Clinical 26483, PACFA Accredited Supervisor
‘Cocooning in sound: a journey into connection’ will be facilitated by Minky van der Walt (she / her), a lover of her heart home, the beautiful lutruwita/ Tasmania where she lives, loves, works and plays on unceded Palawa land.
For many years Minky has worked as a child and family trauma therapist. Through her own experiences and in noticing the impacts of this work on the workers supporting these children and families, Minky created Tempo Therapy and Consulting, a private practice that specialises in supporting counsellors and allied health professionals to keep doing the work they love without burning out.
Minky incorporates creative arts, music and somatic processes with interpersonal neurobiology to offer support, relief and growth through vicarious impacts of helping work, chronic stress and post-traumatic mental health.
Minky, a Registered Music Therapist, Registered Guided Imagery & Music Therapist. PACFA Reg. Clinical 26483 and PACFA Accredited Supervisor, has 23 years of clinical experience in medical, education and community settings, and is passionate about supporting the wellbeing of counsellors and allied health professionals.
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WE ARE THRILLED TO WELCOME MINKY
AS A PRESENTER AT THE
2023 CREATIVE MENTAL HEALTH FORUM
AND SELF CARE RETREAT.
WE WELCOME
CREATIVE THERAPISTS,
ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONALS
AND EDUCATORS WHO:
want to learn more about creative mental health,
be inspired by holistic and diverse workshops and presenters,
and “refill your well” with time in a beautiful nurturing environment and space for self care.
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