Sessions & Retreats

Certified Group Facilitators

These individuals have successfully completed Pamela Underwood's Group Facilitator Training. Contact them for current offerings.... more

Private Sessions

In gentle but powerful ways, Expressive Arts serves those facing a challenge in their life as well serving those who long to discover a way to live a fuller, more resilient life.
Example: Private Client Expressive Arts Session
A typical Expressive Arts session lasts 1- 1½ hours and includes two or more of the following arts; visual art, movement, sound or poetry. The client enters the session ready to explore an issue or concern in their life that is calling for attention. ... more

Image Quest Groups

This course is designed to restore the participant’s relationship with their imaginal realm and consciously bring images forth as helpers into the realm of everyday... more

Bodywriting® Retreats for Women

Bodywriting™ Retreats have served hundreds of women from across the United States. Many whom have participated in Bodywriting™ do not consider themselves “artists.” They have come to stretch their boundaries, take a risk, explore new possibilities, mark a passage, to be immersed in the necessary chaos of art-making… but in the end they all learn about themselves and their relationship with their bodies... more

Bodywriting Galleries

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Artist’s Way Groups

Based on Julia Cameron’s blockbuster book , The Artist’s Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity No art background is necessary! Pamela Underwood’s Artist’s Way Group is unique in that she provides guidance throughout the 12 week course with expressive arts experiences to deepen and seal in changes that can be expected. Pamela’s professional facilitation provides participants with a safe container to explore, take risks and experience freedom of expression. This hands-on course includes professional guidance in painting, Intuitive Collage™, drumming, poetry, clay, drawing and movement. No art background is necessary! Pamela Underwood’s Artist’s Way Group is unique in that she provides guidance throughout the 12 week course with expressive arts experiences to deepen and seal in changes that can be expected. Pamela’s professional facilitation provides participants with a safe container to explore, take risks and experience freedom of expression. This hands-on course includes professional guidance in painting, Intuitive Collage™, drumming, poetry, clay, drawing and movement.... more

Lavender Sage Art Retreat: Mixed Media/Expressive Arts Women’s Retreat

Spend 4 nights/5 days with like-minded women, gathering and harvesting meaningful images through mixed media and expressive arts techniques including Intuitive Collage, gelitan monoprint, carved block print, mono print with stitching, drawing, journaling and site specific land art. Work with familiar images as well as discovering new imagery that is important in your life and why. After creating a personal archive of meaningful imagery we will fashion a unique cache to honor, hold and display them. This process promises to positively guide participants in moving forward in their lives with new awareness, greater sense of belonging and capacity for delight!... more