The Inner Sea is a cycle of creative‑therapeutic meetings based on the Life/Art Process® method. It creates a space for regular, weekly immersion into our inner sea – emotions, feelings, the subconscious, visions, dreams, and imagination – and for expressing them through creative action.

Using this method as our guiding path, we will listen to the body, open space for the flow of emotions and feelings, and then give them form through dance, drawing, and writing.

Our everyday life and inner world will become the inspiration for creation. Through this, the process we build together becomes a place where art and life intertwine, support, and nourish one another.

If this winter you long to slow down, rest, and at the same time take care of your inner world and creativity, this cycle may bring you warmth and soothing.

Program of the meetings:
– Introduction & Resourcing
– 3 Levels of Awareness – A map of thoughts, emotions, and physicality
– Inner stories & Life/Art Process
– Inner stories & Life/Art Process
– Inner stories & Life/Art Process
– Dreams and visions for a new cycle of nature and life

The Inner Sea is a space for:
– regular, creative release of emotions, thoughts, feelings, and inner visions
– discovering creativity as a tool for insight
– being with art as a form of rest and slowing down
– learning the Life/Art Process® method by Anna Halprin – a movement‑based expressive arts therapy and developmental approach
– mindful self‑reflection
– awakening inner reserves of creativity
– regeneration and rest

Tools:
– Life/Art Process® – Movement‑Based Expressive Arts Therapy by Anna Halprin
– Map of consciousness: 3 levels of awareness
– Self‑portrait making
– Witnessing
– Aesthetic Response Process

About the method and inspirations:

Life/Art Process® (also known as the Tamalpa Life/Art Process®) is a creative‑therapeutic method developed by Anna and Daria Halprin. It integrates movement, dance, bodywork, drawing, writing, and reflection to support developmental, emotional, and creative processes. According to its creators, there is a deep connection between life and art that can support healing, change, and transformation. In this method, real life experiences become material for creation, and creativity helps us better understand and live our lives. Life/Art Process® combines elements of dance therapy, humanistic psychology, Gestalt, and somatic practices.

For whom:
– dreamers, artists, and visionaries
– those interested in Anna Halprin’s Life/Art Process®, dance therapy, and art therapy
– those who want to work creatively with the subconscious and emotions
– artists seeking inspiration within themselves
– therapists interested in creative processes
– anyone who loves to dance and create
– people needing to slow down and rest in a creative way
– creative individuals open to deeper reflection

Meetings:

Fridays, 18:00–20:00
Cycle: 6 meetings
Price: 1250 PLN

Registration: by email → mjburtan@gmail.com
Payment: bank transfer (details provided after registration).
Invoices available.
Limited number of spots.

About the facilitator:

Magdalena Burtan – dancer, somatic educator, and artist working in the field of dance theatre, performing arts, and psychology. She is interested in art as a response to the inner condition of a human being and to broader social, political, and cultural issues. She has danced since childhood, developing in various styles- from street dance, through flamenco, to contemporary dance.

She has trained in Poland and abroad – in London, the United States, and Portugal. She participated in the Formação Olga Roriz program at Companhia Olga Roriz in Lisbon, one of Portugal’s leading contemporary dance companies. She is a graduate of the L’ART Acting School in Kraków. She studied politics, social sciences, and international development at Queen Mary and LSE in London.

She is currently training as a somatic educator in the Life & Art Process method at the Tamalpa Institute in San Francisco, California, where she completed the one‑year Level 1: Personal Embodiment program. She is fascinated by the connections between dance, theatre, art, depth psychology, and human potential development.

www.magdalenaburtan.com
Instagram: @magdalena.burtan