Vancouver Island and Gulf Islands Region Continuing Education – Retreat
June 5, 2016 - 10:45 AM to 04:00 PM
Landscape | Seascape | Innerscape
Self-Care through Nature, Music and Stillness
Presenter: Mary Reher, BMT, MTA, FAMI
Venue: Mary’s home and studio on Pender Island
MTABC Members: $30 non-refundable cost (plus travel $30 approx.)
REGISTRATION REQUIRED Max. 5 people. Registration and inquiries please contact Mary Reher [email protected].
Workshop description:
First, we will explore our inner lives using music and art as a guide. Music and Imagery will help us to access our inner landscapes.
Following lunch, we will spend some time in nature, sitting or walking in stillness. We will complete our day with an expression of voice and resonance, followed by a delicious period of silent meditation, shared together.
Every therapist needs a break; A time to reflect inwardly; A time to re-charge the batteries
For all of us, there is more than one reality: the one of our waking conscious lives, plus the one of our deeper, inner lives. This inner world can be glimpsed in dreams, in moments of intuition, and in creative inspiration.
Through an adapted form of the Bonny Method of Guided Imagery and Music, we can effectively access this inner world, bringing up a wealth of images and stories from this deeper level of ourselves. Sharing the stories and art that arise from our ‘music-dream time’ with other interested participants, provides support and acknowledgement for our most unique, personal selves.
The benefits of this gentle music-centered approach are numerous, and may include
stress relief,
creative inspiration,
insight into past or present situations,
spiritual experience,
and an expanded understanding of oneself
Allow yourself to breathe, and blossom. Your clients and families will thank you for it.
Presenter’s Bio
Mary Reher is one of the earliest Music Therapists to be trained within Canada. She has enjoyed the diversity of working with many ages and clientele, crafting a practice that uniquely fits her life and her long time home, Pender Island.
Mary holds a Bachelor degree in Music Therapy from Capilano University, and became a Fellow with the Association for Music and Imagery in 1996. She has contributed to professional publications, and has presented at conferences on her work using GIM with a First Nations client, and Music and Imagery in healing unresolved grief in children.
Mary believes there is a steady light that resides within each one of us. She seeks to assist clients in recognizing this light, and learning how to let it shine, through music.
Mary has a large organically grown garden and orchard, and has a meditation practice. She is looking forward to sharing her home environment with you!
