Update August 15, 2010

This website has been quiet for awhile due to finishing 4 courses at two colleges followed by 2 months of working for the Census as an enumerator and crew leader. Yesterday I began to post the past columns from the Bedford Standard and the accompanying photos. This morning when I visited the garden ... the woodchuck had struck again!!! (Read the beginning of the woodchuck story in "A Multi-Media Experience"). More photos of my ongoing game with "Chuck" plus photos of a 10' Giant Ironwood (a native wildflower of Ohio) will be posted soon. The links to the columns and the photos are at the right.

Cedars & Sunlight

Oil Painting by Kristen Boyesen

Grow Your Brain Workshop

Scientific studies and self-report surveys agree:
We change our brains every day by what we do and how we think.

What is your ideal brain function?
Would you like to boost your enjoyment of life?

Join us at
Your Holistic Heath Team
Saturday, April 10
10 AM to 4 PM

for

Grow Your Brain Workshop

With Life Learning & Creativity Coach
Kristen Boyesen

Meditative practices and mindfulness training has been the subject of numerous scientific studies, confirming what meditation practitioners have been saying for thousands of years: Health, happiness, and longevity benefits abound.

This six-hour workshop for adults is an introduction to several enjoyable ways to stimulate brain growth, promote conscious choice over reactivity, acceptance over anger, and to ignite creativity.

Lunch is provided, and is part of the immersion experience.

Cost: $75 (Includes lunch, materials, handouts)
Class size: 4 to 10

For Information & to Register
216 577 9874

To send this information as email, use forward email button at the bottom after "click".

Your Holistic Health Team is located at 8977 Brecksville Rd, Brecksville OH 44141
Ph: 216-832-4710
www.YourHolisticHealthTeam.com

Kristen Boyesen, a resident of Bedford, offers art and meditation-based classes and workshops for core creativity training and empowerment for change. She belongs to the American Holistic Medical Association Speakers Bureau, the Bedford Senior Network, and Young Audiences of Northeast Ohio. She gives rehabilitation workshops at the Brecksville VA Medical Center and is a graduate student in Art Therapy and Counseling at Ursuline College.

Forcing Spring

Feb 18 Column in The Bedford Standard.

Walking in the Path of the Deer

Links to my newspaper column Life's Small Pleasures and accompanying photos are to the right. The current article is "Walking in the Path of the Deer".

Art, Meditation, Creativity: Brecksville OH

Turn Stress into Energy & Inner Peace 

With these classes & workshops 

Class Descriptions

Imagination Arts: A wide variety of art and meditation-based classes and exercises for personal growth, empowerment for change and creative play. Group classes or private.

Yin Yang Drawing: Drawing is an exciting activity, utilizing fast & slow, instantaneous decisions & meditation, generalizations & details. This beginning class opens the experience of drawing to non-artists and is great review for practicing artists.

That to This!: People who have lamented for years that they “cannot draw stick figures” will be delighted with this easy and enjoyable process to create beautiful artworks that make wonderful gifts.

Exploring Meditation: Meditation comes in many forms, and there is one that is just right for you. Silence, mantras, prayers, music, movement, mandalas, art, focused breathing. Explore them all!

Greeting Cards and Valentine Cards: All the materials you need to create beautiful stamped or handmade cards.

Making Mandalas: Create patterns with stamping techniques, or let your muse wander. Mandalas are found in many spiritual traditions, including Christian, Buddhist, and Native American.

Creativity Coaching: Private sessions by appointment only.

Dates and Times

Thurs, Jan 28 • 3 to 5 • Open Studio 

Friday, Jan 29 • 12 to 1 • Free Lunch N Learn: Exploring Meditation

Friday, Jan 29 • 2 to 5 • Open Studio

Sat, Jan 30 • 10 to 11 • Exploring Meditation

Sat, Jan 30 • 12 to 2 • Family Valentine Day

Thurs, Feb 4 • 1 to 5 • Open Studio

Thurs, Feb 11 • 1 to 3 • Create Valentines!

Thurs, Feb 11 • 3 to 5 • Open Studio

Friday, Feb 12 • 2 to 3 • Open Studio

Friday, Feb 12 • 3 to 5 • Create Valentines!

Sat, Feb 13 • 10 to 11 • Exploring Meditation

Sat, Feb 13 • 12 to 2 • Family Valentine Day (or Open Studio by request)

Thurs, Feb 18 • 3 to 5 • Introduction to Imagination Arts

Friday, Feb 19 • 2 to 5 • Open Studio or Stamping Mandalas

Thurs, Feb 25 • 1 to 3 • Yin Yang Drawing

Thurs, Feb 25 • 3 to 5 • Open Studio

Thurs, March 4 • 1 to 4 • That to This!

Thurs, March 4 • 2 to 5 • Open Studio

Sat, Mar 6 • 10 to 11 • Exploring Meditation

Sat, Mar 6 • 11:30 to 2:30 • That to This!

Call Kristen Boyesen for more information or to register. 

(Two one six) 577-9874

Your Holistic Health Team

8977 Brecksville Rd

Brecksville , OH 44141

Click here for the class schedule at the Bedford location

Art & Creativity Classes, Greater Cleveland

The class schedule for Jan/Feb in Bedford is posted at the title link.

Art Experiences programs at Your Holistic Health Team, Brecksville

Each leaf that falls ... is saying "Hello" to you!
A handmade card using stamps and colored pencils.

There will be an Art Experiences open house this Sunday from 2 to 4 at Your Holistic Health Team. Bring your children for an afternoon of creativity while reaching out to others with our "Make a Card, Give a Smile" program. Cards are distributed to participating assisted living facilities requesting cards for those in need of a greeting or cheery hello.

The class schedule for 2009 is included in the first issue of the Art Experiences Newsletter. There is also a "Creativity Tip of the Month", information on Your Holistic Health Team, and an article by Kristen Boyesen on bringing meditative practices into everyday living.

Sign up for the newsletter! Receive a monthly Creativity Tip.

Making Mandalas, Family Activity, Cleveland area

Coming soon to Your Holistic Health Team, a Resource Center for Healthy Living, Brecksville, OH:
Making Mandalas. A family activity at one low price for parent/guardian/grandparent and up to two children.

Other classes, workshops, services, and programs include:
A Parent/Child Experience
Intro to Imagination Arts
That to This
Yin Yang Drawing
Charcoal On, Charcoal Off
Ornaments and paper sculptures
Meditation
Creativity Coaching
Private art classes
Young Living Essential Oils

Email wildernessartist (at) sbcglobal.net for more information.

Retreat for Women, Lakeside OH

Kristen will present Drawing from Nature at the 2009 Create-A-Way retreat, Lakeside OH

Sept 25-27 (weekend)

Create-A-Way Artist Way retreat for women:

A Soulful Creative Retreat for Women

Chagrin Falls art classes and workshops

Kristen has two classes at Chagrin Falls Exempted Village Schools through Community Ed

Sept 23, 6:30-8:30 PM (1 Wed), Chagrin Falls Middle School Library: Introduction to Active Imagination
Oct 28 and Nov. 4, 6:30-8:30 PM (2 Wed), Chagrin Falls Middle School Library: Exploring Meditation

Chagrin Falls Exempted Village Schools
400 East Washington Street
Chagrin Falls, Ohio 44022

Classes for adults and families, Cleveland, Mayfield

Kristen has three workshops with Mayfield Community Education and Recreation

Sept 30-Oct 21 (4 Wed), Mayfield High School Humanities Library: Active Imagination
Oct 3, 9 AM- 3PM (1 Sat), Mayfield Middle School Library: Stress Relief Workshop
Oct 24, 9-11:30 AM (1 Sat), Mayfield Middle School Library: Parent Child Bonding