CREATIVE SOMATIC ALCHEMY
FOR WOMEN + NON-BINARY Changemakers
FROM Saturday, March 9th TO the week of May 31st
(SEE THE SCHEDULE BELOW)
this live 3-month program via zoom offers a community centered on liberating embodied play, creativity and collaboration.
we expand and explore our capacity to be in our bodies' innate and abundant creativity, and to move through personal and collective colonial blocks with trust, dynamic support and enchantment.
APPLICATIONS ARE NOW CLOSED
if you see this and are eager to join the March cohort,
please email us to be added to the waitlist
what is
creative somatic alchemy?
(if we had to describe the indescribable mystery)
the practice of (re)discovering our bodies
as our creative muses;
muses with inherited abilities to transform
energy within and around us
into healing and liberating art
Want to know more about Chetna’s approach with creativity?
Check out the Creation for Liberation Podcast
THIS COURSE is made FOR YOU IF
If you’re here and you feel like this is something you need, want, long for, desire, even are scared of!
You’re longing to transcend society’s oppressive definitions of “creative” or “artistic”
You’re desiring to feel more embodied and in touch with the creative magic in your heart and gut wisdom
You feel creatively “blocked”, uninspired or uncertain
You’re yearning to deepen into spontaneity, trust and embodied expression
You’re seeking confidence in your ability to vision, create and share with community
You identify as a women or non-binary changemaker, which to us means those who are 18+ years old and identify themselves as women, femme, or non-binary, and who are interested in changing their world personally, interpersonally and systemically
SOME OF WHAT YOU’LL RECEIVE
An inviting space to play, learn, reflect and express yourself
Graceful accountability with an intentional creative community
Insightful learnings in decolonizing and inclusive approaches to creative practice
Abundant recognition of inspiration within you and around you
Clearer purpose and values to be an empowered changemaker in the world
Self-compassion with your inner critic and inner nurturer
Greater confidence to pursue creative projects and goals
Activities to add to your facilitation and/or education toy-boxes
NZILANI
“this program was expanding and enriching.
One of the best things was the sharing and connecting with others, realising we are together in so many of our fears and hopes. And it was beautiful to do this in a space that encouraged courageous movement towards more non-capitalist, decolonised thought. it was really lovely to stretch together towards more creative freedom.”
THROUGH THE 7-CHAKRA SYSTEM OF THE BODY,
WE EXPLORE THE FOLLOWING TOPICS AS IT RELATES TO
OUR CREATIVE PRACTICE AND EXPRESSION
ROOT
GROUNDING
ANCESTRAL CREATIVITY
HOME IN THE BODY
SACRAL
EROTIC AS POWER
COLONIAL BARRIERS
TO FLOW
SOLAR PLEXUS
DISCIPLINE / YANG ENERGY
SELF-PARENTING
ALCHEMIZING THE INNER CRITIC
HEART
THE INNER NURTURER
CREATIVE CO-CREATION
SELF-COMPASSION
THROAT
VOCALIZING WITH INTENTION
LISTENING TO THE CREATIVE MUSES
ALL AROUND
THIRD EYE + CROWN
PURPOSEFUL CREATION
SOURCE BEYOND EGO
INTEGRATION
LILY
“The series was such a vital anchor in the midst of the omni-crises we are facing and I will continue to return again and again to the learnings and practices that Chetna shared.
I am deeply grateful for the space to explore, grow, and learn from the incredible group of womxn in the cohort.”
SOME OF our tools of Alchemy
Expressive arts (expressive drawing, writing and embodiment)
Somatics
Trauma-sensitive mindfulness
Yoga philosophy
Inspirational literature study
Ceremony and ritual
Decolonization & resurgence wisdom
Meditation & visualization
Cognitive-behavioral therapy
Improvisational technique
Games & play
Time in session will be for discussion, play, processing, expression and connection
Between sessions, we share educational content that is multi-modal (readings, video lessons, podcasts and reflection prompts); accessible prior to sessions and available at your own pace
GATHERING PLACE & SCHEDULE
We’ll connect online using Zoom Video Conferencing; a strong internet connection and a private place for the duration of sessions are required
The program runs from Saturday, March 9th to the week of May 31st
Pre-scheduled group meetings are from 10:30am - Noon PST on the following Saturdays
PST is Pacific Standard Time (Berkeley, CA); double-check your time zone accordingly
March 9th
March 16th
March 23rd
Weeks of the 25th and April 1st: optional small group meeting
April 6th
April 13th
April 20th
Weeks of the 22nd and 29th: optional small group meeting
May 4th
May 11th
May 18th
Weeks of the 20th and 27th: optional small group meeting
Presence at group meetings are beneficial and preferred; if you have questions about the schedule, reach out
THE TEAM
Chetna Mehta (she/they)
Nico Garguilo (she/they)
Andrea Reeves (she/her)
INVESTMENT
Total sliding scale tuition for this program is: $596 - $896
Tuition includes the 3-Month Program (12 live sessions and 12 weeks of resources and community support) and belonging in the alum community thereafter; a rich community with 200+ creators, activists, educators, visionaries, mothers, artists, entrepreneurs around the world; this group is active + consistently offering creative resources for continued play + learning in the collective
This fee structure is set up to create a sustainable work model based in principles of resource redistribution and financial accessibility; covering the curriculum development,
class preparation, communication/administration, and facilitation of sessions.
If you have access to wealth, please consider paying at the top of the scale.
MIGHT YOU HAVE ACCESS TO ORGANIZATIONAL OR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FUNDS?
We accept it and receipts can be provided!
A non-refundable deposit is $210 and due to confirm your place upon admission.
Thereafter, you can pay in installments or in full
APPLICATIONS ARE NOW CLOSED
if you see this and are eager to join the March cohort,
please email us to be added to the waitlist
otherwise, we will notify folks in the mailing list when we open applications again for future cohorts
OTHER ALUMNI PERSPECTIVES
LOREN
“Creative Somatic Alchemy is a deeply transformative program. The program leads Chetna, Nic, and Dre showed dynamic facilitation skills, humility through moving through their own creative processes, and embodied self-reflection that is so deeply palpable. The intention is abundant with every purposeful choice they collectively made. Any and all feedback is received and processed with the utmost care.
I am leaving the program more courageously walking my path as a scholar creative and more attuned to hear the wisdom of my body, ancestors, and future ancestors. I give the Creative Somatic Alchemy program my highest recommendation, especially for folks who identify as highly sensitive beings and reluctantly name themselves as artists. Your community awaits here.”
“I can not recommend this program highly enough. I had important revelations that strengthened both my art practice and my journey of personal growth. honestly, I am not sure that I could have reached these revelations on my own or even with a therapist. there is something unique about this program that requires you to reach deep down and reflect on yourself, your needs, and your wants through a creative lens.
So whether you are on a journey of self-evolution, want to get reconnected to your inner creative goddess, or desire to use the program for professional development (like I did), you will benefit from this experience. you will grow through accountability and strategic support. And you will flourish creatively and existentially because of the resources, wisdom, and safe space provided.”
RÉ
ASIA
“This program was so impactful in my life. I felt very drawn to taking this class and I wasn’t quite sure why. I followed my intuition and applied as soon as i saw it. I went in thinking i wanted to get some tips about how to incorporate creativity more into my daily life. I thought i’d learn how to make more time to paint and write.
With the support of the course, Chetna and my fellow cohort members I was moved to launch a whole business. This had been an idea of mine for a while but the tools the course provided really allowed me to see myself as capable and worthy of doing it.
If you’re even the slightest bit curious i highly recommend.”
“Through the program, I have come to engage with every day processes like dreaming, offering, playing, in a more meaningful way. as a fourth-gen South African, the decolonial lens has brought comfort and empowerment when self defining these processes.
I am grateful for learning to take time to slow down and spend time imagining my dreams. and if this dream was to only exist in the creative juices of my being, the tools of this program supported me to be ok with this and trust in what is.
I love how Chetna draws from varied resources to inspire a fruitful relationship with abundance; how she “holds” the innate evolution of participants towards more aligned relationship with our creative flow.
Because of the offerings shared in community; I am filled with curiosity about humanity and where our worlds can meet to make common meaning for compassionate moments.”
MANISHA
CLARISSA
“This experience has been life changing.
It’s given me permission to express myself authentically, free from judgement and/or expectation. the other day a friend told me she really loved how creative one of my platforms was and I smiled. This investment is already paying off!
I feel in tune with my creative self and it’s starting to show. I am so grateful for this program and recommend it to any womxn looking to invest in herself. chetna has a gift for cultivating spaces for creative healing and i am honored to have been part of this experience.”