Take a restorative day to relax, restore and reconnect with yourself through creativity and nature-inspired art-making. In this gentle retreat, you will be guided through mindfulness, reflection and eco-art activities designed to calm the mind and nurture self-awareness. Throughout the day, participants will explore sensory engagement, intuitive mark-making, and creative journalling. You'll be supported to express yourself freely, reflect on personal well-being, and enjoy quiet time in a friendly, encouraging environment. No art experience is necessary - just curiosity and a willingness to slow down and create.
Art Therapy Mini Retreat
Course Description
Take a restorative day to relax, restore and reconnect with yourself through creativity, mindfulness and nature-inspired artmaking.
This gentle mini retreat invites you to step out of daily busyness and into a slower, more spacious rhythm.
Guided through calming eco-art activities, mindful reflection and simple expressive art processes, you’ll explore ways to support emotional balance and inner clarity.
Through sensory engagement and nature-based prompts, the day unfolds as a quiet invitation to reconnect with your own wellbeing.
Throughout the retreat, you’ll experiment with intuitive mark-making, reflective journalling and creative exercises designed to nurture insight rather than produce a perfect artwork.
Working at your own pace, you’ll be supported by a Certified Art Therapist in a friendly, encouraging environment that values process over product.
No art experience is needed, just curiosity and an openness to explore creativity as a pathway to calm, clarity and self-care.
Course Structure
Your retreat day begins with a mindful arrival and grounding meditation to help you ease gently into the space.
You’ll then move into a nature-connection exercise, tuning into sensory details and letting natural textures and forms inspire your creative process.
Guided artmaking activities will follow, offering opportunities to explore colour, line and intuitive expression using simple materials.
After breaks for tea and a relaxed lunch, you’ll shift into reflective journalling and optional sharing, deepening the insights gained through the creative process.
The day concludes with an integration activity and a warm closing circle, sending you home grounded, centred and creatively refreshed.
Course Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course, students will:
- Understand how creativity and mindfulness support emotional wellbeing
- Experience simple art therapy and nature-connection techniques
- Build confidence in intuitive, process-based artmaking
- Use journalling and reflection as practical self-care tools
- Leave feeling refreshed, centred and inspired to continue creative wellbeing practices
Course Requirements
Please bring:
- A4 or A3 paper (minimum 6 sheets)
- Crayons, pastels, textas, or coloured pencils
- A personal journal and pen
- Your own water bottle, lunch, and snacks
Some art materials and tea and coffee will be provided.
Student Testimonials
“I found the session to be a wonderful opportunity to practice mindful creation and uncover thoughts I couldn’t articulate through other mediums.”
“I found the EcoArt Therapy session to be very peaceful, relaxing and insightful. The program had a very nice flow to it.”
“Enjoyable. Gave me a simple focus to calm and be creative in a non-judgemental environment.”
Your tutor is Robyn Molsher
Robyn Molsher has been teaching at WEA since 2026.
Robyn is a certified Art Therapist, Irlen® Screener and Ecologist based in Adelaide.
She specialises in art therapy and eco-art practices that nurture wellbeing, creativity, and connection with nature.
Through her practice, VistaArt Therapies, Robyn helps participants find clarity, balance and joy through creative expression and mindful engagement with the natural world.
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