More about Mythos...
Personal Myth, Fairytale and Mythos - Upcoming classes are scheduled as a Studio group in Petaluma, California beginning in August/September 2010...Individual and supported Personal Myth process is always available in private sessions and by phone.
For more information about the Web/Telecall based "Stringing Stories: Personal Mythos" which also begins in August/September go here to the classes and workshops page for details.
Personal Myth, Fairytale and Mythos Group Telecall (recorded) August 29th, In-Studio 12-4 (Saturday or Sunday): September 12th, September 26th and October 3rd (recorded telecall check-in), October 9th, October 23rd, November 13th. Ebook, studio class, teleconferencing and one hour individual meeting with Cat by arrangement.
Exchange: $350.00
This is an unforgettable & magical process - the workshop is offered three ways:
1. the in-studio workshop series, in Petaluma, Ca.
2. a web-based "Distance Mythos" or "Stringing Stories" group - a global offering with prerecorded class calls available via web or telephone and class communication on a private website.
3. a private Personal Myth & Mythos depth coaching
process in your home or arranged as a phone or distance coaching.
Classes include a supportive private web group for ongoing communication and sharing. Distance and studio classes take place annually, individual process is arranged by request.
Mythos defined...
Dictionary:
Mythos
n. (mī'thos)
pl. my·thoi (mī'thoi, mĭth'oi).
Mythos
This is an invitation into a place and landscape of enormous importance, within your own psyche. This is the place of possibility, new understanding waiting to be told and pathways to unfold. Imagine yourself facing a door- you realize that you are somewhere that holds importance. A sacred space somewhere unknown yet recognized. You open the door and step through into a mythical world of your imagining and creation...your inner landscape awaits...
You will use a structure of a myth, fairytale, story or another framework that feels right - the following shares some examples:
-Think of the possibilities found in Alice in Wonderland, might you be taking the journey as the white rabbit, Alice, The Hatter or the red queen?
-Considering the powerful myth of Persephone, are you in your journey as the Kore/Persephone or as Demeter, the grief stricken stone mother , or perhaps threads of both are found in your own story.
-Are you sensing an invitation from the orphaned child, like Mary in The Secret Garden - or are you feeling the pull of Dicken ,the boy who communicates with the natural world? Do the garden rooms call to you?
Are you feeling some connection to the perspective of the daughter or the stepmother in Cinderella, Rhiannon of the Welsh hills, the dismembered Osiris waiting to be found... Think of the hands of spider woman weaving the world together, or simply follow the the red thread of Ariadne in the Minotaur's labyrinth or do you hear the howl of the wild woman who sings over the bones...
Notice the fairy tales, regional stories and multi-cultural myths that have impacted you. A poem, a book, a line or a chapter, a landscape, a character or imagery from a story or myth may be the perfect starting place. What these stories mean and how they are used will be part of your discovery and the journey.
Wherever you begin your Mythos, you will follow new pathways. The original framework is often important and reflects your intentions and needs starting out...but is is likely you will move away from the structure of the story you begin with.
You will bring yourself as the myth-walker; the hero/heroine, the queen, the magician, the traveler, the dancer, the crone, the child or the gypsy. Whoever you need to be for this journey, you are. Using metaphor, image and symbol, guided imagery, examples, you will unfold your own Mythos experience through writing, art and creative process. It is a unique and individual experience, matching your own desire to engage, play, seek and find...influenced by elements, aspects, guides, challengers and allies that you choose to include.
You will make art in ways that excite you, they may be well known to you such as collage, painting, writing - or new and exploratory, using found materials, book making, masks or fiber arts. Anything goes as far as art, all levels of experience and creative ways of expressing are welcome. We will be sharing with each other and there will be wonderful opportunities to branch out and explore new ways to make art.
You will have a community to share and converse with about what you are discovering, creating and questioning. The class web group is private and "sacred space". It is a place for information and exchange, a hub where we will share ideas and art. Most importantly we will support and celebrate each others' myth-walking, and the Mythos journey unfolding.
A private experience is also available to you: work one to one through a private Mythos coaching process with Cat. Over the phone/web, in my studio or in your home, are all options. Coaching and support structures are offered to meet your specific needs...
Arrangements may be made on an individual basis for the following services: bedside recovery support, long term hospital stay, hospice and family support.
Mythos
n. (mī'thos)
pl. my·thoi (mī'thoi, mĭth'oi).
- Myth.
- Mythology.
- The pattern of basic values and attitudes of a people, characteristically transmitted through myths and the arts.
Mythos
- A journey or process of discovery, which incorporates the known and unknown stories, myths and patterns of an individual’s life, including the past, present and future.
- Layers of personal archeology, archetypal influence, historical, familial and future focused reference (as in quest) that influence direction and movement.
- Path-finding with structure of theme, intuition, guidance and art as symbolic language.
This is an invitation into a place and landscape of enormous importance, within your own psyche. This is the place of possibility, new understanding waiting to be told and pathways to unfold. Imagine yourself facing a door- you realize that you are somewhere that holds importance. A sacred space somewhere unknown yet recognized. You open the door and step through into a mythical world of your imagining and creation...your inner landscape awaits...
You will use a structure of a myth, fairytale, story or another framework that feels right - the following shares some examples:
-Think of the possibilities found in Alice in Wonderland, might you be taking the journey as the white rabbit, Alice, The Hatter or the red queen?
-Considering the powerful myth of Persephone, are you in your journey as the Kore/Persephone or as Demeter, the grief stricken stone mother , or perhaps threads of both are found in your own story.
-Are you sensing an invitation from the orphaned child, like Mary in The Secret Garden - or are you feeling the pull of Dicken ,the boy who communicates with the natural world? Do the garden rooms call to you?
Are you feeling some connection to the perspective of the daughter or the stepmother in Cinderella, Rhiannon of the Welsh hills, the dismembered Osiris waiting to be found... Think of the hands of spider woman weaving the world together, or simply follow the the red thread of Ariadne in the Minotaur's labyrinth or do you hear the howl of the wild woman who sings over the bones...
Notice the fairy tales, regional stories and multi-cultural myths that have impacted you. A poem, a book, a line or a chapter, a landscape, a character or imagery from a story or myth may be the perfect starting place. What these stories mean and how they are used will be part of your discovery and the journey.
Wherever you begin your Mythos, you will follow new pathways. The original framework is often important and reflects your intentions and needs starting out...but is is likely you will move away from the structure of the story you begin with.
You will bring yourself as the myth-walker; the hero/heroine, the queen, the magician, the traveler, the dancer, the crone, the child or the gypsy. Whoever you need to be for this journey, you are. Using metaphor, image and symbol, guided imagery, examples, you will unfold your own Mythos experience through writing, art and creative process. It is a unique and individual experience, matching your own desire to engage, play, seek and find...influenced by elements, aspects, guides, challengers and allies that you choose to include.
You will make art in ways that excite you, they may be well known to you such as collage, painting, writing - or new and exploratory, using found materials, book making, masks or fiber arts. Anything goes as far as art, all levels of experience and creative ways of expressing are welcome. We will be sharing with each other and there will be wonderful opportunities to branch out and explore new ways to make art.
You will have a community to share and converse with about what you are discovering, creating and questioning. The class web group is private and "sacred space". It is a place for information and exchange, a hub where we will share ideas and art. Most importantly we will support and celebrate each others' myth-walking, and the Mythos journey unfolding.
A private experience is also available to you: work one to one through a private Mythos coaching process with Cat. Over the phone/web, in my studio or in your home, are all options. Coaching and support structures are offered to meet your specific needs...
Arrangements may be made on an individual basis for the following services: bedside recovery support, long term hospital stay, hospice and family support.
