The Creative Wisdom Tools
A Program for Youth Development
By Rafael McMaster & Shelley Williams
Our Vision is to Create a Better Reality
Not by guaranteeing, we can transform the outside world of a student, but by transforming their inside world.
Through our Creative Wisdom toolkit, we give our students the resilience and tools to meet life on life’s terms.
We define success through our clients retaining and utilizing the tools in their daily life - resulting in students who are:
SPIRITUALLY AWARE • PHYSICALLY BALANCED • MENTALLY SHARP • EMOTIONALLY CALM
The Purpose
Our vision is to create a better reality. Not by guaranteeing we can transform the outside world of a client, but by transforming their inside world. Through teaching proficiency of a vital toolkit, we give our students the resilience and tools to meet life on life’s terms. Our innovative approach fuses together the arts
(visual arts, movement arts, spiritual arts…) with facets of modern therapy modalities (cognitive behavior therapy, dialectic behavior therapy, art
therapy…). We define success through our clients retaining and utilizing the
tools in their daily life - resulting in students who are spiritually aware,
physically balanced, mentally sharp, and emotionally calm.
The Need
The speed of change in the digital age is exponential, and the perils, conditions, and maladies - both social/emotional and behavioral - are rapidly evolving. Instead of treating symptoms, our approach is to empower the client through their own innate capabilities, inner wisdom, and untapped power. For a student with ADHD for example, rather than promoting to prescribe medication, we are teaching the student how to focus, and how to access their inner resources of awareness, intentionality, heart/mind connection, and how to identify and cultivate the specific sensation of being spiritually* present. Like any tool, these are skills and muscles that can be trained; students refer to these tools as
“simple” and “easy,” and often times it is just a matter of effectively
teaching how to use these tools, in an immersive and supportive environment.
The Program
Each Creative Wisdom Tools (CWT) session takes students on a three part journey, weaving together movement arts (yoga-based), followed by lesson/workshop/group discussion around one specific tool, and concluded by 90 minutes of art and creativity with 1-on-1 mentorship:
- Movement - Yoga and guided exercise is scientifically proven to reduce stress, anxiety, and cortisol levels - while reconnecting students to the present moment through the guided breath.
- Tool Discussion - Following yoga, students are taught about a specific tool for each session. The tools are: Acceptance, Awareness, Intention, Gratitude, Compassion, Forgiveness, Connection, and Service.
- Creative Time - The students conclude each session with 90-minutes of creative time - learning techniques, materials, and media ranging from spray-painting and photography to graphic design and traditional painting.
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