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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261121T110000
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URL:https://matagiri.org/events/inner-balance-expressive-arts-with-krupa/
SUMMARY:EVENTNAME  - November 21\, 2026 - 11:00 am - 5:00 pm - Matagiri
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 p\;\n\n&nbsp\;\n\n&nbsp\;\nInner Balance\nExplore the juxtaposed polaritie
 s within your inner life through meditation\, movement\, writing and a var
 iety of visual artmaking. In a divided world\, we’ll explore finding har
 mony\, balance\, and the capacity to hold more than one reality through ou
 r expression.\n(please bring your own lunch. Kitchen facilities for heatin
 g/preparing are provided)\nKrupa Jhaveri\, PhD\, is an international expre
 ssive art therapist\, art director\, artist\, teacher\, researcher and fou
 nder of Sankalpa: Art Journeys based in Tamil Nadu\, south India since 2
 009. Born in Colorado and of Gujarati origin\, she is a living bridge betw
 een cultures through art. Krupa specializes as a trauma-informed expressiv
 e arts therapist\, in the combination of art &amp\; yoga/mindfulness\, in 
 reclaiming the therapeutic value of indigenous art forms and decolonizing 
 the links between ritual and resilience. Her passion/purpose is creative a
 daptation for individual and collective liberation.\n\nKrupa is an Ambassa
 dor to India for Art Therapy Without Borders\, is a TEDx Women speaker on
  "Art as a Mirror"\, published a chapter within Craft in Art Therapy (Ro
 utledge 2021) and completed her arts-based doctoral research on faith and 
 spirituality in EXAT through the European Graduate School in Switzerland (
 2022). She is currently teaching on four programs internationally to suppo
 rt the rooted expansion of this field.\n\n\n\nShe was also an Aurovilian w
 ith a bright blue shipping container home in Auroville (2010-2020)\, now l
 iving her own creative version of the Integral Yoga path on the fringe and
  beyond\, based between Auroville and Pondicherry.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKrupa Jhaveri\, PhD\, EXAT\, 
 TIEAT-C\n\nTrauma-Informed Expressive Arts Therapist &amp\; Art Director\n
 Founder of Sankalpa: Art Journeys\, based in south India\n\nTEDx Women sp
 eaker on "Art as a Mirror"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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LOCATION:Matagiri\, 1218 Wittenberg Rd\, Mount Tremper\, New York\, 12457\,
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