BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.3.6//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1005@matagiri.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260808T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260808T170000 DTSTAMP:20260625T184103Z URL:https://matagiri.org/events/inner-nature-expressive-arts-with-krupa/ SUMMARY:EVENTNAME - August 8\, 2026 - 11:00 am - 5:00 pm - DESCRIPTION:\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\nRESERVATIONS: https://www.viewcy.com/ event/inner_nature_with_krupa\n\n \;\nDuring this full-day art journey \, participants will engage in a variety of nature-based art making to dis cover both personal and collective links between earth\, body\, mind\, hea rt\, spirit.\nThe day will include a mindful walk in nearby nature\, guide d meditation\, individual and collaborative artmaking\, movement\, writing \, as well as sharing. \nThrough a creative redefinition of the art media we consume and use\, there will be an invitation to process themes such a s impermanence\, cycles\, grounding\, and gratitude. \nIn this creative c eremony of an open presence\, we will also leave space for the unexpected\ , for the art to surprise and reflect back to us what we all need to see!\ nKrupa Jhaveri\, PhD\, is an international expressive art therapist\, art director\, artist\, teacher\, researcher and founder of Sankalpa: Art Jou rneys based in Tamil Nadu\, south India since 2009. Born in Colorado and of Gujarati origin\, she is a living bridge between cultures through art. Krupa specializes as a trauma-informed expressive arts therapist\, in the combination of art &\; yoga/mindfulness\, in reclaiming the therapeutic value of indigenous art forms and decolonizing the links between ritual a nd resilience. Her passion/purpose is creative adaptation for individual a nd collective liberation.\n\nKrupa is an Ambassador to India for Art Thera py Without Borders\, is a TEDx Women speaker on "Art as a Mirror"\, publi shed a chapter within Craft in Art Therapy (Routledge 2021) and complete d her arts-based doctoral research on faith and spirituality in EXAT throu gh the European Graduate School in Switzerland (2022). She is currently te aching on four programs internationally to support the rooted expansion of this field.\n\n\n\nShe was also an Aurovilian with a bright blue shipping container home in Auroville (2010-2020)\, now living her own creative ver sion of the Integral Yoga path on the fringe and beyond\, based between Au roville 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\n\n\nKrupa Jhaveri\, PhD\, EXAT\, TIEAT-C\n\nTrauma-Info rmed Expressive Arts Therapist &\; Art Director\nFounder of Sankalpa: A rt Journeys\, based in south India\n\nTEDx Women speaker on "Art as a Mir ror"\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\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://i0.wp.com/matagiri.org/wp-content/upload s/2026/06/Krupa-Bird.jpg?fit=300%2C400&ssl=1 CATEGORIES:Special Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR