BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.3.3//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1005@matagiri.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260808T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260808T170000 DTSTAMP:20260605T220449Z 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\nRESERVATIONSd: https://www.viewcy.com /event/inner_nature_with_krupa\n\n \;\nDuring this full-day art journe y\, participants will engage in a variety of nature-based art making to di scover both personal and collective links between earth\, body\, mind\, he art\, spirit.\nThe day will include a mindful walk in nearby nature\, guid ed meditation\, individual and collaborative artmaking\, movement\, writin g\, as well as sharing. \nThrough a creative redefinition of the art medi a we consume and use\, there will be an invitation to process themes such as impermanence\, cycles\, grounding\, and gratitude. \nIn this creative ceremony 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 Jo urneys 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 therapeuti c value of indigenous art forms and decolonizing the links between ritual and resilience. Her passion/purpose is creative adaptation for individual and collective liberation.\n\nKrupa is an Ambassador to India for Art Ther apy Without Borders\, is a TEDx Women speaker on "Art as a Mirror"\, publ ished a chapter within Craft in Art Therapy (Routledge 2021) and complet ed her arts-based doctoral research on faith and spirituality in EXAT thro ugh the European Graduate School in Switzerland (2022). She is currently t eaching on four programs internationally to support the rooted expansion o f this field.\n\n\n\nShe was also an Aurovilian with a bright blue shippin g container home in Auroville (2010-2020)\, now living her own creative ve rsion of the Integral Yoga path on the fringe and beyond\, based between A uroville 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-Inf ormed Expressive Arts Therapist &\; Art Director\nFounder of Sankalpa: Art Journeys\, based in south India\n\nTEDx Women speaker on "Art as a Mi rror"\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