BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.0.1//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1005@matagiri.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260808T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260808T170000 DTSTAMP:20260714T145413Z 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\n \;\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n&nbs p\;\nRESERVATIONS: https://www.viewcy.com/event/inner_nature_with_krupa\n& nbsp\;\nDuring this full-day art journey\, participants will engage in a v ariety of nature-based art making to discover both personal and collective links between earth\, body\, mind\, heart\, spirit.\nThe day will include a mindful walk in nearby nature\, guided meditation\, individual and coll aborative artmaking\, movement\, writing\, as well as sharing. \nThrough a creative redefinition of the art media we consume and use\, there will b e an invitation to process themes such as impermanence\, cycles\, groundin g\, and gratitude. \nIn this creative ceremony of an open presence\, we w ill also leave space for the unexpected\, for the art to surprise and refl ect back to us what we all need to see!\nKrupa Jhaveri\, PhD\, is an inter national expressive art therapist\, art director\, artist\, teacher\, rese archer and founder of Sankalpa: Art Journeys based in Tamil Nadu\, south India since 2009. Born in Colorado and of Gujarati origin\, she is a livi ng bridge between cultures through art. Krupa specializes as a trauma-info rmed expressive arts therapist\, in the combination of art &\; yoga/min dfulness\, in reclaiming the therapeutic 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 Therapy Without Borders\, is a TEDx Wom en speaker on "Art as a Mirror"\, published a chapter within Craft in Ar t Therapy (Routledge 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 internatio nally to support the rooted expansion of this field.\n\n\n\nShe was also a n Aurovilian with a bright blue shipping container home in Auroville (2010 -2020)\, now living 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\n\n\nKrupa Jhaver i\, PhD\, EXAT\, TIEAT-C\n\nTrauma-Informed Expressive Arts Therapist &am p\; Art Director\nFounder of Sankalpa: Art Journeys\, based in south India \n\nTEDx Women speaker 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\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