What is the creative spa for women?
In your CREATIVE SPA you immerse yourself in somatic creativity workshops on Zoom. You meet yourself exactly where you are, without pressure, without self-optimization mania, without having to deliver a good result or feeling a certain way in the end. Instead, you let your body intelligence flow and see what happens, curious and unbiased.
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By becoming present with your bodily sensations and emotions without running away, by slowing down, by practicing gentle self-compassion and agenda free self expression, you will experience 1) the amazing effects of slow motion somatic exercises to release tension and blockages from your nervous system and 2) the gifts of creativity and flow.
You will meet yourself in a new way. You allow what arises, you take responsibility for yourself and your needs and you will remember the pure joy of being as your natural God given state.
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When given space and rest, your intelligent body knows exactly how to restore itself to healthy harmony, homeostasis and how to build resilience. This means nothing less than the ability to face the constantly changing and challenging situations of these times from your center, without losing yourself in the process.
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Through the gentle and grounding sessions, your serenity, radical self-respect, strength, clarity and inner peace will gradually grow, so God can work more miracles in your life.
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Imagine showing up calm, joyful, caring and strong. For yourself and others. No longer afraid of feelings, sensations and emotions. Seeing through the lies and programming placed in you. Rediscovering the true love with which God looks at you and the true dignity and worth, he wants you to feel towards yourself and others. Imagine no longer having to run away from external stressors (“suffering”) or bending in a way that is not authentic.
Imagine being at home within yourself in all situations.
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Currently I only offer workshops on demand. Just contact me via contact@petraheveroch.com when you have a group of 4 or more together and I will create a wonderful session, tailormade to your time, content and other preferences and needs.
Voices
"Your workshop was great. I haven't felt as relaxed and at peace with myself as I did that evening for over a year. Thank you very much for that.” S.
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“Thank you, this workshop was so beautiful, insightful, and nourishing. I am very grateful for your wonderful guidance and your loving presence.” K.
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“Later in the day after the workshop, I had a moment where I was quite tense and overwhelmed. But I was able to retreat back into the inner quiet space that you guided us to while drawing. Very grateful!” J.
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“I am so surprised at the new ideas that have emerged within me and this playfulness from childhood. Being creative in a group is also so much better than alone.” L.
Join the creative spa if...
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You feel like you can't get out of the rat race, the performance mania and your own perfectionism. You are exposed to a lot of hustle and bustle and constant stress in your everyday life and don't know how to get a break. You feel overwhelmed, chronically exhausted and never really find peace.
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You tend to be a follower and people pleaser, you put your needs, desires, and selfcare on the back burner. You let yourself be burned out by the demands of others and your to-do lists, and you have no idea you really need, where your boundaries are and what you desire deep down.
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You can't shake off thoughts of fear, drama and worries. You have too much on your mind and are less and less in touch with your body and its signals.
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You are a (hyper) sensitive person who reacts strongly to everything and feels that your nervous system is out of balance, dysregulated and constantly on alert.
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You want to process painful experiences in a very gentle way and learn to be present and kind to yourself no matter what comes up
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You have selfworth issues, often put yourself down and don't feel dignified and loved just as you are.
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Your daily routine feels gray, heavy and boring, you feel like you are trapped in a prison of everyday life and you long for creativity, colous, new vitality, simple joy, playful lightness and childlike wonder in your everyday life.
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You want to look at certain issues in your life where you feel blocked and confused in a completely new, creative way and allow the flow to give you unexpected solutions and insights to show you where your path is leading, what you stand for, what no longer works and what really matters!
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Creative Spa is about joy instead of worry, being instead of performing, calm instead of hustle, playfulness instead of seriousness, curiosity instead of old ways, self compassion instead of self criticism, and gentle acceptance instead of running away from/resisting what comes up. Radical selfcare and selfresponsibility. Radical = Latin for deepest root. That's where it all begins.
Bring your female friends, mother, sister or team and receive a creative session designed especially for you for more clarity, joy, harmony and unexpected gifts!
“You were born a creative being. Something inside you is waiting to reveal itself, to express itself in a whole new way. You just have to give it space.”
What are the elements?
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The slow and gentle guided somatic exercises in part 1 help to release stress and old blockages in the nervous system, allowing you to re-regulate, regenerate, and recharge. These exercises bring you into the ideal basic tone for your creative free flow
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The creative exploration in part 2 — completely independent of talent or experience — releases fresh energy through painting, writing and drawing and can bring deeper solutions and clarity to personal challenges that the rational mind often cannot access.
You give yourself space to breathe deeply and let go, to process what needs to come up, to realize what matters. At the beginning of the creative phase, I might give you some inquiery questions related to the sessions theme — which are an invitation, but not a must — that you can let the flow bring you the answers during the session.
From time to time, I also provide small impulses from the areas of creative therapy, bodywork and somatic experiencing. There are no visually guided painting instructions, I am not teaching you how to paint better.
In the end there is an anchoring of your experiences, healing silence, a short exchange, and a few more tips for your next steps.
The incredible effects of creativity
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increases zest for life, optimism, confidence, resilience and inner peace
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leads to a happier, healthier and less stressed brain
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relieves stress, tension and blockages
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strengthens the immune system, slows the heart rate, promotes the production of the happiness hormone dopamine
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brings unexpected solutions to problems, new ideas, insights and clarity
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reduces depression and anxiety, protects against mental illness
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helps to process trauma and cope with illness
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counteracts cognitive decline in old age
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strengthens courage, self-confidence, self-esteem and self-acceptance
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promotes self initiative and imagination
You are ALLOWED to
do something that is just for you,
where it's not about the perfect result,
a goal or pressure, just about you.
I am Petra Heveroch from Cologne, Germany, artist and mentor for creative resilience & radical <self> care.
I love to bring the gifts of creativity and somatics into peoples lifes, in a unique way.
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Since early childhood, trauma have left me with a very low stress tolerance, a hypersensitive and dysregulated nervous system and many physical symptoms. For a long time, I tried to adapt to the pressure and crazy pace of society. I tried to keep up, run with the crowd. I worked in marketing management for over 10 years until I started my own business.
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I used to run away from my own body sensations, ignored red flags, bend over backwards every day, was a people pleaser, addicted to harmony and at the same time I rebelled (passive-aggressively) against rules and behaviours that seemed so off, unempathic and disrespectful. My body showed me very radically what chronic stress does to our health when we don't set boundaries for ourself, when we don't release old patterns and just live in a maze.
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Now I know that, among other things, I lacked capacity in my nervous system. And God.
I also saw that many behaviors and patterns are actually self-protection mechanisms. Well-intentioned by our wonderful, intelligent bodies, God's creation, to support us in the best possible way. Only when you recognize this can you create space to treat yourself honestly and lovingly, with compassion and understanding.
I saw more and more through the hamster wheels, the shiny things, the dangling carrots that lure us into superficial happiness, which is EMPTY. Little by little, my rose-colored glasses were taken off which often left me speechless. I experienced so many small and big miracles and learnt that the peace we so long for can only be found in and with God. He wants you to feel your true dignity and worth, his love and the creative strong joyful and incredible being you actually are.
