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Are you looking for a judgment-free space for creative rest, or supportive community as you begin, return to, or deepen a creative practice? The Creative School for Integration invites highly sensitive, autistic, and non-verbal individuals to make your marks.

Sometimes, people choose to explore Creative Rest for an entire session if they need to rest.
The magic lies in how the sessions begin by activating the body's parasympathetic "rest and digest" nervous system (PSNS). This activation is essential for shifting the body out of a stressed, "fight-or-flight" reactive state and into a receptive state of recovery, balance, and—yes—creativity.
Creative Rest is not only replenishing; it also supports participants in creating outside of predetermined language, preconception, construct, and bias. What we think we know about something dissipates, allowing us to rest deeper into the intrinsic flow between our inner vision and the outward movement of our expression onto the page—and beyond.
It's about trust. It's about experiencing the Creative Heart Space in any part of the body, throughout the entire physical form, and in the field surrounding it and beyond. This is the expression of integrated embodiment within the infinite—unique soul and vast spirit.
We can each choose to lead from a rested, creative heart space and redefine what a valuable and creative life looks like. Imagine the world we would be living in if all those in leadership made this choice?

"Today I drew my teeth as felt by my tongue. Made me feel like I was drinking in light."
Kata, Baltimore, MD, Artist & Website Designer

"There is a depth of consciousness that occurs during the meditations that follow the breath-work."
Monica, Baltimore, MD, Retired Maternity Nurse

"The guided meditation followed by the open creative time has allowed me to learn more about myself and discover that being creative has such a positive impact far beyond the sessions."
Ashley, Virginia, Medical Practitioner
Rest and Digest mode stands in contrast to Fight or Flight—a mode governed by the sympathetic nervous system that provides extra energy to face or run from danger. Many of us operate subtly or blatantly in Fight or Flight due to societal, environmental, personal, or epigenetic trauma, as well as the constant pressure to keep up with the multitasking demands of overculture. This state of a heightened heart rate and constant alert can be depleting and anxiety-making. However, Fight or Flight is not inherently bad; it is a primal instinct for survival that we absolutely need sometimes. We just don't need to be in it all the time.
Rest and Digest mode stands in contrast to Fight or Flight—a mode governed by the sympathetic nervous system that provides extra energy to face or run from danger. Many of us operate subtly or blatantly in Fight or Flight due to societal, environmental, personal, or epigenetic trauma, as well as the constant pressure to keep up with the multitasking demands of overculture. This state of a heightened heart rate and constant alert can be depleting and anxiety-making. However, Fight or Flight is not inherently bad; it is a primal instinct for survival that we absolutely need sometimes. We just don't need to be in it all the time.