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Read moreCheck out my interview on the Erasing Shame podcast...
Watch Lisa Chu as guest on Erasing Shame podcast, a conversation on recovery from intergenerational trauma and inherited shame as an Asian American woman.
Read moreLetting Nature & Art Heal The SoulBodyMind
Have you become accustomed to living in a state of chronic stress and activation? A healthy nervous system is one that is able to "dance" within a range of activation and settling, in response to perceived cues from the environment. When we experience a traumatic event that remains unprocessed, our systems can remain overactivated or underactivated, losing the ability to self-regulate into a relaxed state of calm.
Our next art and nature mini-retreat, on Friday, May 4, will be "trauma-informed". That means, we will become conscious of how our nervous systems have adapted to survive the particular circumstances of our lives, and explore how being in nature and creating with art materials can help us self-regulate into a state of awake, relaxed engagement.
Read moreWatch Episode 11: On Finding Courage - InVisioning & Renewal Retreat "Meet Your Facilitators" Video Series
Lisa and Jovani discuss tribe and trust. Meet Your Facilitators Lisa Chu, MD, and Jovani, for the 2018 InVisioning & Renewal Retreat: A Day to Gather Strength and Wisdom in the Alchemy of Art and Nature, February 3, 2018, Elkus Ranch Educational Center, Half Moon Bay, CA. To learn more or register, visit http://themusicwithinus.com/events
Read moreWatch Episode 10: On Finding Courage - InVisioning & Renewal Retreat "Meet Your Facilitators" Video Series
Lisa and Jovani discuss finding courage. Meet Your Facilitators Lisa Chu, MD, and Jovani, for the 2018 InVisioning & Renewal Retreat: A Day to Gather Strength and Wisdom in the Alchemy of Art and Nature, February 3, 2018, Elkus Ranch Educational Center, Half Moon Bay, CA. To learn more or register, visit http://themusicwithinus.com/events
Read moreWatch Episode 9: Life as Experiment - InVisioning & Renewal Retreat "Meet Your Facilitators" Video Series
Lisa and Jovani discuss life as experiment. Meet Your Facilitators Lisa Chu, MD, and Jovani, for the 2018 InVisioning & Renewal Retreat: A Day to Gather Strength and Wisdom in the Alchemy of Art and Nature, February 3, 2018, Elkus Ranch Educational Center, Half Moon Bay, CA. To learn more or register, visit http://themusicwithinus.com/events
Read moreWatch Episode 8: Freedom in Art-Making - InVisioning & Renewal Retreat "Meet Your Facilitators" Video Series
Lisa and Jovani discuss freedom in art-making and Jovani's approach to painting and music. Meet Your Facilitators Lisa Chu, MD, and Jovani, for the 2018 InVisioning & Renewal Retreat: A Day to Gather Strength and Wisdom in the Alchemy of Art and Nature, February 3, 2018, Elkus Ranch Educational Center, Half Moon Bay, CA. To learn more or register, visit http://themusicwithinus.com/events
Read moreWatch Episode 7 - A New (and Ancient) Medicine at InVisioning & Renewal Retreat "Meet Your Facilitators" Video Series
Lisa and Amy discuss how nature, creativity, silence, sound, and body awareness constitute a new (and ancient) medicine. Meet Your Facilitators Lisa Chu, MD, and Amy Sullivan, LMFT, for the 2018 InVisioning & Renewal Retreat: A Day to Gather Strength and Wisdom in the Alchemy of Art and Nature, February 3, 2018, Elkus Ranch Educational Center, Half Moon Bay, CA. To learn more or register, visit http://themusicwithinus.com/events
Read moreWatch Episode 6 - Opening to Creative Detours at InVisioning & Renewal Retreat "Meet Your Facilitators" Video Series
Lisa and Amy talk about creativity, renewal, and being open to possibilities in the detours. Meet Your Facilitators Lisa Chu, MD, and Amy Sullivan, LMFT, for the 2018 InVisioning & Renewal Retreat: A Day to Gather Strength and Wisdom in the Alchemy of Art and Nature, February 3, 2018, Elkus Ranch Educational Center, Half Moon Bay, CA. To learn more or register, visit http://themusicwithinus.com/events
Read moreWatch Episode 5 - Why Sacred Silence at the InVisioning & Renewal Retreat? "Meet Your Facilitators" Video Series
Lisa and Amy discuss how sacred silence facilitates inner discoveries. Meet Your Facilitators Lisa Chu, MD, and Amy Sullivan, LMFT, for the 2018 InVisioning & Renewal Retreat: A Day to Gather Strength and Wisdom in the Alchemy of Art and Nature, February 3, 2018, Elkus Ranch Educational Center, Half Moon Bay, CA. To learn more or register, visit http://themusicwithinus.com/events
Read moreWatch Episode 4 - Who Can Benefit from the InVisioning & Renewal Retreat? "Meet Your Facilitators" Video Series
Lisa and Amy discuss who can benefit from the retreat and how they will know this is the right investment for them. Meet Your Facilitators Lisa Chu, MD, and Amy Sullivan, LMFT, for the 2018 InVisioning & Renewal Retreat: A Day to Gather Strength and Wisdom in the Alchemy of Art and Nature, February 3, 2018, Elkus Ranch Educational Center, Half Moon Bay, CA. To learn more or register, visit http://themusicwithinus.com/events
Read moreWatch Episode 3 of "Meet Your Facilitators" for the upcoming InVisioning & Renewal Retreat
Preview the location Elkus Ranch and hear Amy and Lisa discuss why some of us feel we need a vacation after our vacations. Meet Your Facilitators Lisa Chu, MD, and Amy Sullivan, LMFT, for the 2018 InVisioning & Renewal Retreat: A Day to Gather Strength and Wisdom in the Alchemy of Art and Nature, February 3, 2018, Elkus Ranch Educational Center, Half Moon Bay, CA. To learn more or register, visit http://themusicwithinus.com/events
Read moreWatch Episode 2 of "Meet Your Facilitators" for the upcoming InVisioning & Renewal Retreat
Lisa Chu tells her own story of experiencing burnout and how her recovery led to her study and practice of healing arts. Meet Your Facilitators Lisa Chu, MD, and Amy Sullivan, LMFT, for the 2018 InVisioning & Renewal Retreat: A Day to Gather Strength and Wisdom in the Alchemy of Art and Nature, February 3, 2018, Elkus Ranch Educational Center, Half Moon Bay, CA. To learn more or register, visit http://themusicwithinus.com/events
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