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It was the summer of 2017. Five years into my Jazz dance training – a dance form that had shaped, moulded and transformed my body and the way I moved. It was an annual dance-off and I was performing a lyrical Jazz piece. Before leaping into the routine, I stood in the...

Congratulations! My apologies I can't be with you all today in person, as I am outside Bangalore being with my family as our grandmother has passed on. Each of you is in my thoughts today. Congratulations to each of you for having embarked and initiated your journey...

The conversation explores the Transpersonal Space while working with Trauma and Mental Health. The panel, Brinda Jacob-Janvrin (Expressive Art Therapy and Authentic Movement), Laura Smith-Riva (Natural Dreamwork), Katia Verreault (Trauma and the Body) and Sukhvinder...

In this conversation on Narrative Therapy, Christy and Raviraj explore the idea of What makes a story and its influence on how we perceive ourselves, others and the world around us. They share stories from their lived experience and work and illustrate the politics of...

The batch before this one did their last bit online. The batch after this one met once in-person for the experiential sessions. But this class of 2020-21 got sandwiched between the 2 lock downs and were our test tube babies - nothing short of a miracle. They truly...

Dancer and Art Therapist, Brinda Sarah Jacob in conversation with Odissi Dancer, Meghna Das. From the Ampersand Series.Blog

Discovering the One that would work for you. It’s been a tough two years for all of us, collectively. Amidst the crisis and the trauma that many of us are going through, one silver lining we can see is that more and more people are now open to acknowledge and speak...

Brinda Jacob-Janvrin in conversation with Jimmy Xavier on Radio Mirchi, on Expressive Arts and the role it plays in Mental Health and Emotional Well Being.Blog

The conversation is focused on understanding the ways social structures influence mental health from an Adivasi standpoint. For the Adivasi and tribal communities Independence and formation of India was a treaty with the settler communities as evident in the speech...

A conversation with Madhu Shukla on the therapeutic possibilities of Psychodrama in healing and transformation.  The conversation explores the features of Psychodrama as a group-based method of exploring conflicts by enacting them in order to facilitate developing new...

Conversations on Mental Health and therapy often get restricted to individual well being, neglecting the role of the social and embodied context in which we experience healthy living or the lack of it. This problem got highlighted with Rohith Vemula and Payal Tadvi's...

The Expressive Body is our advanced level training program that has been designed to delve into the deeper cords of the foundation of the therapeutic relationship and explore poignant themes and topics in the current world of expressive arts therapy. Held in the...

Another year, another graduation. This year was different - we couldn't invite family, we all wore masks (mostly). But it was much more than that. The year was completely unprecedented in that we had to move from in presence training to online training. The trainees...

The Expressive Body is our advanced level training program that has been designed to delve into the deeper cords of the foundation of the therapeutic relationship and explore poignant themes and topics in the current world of expressive arts therapy. Held in the...

The Expressive Body is an advanced level training program that has been designed to delve into the deeper cords of the foundation of the therapeutic relationship and explore poignant themes and topics in the current world of expressive arts therapy. Held in Jungian...

Mental health in times of crisis and well-being, On the occasion of World Mental Health Day, this conversation in the context of the times we are living in examines how the pandemic has changed our lives in ways we hadn’t prepared for. Many of us have lost our loved...

Can desire be a discourse for talking about healing? Jasmine Jahan from Hidden Pockets Collective in conversation with Brinda Jacob-Janvrin.Blog

Congratulations! Not on completing the course (though, if you have, pat yourself on the back). Congratulations on undertaking this journey. You’ve had to turn yourself inside out, you’ve been challenged to examine your biases and beliefs, the binaries you live by,...

When I enrolled for FECAT 7 years ago, I told Brinda I'll never continue in this space. And she said - Never say Never. When I came on board as a student advisor 5 years ago, I told Brinda I'll never be able to take on her role as a student mentor. And she said -...

Brave voyagers! Brave brave explorers of inner landscapes. Braver so because unlike an external voyage, nothing is visible to the outside world as evidence of this inner journey, no place to peg your flag on, marking your achievement. It has all the adventure, risk -...

The last year has been a whirlwind. It has been about riding the wave of personal history and discovery. It has been about shedding and it has been about gaining. In the last year, I have gone to corners of myself I never thought existed. I broke, I built, I...

I have just come back from 3 days in Udaipur where I was with a bunch of creative arts therapists and I was so inspired to meet them and hear of the work they do. I really feel like our world, the work we do, is like a blotch of colour. It's hope in what seems like a...

Congratulations to the FECAT batch of 2016-17! Having witnessed 17 incredible journeys, I'm moved and awed as always by the courage demonstrated by each of you as you actively make choices to witness, hold space and surrender to your process. I’m so grateful to have...

At the end of the academic year of the FECAT (Foundation course in Expressive and Creative Arts Therapies) program, the student present their professional and personal journeys. There is so much I want to share about the beauty, depth and the struggle of this process...

So moved and honoured to have spent the last 2 days witnessing the personal journeys of the 2015-16 batch of FECAT trainees over the last year. In a world that is rapidly turning upside down, I feel grateful for this deeply moving and affirming experience. It takes a...

The second year in the making. From nurturing my belief to finally finding expression in this work - the more I stay in this space, the more I am convinced about the wisdom that the body holds.  This year was a breeze. We only had to move out of our training space...