Rites of Passage, Theatre of Spontaneity, Sunday 20 March 2016

"Autumn's Last Sigh" by Helene Nelson-Reed

Jacob Levy Moreno created the first Theatre of Spontaneity early in the last century to explore the events of the day in people's lives.  Using all kinds of new and creative methods, like the empty chair, sociodrama and the living newspaper, Moreno and his participants enacted moments of interest and current events occurring in their community.

This year we are revisiting this original idea of ToS. Each presenter will work with material from the group, so just bring your self to this wonderful and refreshing event.

 

Come along to our first Autumnal Theatre of Spontaneity to explore the Rites of Passage, to share your stories, journeys and experiences.

Sunday March 20, 2016

at 6.00 pm. for 6.30 start – 8.30 finish

Director: Sue Daniel

RSVP by Friday to Gavin O'Loughlin  0403 597 685 

$15.00 MPS members/$20.00 non-members

The Location is 1/10-12 Adolph St. Cremorne, Victoria

Light refreshment provided

All welcome!

Mind’s Eye Psychology

Unleash Your Creative Genius

Melas Khole

A personal development group for those wanting to explore their future possibilities, understand the walls that obscure or block the path (from the outer environment or from within) both past and present, which create stuckness

What you will need to bring:

A commitment to the group (attend all sessions)

A willingness to trust the process

A sense of adventure and playfulness

A curiosity in yourself and others

A desire to embrace your spontaneity

The group will be an ‘action method’ group. This means moving beyond talking to using your creativity to create a surplus reality where dragons are slain, possibilities are enacted and learning new roles occurs through the experience of role taking and role reversal with significant others.

The philosophy of this method is that spontaneous action beats fear, lowers anxiety and creates a pathway to seeing a different perspective, developing new roles and acting in the moment

Melas also provides supervision to health professionals such as Psychologists, Social Workers, Community Welfare Workers, Teachers and Nurses

6 Wednesday Evenings:

7:00 pm - 10:00 pm

May 11th  & 25th, June 1st, 8th, 22nd & 29th 

The group is composed of 6-8 participants.

 Fee: $360

(Medicare and Private Health Insurance rebates may apply)

Psychodrama Institute of Melbourne

10 Adolph St Cremorne, 3121

ABN: 43552813603

Ph: 0427 174 008

Fax: 03 90156559

Email: info_mindseye101@bigpond.com

P.O. Box 315 Altona Nth Vic, 3025

Lunchtime Reading Group Meeting

Friday, 18 March 2016 from 12.45 - 1.45 pm at the Psychodrama Institute of Melbourne

Excerpts for readings are from the following books:

Psychodrama Vol.1., J.L. Moreno.

The Body Alchemy of Psychodrama, R. M Ridge.

Moderators:

Yulia Chivhevskaya

Sue Daniel

Focus for the Reading Group: The Body and the Warming up Process

“The bodily starters of any behavior as acting or speaking on the spur of the moment are accompanied by physiological signs.  In the process of warming up these symbols unfold and release simple emotions, as fear, anger, or more complex states.  It is not necessary that verbal reactions evolve in the process of warming up.  They may or they may not.  But the mimic symbols are always present; they are related to underlying physiological processes and to psychological states….The psychodramatist pushes towards the act.  But the direction of the push begins with the infant at birth, thereby affording no possibility of a backward push – only a push forward, which is the living process in progression.”  Moreno, J. L. (Psychodrama.  Vol.1. 1946, Student Edition ASGPP, 1994, Ch. 5, The Spontaneity Theory of Child Developmentpp.81-83)

In the Body Alchemy of Psychodrama, Rebecca Ridge (2009, ppx11-x111) wrote, “Alchemy, I have discovered, is the river of mystery that flows between psychodrama and somatic therapies.  They have existed side by side in subtle recognition that began with Dr. Jacob Levy Moreno’s theoretical description of psychosomatic (physiological, italics mine) roles and child development.”

In this 2^nd Reading Group we will discuss Moreno’s view of the significance of the body and some points of view on the brain and the heart, put forward by Ridge, in relation to Arnold Mindell, Carl Jung, Chinese medicine, Paul Pearsall (1999) Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (1993), Louis Cozolino (2006) and Hal, the computer in 2001, A Space Odyssey. (Body Alchemy of Psychodrama, Ridge, ch. 8, The Path of the Heart. pp.198-199).

The Lunchtime Reading Groups

Last Friday of the month from 12.45 to 1.45 p.m

This group is designed to suit those with an hour to spare at lunchtime. Budding writers, trainees and practitioners are welcome! We will discuss psychodrama works; DVD’s and literature and other related material. A moderator who will send the material, or give it out at the previous meeting for reading or viewing, will lead the discussion.

Dates: 26 Feb, 18 Mar, (2nd last Friday due to Easter), 29 Apr, 27 May, 24 Jun, 29 Jul, 26 Aug, 30 Sep, 28 Oct. & 25 November.

Fee: $10.00 per session for MPS members ($15.00 (non-members), and goes towards building up the PIM and MPS Zerka Moreno Library.  The fee includes freshly brewed coffee and selection of fine teas.  Please BYO lunch.

Enquiries and RSVP one week earlier for material: 0417 586 791