Archive for March 3rd, 2005

Interview: Educator/therapist David Howland on applying therapeutic techniques to education, the importance of the arts in our daily lives. How we can learn to understand expressing our creativity to balance physical, emotional and intellectual health. (Day 5 of 7 Day Interview – please scroll down to see previous days.)

Thursday, March 3rd, 2005

Day 5 – Q5. What recent projects have you been involved in?

Reply:
Because my work has relevance in broad contexts, and I am fortunate to be able to serve people of all ages within Tokyo and the Kanto area. I really enjoy working with children, and I have had the opportunity to work with them and on their behalf in many capacities. I designed and taught an arts-based language program for elementary school students in a major international school for several years. I am now providing special music and integrated arts programs in another one. I have given a variety of presentations to international teachers and health professionals, and see individual clients for both traditional tutoring (with an emphasis on arts-based learning) and expressive arts.

I am happy to work with adult clients both individually and in groups to provide sessions that focus on stress reduction, relaxation, or other needs where expressive arts can be helpful. I am now using healing music for relaxation in traditional music therapy sessions at a hospital outpatient program for elderly people with dementia, Alzheimer’s Disease and Parkinson’s Disease.

Please contact David Howland on (03) 5707-8598
e-mail: expressunltd@hotmail.com or check his website:
www.naturalhealingcenter.com/creative/expressionunlimited.htm for more information.


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* Angela Jeffs (Japan Times Journalist) on her witing class based on “Drawing on the Writer Within”, her upcoming book and labyrinths.
* Gretta McIlvaine founder of Bridge Between the Worlds Healing Center and Graduate of the Barbara Brennan School of Healing.
* Sri Eknath Eswaran’s method of meditation (he is the founder of the Blue Mountain Center of Meditation in California and author of many books).