
Online Series: The Creative Body: Reclaiming Life After Trauma with Dr. Rosario Sammartino
ONLINE: Friday, November 21, 2025
9am – 12pm PST
Cost (includes Eventbrite fees):
$81 with early registration by Nov. 7th, and for grads anytime
$90 after Nov. 7th
Tamalpa does not record nor permit the recording of any classes or workshops due to the sensitive and sometimes vulnerable nature of the work, and to protect student privacy.
Questions or concerns: Email Workshops at Tamalpa
Join Dr. Rosario Sammartino to experience how the Tamalpa Life/Art Process® can restore connection, awaken imagination, and open new pathways for healing trauma.
Trauma lives in the body –in our sensations, gestures, movements, and in our capacity to feel and imagine. Trauma narrows our ability to express, to feel alive, and to dream. Words alone are not enough to fully capture—or transform— these embodied experiences.
The Tamalpa Life/Art Process® offers a unique path to healing. By integrating movement, drawing, and creative writing, this approach invites us to speak the language of the body and give shape to what lies beneath the surface. Through creative exploration, participants learn to recognize and release held patterns, engage imagination as a resource, and rebuild connections with themselves and others.
In this workshop series, you will:
- Explore how trauma lives in the body and how arts and movement can support release, regulation, and renewal.
- Connect with the creative body as a resource for resilience, discovering new possibilities for expression and healing.
- Engage in guided individual explorations and group processes that foster connection and creativity.
This 3-hour workshop combines theory, practice, and artistic engagement, offering practical tools you can integrate into both personal and professional life.
Who is this for?
- Therapists, coaches, and educators who want to bring body-based and creative tools into their practice.
- Practitioners seeking new approaches to trauma beyond conventional talk therapy.
- Individuals longing to reconnect with their bodies, creativity, and sense of possibility.
Workshops are for ages 18+ only and disability access is not provided.
REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Registration will close 1 hour prior to the start time of the workshop.
REFUNDS will only be given if cancellation is received at least 48 hours before the start of the first class. Eventbrite’s registration and processing fees are non-refundable. No partial refunds or transfers available.
To get the most out of this online class, please prepare a comfortable space to move in with access to your online device and reliable internet service. If you are using a handheld device, such as a pad or phone, please be sure to use a stand for your device so that it is held securely in place. You will want to have your hands free and be able to move freely and safely during movement exercises without worrying about your device falling. Have art supplies ready at hand for the drawing activity and paper and pen for journaling and creative writing exercises.
Please note: Tamalpa does not record nor permit the recording of any classes or workshops due to the sensitive and sometimes vulnerable nature of the work, and to protect student privacy.
NOTE: Registration will be conducted through Eventbrite. Upon payment, you will receive a confirmation email from them with information on how to register for your Zoom link. If you do not receive an email from Eventbrite, please email Workshops at Tamalpa immediately.
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Tamalpa Institute, founded in 1978 by dance and expressive arts therapy pioneers Anna Halprin and Daria Halprin, is a non-profit organization internationally recognized for its ground breaking training programs & workshops in a unique approach to movement based expressive arts education and therapy.
We offer expressive arts training programs and workshops for healing, education, and social transformation. Our innovative work has been brought into classrooms, businesses, hospitals, mental health care settings, hospices, prisons, and disadvantaged communities, among others. The Tamalpa Life/Art Process®, which combines movement, dance, drawing, and writing, has influenced the fields of dance, environmental design, theater, movement therapy, and art-based psychology. Our approach is based on the theory that people’s own life experiences are the most meaningful sources for artistic expression and social change.
Tamalpa has worked with over 10,000 people from more than 50 countries, including students, educators, therapists, artists, social workers, and health care providers. Today our movement-based, expressive-arts training programs are ranked among the best in the world. And our public and social engagement programs serve diverse communities from all walks of life, including children, elders, and virtually everyone in between.
Tamalpa Institute’s programs are recognized by the International Somatic Movement Education and Therapy Association (ISMETA) and the International Expressive Arts Therapy Association (IEATA).