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Aarathi Selvan-Founder Pause for Perspective

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Creepy Capitalism: Resisting with books

Creepy Capitalism and Resisting with picture books When I was initially introduced to narrative therapy,

Navigating The Mid-Year Blues

Navigating The Mid-Year Blues We all experience the mid-year blues. We are all familiar with

EXPRESSIVE ARTS AS AN EFECTIVE INTERVENTION IN PSYCHOTHERAPY

EXPRESSIVE ARTS AS AN EFECTIVE INTERVENTION IN PSYCHOTHERAPY “Art is to be moved,

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We're excited to launch our mini vlog series for t

We're excited to launch our mini vlog series for the Mindfulness Based Symptom Management course!

Stay tuned to get an insider peek into our Mindfulness journey. Vlogs will be up weekly!

Be sure to check out 'My Mindful Moments', our mindfulness journal, and take your first step towards embracing yourself today!
Link is in our bio.

We asked the Pause community on Instagram this que

We asked the Pause community on Instagram this question. Our community showed us the many ways in which safety, connection, and joy can be sort. It taught us a lot about what it means to live in a world where everything can feel overwhelming sometimes (or many times). Here’s a look at some of the things they shared with us. What about you? What helps you on difficult days?

Also, did you know we have a music playlist on Spotify that is also a collective list, thanks to our Instagram community? This collective contribution playlist has music that can uplift and connect us to our ventral vagal energies, energies that are calming, grounding, and enlivening.
Link to the playlist in the bio.
Check out more content like this on our newsletter. Link in bio.

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Art is to be moved, to love, to hope, to tremble,

Art is to be moved, to love, to hope, to tremble, to live.”
-Auguste Rodin

Expressive Arts Therapy, as the image says, is a multimodal approach that involves certified therapists using all kinds of creative art forms like music, drawing painting, drama, writing poetry, etc. Art therapy, on the other hand, involves the usage of drawing, painting collage, coloring or sculpting, and creating an artwork. Expressive Art based Therapists move freely between using the various modalities when appropriate during the session while Art therapists usually stick to only using art-based interventions. Art therapy is the most widely used form of expressive arts therapy by therapists around the world.

Art interventions lead to strengthening the therapeutic relationship between the client and the therapist, because both people involved, collaboratively create a triangular relationship with the artwork.

The artwork you create in a session might not be the next Monalisa, but it definitely is a piece that you will hold close to your heart and go back to when you need a safe space or just to understand yourself better.

Check out the full article on our blog, Link in bio.

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MINDFULNESS BASED SYMPTOM MANAGEMENT FACILITATED

MINDFULNESS BASED SYMPTOM MANAGEMENT

FACILITATED BY AARATHI SELVAN
The practice of Mindfulness helps cultivate moment to moment awareness of our Body, Emotions, Sensations and Thoughts
using the breath as an anchor. It allows for us to honour our body's ways of responding in the face of the current crisis and find ways of being that are compassionate and in-line with our hopes.
Eight session MBSM plus Retreat.
Starting 13th August to 1st October
Every Saturday at 10.30am to12.30pm
Zoom & In Person
Rs9000/- including classes, materials and our Self Help Journal called "My Mindful Moments"
To sign up please call +91 81068 64001
To read more about the program link in bio.

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We all experience the mid-year blues. We are all f

We all experience the mid-year blues. We are all familiar with the lethargy and weariness that settle on us as the weather cools and the days get shorter. Let’s explore what causes the mid-year blues, and how we can overcome them.

What might be causing your mid-year blues?

The thrill of the new year has waned. Many of us take part in the tradition of creating new years resolutions. Though creating resolutions can be a powerful practice, they come with downsides. In the high of the new year, we often set goals that are unattainable. Falling short of these goals often causes us to put ourselves down and feel disillusioned.

This judgment and self-doubt can act as a massive demotivator. How can we take care of ourselves, stay social, and keep working towards our goals when we feel so down?

As this demotivation may slow us down and stop us from taking action, the anxiety of feeling like another year is ending often makes our negative thoughts speed up. We may find ourselves more caught up in the rat race than ever, thinking to ourselves, “Time’s running out! What do I do?”.

Finally, the gloomy weather acts as a quiet damper on our lives. Whether because of the regular rains or the sudden chill in the air, we’re often forced to stay home to protect ourselves from the weather. This cuts us off from our friends, hobbies, and other simple joys that keep us afloat in earlier months. Getting out of our warm beds in the cold mornings has never felt more difficult.

What can you do to overcome your mid-year blues?

We, at Pause for Perspective, have created a compilation of techniques that will help you reconnect and take care of yourself as you go through your mid-year blues. Make sure you find a quiet, calming space to practice these techniques.

Check out the full article on our blog. Link in bio

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New workshops and the usual with new dates for aug

New workshops and the usual with new dates for august. Sign up by DMing us for deets.

Safe spaces and quiet reading nooks: fee ₹300
ND group fee: ₹200
Queer support group fee: ₹100

*New* Understanding and thriving in intimate relationships -A support group for cis het women in marriage or those considering it.

The group is a response to the needs of the community to make space for women in marriages. many times this idea that the happily ever after will come around when we get married comes to heel in Indian weddings.

What does it mean to be in a marriage, how do we cope with the many roles we need to take on as women, what are the ways of being that needs to become visible in order to thrive in relationships? Lets explore what it means to be in a marriage and hold space for women grappling with a variety of joys and strife in relationships.

Fee for session₹500/-

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What does it mean to “thrive”? Merriam Webster

What does it mean to “thrive”? Merriam Webster defines the word “thrive” as to grow vigorously, to gain in wealth and possessions, or to progress towards a goal. The word “thrive” originated from the Old Norse word “thrifa”, which means to grasp, or get hold of. Nowadays, we say we are thriving when we are “living our best lives”.

How we define success is an important window into our hopes, dreams, and priorities. Oftentimes, we find that the answer to this question revolves around the tangible: beauty, money, popularity. Of course, there is value in the tangible. However, there is also value in the intangible. Kindness, love, peace: these are all what make us human. So, why don’t we consider someone who has an abundance of these traits as “thriving”?

As the middle of the year creeps up on us, we all find ourselves evaluating the progress of our year. This is a perfect time to explore and break down the stereotype of success.

To kickstart this conversation, we asked the team at Pause for Perspective what “thriving” means to them. Swipe to know what they had to say.

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Here's a glimpse of our staff immersion where our

Here's a glimpse of our staff immersion where our art therapists conducted an art-based intervention for all the therapists. Reach out to us to know more about our art therapy workshop for individuals/organizations.

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Along with a safe space for therapy we also offer

Along with a safe space for therapy we also offer the above mentioned.

Do check out our space (physical and online) for more information.

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We are back with "On being a Therapist" where our

We are back with "On being a Therapist"
where our team gets candid about their journey as therapists.

In this episode, listen to Akshata talk about her transition into psychology, her hopes with her work and the research she's doing!

Let us know what resonates with you about her journey in the comments!

To book an appointment or know more about out therapist, check out the link in bio or call 9490708947.

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Our therapist @pathsoflight reflects and invites u

Our therapist @pathsoflight reflects and invites us all on nourishing abandoned parts of ourselves. Take a look at other pieces written by our therapists over at the June newsletter. Link in bio

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✨Here's what you can do during times when you wa

✨Here's what you can do during times when you walk out of the session feeling heavy, ungrounded or unpleasant. All of these grounding exercises are expressive art-based.

The best thing about art therapy is that it provides an externalised version of what happens for us on the inside. And expressive art-based interventions are not limited within the sessions but also allow their impact to follow after the sessions. At Pause, all therapists are equipped to suggest picture books or mindfulness based exercises if you'd like to engage in them. Feel free to ask your therapist for book suggestions! If you manage to fall in love with them, follow @pause_library for more content.

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Events/ Support group sessions at Pause this July

Events/ Support group sessions at Pause this July 2022. DM to get info on registering.

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There's a lot more that goes into making a therapy

There's a lot more that goes into making a therapy space than the therapy room that most of us (clients) notice. A therapy space is created very mindfully to be a warm, safe space for our clients where they spend some time before and after sessions for grounding themselves (reel coming soon).
The space allows one to chill around plants, reading picture books (@pause_library) in fairy lights and maybe even enjoy a vegan meal!
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This is also an attempt to give a glimpse of our Mental health space to all our online clients who only know us through a screen.
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We tried answering this most common query about ex

We tried answering this most common query about expressive art-based therapy! Drop in your queries in the comment section to know more ✨

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Content- what does therapy even do?

Externize and give form to ambivalent feelings

Helps unfold the unconscious

Enhances communication between client and therapist

Introduces and integrates new ways of knowing

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#expressiveartstherapy services at Pause are offered by certified therapists in the area. Reach out to us to set up an appointment.

Expressive art-basrd therapy includes modalities such as
Art
Music
Dance and movement
Drama
Poetry and creative writing
Play and sand tray

The therapist and client move freely between these varied art modalities during the sessions.

This form of therapy is based on the premise that people can heal through use of imagination and the various forms of creative expression.

The process of creation is emphasized rather than the final product, unlike in traditional art style.

It is about reclaiming our innate capacity as human beings for creative expression of our individual and collective human experience through art.

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Hear Raviraj of Narrative Practices India Collecti

Hear Raviraj of Narrative Practices India Collective, Aditya Raja of Queer Trans Center Collective and Aarathi Selvan of Pause for Perspective speak about Queer Chosen Families. Some questions they sit with are
What comes to mind when you think of the word chosen family?
How does chosen family visit you? How is it present in your life and the lives of others you may know?
What would care look like within chosen families?
Why is family of a certain kind only valid? (Do we have to go the marriage way for family to be valid? Why is state interfering and making it hard for practicalities if chosen family to be present in our lives? )
How do we build connections with a community or a chosen family? What is your sense of what maybe needed to do this?#pridemonth2022 #pridemonth #pauseforperspective #lgbt

Polyamory/Non Monogamy What it is not and What it

Polyamory/Non Monogamy
What it is not and What it actually is.

Non Monogamy is a less frequently spoken topic in our society and there is a lot of misconception and judgement around it. In our Cis-Het, monogamous system where marriage is seen as the end goal to any romantic/sexual relationship, polyamory challenges it.

Today we speak about how practicing polyamory is ethical and consensual, requires a lot of commitment and communication and is not an excuse to lie or cheat.
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Queer relationships and relationships that occur in the margins are rare and precious because love in such spaces can feel profoundly scarce. It is important to recognise that queer, disabled, women’s and other marginalised bodies are systemically traumatised. A safe haven and secure base, as you can imagine then is also one that is a privilege. It is important to sit with this awareness that we are ensconced in a system. The ways we experience people and relationship are defined by the spaces that exist around us.

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We are back with "On being a Therapist" where our

We are back with "On being a Therapist"
where our team gets candid about their journey as therapists.

In this episode, listen to Sridevi talk about her fascination with psychology, the odds she fought and the stance that she holds as a therapist.

Let us know what resonates with you about her journey in the comments!

To book an appointment or know more about out therapist, check out the link in bio or call 9490708947.

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