What if your creativity wasn’t something to achieve,
but something to befriend?
Bravery Begins with
One Small Mark
The Creative Unfolding
A Six Week Journey into Presence, Inspiration, Spirituality and Authentic Expression
You don’t need any experience in meditation or art. All that’s required is curiosity and the willingness to meet your creativity with openness and kindness. This space welcomes curious souls, recovering perfectionists, quiet dreamers
and brave beginners alike.
NOW TAKING BOOKINGS FOR 2026
Days: Mondays or Tuesdays
Times: Option 1: 10am–12 noon / Option 2: 2pm–4pm
Duration: 2-hour sessions
Length of Course: The course is six weeks although you are welcome to extend your stay and continue working with Joanne after your course has finished.
How Do I Sign Up - Ready to Begin?
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Read the course content below.
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If you like the sound of it - register your interest by completing the short form at the bottom of the page.
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Once received, you’ll be invited to visit the studio and meet Joanne in person, a gentle opportunity to get a feel for the space, ask questions, and explore how the sessions can best support your creative journey.
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Together, we’ll discuss the sliding scale options and find diary dates that feel right for you.
What Is This Art Course About?
So many of us carry quiet pressure around our creative lives - that whisper of “is it good enough?” or “what if I fail?” This course is about laying that burden down, even just for a while.
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We’ll explore what happens when we stop grading our creativity and start playing again, when we create simply because something inside us wants to move, breathe and be seen.
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You’ll be gently guided to question the habits of self-criticism and rediscover the lightness that emerges when art-making becomes an act of joy rather than judgment.
Connecting to What Inspires You
Each week, we begin with a guided meditation or simple creative exercise designed to reconnect you with what truly moves you — the colours, textures, sounds, silence and quiet moments that spark joy and wonder.
You’ll learn to meet inspiration in unexpected places: in stillness, in laughter, in memory, or even in the space between brushstrokes. Often, the very thing that reignites our creative energy has nothing to do with our usual medium — and that’s where the magic lives.
Through this process, you’ll come to trust that creativity is much larger than the materials in your hands — it’s a living conversation between
you and life itself.
Creative Process
At the heart of this journey will be a deepening of your Creative Process - time set aside for free exploration in your chosen medium, held in a space of focus, kindness and permission. I’ll offer gentle guidance and prompts at the start, and then you’ll follow your own rhythm - painting, writing, stitching, or simply letting colour and texture lead the way.
There are no expectations, only the invitation to explore what feels alive.
Afterwards, we’ll pause to reflect, share discoveries, and celebrate what surfaced. Each session is one-to-one, allowing the experience to be completely tailored to you and your unique creative flow.
Supporting Practice
Throughout the course, we’ll weave in mindful pauses — quiet moments to notice how you feel as you create. You’ll also be given therapeutic worksheets to help you deepen your awareness of inspiration, rest, and flow between sessions.
Each Session Includes:
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An opportunity to open your creative mind
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Time for reflection and conversation
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A guided meditation or imaginative exercise
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Time to create and to process
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A closing grounding or reflection
Who It’s For
This course is for anyone longing to reconnect with their creative joy - whether you paint, write, sing, photograph, sculpt, dance, or simply want to remember what it feels like to play again.
You don’t need any experience in meditation or art. All that’s required is curiosity and the willingness to meet your creativity with openness and kindness. This space welcomes curious souls, recovering perfectionists, quiet dreamers and brave beginners alike.
An Invitation
Come as you are — paint-splattered or hesitant, inspired or uninspired.
Come to listen, to breathe, to remember that art is a conversation with life itself.
Together we’ll soften what’s tight, rekindle what’s bright, and let creativity move freely once more.
Booking & Exchange
Creativity is a living, breathing practice, and I want this journey to feel joyful, accessible, and easeful, rooted in mutual respect and curiosity. Each six-week Creative Unfolding Course is £540 for one-to-one guidance — including some art materials, meditations, and creative mentoring. (You may wish to add a small amount for any extra materials specific to your project.)
To make this path as open as possible, we do offer a sliding scale, so you can choose a contribution that feels right for you and your circumstances. Your creative exploration should never be out of reach - it’s about meeting your art with playfulness, presence and freedom.
Register Your Interest For
The Creative Unfolding Course 2025 / 26
Complete this form so we can start working together.