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www.creativecommunityinstitute.org  Since the dawn of time, all cultures have created rituals using the arts, meditation and the mind-body connection to bond as a community, and to create healing by entering deep into the psyche and spiritual realm. The CREATIVE COMMUNITY INSTITUTE FOR HEALING & EXPRESSIVE ARTS offers a modern form of this ancient path of wholeness, as today's people seek new ways of creating real community and healing within ourselves, with each other and with the planet. Through cultivating a deeply felt consciousness (sentience) of our unity with all living beings, each person’s individuality blossoms and we become part of a larger, creative community of life.
CREATIVE COMMUNITY INSTITUTE (CCI) is an educational and research organization which promotes the shamanically-based, artistically oriented Healing Ritual work developed by Contemporary Shaman Joan Forest Mage. Healing Ritual aims to create healing, wellness and fitness of the soul in individuals, human society, the spirit realm and Nature through spiritual practice, interdisciplinary art, mind-body movement disciplines and group interaction. Creative Community Institute offers Healing Ritual events to the general public, as well as various levels of training in Healing Ritual, including a facilitator’s certificate program with a master’s degree option. CCI also carries out research projects which contribute to the theory and methods of Healing Ritual. The teaching at CCI is based in Joan’s concept of the Creative Community Medicine Wheel, a comprehensive model for nurturing the unique gifts of each individual as the basis of a healthy, well-functioning community. It is a model of health rather than pathology, whose principles guide participants from personal healing through spiritual wellness and finally to live an empowered and contributive life. The theoretical basis also includes the Nine Steps of Healing Ritual developed by Joan, a model of spiritual/energetic transformation that can be applied to many types of healing and growth. The work at CCI is not based in a particular ethnic culture or religious dogma. Rather, it is a contemporary combination of both psychological and spiritual practice in a non-denominational approach to greater wholeness. It seeks to connect people to the spiritual side of life in a way that individuals of various beliefs and life experiences can embrace in their own way, discovering their own truth. This school dedicated to urban shamanism is located in the heart of Chicago. Our classes are held at a private dance studio in the vicinity of Irving Park, Lincoln, and Damen. It is a quiet place with a hardwood floor and a garden just outside, a perfect setting for the meditative and expressive work we do. The training at CCI is accepted as a major component of the work towards a Master of Arts Degree in Applied Professional Studies at De Paul University School for New Learning. CCI graduates are also eligible to apply for certification as Expressive Arts Therapists through the National Expressive Therapy Association, and to join the Society for Shamanic Practitioners. JOAN FOREST MAGE, the founder and director of the Creative Community Institute, is honored to serve as a shamanic healer, educator and performing artist in her hometown of Chicago. A Certified Expressive Arts Therapist and Certified Movement Analyst, she has studied shamanism, energy work and healing ritual with numerous teachers and organizations, including the Foundation for Shamanic Studies, and has worked as a Shamanic Practitioner since 1995. Joan has over thirty years of professional performing and teaching experience as a dancer, singer and theater performer, and two music CD’s to her credit. She has a Master of Arts Degree in Applied Professional Studies from De Paul University’s School for New Learning, with the focus area “Creating Healing Ritual Through the Arts: A Contemporary Paradigm.” Joan has taught workshops and training programs in the arts and body movement since 1985, and in shamanism since 1996. |
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