The body as theatre of passions and conflicts: Affects, emotions, and defences

Govoni, Rosa Maria; Weatherhogg, A. Piccioli

doi:10.1080/17432970701374486

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“…A tree has a trunk, like the trunk of our body, it has limbs as we do, it has directions, upwards and downwards, front and back, left side and right side like a human, allowing an intuitive identification with it (Figure 4). By feeling connected with a tree, we can symbolically relate to Mother Earth and Father Sky (Hillman, 1997) and form a bridge between different polarities (Govoni & Weatherhogg, 2007).…”

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Embodied Tree: Empowering Its Symbolic Strength Through Creative Arts Therapy

Cagnoletta¹,

Govoni²,

Mondino³

2022

Creative Arts Educ Ther

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When fear and anxiety for the future gain ground inside of us, nature helps to restore our inner balance and strengthen our link to life. In a webinar for creative arts therapists, we used movements and art to connect with the wisdom of the tree. We embodied its symbolic power, which subsequently represented it in an art form. The tree's resemblance to the human body and its use as a symbol in myths made it a vehicle to regain a sense of life's continuation and transformation. As trees are interconnected through their roots, participants co-constructed a unity and a continuity with each other, a precious feeling in a time of isolation and absence of contact.

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