Journey FaCILITATOR
John Ollom
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“I live in the “holes” between narrative arches.” On September 19, 2015, I met John Ollom in person at an Internal Landscapes© day-long workshop. The stranger radiated uncommon energy without signaling danger—keep out. Instead, his bodiliness magnetized the participants—certainly me. I would later read his book where his whole being found expression in the first line of his Artist’s Statement (above). This “body” moved boldly in the context of a Jungian archetypal framework, of wabi-sabi philosophy esteeming imperfection, of the embrace of Celtic naturalism, of the gritty anti-conventionalism of Nietzsche. Back and forth between the cerebral arches and the bodily expressions, achieving a wholeness, holes for breathing (spirit), speaking (mouth), for hearing; hidden holes, holy--set apart--for functions to be cherished instead of being incarcerated in taboos.
The workshop ended. Even the best end; and I’ve been to so very many over a life time. I went home without his book, only memories of his personal talk with me after lunch. His movement in the group (strength to build a new life) and his way of framing it (breaking out of crushing conventions) grew on me. I ordered the book and read it. He corresponded with me; a most welcomed surprise because I realize how busy he is compared to my relaxed retirement. Never have I had such a giving relationship with a professional before. His eye was not on the clock or the wallet but the power of what’s moving within me.
- Robert (Florida)
"Working with John Ollom opened up new pathways to express long suppressed feelings. I found myself exploring life in new ways, new forms, new expressions that unlocked years of doubt and guilt. Instead of dependence and shame, I began to know freedom and expression of my own personal truth."
- Gary Collins, PHD Licensed Psychologist
Journey with John Olom, MFA:
The Internal Landscapes© Method and Zones of Transformation
When: Tuesdays: October 20 & 27 and November 3 & 10
Zoom Sessions: 1:00 to 2:30 pm EST
This special four-part course introduces you to a methodology that helps you discover your authentic artistic voice using the progressive pedagogy model that supports each participant following their own inquiry. This course will offer a way to connect with your inner voice through new techniques that help remove obstacles to creativity and create your own safe space to explore the creative world. In the words of Joseph Campbell, the way into educating yourself and growing is to “follow your bliss”.
Tuesday, October 20
Session 1: Discovering Your Own Internal Landscape
We will begin this journey using the Internal Landscapes© method to discover our internal motivations that may be hidden or masked and causing blocks to our process flow or creativity. Using each person’s individual inspirations, we will discover an area to focus our own personal creative energies. We are not looking to create perfect objects of art or reflection, but to let the process led us to our most authentic impulses that connect us to our artistic source. Further work after the session will be encouraged at your own pace.
Tuesday, October 27
Session 2: Using Gradient Work
Coming back together from after our first session, we will build on our Internal Landscapes© process by using Gradient Work which explores the subtleties that may be hidden from our consciousness. We will discover the zones in our body and psyche that we feel connected to and places or areas that we feel blocked or shut off from. Using space as the place to navigate, we will explore these areas in movement, writing, and color. This session will help us understand our process and discover ways that keep us open.
Tuesday, November 3
Session 3: The Joy Zone versus the Pain Zone
As we have navigated our psyche and energy body manifestations, we will focus on how to choose where we want to reside more. We will investigate the cartography of ourselves to discover how we to navigate zones that may frighten us or places where we love to live. By helping us “get out of our head” this methodology goes beyond any analysis to an embodied place of healing and transformation. We discover what gives us joy and what may give us pain and how to help move our focus to an area of joy.
Tuesday, November 10
Session 4: Closing Circle
As this course comes to a close, we will reflect on the process and the journey that we took together and individually. Whenever we are exploring our psyche or body energies it is important to not leave ourselves open and raw. This final process will help us find grounding to keep us connected with our source and rest in a safe and stable zone. We will also share how we can support each other going forward and explore further ways to work as a community.
John Ollom received his MFA in Interdisciplinary Art from Goddard College. He is a movement artist, author, and healer. He has written three books: Internal Landscapes, Dark Matter, and Rocks in the River. He has been teaching classes, workshops and one-on-one sessions in New York City and around the United States since 2000. John has created numerous dance productions, movement art pieces and films. More detailed information can be found at www.johnollom.com or on www.ollomart.com. His new piece Brujo will be premiering in New York City this Fall. Brujo researches man witch energy that connects to flow with nature and connecting sexual, emotional and spiritual flow into a vortex of honest expression.
Registration information can be found here.
read the Phindie article about my workshops here.
We have been told that movement is a dancer dancing, a car driving down the highway, and/or a boat sailing on the ocean. This is true, but we ourselves are movement. Yes our blood is always flowing through us, our breath is moving in and out, but our psychic matrix is constantly in flow. Our emotions are constantly shifting inside us. Our psychological process is constantly evolving. Pain, and trauma and rejection are locked in zones inside of us.
In the Internal Landscapes method we get to explore this moving matrix. We get an opportunity to reconnect with ourselves. We embody these zones that are in constant shifting flux. We find the locked zones and vibrate them into a new reality. We find colors and images like a dreamscape to explore in our embodied journey.
Join our Internal Landscapes sessions for a one on one or many of our workshops across the US. Many have healed from trauma, released blocks from years of hidden existence and found new found freedom in their everyday lives. Artists and dancers have found new ways to connect with their source for a more powerful art expression.
Internal Landscapes by John Ollom MFA, the embodied practice for you.
Sessions can be booked in one of many locations in Manhattan. Workshops can also be developed in areas across the United States.
Please read about the Internal Landscapes© method in the Internal Landscapes book also available under Merchandise. For information and to register for the workshop please go to contact me.