Painting With the Cycle of the Moon: A Creative Lunar and Human Exploration

Ages 21 – 100+

Saturdays, 5:00 – 6:30 p.m.

Join Annie Melzer, environmental anthropologist, artist-creative, storyteller, yogi, and breathworker as we interact individually and community with explorations of our human cross-cultural connections to our earth’s moon and to the lunar cycle. With canvas, acrylic paint, water, a few paintbrushes, journal, and pen, we will shift our energy and awaken our connections to the 13-moon lunar cycle.

Humans across time and space have embraced ritual celebrations, planting cycles, harvest gatherings, and meaningful celebrations that have all been aligned with the lunar calendar throughout human history and into the contemporary. During this 4-week series, we will follow one lunar cycle from the full moon through the first quarter. We will meet online for 4 creative 90-minute sessions where we journal, paint, and witness each other (as interested) in community together. Optional weekly writing prompts and cross-cultural lunar inspirations will also be provided during each week to heighten individual connectivity to the lunar movement and cycle. Cross-cultural inspiration around the globe as to the importance of the lunar cycle to diverse indigenous cultures of the world will be explored.

This lunar cycle cohort will also have a private online platform where they may post insights, imagery, and journaling to build a community of connectivity as we move through a lunar cycle together. No painting and journaling skills, practice or experience needed nor necessary! All humans are welcome to join this lunar exploratory cohort!

• Session: 4 weeks (April 16 – May 7, 2022
• Class Size: minimum of 4 students to run class; no more than 25 students enrolled
• Cost: $130 per person; $115 per person with 2 or more participants registered together
• How to Register: Email annie@peaceinbeing.com with the subject “Painting With the Cycle of the Moon: A Creative Lunar and Human Exploration” to register.

About the Instructor: Annie Melzer

Annie Melzer has an advanced degree in Anthropology, is an instructor of the Anthropology of Art and World Cultures, a 650+ hour Yoga, Meditation, and Breathwork Teacher, is a Certified Intentional Creativity Method Coach, an Artist-Creative, Storyteller, and Activist. Her work focuses on practices that lead students toward a true experience of embodiment, deeper and more meaningful connections with themselves, others, and the earth. Annie’s teachings serve to empower her students in accessing their own inner knowledge, deep-felt wisdom, and deep relaxation through yoga, meditation, creative practices, and being human. Annie has been studying anthropology, meditation, and practicing yoga for over two decades, works to educate her students about utilizing the teachings of anthropology, yoga, and the power of creativity both on and off the mat and inside and outside of the classroom, and offers a variety of classes, series, and workshops that are made accessible to all interested individuals at all levels.