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udith Balian, founder of Excoveries, based in Encinitas, is a contributor to the newly published book, The Creative Connection for Groups: Person-Centered Expressive Arts for Healing and Social Change, by her Saybrook University mentor, Dr. Natalie Rogers. After finishing a two-year program in expressive arts at


Saybrook in 2005, Balian began to help people discover the creativity within themselves. She believes that expressive arts can be life-changing, both personally and profession- ally. “I had spent many years in the corporate world, which often does not value or promote creativity, and I did not consider myself particularly creative,” says Balian. “Expressive arts changed all that for me, and it has for the people in my classes, as well.” Although she had kept a written journal for more than 20 years, Balian was


Judith Balian


amazed by what happened when she began to draw, something she hadn’t done for decades. “The point is not to create a beautiful picture,” she explains. “It’s about making images in order to access the right side of your brain and tap into your intuition. Other expressive arts, such as movement, allow us to receive hid- den messages that our bodies have for us. And when different expressive arts are used in combination, the results are exponential.” Balian uses expressive arts in her classes based on The Artist’s Way, by Julia Cameron, which has helped millions of people reclaim their creativity.


For more information, call 760-436-8848, email JBalian@Excoveries.com or visit Excoveries.com. See ad on page 15.


Surf Dog Surf-A-Thon 2011


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he Helen Woodward Animal Center (HWAC) will sponsor the sixth an- nual Surf Dog Surf-A-Thon, September 11, at the dog beach in Del Mar. Featur- ing surfing dogs, a dog bikini contest, humans surfing in costume, celebrity judges from the surfing industry and


more than 40 vendors, the event offers people and their pets an opportunity to exercise, bond and have fun. Funds raised will support HWAC programs, including the center’s adoption


initiative that finds homes for more than 3,000 animals annually, 80 percent of which are rescued from overcrowded shelters and animal control facilities, where they might otherwise be euthanized. HWAC also reaches 10,000 animals and 50,000 children and adults each year through their Humane Education programs, the AniMobile traveling classroom, visits to Title I schools throughout San Diego County, Pet Encounter Therapy, therapeutic riding programs, Animeals and more.


Location: Hwy. 101, near Via de la Valle intersection, Del Mar 92014. For more information or to sign up for surf clinics, visit SurfDog.Kintera.org. To learn more about HWAC, visit AnimalCenter.org. See ad on page 7.


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