OTOA Creative Life Practice (CLP)™
MONTHLY MONDAY WORKSHOPS
90 Minute
Pay-What-You-Can-Afford
Z O O M W o r k s h o p s
Led by Founder & Master Teacher,
Gia Forakis
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NEXT WORKSHOP
Monday
MAY 1 3
6:30 - 8:00pm
(USA Eastern Standard Time)
See REGISTRATION Details Below
"Spring Mandala ii, 2024 Photo, by G. Forakis
~ You do not need to be an artist to benefit from a Creative Life Practice ~
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TESTIMONIAL: "Monthly Monday Workshops keep my ever-evolving creative life practice strong.
Gia brilliantly guides the group through exercises that help us develop tools for living
and a life of our own design.
I add these valuable tools to my shiny toolkit with lots of care
—they work, and help me create in a beautiful way."
- Katie Malnati: Ceramacist, Doula, Teacher, Brooklyn, NY
What is the aim of OTOA Creative Life Practice (CLP)?
OTOA Creative Life Practice (CLP) is the practice of creating your life using the creative process.
OTOA Creative Life Practice (CLP) is a course of study offering the principles for creative, personal & professional actualization and transformation.
OTOA Creative Life Practice (CLP) workshops and private coaching sessions provide the tools for the practice of creating your life as a fulfilled expression of your nature and purpose.
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"Creativity is something we employ in the manifestation of all our endeavors."
- Gia Forakis
What is an OTOA CLP Workshop?
The OTOA CLP workshop curriculum is built upon the 6 Aspects of Creativity™ and the One-Thought-One-Action (OTOA)™ technique of incremental thought and action.
The 6 Aspects of Creativity are the primary tools and principles for creating change, and for bringing a sense of purpose and fulfilment to all areas of our lives: personal, professional, practical or visionary.
The 6 Aspects of Creativity are the tools and principles that anyone --artist and non-artists alike-- can harness in the production of a project, for achieving a goal, or in the practice of creating our lives.
OTOA CLP workshops are interactive, creative, learning environments designed to offer participants a path for reflection, insight, illumination, and personal growth .
TESTIMONIAL: "Gia made it all clear. After just a few hours I began to see that my random collection of notes and observations weren't a mess, but a path on which I could reach my goals. I started the CLP workshop with questions and left empowered to effect change and with the tools to do so."
~ Sharahn LaRue, Artist & Educator, Brooklyn, NY, CLP Participant
What is the Monthly Monday Series?
The Monthly Monday Series is
- A 90-min. Zoom Workshop
- Sessions takes place on the 1st Monday of each month
- From 6:30- 8:00pm
- Space is limited to 8 participants
- Pay-What-You-Can Afford
What does each session include?
Each session includes :
- 1-2 Group Activity
- Dialogue & Exchange on the Topic/Aspect of the evening
- Review of Creative Assignments
- One Guided Visualization
Is registration required?
Yes, registration is required & space is limited. Scroll down to see registration instructions.
After registration you will receive:
- How & What to Prepare
- A list of materials you will need for the session
- The Zoom link for the session
- Instructions for how to make your Pay-What-You-Can-Afford Contribution
- Payment Reserves your spot
REQUIREMENTS:
• All sessions are led in ENGLISH. Ability to speak in ENGLISH is necessary
• Registration is required. Details below.
• Either a computer with a video camera or a smartphone with video interface capabilities.
• A strong internet connection
Registration is required by
FRIDAY, May 8 @ 5pm
for the MONDAY May 13 Workshop
TESTIMONIAL: "Gia is an intuitive, insightful, and generous coach and teacher, and an authentic creative spirit."
~S. Shayne
Dear Friends & Colleagues,
Many of you have heard me remark that...
"I Don't Know is the most creative place to be."
As a "location," I Don't Know is a point of departure for all endeavors. I Don't Know is the time and place where anything is possible.
No matter what your profession, your age, or your life circumstances, I Don't Know can be a useful tool for guiding us in the creation of our daily activities, projects, goals, and relationships, whether they are the most inspired or the mere mundane.
Curiously, the benefits of I Don't Know, and the realm of possibility, can often be undermined by feeling that we should know, or a sense of being out of control, or an experience of overwhelm.
So, the question becomes...
How do we harness the benefits of "I Don't Know," and move to a place of "Knowing," without undermining ourselves?
-- and it is this Creative Life Practice that we will be investigating, through creative assignments and structured group dialogue, at the next Monthly Monday Workshop, on MAY 13th.
I welcome you to join us for the next
Pay-What-You Can-Afford session.
Gia
Registration is required by
Friday May, 10 @ 5pm
for the Monday, May 13 Workshop.
Follow the registration instructions below
As always, I look forward to supporting your creative life practice.
Gia Forakis
Founder & Master Teacher & Coach
A Path for Creating Personal & Collective Change
All workshops are led by OTOA CLP Founder, Master Teacher & Life Coach
Gia Forakis.
Gia Forakis is a theater artists, teacher, leader, and life coach. She brings 18 years of teaching and coaching experience to her OTOA CLP practice. She holds a BFA from New York University and an MFA from Yale University -- where she founded and developed the OTOA technique: Re-Envisioning the Creative Process One Thought and One Action at a Time.
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Registration & Information
instructions are outlined below
TESTIMONIAL: "I absolutely value these workshops and the insight they give me...
Every one of these sessions have taught me so much.
They are giving me agency to trust my heart."
~V. Shaghoian, Singer, Perofmer & Faculty at The Julliard School of the Arts
HOW TO REGISTER
STEP ONE
In your email please include the following:
Your Full Name
Your Phone Number
Where You Heard About the Workshop (e.g. Facebook? LinkedIn? Other...?)
A Few Words About Yourself
What Interests You About OTOA Creative Life Practice?
Please include " OTOA CLP " in Subject of your email
STEP TWO
After we receive your Registration email
(as outlined in STEP ONE)
you will be notified
How to Make Your Payment
And if room is still available in the workshop
STEP THREE
Once Your Payment is Received
You will receive a Payment Confirmation email
And a PREPARATION email will be sent on FRIDAY APRIL 5 with
List of Materials
How & What to Prepare
The Zoom Link to the Workshop
A Creative Pre-Workshop Assignment**
** What Are Pre-Workshop Assignments? **
Creative Pre-Workshop Assignment are engaging activities designed to offer each participant a personal exploration and investigation of the topic for each workshop.
Creative Activities generally require private journal-type writing.
Examples of past activities have included: listening to a podcast or a piece of music; reading a poem or an essay; taking a walk; taking a photo; taking notes on personal contemplations of a series of questions
A minimum of 20-30 minutes is recommended for each assignment, but an investment of more time is also fine.
Creative Pre-Workshop Assignments need to be completed prior to each workshop session.
Cancellation & Refund Policy
Bear in mind that space is limited for this event. Therefore, we ask that if you must cancel that you please alert us as soon as possible, so someone else has the opportunity to step into your spot if the session is at capacity.
Please Note: There are no refunds. Prepaid contributions will be offered as credit towards participation in another 90-min Zoom workshop within 3 months from payment.*
~Thank you in advance for your cooperation and understanding.
*Exceptions may be considered on a case-by-case basis.
FOUNDED 2004 | TEACHING SINCE 2006
Founder & Master Teacher, Gia Forakis
All Photos on this page by G. Forakis