1. Facilitating Entry Into the Creative Process
Guiding, Modeling, and Supporting the Process for Others
©Barb Kobe, 2005-2013

9. • Art Doll Classes
•The Dollmaking Circle
• Medicine Dolls
• The Creative Journey Game
• Designing Your ARTfield of Dreams
• Creative Journey Game
Seeking Your Heroine

10. We tend to see ourselves in the doll. The doll
represents an aspect of the human condition.
When one engages with the process of making
a doll all kinds of possibilities come to the
surface. Dollmaking is a way to free oneself
of worries, struggles and emotions. Creating
a doll, or any art, directly effects the automatic
nervous system which controls body functions
and the immune system.

11. Creating an art doll with the intention of
healing invites and encourages the doll
creator to explore a range of perceptions
and emotions and in doing so reach a
deeper level of self awareness,
understanding and love.
Making a healing doll can serve as a
catalyst that induces the healing process,
awaken long lost stories and creates a
transformation.
Dollmaking and dolls can serve as healing
tools.

16. Setting Intentions Lead the way…
- “I intend to heal the fear within.”
- “I intend to focus my healing energies toward accepting who I am.”
- “I intend to focus on healing my broken heart.”
- “I intend to heal my self-worth, to focus on healing energy toward
accepting my body.”
- “ I intend to let go of the shame and guilt for being the spiritual
person I am and not what others want me to be.”
- “I intend to focus healing energy toward claiming my power.”

17. Certain Key Issues continue to show up
• Self esteem, love and acceptance
• Depression
• Fear
• Letting go of shame
• Relationships with men and mother
• Self image, taking care of self
• Illness, disease

19. One of the most important aspect of healing dolls.
Feelings are messengers that deliver essential
information about what’s going on inside of you.
Dollmaking helps express and release feelings.
Feelings are meant to be felt, understood and explored
and then released.
The more you try to hide from or ignore a feeling the more
persistent it can become.
Stuffing them doesn’t make them go away just pushes them
into your physical energetic system which could end up in
illness or disease.

21. Intention
To keep focus and
guide the process
Guardian
An image of love &protection
Scapegoat
Image of pain/stress/ wound/
problem that is blocking
Is in the way
Loving
Kindness
Image of compassion,
positive ways of responding
to the creative process.
Talisman
Represents the healing goal
Inner Healer
Image of harmony,
celebration, gratitude,
lessons learned.

25. I happened upon your website over 3 years
ago. I had been perusing the art form of
dolls for at least a year prior and was
fascinated with expressing in this way. At
the same time, I had just had my rape case
go to court after 14 years of not knowing
who perpetrated me. It was a culminating
event in my life and much was brought to the
surface for me to take a look at and heal. I
held a desire for this healing to somehow
hold inspiration and joy and, well, the two
pieces came together when I saw what you
had to offer. I could no longer express my
emotions in words on paper, I needed an art
form that would take me to a new place.

26. Unwinding
Loving Kindness
Talisman

27. Dancing with my ancestors
Inner Healer

28. I’ve learned that the most important step in
healing is the committed action step in
response to that 'still small voice'. I’ve
learned that I have to be willing to stretch,
to endure the pain of moving in new ways.
I’ve learned that if emotion wants to flow,
it’s best to allow it. I’ve learned that
emotion doesn’t require story and that, in
the allowing, it often informs. I've learned
how to trust deeply and fully.
I believe it’s time for all of us to make a
commitment to ourselves, to listen to our
pain or discomfort in new and intentional
ways, to open ourselves to that voice that
is guiding us, to show up in our fullness
and to bring our unique gifts to the world. It
may be the most challenging commitment
you make ~ and likely the most rewarding
one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embe
dded&v=o_B_bu1Uku4
In 2012 Anne spoke about her
attack and her healing story
A Road To The Heart: Anne
Reeder Heck at TEDxAsheville