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As stress and anxiety grows it’s important now more than ever to find an outlet that allows one to express their thoughts, emotions and creativity. The Express Yourself class at the San Marcos Public Library offers a space for adults to explore much needed creative outlets in a safe and welcoming environment. The class consists of a welcome circle and then a group sound and movement practice that transitions into a freeform creative segment where students have a choice to draw, paint, dance, write and create in whichever way they feel drawn to at the moment. Ellen Rebecca Geis is an expressive arts therapy student, an artist and the instructor for the course. She developed the class as an extension of her studies. It is amongst many of the San Marcos Public Library's classes funded through the Libraries for Health grant from St. David's Foundation.
“Express Yourself is rooted in principles and practices from expressive arts therapy. So while it’s not therapy. It is therapeutic, and it is very much about giving people free, non judgmental access points to creative expression,” Geis said.
