The mindful craft of pottery is booming worldwide
Pottery is the perfect tactile pastime
Getting lost in clay
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder symptoms can be overwhelming. Whether sufferers experience anxiety, flashbacks, anger or fear, at times these feelings and emotions can seem all-encompassing. By taking up pottery, sufferers are forced to focus fully on the task in hand, that is, molding, shaping and spinning the clay. There is little room for intrusive feelings associated with PTSD to flood the mind at this time. This means that sufferers can experience a welcome reprieve from symptoms, as they get lost in the clay.
Crucially, for those struggling to concentrate in their daily lives, pottery gives something for sufferers to focus on. It gives them a sense of enjoyment, and can reignite interest or passion in an activity.
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Why the slow, mindful craft of pottery is booming worldwide https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20210428-why-the-slow-mindful-craft-of-pottery-is-booming-worldwide?ocid=ww.social.link.twitter via @BBC_Culture
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Hi Lou
I’ve just booked the pottery mindfulness course! I had intended to book before now but heyho such is life.
I know you are not running the course but hope to see you or your Mum in law?
Stay safe
Pam