Havening touch or self Havening within the school setting is beneficial to both students and teachers. Artsoup offers teacher PD in Schools as a tool for self regulation and calm. Happy to answer any questions. Havening Reduces stress, and destresses Calms the mind Enhances existing positive states Aids memory and focus Activates desired states Helps students refocus during transitions Helps with academic anxiety and tests There are 3 places to apply Havening touch which soot

Susan with Steven Ruden co founder of Havening Techniques®, and Erika Lane Neil The Havening Conference 2025, was held in Auckland and attracted many phenomenal Haveners from around the world. The connections, friendships, and learning were mind blowing. A stand out for me was to meet Steven Ruden who founded Havening Techniques® with his twin brother Ronald, who unfortunately was too unwell to travel. As well as meeting Steven I was so excited to connect with Erika Lane Neil

We have moved away from facilitating art therapy group workshops.   In 2023  a good friend of mine introduced me to Havening, or finding a safe haven. This process has been life changing for myself and many others I have worked with. Here’s the story… My friend who was a midwife studying for her PHD, was interested in helping women who had a fear of natural childbirth. This many times resulted in an elective caesarean, which often had adverse long term effects for the mother

Well 2022, here we are, who can believe that? The MOST exciting news is that my motivational cards are published and available for sale. They are based around my healing journey, where I used creative expression as a self help tool. My Art Therapist diploma enabled me to express myself when I actually could not speak, when words were simply not enough. That is why I totally get it. I have only published 100 packs, including 44 cards and an instruction booklet and they are se

Wow how did we get past the middle of the year? We have two exciting pieces of news. The in school programme ‘Raising Self Esteem through...

Well Term 2 already, wow this year is flying. Term 1 had us again returning to providing Artsoup’s, ‘Raising Self Esteem through Creative...

Wow we are at the end of January already, this year is certainly flying along. Our biggest news is that our Artsoup Visual Nutrition...

Wow, how can we be in the middle of the year already? Well what a massive sequence of events 2020 has brought to get us back in balance...

Hope everyone has had an amazing Christmas and holiday break and are rested and refreshed for the year ahead. For us 2020 is about balance. We all work hard in our day to day lives, but do we truly achieve wellbeing and balance? Balance allows clarity! It has become more apparent in recent times the need for authentic creative expression, not only for our children but also ourselves. Life and schooling has become all about the academics, largely to the exclusion of the so

Well we are at Term 4 already, oh how the year is flying by. Our Saturday group has taken a back seat this term due to the work we are...