Deb Koffman is an artist, animator, author and teacher. She hosts IN WORDS OUT WORDS(IWOW), an open mic nite on the first Tuesday of every month at her gallery in Housatonic. Every Saturday she offers Drawing As Mindfulness Practice in her upstairs studio. Visit debkoffman.com for event schedule and to see her books, cards, prints and blog about mindfulness and creativity.
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SOUL SUPPORT: How can we make space for our desires, our fears, our outrage our dreams?
Thursday, 8 Aug 2019 - Drawing, writing, dancing, singing are powerful ways to use our energy creatively.

SOUL SUPPORT: My mind is often busy…
Friday, 11 Jan 2019 - Fear tends to disappear when I let go …

SOUL SUPPORT: This might be It
Friday, 21 Dec 2018 - There are so many ways to be with ‘it’. How we relate to ‘it' is our choice...

SOUL SUPPORT: What does it really mean to be ‘free’…
Friday, 31 Aug 2018 - Notice which voices shut you down, tense you up, make you feel afraid. Notice which voices open your heart...

SOUL SUPPORT: Seeing the same thing differently
Saturday, 18 Aug 2018 - Global warming, plastic, presidents, pain, disease, life, death…everything can be seen in another way.

SOUL SUPPORT: Change the story
Friday, 10 Aug 2018 - Telling the story one way makes you feel one way, tell it another way…you might feel a different way, and act differently.

SOUL SUPPORT: Perspective
Friday, 13 Jul 2018 - Anything can be seen in different ways. How we define, interpret or use anything has consequences.

SOUL SUPPORT: Draw what you want into your life…
Friday, 4 May 2018 - Fill life every day, every moment, with what you love and cherish.

SOUL SUPPORT: Small Things…A Mindful Practice
Thursday, 26 Apr 2018 - Anything we give our full attention to is worthwhile…no matter how small.

Soul Support: LOVE DOUBT
Friday, 6 Apr 2018 - Love is about possibilities; doubt is about resistance.

SOUL SUPPORT: Mindful TV: Watching the breath
Friday, 2 Mar 2018 - Mindful awareness is a great practice in knowing ourselves more deeply.

SOUL SUPPORT: How to cultivate empathy
Friday, 23 Feb 2018 - Sometimes empathy requires staying with something long enough to realize what's really going on.

SOUL SUPPORT: The grumbling experience
Friday, 9 Feb 2018 - In mindfulness practices accepting things as they are is the first step in responding creatively.
SOUL SUPPORT: YES Please
Saturday, 20 Jan 2018 - In Buddhist teachings there is a practice of 'simply' saying 'yes' to whatever arises in our experience. It is a practice of being with things as they are.

SOUL SUPPORT: Map of Yesterday
Friday, 5 Jan 2018 - Each day brings something new, and sometimes, something familiar.

SOUL SUPPORT: May you give from your heart and receive all that you need…
Friday, 22 Dec 2017 - Give from your heart, for your soul.

SOUL SUPPORT: We are each unique, just like the others
Thursday, 14 Dec 2017 - Each snowflake is unique. Just like the others.

SOUL SUPPORT: Now leaving suffering
Friday, 6 Oct 2017 - How do we find our way into a state of well-being, out of suffering?
SOUL SUPPORT: Respond this way
Friday, 29 Sep 2017 - Experiment. If your way isn't working, try another.
SOUL SUPPORT: In honor of the red tulip
Friday, 22 Sep 2017 - How can we honor all parts of ourselves? And our lives?

SOUL SUPPORT: Appreciation
Saturday, 16 Sep 2017 - Mixed Vegetables(and fruits): A short story about appreciation.
SOUL SUPPORT: Little insignificant things
Friday, 8 Sep 2017 - One small voice might be insignificant but millions of small voices can be VERY LOUD.
SOUL SUPPORT: No words? Make a picture
Friday, 1 Sep 2017 - Sometimes words are hard to find…that’s ok…there are other ways to communicate.
SOUL SUPPORT: How to fill the world with love?
Thursday, 24 Aug 2017 - Love every feeling you feel Every sight you see Every sound you hear The books you read Love the color of your Hair your skin your home

SOUL SUPPORT: LOVE hate
Saturday, 19 Aug 2017 - Our thoughts, our words, our behavior, all matter. Fill the world with what you want to see and hear in the world.

SOUL SUPPORT: Sometimes we expect support …
Friday, 11 Aug 2017 - Who, and what, DOES support you?
SOUL SUPPORT: Holding the line
Saturday, 5 Aug 2017 - How we relate to anything is our choice. Kit Patten showing the variety of ways he relates to a line.
SOUL SUPPORT: Some of the parts
Saturday, 29 Jul 2017 - I am made of so many parts…some are conflicting, some are connecting.

SOUL SUPPORT: Sometimes breathing heals the pain
Friday, 21 Jul 2017 - Breathing creates space for stuck energy to move.
SOUL SUPPORT: Anything’s possible
Friday, 14 Jul 2017 - Just like a blank canvas, when my mind is clear of thoughts, fantasies, shoulds, have to’s and judgments, anything is possible.

SOUL SUPPORT: Things change
Friday, 7 Jul 2017 - In mindfulness meditation practice, as in life, feelings change moment to moment. It's all impermanent, so enjoy it while it's here.
SOUL SUPPORT: My mind
Friday, 30 Jun 2017 - When my mind is clear, I am more likely to make ‘better’ choices and decisions…