On this page, learn about Creativity Coaching/Training &  Songwriting Coaching with Danya River!

WHAT IS CREATIVITY COACHING?

When you receive creativity coaching, you will be guided through the process of beginning creative projects and seeing them through to a satisfying completion.

Creativity coaching is a process of liberating your own creative nature, bringing  aliveness, joy and self expression to all areas of your life.  You will follow your heart's longing and explore and gain skill in creative  mediums of your choice.  You can work on specific creative projects (a CD, a painting, a scrapbook), explore brand new mediums to express yourself in (dance, singing, guitar, visual arts), or open up the next level of a craft you already practice.   We will look at how to bring more playfulness and creative expression into your relationships, into your work life, into your health and other areas.  Discover spontaneity and joy in unexpected ways.

You will be skillfully guided to:

• Listen to and follow your own Intuition with more clarity and confidence.  
• Calm your critical mind so you can get absolutely absorbed in the process of creating.
• Develop trust in your creative self and learn to follow your creative impulses with greater abandon. 
• Audaciously start and complete creative projects.

WHO IS EVERYTHING IS ART CREATIVITY COACHING FOR?
Everything is Art Creativity Coaching is designed for for both "creative" and "non-creative" people:  for creative professionals of all disciplines, aspiring creative professionals as well as for anyone simply wanting to express themselves more creatively in their lives.  To benefit from creativity coaching, all that's required is you, as you are, with your life, as it is, and your curiosity. 

With my background as a performing singer songwriter, I also work specifically with individuals on songwriting and the performing process.

Join me. Your life is your canvas



DANYA RIVER'S ARTISTIC BACKGROUND:
Danya River is a professional singer-songwriter and visual artist who has toured nationally and released 3 albums of original songs. 

Danya says:
"I have been drawn toward the arts since I was very, very young.  My  parents are both creative professionals and consciousness teachers.  They valued creativity and fostered in me the natural self-expression that all children are born with.

 I remember spending hours on the floor drawing at the age of 3.  I studied classical and improvisational piano from the ages of 4-13.    I have studied pop, jazz, classical and South Indian vocal music.  At 14 picked up the guitar and started writing songs.  I started performing publicly with my guitar at age 16, then attended Wesleyan University where I studied world music.  After a few semesters, I left college to pursue my music career. 

I have since toured all over the states as a solo singer-songwriter, been flown to Europe to record, released three independent albums of original material, and have been recognized in national and international songwriting competitions.   Along the way I have made my own clothes and jewelry, painted paintings, made sculptures, taught guitar and voice, learned to dance, tried improvisational acting, learned graphic design, learned aquatic massage, made websites, and coached others to liberate their creativity.

I love to learn to do and make new things.

I have had a life, in many ways, of unhindered creative exploration...at least from the outside.

As with all creative people, I have had to ongoingly come to terms with my critical mind: the voice that tells me my work isn't good, people won't like it, or that my ideas are stupid.  And yet, I have developed practice in this area, finding my way  through the noise to reclaim my creative expression.  over and over again.  I practice giving priority to my curiosity and  the joy in my heart over the fear in my mind.  It is a muscle that can be strengthened.

It is my delight to help you strengthen that muscle for yourself and to help you free your creative impulses,  create, and explore yourself and life in new ways."


DANYA RIVER'S COACHING AND LEADERSHIP BACKGROUND
I have been formally coaching in creativity and songwriting for years, and informally for all of my adult life.  It is a passion.  I have invested ten years of extensive training in personal transformation, communication, and global leadership training with Landmark Education, Insight Seminars and other programs. 

In addition to being creatively expressed, I have apprenticed my parents, Robert Gass and Judith Ansara,  who are nationally acclaimed  relationship, leadership & consciousness teachers.   I was raised in a living laboratory on conscious relationship, authentic communication, and leadership that empowered us kids to choose the life we wanted for ourselves and go out and create it.   

As a creativity coach I provide infrastructure and accountability for my clients to lead inspiring, joyfully-expressive lives. As a songwriting coach, I help professional and aspiring songwriters go deeper into the songwriting process and translate more profoundly to their audience.

My upbringing, my extensive personal growth and development training, and my own professional artistic experience all support me to  guide others in using creativity as a tool for personal growth.



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