Intro To MARI By Francesca Durham

In this video, I introduce you to MARI—the Mandala Assessment Research Instrument—a transformational tool developed by art therapist Joan Kellogg that uses colour and symbol to create a visual map of your inner world. You will discover how MARI works, why it is unlike any other self-discovery tool, and how it can help you access your own intuitive guidance. No experience or art skills required—just a willingness to listen to yourself.

Transcript

Welcome to my Insight Timer Space.

My name is Francesca Durham and.

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Before I tell you about myself,

I want to tell you about.

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The tool that found me,

Which is the basis for the work that I'll be doing here with all of you.

In the 1970s,

A remarkable woman by the name of Joan Kellogg began observing something extraordinary working alongside luminaries like Helen Bonney,

Who was the founder of guided imagery and music.

And alongside other art therapists and creatives in Baltimore at the time,

Joan Kellogg spent years connecting and observing and classifying thousands of mandala drawings by clients.

And what she discovered became the MariCard test,

A therapeutic instrument that was rooted in the universal language of color and symbols.

And Joan's life work gave us a way to literally see what was happening inside of us.

And once you see it.

You can change it.

Now that's the gift of Mari.

And here is what makes it unlike anything else.

Mari provides an enjoyable non-threatening experience where you have full autonomy and access to your own intuitive guidance.

You are never told what your choices mean instead.

Through your own selection of color and symbols,

A visual map of your inner world.

Begins to emerge.

Your strengths,

Your insights,

Your awareness,

Exactly as you are right now.

And we respond intuitively to symbols and colors.

So your choices are not random.

They reflect what's happening in your life at this moment in time.

And that's where I come in.

To hold space for you.

To sit with what emerges and to walk beside you as you begin to hear your own inner voice more clearly.

I'm a Mari practitioner.

A guide for women in transition and someone who has found her way back to herself through some hard seasons of her own life.

And I know what it feels like to lose pieces of yourself quietly.

Gradually.

In the middle of doing everything that seems right.

And for me,

The season came all at once.

Loss,

Change,

Starting over.

And in the middle of it all,

I discovered that what I needed wasn't a plan.

It wasn't a program.

I needed just someone to sit with me and hold space.

Somebody who wouldn't try to fix me.

And that's what I want for you here.

The content I create on Insight Timer is for women who are standing at a threshold.

A career shift,

A pivot.

A sudden change.

A creative crossroads.

Women who are ready to stop performing and start returning.

To themselves.

Now I work with color,

Symbol,

And the quiet language of your intuition because sometimes the most important things we need to hear cannot be reached.

Through logic alone.

If something in you quietly said yes.

Hey,

Yeah,

That's me,

Then you're already in the right place.

And if you're ready to learn more.

Love to hear from you.

And I'm so glad you're here.