{"product_id":"paradise-gingerbread-project-culinary-art-therapy","title":"Culinary Art Therapy Sofia","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis Sofia experience brings together cooking, psychology, and creativity in a meaningful encounter with yourself. Instead of simply making dessert, you enter a space where desires, illusions, and hopes are explored through the idea of a “sweet home”.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat will you experience?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe session is built around the gingerbread house as a childhood image, viewed through the perspective of an adult. You return to the fairy-tale frame of Hansel and Gretel to look at how childhood fantasies, expectations of love, and the wish for someone else to “save” us can continue into later life. Sometimes the sweet paradise we imagine becomes a trap; sometimes that disappointment opens the way to deeper understanding.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow does the workshop work?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuring the session, you create your own gingerbread house as a symbolic act of self-discovery. As you work with ideas connected to James Hollis’ \u003cem\u003eThe Paradise Project: In Search of the Magic Other\u003c\/em\u003e, you look at love, projections, roles, and disappointment from a new angle. The experience does not point toward escape from reality, but toward building an inner home that feels more authentic, conscious, and grounded.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat will you talk about?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe meeting explores love as a defence mechanism, the search for the ideal “magic other”, the pain of lost illusions, and the possibility of choosing authenticity. At the same time, cooking is used as a way to ground yourself, return more easily to the present moment, and reconnect with your body and thoughts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat do you take away?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou leave with a handmade gingerbread house and with a deeper sense of connection to yourself. The experience also includes a delicious lunch prepared with care by the hosts, so the gathering is not only meaningful but genuinely enjoyable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the facilitator\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVerzhiniya Petkova is a psychologist and Jungian psychotherapist under supervision. She has more than 15 years of personal and professional experience in psychology and works with close attention to symbols, personal history, and each participant’s inner world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you are looking for a gift with meaning, creativity, and a culinary element, choose a voucher for this Sofia experience.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ПФ Кухня за Душата ЕООД","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52923721843026,"sku":"SV-95664","price":97.15,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1036\/6114\/2354\/files\/95664_9bb7d328-a95f-4328-aa4d-c106106f9b98.webp?v=1776978838","url":"https:\/\/adventico.com\/products\/paradise-gingerbread-project-culinary-art-therapy","provider":"Adventico","version":"1.0","type":"link"}