Sandplay · Creative Arts · Wellbeing
Sandplay · Creative Arts · WellbeingAbout Studio Within
The journey inward begins here.
Studio Within is a creative and supportive space where art, play and self-expression are used to encourage emotional exploration, connection and personal growth. Our approach is gentle and trauma-informed, supporting individuals to explore emotions, build confidence, develop self-awareness and express what can sometimes be difficult to put into words. At Studio Within, we believe that creativity can open a door to understanding ourselves from within.
What we offer
Our services
Expressive Arts Sessions
Creative sessions using art, movement, sensory activities and guided exercises to encourage emotional expression, self-awareness and creativity.
Creative Art Groups
Weekly creative sessions for adults and children, focused on reconnecting with creativity, curiosity and self-expression in a relaxed environment. Discover a new way of creating art, by finding the artist and playful child within.
Sandplay Sessions
A gentle approach using sand, miniature figures and creative play to help individuals explore emotions, experiences and inner worlds.
School & Learning Support Programmes
Expressive Arts, sensory and creative programmes designed for schools, special-needs learning environments and community organisations.
Art Playground Events
Creative, interactive art experiences for children’s parties, school groups, special occasions and community events.
Workplace Mindful Creativity
Creative and mindfulness-based sessions designed to encourage connection, relaxation, creativity and wellbeing within the workplace.
Studio Within welcomes children, adolescents and adults, and offers both studio-based and mobile services. No artistic ability needed, everyone is welcome.
The person behind the practice
Meet Maryke
Maryke van Rensburg believes that everyone carries a light within, and that creativity is one of the gentlest ways to find it.
Her path weaves together design, therapeutic arts, Jungian Sandplay and yoga into a single, caring practice. She creates calm, non-judgemental spaces where children, teenagers and adults can slow down, express what is hard to say, and reconnect with themselves through art and play.
Alongside her studio work, Maryke volunteers with the Sp(i)eel Creative Arts Therapies Collective and works with children at the Edu-Play Special Needs Learning Centre. As an artist she has shown work in more than ten exhibitions, was an ABSA L’Atelier finalist in 2014, and received a Best Photograph award in 2013.
Training & qualifications
- BA in Applied Design
Stellenbosch Academy of Photography & Design - Diploma in Regression Therapy
The School of Regression Therapy - Jungian Sandplay Therapy
Sandplay South Africa - 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training
Yogalife - Certificate in Healing Trauma with Guided Drawing
Sensorimotor Art Therapy - Certificate in Initiatic Art Therapy
Sensorimotor Art Therapy - Understanding Play Therapy
SACAP - Play Therapy for Autistic & Neurodivergent Children & Adolescents
AutPlay Therapy - Analysing Children’s Drawings
Red Shoe Centre
Courses in progress
- Play Therapy Intervention Practitioners
Centre for Play Therapy & Training - Certificate in Clay Field Therapy with Children
Institute for Sensorimotor Art Therapy
We are the artists of our own journey.
“The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are.”
Carl Jung
Get in touch
Start a conversation
The easiest first step is a message or a call. If you are enquiring for a child, there is no need to explain everything now, we will talk properly when we are in touch.