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Find the light
within you.

A safe, creative space to explore, express and grow through Sandplay, art and imagination.

There is light within
every story.

Where the same room blooms into colour: a rainbow path, drifting hearts, and a little more wonder.

A dark stone chamber where a doorway fills with warm golden light, stars scattered across the night sky within.

Find your way in

Three doors, one light within

Everyone arrives for a different reason. Choose the space that feels right for you, or reach out and we will help you find it.

Sandplay at Studio Within One-on-one sessions Sandplay A gentle, non-directive space using sand and symbols. For children, teenagers and adults. Step inside Art Group Sessions at Studio Within Weekly · for every age Art Group Sessions Expressive art sessions for children, teens and adults. Reconnect, create freely and explore, no experience needed. Step inside Art Playground at Studio Within Events, schools & workplaces Art Playground Parties, group outings, school and workplace sessions, built around play and creativity. Step inside
A sand tray with a small wooden rainbow, figures and a house arranged in raked sand A shell resting in gently raked sand

What actually happens

A session, gently explained

If you are not quite sure what to expect, that is completely normal. Here is what a first visit usually feels like.

  1. 01 You arrive as you are No preparation, no artistic ability, nothing to get right. Just a calm, private room and a warm welcome.
  2. 02 You choose your medium Sand and symbols, paint, clay or drawing. You are invited, never instructed, to follow what feels true.
  3. 03 You explore at your pace The work speaks for you when words are hard. Maryke holds a safe, unhurried space while you create.
  4. 04 You leave a little lighter Nothing is analysed or judged. What surfaces is yours, and it stays with you.

Words we hold close

Little truths for the journey

There is light within you.

Sometimes it just takes a little space to find it.

Scratch to reveal
Explore Create Heal Grow
Explore Create Heal Grow
You are enough just as you are
You are enough just as you are
Imagine Believe Discover
Imagine Believe Discover

Inside the studio

A warm, unhurried space to create

Real materials, real mess, real room to breathe. Sand and symbols, paint and pastel, clay and colour.

Bright handmade paper flowers made by young artists
Adult hands working colour across a large shared canvas
A child arranging small figures in a sand tray
A shell resting in gently raked sand
A child painting freely at a wall covered in colour
Soft pastels and a work in progress on the table
A hand-drawn archway opening onto light

The person behind the practice

Meet Maryke

Maryke van Rensburg is a creative arts practitioner and Jungian Sandplay facilitator. She holds a calm, non-judgemental space where children, teenagers and adults can explore, express and reconnect with themselves through art and play.

Her training spans applied design, regression therapy, Jungian Sandplay, yoga and sensorimotor expressive arts, and she volunteers with creative-arts collectives and works with children at a special-needs centre.

We are the artists of our own journey.
Read Maryke’s full story

Get in touch

Reach out, gently

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.

WhatsApp us Call +27 84 459 0652 info@studiowithin.co.za

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