women need each other

As the days begin to get warmer for us here in our little spot if the world, it seems that things get "busier" and I am constantly waiting for that moment where there is 'calm' and even boredom in our lives...

but I am starting to realize that only we can make that happen, even if it is in tiny ways.

....like right now, sitting down to write this post while sipping on a tasty cacao latte,

 

*pretending* that the sound of the passing cars are  ocean waves. or a huge bubbling brook...

 I have been working on getting organized for the online courses I am teaching in and my new venture with my friend sofia: Hermana Sagrada - our online sisterhood community is just beginning and I am very excited about it...we are planning to offer mini courses throughout the year as well as longer courses too...all based on healing through the heart.

For many, many years what has been missing in my life has been a loving place to share with other women....

My mama raised me to be weary of 'girlfriends'.
 She always compared my sister and I to each other which provoked us to be weary of one another. 
 She compared us to our friends, our cousins... they always seemed to be doing "everything right" and we were ...well, not.

 I am sure she meant well and all the comparisons were meant to inspire... but instead, it made me feel as though not only was I "not good enough- not like so and so.....",

but it also raised within me a weariness that the rest of the women "out there" were also seeing me as "not good enough".

I wonder how many of us have been raised like this .... I wonder how much this has to do with the competitiveness we see in little girls?

The truth is that there is a beautiful innate need in most women,

to connect with other women/girls!

We have an innate need for community, to nurture each other to open up to one another.... spill from the heart, and have others do the same.... the back and forth sharing that makes women friends so special (to other women and to men too!).

It has long been one of my dreams to  gather together with other women to make art and share about the mundane: the hardships and "easeships"  of our everyday ...

to have the certainty that there is a community we belong to with whom we can share our deepest secrets and with whom we can gather to pray/send good energy .... 

a gathering of like minded creatives... of women in each other's company seeking to share openly and with nothing to prove, nothing to hide....welcoming the individual growth, healing and unique explorations of our hearts and individuality through sharing heart and ART!

I hope you too will join us!
Next up: Angels in My Studio 2013 via Sheri A. Ponzi.... there is a line up of Awesome teachers including *moi*... :)

I will be teaching how to make a Folk Art style mixed media angel on wood... I can't wait! And soon, I will be doing a giveaway for one FREE spot in the course!

 

 

Giveaway winners

                         Give-Away Winners for our Hermana Sagrada

 

Today Sofia and I are announcing the Winners of the Hermana Sagrada (Sacred Sister) Online Course! We are so excited about this, our first collaborative endeavor for our new heART venture!

               I have to say thank you to everyone for their love and support!

 Sofia and I appreciate the comments left on our blogs and the Hermana Sagrada Facebook group page as well, the support and love we have received from everyone is sooo encouraging.... thank you so much, from the bottom of our hearts!

 

We are so honored and happy to share our belief in healing through artistic expression with you.... we can't wait to get started...and it all begins THIS week! 

 

 

 It gives us much pleasure to say that we have 3 winners for Corazon Sagrado! Drumroll please.....
 

Anahata Jade Scarlett

Cynthia Hanna 

Elizabeth Padilla

 
There is still time to sign up!

Class begins this Friday, May 17th! Check out what is in store on the schedule below:

schedule for Corazon Sagrado by Claudia Olivos

               Oh joy! Oh rapture! We got some ART! You feeling it? Sign up here!

"hermanasagradas" (sacredsisters)- Giveaway!

Join us on Hermana Sagrada (Sacred Sister) for our introductory art lessons!  We are giving away a spot on our Corazon Sagrado Course, and two printables for newbies and those who have already signed up just for sharing with friends    What is our purpose? To help bring forth the beauty in every woman through community and creativity and via simply opening up and celebrating our corazon sagrado (sacred hearts) our essence: the beautiFULL Mariposas/butterflies that we are..... creating a 'colony' of Mariposas.... We hope YOU will join us!

 

Our Corazon Sagrado Course is an introduction to each of us and to our art. 

We will lead you via several step by step videos to create your very own special pieces- a journal and a painting!

 

 

 

Sofia will be leading you to create the cover for a  Corazon Sagrado Sacred Journal Cover through her inspiringly easy step by step video lessons.

  

Once you are finished with your journals, they will indeed be a sacred path to your own Corazon Sagrado as you can grow with your beautiful books when you open your heart through journaling, doodle, or sketch from your heart.

I will lead you in a step by step porcess of making a meaningFULL acrylic painting on canvas to honor your Corazon Sagrado. I will lead you through steps where you will use acrylic paints, water soluble pastels and charcoal pencil. This is the first time I will be presenting my "Claudia method" where we start the piece with the color blue and charcoal! I can't wait to see what YOU will paint!    

To enter our Giveaway:

1. Post the picture link of Hermana Sagrada (two cuties ready to paint in their artists' aprons with the course start date) to your Facebook or Blog page and share it with your friends. Tell them you want more art and more sisterhood in your life!
2. Leave a comment here on my blog just below or leave some comment love on Sofia's blog


and please.......Join us on Facebook

 

We are so excited to share our love of art and sisterhood with you!
Come play with us! 
 

We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.”
― Maya Angelou

Announcing: Sacredsisters Hermanasagradas

exciting news! omGoddess... this has been *brewing* for some time now... and I am SUPER excited to finally be able to share it with you (I thought I would *burst* holding it all in!): My friend Sofia and I are joining hearts to bring to YOU: "hermanasagradas" (sacredsisters). Our aim is to help bring forth the beauty in every woman through community writing/journaling, painting/creating and via simply opening up and celebrating our corazon sagrado (sacred hearts) our essence: the beautiFULL Mariposas/butterflies that we are..... creating a 'colony' of Mariposas.... and I hope YOU join us! We will open an online forum on May 1st with loads of freebies, small courses, big courses, lessons and more..... *woo hoo*!!!

 

We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.”
― Maya Angelou

Sofia & Claudia
Hermanasagradas

 

 

You will know more about us when you ask first...
Why are we doing this?

Honestly...out of love, and to honor the sacred connection we experienced together, we would like to share our story with you:

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One day not so long ago we were both participating in an online forum. Claudia shared that she was planning to offer a course on Self-Image to help women love themselves WHOLE!

 She shared a beautiful quote that spoke to that intention of self-love:

The most creative act you will ever undertake is the act of creating yourself.” -

D. Chopra

Sofia responded enthusiastically because she too had the same call and in fact had written extensively about Self-Image issues. She expressed to Claudia the idea of possibly collaborating on a project, that idea simmered on both of our minds for several months.

New York City.
Watercolor, Claudia Olivos

The Universe conspired to have us meet in person in New York City!

While we had a beautiful connection, in person at the art workshop we attended, it was not until we both had a very strong spiritual connection about a month later from our respective cities.... You see, Sofia was being interviewed on Blog Talk Radio with The Unsung Goddess. She was very nervous about this. Claudia wanted to show support for her by holding a spiritual place of love. During the live interview Claudia sent Sofia the powerful energy of Reiki. She imagined waves of encouragement and wisdom reaching Sofia to help her move through the interview. On the other side Sofia experienced a surge of energy not present before. Her nerves were transformed into confidence.

---

The next day we discussed our experiences with each other.

We both cried in gratefulness and it was in that moment -- Claudia and Sofia felt a deep connection. In spirit and through Spirit -- these Hermanas Sagradas, Spanish for, Sacred Sisters, manifested this work.

We have deep pride in our Latin culture & want to soulfully speak from our heritage. We feel called to this work together to help others expand, grow,and heal through ART!

We like to refer to our kindred sisters as Mariposa Hermanas, Butterfly Sisters!

The process of helping our fellow Mariposa Hermanas heal through art can be "painfully messy" It takes love, patience, and support to get from the caterpillar state to the transformed Mariposa beauty.

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How does one become a butterfly? They have to want to learn to fly so much that you are willing to give up being a caterpillar.” ― Trina Paulus

Our proposito or purpose is to help our Hermanas through their own metamorphosis at whatever stage..you see, we believe and know that you are already Mariposas!

 

and we plan to help you discover that you have already within you what you need. Through loving guidance, we help you create the transformation that is already unfolding.

frogs in my throat

I have always been good at creating heart space for others.

I do it with friends, family.... and lately even professionally as I offer one on one "creating and healing through the heART" coaching lessons (in person or over Skype where I help people create love and art towards growth and healing).
 
By the way "creating space" for another is when you expand your heart through prayer/intention and you purposely create a 'space' where the other can rest and BE safely, knowing that in your heart space- they will not meet with judgments and where they can express themselves authentically in whatever state they are in... in this way we are able to ease others into self healing.
 
However, we cannot offer space to others without also honoring ourselves with this sanctuary of love... but so many of us  forget this in the everyday "busy" and running around...

I know I do.

And this is where I was all week.... moving inside my pain of loss which  "opened" up to me with the Boston tragedies of two days ago and (the very same day) the sudden and unexpected death one of my favorite yoga teachers the sweet and lovely Indrani.

As some of you know Sergio and I keep late nights on the weekends, often painting until 3 am... but I would always somehow still manage to get myself up in the morning (ok, late morning) to make her Saturday noon class. I called it my "gift to myself"... she was gentle and uplifting. She would always remind me to

"be at ease with yourself- listen to your body" .....

Tomorrow is never a guarantee for anyone.

I know she is in a better place... but my heart goes out to her family, her close friends. What a horrible loss. 

Indrani was so young and beautiful, she had a smile that emanated compassion.
She was one of those people whom you knew would have heart space available to anyone.
I loved her.
Yes, I did not know her well.... I never spoke to her for more than 15 minutes at a time.
But yes, I loved her.

Another thing that has come up for me this week: we can openly say we love things...
like: "I love chocolate".... why can't we say we love people when we do?

My child students tell me: "I love you Miss. Claudia"

And it is good for my heart to hear their truth.

And so I told my other favorite yoga teacher "I love you" this week.

Yesterday, when I heard the news about Indrani's passing I felt bad for wanting to leave the Yoga studio without practicing ...
The voice in my head said: "stop exaggerating, you hardly new her. Stop that crying!"
I mean, after all, she was not my close friend.... she was my teacher. 
So I told myself "chin up" and practice.
I was negating my own emotions.
I was not giving myself heart space.

So I sat on my matt unable to *Om* because of the frog party going on in my throat.
But I stayed present in the moment
and soon my tears mingled with sweat and in my mind's eye I could see her walking around the yoga studio with her huge smile and elegant body.... guiding us to "dig deeper" into the pose...

Then, I noticed someone else in the room also crying- I immediately felt empathy and
compassion for her, I didn't question her "relationship" to the teacher"...

I was holding heart space for her, but not for me.
Crazy.
So I gifted myself space. And I cried.

I cried as I did my "down dogs" and "chaturangas"... 

 I remembered how she would often make fun of herself because although she was Indian the Sanskrit words stumbled and tripped on themselves as they rolled off her tongue with an American accent. I prayed for her family.
And in doing so, not only did I honor my heart, I honored her memory.
Thank you Indrani for this last lesson you left me with...indeed: "ease with yourself"

In allowing myself heart space, I was able to mourn this beautiful soul who left earth too soon and whom I will never forget....
I love you Indrani
 

the real monster in your closet

The weather here has changed dramatically from one day to the next... just four days ago I had a fire going in the wood stove to keep me warm as I prepared a video for an online class... today I need to scramble to put away the feather comforters on our beds so that we don't *for the third night in a row* have to battle them to the floor as we begin to feel the heat of an early summer/late Spring.



Spring time Garden
by Claudia Olivos

Because we live in a tiny house with even tinier closets... I hate doing laundry because putting clothes
away is a constant struggle of creating 'space'.

In a way this is good... because each time I *think* about buying something new, I am reminded of my lack of space. You see, this little house is close to one hundred years old...back then, people did not own as many clothes as we do today.

Each year at the beginning of a new season I despair looking at our closets.

 I hate the process of going through everything, but it has to be done.

So this is what I do, and I hope it can help you too as we begin a new season (for some it is winter, for some of us summer)

1. Everything I have not worn during a season goes in a bag for Goodwill.
The exception to this are cocktail and party dresses, these, I give them a three year clause.

by Beth Baldwin

2.- Take a look at color fading and worn things that begin to produce *furbabies* (like sweaters). Sergio wears a lot of black T-shirts which get old and gray looking very quickly.
All of Sergio's worn out T-shirts become rags for cleaning brushes/floors etc.

I know someone here in the Washington DC area: Beth Baldwin, who makes fantastic art out of worn sweaters... so if you are up to sending them her way.. you will be helping her continue to create her cute monsters...can you imagine? Your old sweater as Art...check out  Beth's work here on etsy!

3.- Any piece of clothing that when I look at it brings bad memories or negative energy, goes into the Goodwill bag. For example the outfits I wore to court when  my ex continually sued me (although he always lost, it was always frightening to prepare for the court date).

4.- What clothes do you feel you look your best in?
 Put all those in a separate pile, and begin thinning out your closet from there.

5.- Socks?
Well, we all know that the sock monster is real and it has a ravenous appetite... so gather all the surviving socks together, tie them into a ball... and donate the clean and interesting socks to people who make sock dolls etc. The boring ones, use them to dust, cut them up for rags in the studio and around your home.

There is so much you can do with your "unworn" clothing....


Bailarina. oil on canvas,
Claudia Olivos.

I am not into doing Yard Sales-but if you are.. there you go!
I do  love the idea of giving my clothes away, so another idea is to create a 'clothing swap' either at your church/school....even in your living room!
Have everyone bring clothes to swap, and all the leftovers go to Goodwill.... everybody wins :) and you have a grown up "dress up party" too! What fun!


Let me know if you have more ideas! And *purge purge purge*

Not only will it make your closets neater... it is amaZing how we can be "well dressed" with fewer clothes to choose from!

small homes and BIG saving

Another crazy week as we work on making our "crawl space-like" attic into a loft. 

Funny how when you start a 'small project' ... it gets bigger and bigger. Now we are looking into replacing our old shingles and getting two sky lights in the loft too! 

I can't wait to lay there and look up at the stars.
(Oh yeah, I will have to fight our son for it as he is already claiming it as "his room" ....)



For a long time we had thought about adding a top floor to our small two bedroom house.. more than anything, what bothers me is our mini closets which are 3 feet wide and three feet deep. And our dining area where we can not squeeze in more than one dinner guest (so for more we eat in the studio when the weather is too cold for outdoor feasting).

Dear Dona H. (who I know reads my blog :) ... remember when you first showed me this little cottage-like house? You said to me with a look of concern:

"Claudia, you do realize that your current closet is the size of the bedroom here?

 and this entire house can fit in your current foyer!?" 

..... hahaha... but what I most wanted was a small and happy home! And THAT is what I now am very blessed to have (I got rid of my icky "ex" when I moved out of the huge house and into this little lovely gem! ~yeah... a true to life lesson on the value of material vs. the heart!).

Going smaller is not a bad thing, not at all.

And who knew? It is now actually 'fashionable' to live in a small house!

15 years ago when I moved here... I was teased by my family and they called my place "the dollhouse" because of its size... now, people are making really tiny tiny homes and it is all about simplicity. I love that!

Sergio and I had applied for a loan to add that second story on, but I was nervous and we never signed the last bit of paperwork.  Three days later, the market crashed and we lost all our savings. Later we had to give up our time share... and on it went. 

  We are SO lucky not to have signed for that loan...! And so happy I followed my intuition!

And now our little home is going to grow just a tiny bit-and really- right into space that was already there....... all as it is meant to be!
 I am sooo excited and will post photos for you soon... for now:

 I wanted to remind everyone of our upcoming: 

Angel Workshop.... come and create a painting all your own and enjoy a transformationall weekend of spirit-filled creativity. 

                                                   and *woo hoo* Sheri and I are offering a

$50.- off coupon for this week only!!! 

Sign up by this Sunday, April 7... and you will only  pay $170.- for the workshop...

Quite a deal!! So come on over and sign up NOW right here! 

Up closer

Please watch my short video:

In this little video that I made yesterday, I show you some art "up close"

and talk about our

 PRE-SEASON sale of some of my work!

~All the pieces in this video and on this blog ~

(scroll to the end -the *snowy owl* because blogger was wonky today!)

are available for only $40.00 -that's a $20.00 discount!

(price does not include shipping-around $5. within Cont. USA)



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circle of creative healers

It is true what they say:

 the more authentically you live your life... seeking what is TRUE to your heart... the more your life will begin to align with your true purpose, your call in this life.

And this is important because although we each are all the same, we are also absolutely different and unique individuals that make this world into an interesting and wonderFULL world.



Oil on canvas
$925.-

This past week we have had the honor of meeting several people who though walking in completely different "ways" .... are all on the same paths as they celebrate their uniqueness they help others be all they can be through their various talents and gifts and Sergio and I have been *blissed* and *blessed* to meet these wonderful giving individuals who are all involved in one way or another in the "creative healing ARTs"

Meditation:



oil on cavas
$525.-

I met Cara via the online business course I am taking with Leonie Dawson (I will dedicate a post to her soon!).

Sergio and I have been listening to one of her self guided meditations daily and we have found it to be a wonderful *blissing* to fall asleep together each day to the healing messages found in what she calls~ inner journeys~. You can find more about them here

Cara's core message is:

" life is supposed to joyful and clearly there are times when that is not what we experience. We offer products and services that help people release struggle and reconnect to that natural internal state of joy and ease. When we tap into our internal guidance system we can allow life to flow from us".

 

And we could not agree more! Check out her website for more information: http://wildbliss.com/

Fellow artist healer:



this is a sketch I made while
at the Kundalini workshop.

On Sunday, we attended a Kundalini workshop in Northern Virginia.. who knew there were so many like minded people so close to home? 

It was an absolutely fantastic time of learning, sharing and making new friends. If you are in the Washington DC or Thornhill Ontario area check out the www.HealingCooperative.com. 

This was our first time there, but it will certainly not be the last! We are already considering ourselves "regulars!"

Our host was SusanDeaneTaylorGol a most generous, wise and talented woman who offers Therapeutic Art workshops, Reiki and essential oils too! Imagine that?
We had NO idea that she actually offers the same modalities we are offering here in the DC area and it was so wonderful to meet her!

On the Healing Cooperative website Susan writes:

The Healing Cooperative will allow us to share our knowledge and skills and resources, and join together as a viable entity, focusing on peace, healing, community support and outreach...

 

I am stupendously fabulously floored each time I meet someone new in this

 

'circle of creative healers'

as everyone is SO unbelievably kind and giving of their time, connections and friendship.

There is a beautiful belief and faith in "karma"... allowing space for one another while embracing each other too... no competition, just oodles of support! 

 

 

 

I am loving this!

 

 

 

Sacred Pleasure:

 

oil on canvas
$525.-

During the meeting we were also thrilled to meet Kiela Mellott, a self described "Pleasure Goddess" who is a certified Life Pleasure Coach, Sacred Entertainer/Educator, and just all around fantaboulous performer who seeks to share her passion about Sacred Sexuality, the Divine Feminine/Awakened Masculine & the Roles men and women play in our society.

 

 Kiela lives her vitality through her Sacred Sexuality ...

 

If you think that there are limits to the many creative ways we can reach people, please check out this short video of Kiela in action with a take on Madonna's "Material Girl".

 

AND she has invited me to NY NY to do collaborate on a project!
This should be interrrrresting!
 

(please note her website is under remodeling and is expected to be finished by Friday, so check back often!)

 

 

Oh...there are SO many creative healers out there with all kinds of modalities and offerings....

and we are thrilled to be joining the ranks with our own healing energy paintings as well as with our:

 "Healing through the heart" workshops....

 

 

 

We hope YOU will join us too!

Mixed media on canvas
$375.-

There is still time to sign up for our "on site" here in our little OlivosARTstudio

for: "Angels in My studio" weekend Retreat

 

which I will be hosting with Sheri A. Ponzi, a gifted spiritual teacher and amaZing life coach. 
 

It will be a transformational weekend of spirit-filled creativity. Together we will connect deeply with our angels and spirit guides and bring them to life on the canvas.

We will:

 

Meditate ~ Listen to music ~ Paint with our hearts ~ Collage on our paintings ~ Splatter paint ~ Listen to our intuition!

 

Our time together will include guided meditations, journal writing, and the creation of an energetically charged mixed-media representation of one of your angels.

This promises to be a Divine weekend of creative blessings.                        

Register now!

 

 

Our news:

 

Sergio and I are now level II Reiki practicioners currently studying towards III-Master Level. 

 

What is Reiki you ask?

 

Simply, it is just like prayer and setting an intention for the well being and healing of someone else. It is about spreading the love!

 

Siames
ink on photo paper

Sergio plans to dedicate his practice to animals, offering pet portraits with Reiki energy packages as well as applying it to some of his encaustic works too.

 

I have already started making energy paintings which I make with set intention and prayer, infuse the powerful symbols of Reiki and send them off to the collector per commission or need.

 

Please contact us if you are interested... and as always, follow us on Facebook to see our art daily, including sales and giveaways too!

 

 

Much love to YOU and yours!

 

Claudia (& Sergio)

is it time for your leaves to change?

Today I wanted to share with you a little about our studio.

              You see, we are in transition. We are not just changing...we are expanding in so many  ways some we had planned....some we have discovered in our journey.

Change your opinions, keep to your principles;

change your leaves, keep intact your roots.
~Victor Hugo

oil on canvas: "he Hopes"

 Changing leaves.
 Since our name "Olivos"means olive trees, it is quite an apporpriate metaphor: changing  leaves....

           It all started last year when I was laid off from my part time college  teaching position.

    Change brings about transformation 

when we have faith in who we are and what we can do.

Although I have to confess.... we were both quite stressed about it all in the beginning.

Our studio sales had not been strong as they were prior to 2007, and that college pay check was supporting us more than anything else.
All of a sudden, bills were a concern even though we believe that:

When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.  

~Ralph Waldo Emerson

still, it was scary
and frightening
and sad
my college teaching career was over.

I decided to try being a student once again and I signed up for an online class of mixed media run by the sweet creative soul Tamara Laporte... and

                                                                     *whoa*

      a whole new world of possibility for teaching opened up for me...

who knew that so many people were creating community/tribes~ working together creatively online?

Oh yeah! Having fun, healing and connecting all around the world!

                                             *wow*

I was excited and overwhelmed at the same time...

and then: an invitation came to teach my first online lesson!

Be as a bird perched on a frail branch that she feels bending beneath her,

still she sings away all the same, knowing she has wings.

~Victor Hugo

                                                                                 

We hear stories of transformation due to difficult times,

yet we hardly think it can happen to us.

 

Yet, I did!

And I am absolutely thrilled!

Teaching women has been a dream of mine but here in the studio we mostly have been teaching children... and I have to tell you...teaching/communing/creating with women is just amaZing!!

In fact, absolutely awesome things have happened since I "lost" my college teaching gig last March. Indeed, it is a year ago this month of March that I was asked to my supervisor's office where he broke the news to me: lay offs. We were so worried... but *wow* the things that were in store for us!! If I had only had that crystal ball into the future.
                                                               
But I don't.
And you probably don't either....
so:
trust. 
shed leaves.
trim your branches...
and have faith in your steady roots!
                                                                   

This piece was painted for the Angels in my studio course.
It is available for $175.- ;)

I started by teaching two lessons in "Angels in my studio" (which is now open as a 'self guided' online course) by the generous invitation of Sheri A. Ponzi.  

I am now teaching in the course: "Painting the Goddess Within" also via fantabouously awesome Sheri A. Ponzi with whom I will be teaching
an "on site" class here at our home OlivosARTstudio in April!

Sign up and join us :) here! 
                                                                     
And, this summer, I will be teaching two lessons in a course about Dreams... via sweet dream Goddess at large: Amy Burke O'Toole  ~ juicy, exciting art-fun, stay tuned for more information!!

 

                                                                     
The other thing that happened was that when I decided to launch a Kickstarter campaign... with all the faith I could muster... we were super dooper blessed and encouraged by ALL the wonderful support we received from collectors and friends from all around the world!

 

We raised over 6K to travel to Chile and launch a  painting project based on the spirituality of the Mapuche Indians.

This not only gave us mucho moola to do our porject.... it also gave us "mucho encouragement and faith in ourselves" through the support that many of YOU gave us!"

 

Thank you

 

That is what really, truly catapulted us into unbelievable growth, both in our spiritual lives and our artistic lives: your support and faith in us!

When we returned from our time abroad, we received clear direction to add a healing aspect to not only our studio offerings, but to our art- it has always been there....
 but now: with definite intention! 

And we are very excited about it. 

As a matter of fact we are freakin' giddy with excitment... this Sunday we will attend a Kundalini workshop, we have started making energy paintings, we are getting certified as Reiki practitioners  and delving into essential oils too (I am now a product consultant for some of the best essential oils around: doTerra) as well as continuing to hone our skills in the healing modality of EFT.... and so much more!
                                      

When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.  

~Ralph Waldo Emerson

I have met SO many wonderfull people through the community found within online classes, these are people that I have become my friends....some who I have had the privilege to meet in person and none of this would have happened had I not been laid off my college teaching career!!!

All the forces in the world are not so powerful as
an idea whose time has come.
~Victor Hugo

So, for all those of you who are struggling with unexpected.unwanted changes in your lives:
be encouraged
*mirmagical* things do happen!

Get creative, get inventive~do what YOU know you do best
Shed leaves, trim branches.... expand even as you stay firm in your roots!
And if you don't know 'what you do best', ask yourself:
What do people always come to YOU for advice on? What do you get the most joy from?

Then, just do it!

This is a video we made a few days ago about our "in studio" offerings...

And this one too....(we would totally appreciate it if you can tell us which of the 2 you like best!)

Thank you and oodles of Love & Light to you