Healing with Art: Harnessing Creativity for Inner Growth

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Hello, welcome to Practically Magick.

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I am your host, Courtney Pearl.

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Today I am your healer and I am going to
talk to you about healing through art.

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I often say to my art students how you
feel about art is how you feel about life.

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So let's get into it.

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I have

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the Everyday Witch tarot deck that
I'm going to pull a card from today.

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Okay.

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All right.

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And today I have pulled the Devil card.

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Of course, the card that gives Tarot a
bad name because everybody thinks that

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it's of the devil or it invites the devil
or something associated with the devil.

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But actually, this card is in the
deck because it's an archetype.

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It does not mean the literal
devil, which of course, none

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of the cards mean literally.

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Although sometimes they do.

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Depends on how you read them, I guess.

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But this card in particular comes up
when I feel like The association or the

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invitation for us to look at is what is it
that you keep falling into patterns about?

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Falling into getting associated
with, getting these vices,

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these addictions, these coping
mechanisms that don't serve you.

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that are not aligned with who you
really are and who you want to be.

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And so it's kind of like the devil in
your shoulder is the way that I see it.

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I'll show the picture, but if you are
unable to see it because it's audio, then

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you need to go to my YouTube channel.

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So you can see in this card, I love
these, uh, fun little sort of cartoon,

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um, artwork in this everyday witch deck.

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Uh, it's sort of giving the impression
that the devil on your shoulder telling

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you, just do what feels good or do
what feels like it would help without

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your actual self, your actualized
self, being able to say, actually, if

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I keep engaging with those patterns
and falling into old cycles, I will

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just end up, um, more miserable.

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I will just end up not.

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really processing or dealing
with what's going on.

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And that is going to play a
part in the discussion we're

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going to have today about art.

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Um, I have been an art
teacher for many years.

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I started out as a regular, um,
Mainstream education teacher.

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Taught kindergarten and first grade.

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And because I was in a charter
school most of that time, we

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were also the specials teachers.

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So, we did physical activity with
the children, we did, um, we taught

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the, any music or, extracurriculars.

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Um, and so I was able to
stretch my art skills, something

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that I loved to do anyway.

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I was, um, an artist in high school
and college and so I got to teach

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art to these little little kids as
well as their regular curriculum.

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And so when I had my children and I
was staying home with them, I decided

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to teach art lessons after school.

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Small art classes started just around
my dining room table after school.

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And, uh, that was really fulfilling
and wonderful and fit very nicely into

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my life while my kids were little.

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And as I, have been taking a
career path towards healing work.

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When I went to the Institute
of Healing Arts to learn how to

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facilitate emotional processes.

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When I learned about Reiki and started
doing emotional and energy healing, um, I

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really felt like art had a very vital role
in what I was going to play as far as how

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that healing work was going to show up.

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Because I didn't have to separate
teaching art lessons and healing work.

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Um, my art lessons adapted to what new
knowledge and experiences I could bring

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to the table, and I began to see art
as an amazing catalyst for healing.

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Um, so for example, children who come to
me for art lessons, um, there are many

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amazing art teachers in our local area.

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We have some art classes, we have, um,
Little schools that teach art, uh, and

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I've met several artists that teach
art lessons, watercolor classes, things

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like that, and they're all amazing.

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And I, uh, I absolutely recommend
them when I meet a student or

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an artist who wants to learn
and develop their art skills.

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They want to get better at the foundations
of how to make The picture look like

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they wanted to look right technique
and skill even I have a lot to learn

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in that area but What I feel that I
can bring to the table when it comes to

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my art classes is we learn very little
skill Um, in that area, I of course

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guide the students on how to make their
picture look like they wanted to look.

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I teach them about watercolor
techniques, things like that.

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But as far as the overall percentage
of what we're doing there, I would

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say that's about 20 percent is skill.

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Because what I really focus on is self
confidence, emotional intelligence, using

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art as a way to express ourselves and
as a way to understand ourselves better.

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I don't know how many times in the
past few years when I've tried speaking

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to people about what I do and I,
um, I did a really amazing thing.

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I think it's very amazing, but I
took the, uh, emotional process

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which is also a healing cycle, um,
the integrated processing technique

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that I do in one on one sessions
that I learned to facilitate it.

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I decided it would be a really amazing
adaptation to be able to offer that

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process to a group of people who
were painting or using art to pull

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out shapes and colors of energy.

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And so that's what I adapted it into
a workshop, Healing Through Art.

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Now when I tell people about this,
when I say, Oh, I have this amazing

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workshop that I'm offering and
it's Healing Through Art, it's an

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emotional process through a painting.

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painting session.

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Um, a lot of people, I, I cannot
begin to tell you how many people,

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the reaction is they freeze.

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They are pretty much, they hear
the word art or painting, and you

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can just see, well I can, I can
just see the inner child in them.

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Whoever in the past told them
that they can't do art or however

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they decided they can't do art.

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I can see it in their face where
they're just like, Oh, painting.

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Oh no, no, that's not for me.

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I don't do that.

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I'm not good at art.

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And I just think to myself, isn't
that interesting that everyone,

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not everyone, but most people have
decided somewhere along the lines

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that they are just not an artist.

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I'm just not an artist.

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Oh, I can only draw stick figures.

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That's what I hear a lot.

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And there's so much to dive into
that, but what I feel that that helps

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highlight is where the healing begins.

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So again, the way people feel about
art, Their engagement with creativity,

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and that can include music, it can
include, uh, you know, any form of art

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that is a creative outlet for them.

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But the way that someone might view that
is the way they might feel about life.

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Do they just avoid what they feel
is too hard or scary, or they

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just know they can't do it right?

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Have they decided there is a right way
to do it and there's a wrong way to do it

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and therefore they cannot engage with it.

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Because our creative center, the sacral
chakra, it empowers us to be able to

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visualize and create the world we would
like to have, to be in, to be a part of.

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Every single person walking this
earth right now It needs some

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form of creative energy to be
able to say, what's next for me?

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What's the next right thing for me?

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What am I going to do next?

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What do I want to make my business into?

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What do I want this next
project to look like?

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What would my family, my
home, uh, my future look like?

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And so, I want to talk about success
and failure because It is right around

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the developmental age of nine that
nine year olds begin to decipher

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what is success and what is failure.

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And it is so interesting to watch
children grow to a point, and it

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is always around age nine, could be
eight, could be ten, could be eleven,

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but around age nine is when they
decide they are not a good artist.

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I see it time and time again.

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That is why when I used to teach
art lessons, I would take children

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from age five all the way up to 12.

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And after several years of that, I
realized I needed to shift things a

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little bit because actually five to
eight year olds do not need anybody

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just to teach them art or to help them
understand that they are an artist.

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Five to eight year olds walk into
this world, artists, and they.

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paint and they draw and they
color and they create purely

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on instinct for the most part.

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And I won't say that totally
applies to every small child, but

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it depends on their experience.

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And for the most part, I have never had
to convince a small child that they're

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an artist and that they can create art.

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What I found was that the nine to 18
year olds are the ones who, at some

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point, they're nervous about their art.

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They start to judge their own art.

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They start to decide that they are
either a success or failure at art,

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at creation, at what they're making.

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And that is where I wanted to
focus my weekly art lessons.

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So I have an art class called Myth and
Magick art class, and I still do teach

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it around my old dining room table,
but now it's not my dining room table.

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It's the art table designated
in my art room just for art.

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And I love every Tuesday when
my art students come, we do

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a little bit of story time.

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I usually pull out a myth or
folklore that I think would be

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applicable to our lesson that day.

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Um, sometimes we will do a warm up
activity or a right brain activity.

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Um, something to get the creative
juices flowing, to get our brain on

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our right side engaged with creativity.

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And I also love these activities
because I pick certain things that

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I know will push aside judgment.

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For example, blind contour drawings,
which means that you cannot look

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at your paper while you're drawing.

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You can only look at the
subject you're drawing.

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So it might be someone's face, or
it might be an object that I've

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put in the table, but they're not
allowed to look at their paper.

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They simply put their pen on the paper
and start and they do not lift their

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pen off the paper until the timer goes
off and we see what they've created.

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This is an important kind of activity
to do for artists because I want

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the students to understand it's not
about the product or it's not about

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the quality of art that you make.

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It's teaching yourself to see
the world in different ways.

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So when they are keeping their eyes
trained on their subject, they are

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focusing on being observant and following
the lines and shapes of the subject

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in front of them, rather than I need
to make sure my paper is correct.

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I'm using air quotes in
case you can't see me.

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Correct.

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I am trying to shove aside some
of those ideas that there is a

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correct way to do art and there's
a not correct way to do art.

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I know the art world and those
that market art and those that have

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galleries, they would have opinions
on what is the right way to do art

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and what's the wrong way to do art.

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But I am a healer.

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So my opinions are there is no
right or wrong way to do it.

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And one of the ways I teach this to
children and to adults, when I do

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my healing through art workshops is,

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have you ever been walking
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You're on a trail, you're in the
mountains, you're in the woods, you're

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wherever, and you come upon a tree.

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that looks interesting to you.

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You just happen to notice it more
than the other trees around you.

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You just go, Oh, look, look at this tree.

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Do you judge the tree for
looking or being wrong?

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Or do you just say,
that's a beautiful tree.

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That's a tree.

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It's a wonderful tree.

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It is what it is.

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It's a crooked tree.

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It's a Windy, bendy tree.

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It's a very straight tree.

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Whatever.

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It's a tree.

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Do we judge the tree?

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No, because it's a natural occurrence.

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It grew from the ground and it
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Perhaps it needed to bend and
twist to get through rocks and

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boulders as it was growing.

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And therefore it's a little
bent and sideways and whatever.

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But the tree is not and
will never be wrong.

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And I try to help students
engaging with art to understand

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their artwork in that way.

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It's not wrong.

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It just is.

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Right?

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And we learn so much about
ourselves in that struggle.

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In the battle of, oh, this
picture I'm working on doesn't

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look like I wanted it to look.

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I want to throw it away and start over.

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I have a few students right
now that struggle with this.

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Um, and so I pulled out a book that my
dear friend, Alicia Hensley, look up, um,

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Alicia Hensley, uh, who does design work.

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She and I were hosting a Daybreak Network
meeting and she brought this book up.

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The Book of Mistakes.

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So.

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If you're not watching on YouTube, it is
the Book of Mistakes by Corinna Luyken.

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I think it's how you say it, Luyken.

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I will put these references in the
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Mistakes has some beautiful, beautiful,
illustrated artwork for the pictures.

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And the important thing to remember
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their pictures, they make mistakes.

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So one eye is too big and then
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and then that eye gets too big.

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And it says these are mistakes.

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But putting glasses on
her, that was a good idea.

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Rather than throw the picture away,
the artist continually makes mistakes

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and then finds ways or opportunities
to make those mistakes into good ideas.

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When I make an intentional choice to
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different, I am engaging with curiosity.

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I'm engaging with the
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So, what I would like to
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art correlates with our energy.

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These healing through art workshops
that I do, um, and IPT session already

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engages with the energy of color.

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And if you have not checked out my
episode in season one about colors and

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why they are a vibrational frequency
or energy, please go check that out.

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It was an amazing episode.

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I'm very proud of it.

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I did a lot of research and it's a
really, really cool idea to think about

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how colors are not just aspects of light.

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In fact, Psychologists have
discovered they are emotions.

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They are our emotional energetic
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seeing that vibrational frequency.

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And so when I do an IPT session,
I will ask people to engage

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with their emotions as a color.

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What color is your emotion?

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And they have to pull that out.

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They are engaging their left brain,
speaking about difficult things, heavy

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emotions, and then they're engaging their
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And all I did with the Healing
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Healing Through Art full moon course
that you can take starting in April.

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Our new session starts in April.

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If you'd like to sign up, it's amazing.

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This is the one we made last
week in our Full Moon course.

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So I facilitate and walk the class
through an emotional process.

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We go through a meditation to
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that we're working with today.

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Um, we work through heavy emotions
that might have happened at that age.

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And so I will say, okay, identify
what fear your inner child is having.

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What would the fear be about?

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And then we're going to paint it out
on our canvas as a color and a shape.

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So we are not trying to make a picture.

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This isn't like your wine and paint
night thing where someone paints a

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beautiful picture and you follow along
and then everybody gets to go home with

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a carbon copy of the exact same picture.

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And I think those are great by the way.

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I'm not making fun of them.

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I've done some paint nights and I
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some techniques I didn't know.

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So I'm all for a good date
night, good ladies night out.

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glass of wine or
champagne and paint night.

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But this class is not going to give you
a, just a beautiful image to take home.

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This class is going to give you a
painting specifically of your struggle

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and replace it with positive energy.

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So this is one that I started out with.

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Um, this is one I did for myself.

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When I started the painting, I was
Painting out fear as the screen triangle.

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I was painting out, I, I am embarrassed.

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Um, you know, these all represent
heavy energies in blue and purple

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and orange and, and in the shapes
that I felt that they needed to be.

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So we spend a little time on this
and then we journal, uh, And we go

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through an entire cycle of healing,
just like the Avalonian Cycles of

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Healing in Jenna Tendry's book.

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Um, it's the same process.

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It's the same cycles.

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We identify what is it that
our inner child needed and how

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did they get that need met.

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It's a powerful experience, but it's
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one guiding yourself through it.

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And You are having zero judgment
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painting is going to look like.

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I had no idea what this
was going to look like.

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This is what my painting
ended up looking like.

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I have been doing this for two
years, every month, um, with

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different groups of people, and I
have never seen two paintings that

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look anything like each other.

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Everybody's painting and
experiences their own.

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every single person who comes
into my class as an artist.

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So we do this and then at the
end to replace it we might

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choose to turn it upside down.

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We might choose to draw with our sharpie
markers over it and make it into a new

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image that is the gift we are receiving
at the end of our healing process.

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We can take that home and paint over it.

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This next painting I'm going to
show you, this started out as

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a Healing Through Art painting.

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Underneath it was all the shapes and
colors that I wanted to, uh, represent

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what I was feeling at the time.

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And then after I did that, I started using
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painting that I, was inspired to create.

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So this is a famous photograph about
the Great Depression and I decided

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to paint the woman in the, in the
photograph because it was meaningful

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to me at one point in my life.

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And I used a lot of colors,

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As I said before, it's not about having
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That's something I decided to do with it.

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But I want people to engage with art
and creativity in a way that heals.

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When I was a kid, I was
taking, um, piano lessons.

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And it was kind of, I was talked into
it, like, lots of kids take piano

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lessons, you should take piano lessons.

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And I struggled so much because I
didn't have a lot of self confidence

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and I was very hard on myself.

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And honestly, making mistakes in a
song as I'm trying to play the song as

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perfectly as I can was too much for me.

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I got into self harm and
just really low self esteem.

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Piano didn't cause that.

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It was a,

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what's the word?

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It was a catalyst for that
to act out in my life.

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And so I regret that it happened
that way, but I didn't have

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a teacher telling me that the
mistakes are part of the learning.

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I thought I should be better at this.

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I should be able to play
this song without mistakes.

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And I would play the songs over
and over, but I would get to the

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mistake and I would stop playing.

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I would get mad, frustrated, angry,
and I would start the song over.

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As an adult, I talked to another piano
teacher who's very good at her job and she

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said, Oh, I, I always teach my students
not to stop when they make a mistake.

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I teach them to keep going, to
play through the mistakes, make the

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mistakes and just keep playing anyway.

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I cannot even begin to tell you
how that understanding, that way of

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seeing it, healed a part of my inner
child to know that it could have been

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different and I could have seen myself
as a piano player, someone who is

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good at piano, if I had kept going.

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I thought, I understand how
to make mistakes in art.

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I know how to draw something wrong
and then make something out of that.

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So I preferred art lessons and
I, and I went that route instead.

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I convinced my parents
that piano was not for me.

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But I think that in every creative
way that we can engage creatively

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with something that allows us to work
through those parts that are triggering.

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And I teach my students
that colors are energy.

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You can move that energy out of the
body through the paint and through the

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colors that you choose to paint out.

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And it should feel good.

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It shouldn't feel frustrating.

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It shouldn't feel, um,
triggering after a while.

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Um, you should be able to look at the
artwork that you've created and say, Well,

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that turned out different than I thought.

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Or That turned out exactly like I thought.

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Or, I'm an artist because I do art.

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It doesn't have to be good, and
it doesn't have to be anyone

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else's standards of good.

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It just has to be art, and if I
create it, that makes me an artist.

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So when people say to me, oh, I'm
not an artist, it's very difficult

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for me not to react with, why do
you think that about yourself?

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When did you come to that decision?

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And is there anything that
we can do about that now?

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Because I think there is.

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Um, I also love to engage with my
students and talking about authenticity,

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that when a painting is showing up or
a drawing is showing up authentically,

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when you are in your most authentic
state of mind and being, there is a

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way to tell if you are engaging in
that authenticity or if you are not.

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And I like to say that everything
starts with the letter C. If you

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know that you are in your most
authentic self, you will be calm.

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You will be connected.

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Now that could be connected to source
or, or earth or creative energy.

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That's what connected means.

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You are curious.

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So this is the opposite of judgment.

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I'm not going to say that's wrong,
that's bad, I'm not good at this.

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You know, the devil on your shoulder who
is telling you you're not good at it.

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That's where the devil card
comes into our episode today.

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I'm not good at this.

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I don't know what I'm doing.

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Everyone else is better than me.

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All that.

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If you are not engaging in judgment,
you have Curiosity instead.

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I am curious what will
happen if I do this.

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I'm curious why you chose to do that way.

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I am curious, not judgmental.

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You are compassionate.

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Compassionate.

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Oh my gosh, this is a big one.

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You have to be compassionate.

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Compassionate towards yourself and others.

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If someone else tells you your art is
terrible or that you're no good at it.

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I didn't know that was a dog.

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That didn't look anything like a dog.

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Have compassion for them because
they may not understand what art

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is and how to engage with it.

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Have compassion for yourself.

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In moments when you feel like
I'm creating something and it's

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not going well, it's not working.

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It's, I made a mistake.

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I put the wrong color in the wrong places.

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I drew it too big.

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I drew it too small, whatever it is.

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That voice inside that
says, I'm no good at this.

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I'm not an artist.

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Compassion for yourself, compassion
for people that would judge

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you and say, You know what?

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Maybe my picture doesn't look like a dog
and she doesn't think it looks like a dog.

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But I'm also not going to be done with it.

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I'm going to keep creating.

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And that's the other C word.

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Creation.

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Creative.

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When you are in a creative mode,
you are in your authentic self.

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Hello, welcome back.

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We were discussing the,

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the Cs of how to tell if you are
in your most authentic state.

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And I want to just circle back
around because to me, this is sort

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of the, the comparison or difference
between engaging with spirituality

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in religion versus intuition.

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Because when we are Using creative
things like our creativity in art

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or other modalities, I feel that we
are moving into a space where we're

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trusting our own body, our own mind,
our own connection, versus relying on

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someone else to tell us what is right.

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right or wrong, if that makes sense.

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Um, and this is not to rag on anyone
who is religious or who subscribes to

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a religious organization, but I think
that it is highly suggested for you

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to be most connected and authentic
for yourself is to trust yourself.

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Trust that you know what's best
for you and that you are expressing

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yourself in the way that is most true
for you and stepping into a place of

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sovereignty where you are the authority
in your own spiritual connection.

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That makes sense.

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So I understand, and I've talked
about this on other podcasts before,

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where we talked about paganism versus
religious spiritual experience.

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But the important thing to remember with
that is that no matter which way that

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you engage with what you see as your
higher power or as guidance for your

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life, it's really important that You
feel that it is authentic to you, that

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you are in a growth mindset and that
you are feeling that You came to these

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decisions because you asked questions,
because you had curiosity, because when

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something did not feel aligned with
you, you were able to question that.

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And sometimes with a religious experience,
when it comes to that sort of interaction

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with spirituality, a lot of times
you are told not to question it, but

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to act on someone else's authority.

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And that's kind of why art is
a perfect, uh, A perfect What

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is the word I'm looking for?

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I keep trying to think of it.

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The perfect

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vehicle?

463
00:32:10,713 --> 00:32:11,483
That kind of fits.

464
00:32:11,563 --> 00:32:17,853
Vehicle for which you can drive
your own finding yourself, right?

465
00:32:19,423 --> 00:32:20,733
Your art is your own.

466
00:32:20,733 --> 00:32:22,193
It's personal, right?

467
00:32:22,243 --> 00:32:26,193
And there can be critics and there
can be art experts who tell you that

468
00:32:26,203 --> 00:32:30,003
your art is not aesthetic, that it's
not correct, or that you don't have

469
00:32:30,003 --> 00:32:32,293
the correct technique and skill.

470
00:32:32,893 --> 00:32:36,373
But they said all of those things
about Vincent van Gogh, and he,

471
00:32:36,403 --> 00:32:39,423
and it turns out he's one of the
greatest painters of all time.

472
00:32:39,903 --> 00:32:45,583
That's because he didn't paint
based on what was supposed to be.

473
00:32:46,103 --> 00:32:54,133
And what, um, techniques and skill that
they deemed were good and talented at

474
00:32:54,133 --> 00:32:57,763
that place and time in Paris, France.

475
00:32:58,053 --> 00:32:58,973
At that time?

476
00:33:00,033 --> 00:33:01,963
No, he painted what he felt.

477
00:33:02,123 --> 00:33:07,073
He painted what the world
looked like from his eyes.

478
00:33:07,888 --> 00:33:12,298
through the lens of his pain
and his appreciation for beauty.

479
00:33:12,788 --> 00:33:14,178
And I think that's really powerful.

480
00:33:16,088 --> 00:33:16,598
All right.

481
00:33:16,598 --> 00:33:21,918
So in finishing up, I just want to show
you how this aligns with our, uh, Prism

482
00:33:21,918 --> 00:33:24,478
Healing's, Healing Through Art course.

483
00:33:24,568 --> 00:33:30,758
Um, when I started to adapt the
integrative processing technique into

484
00:33:30,758 --> 00:33:35,628
an art course, I, as I said before,
I was already teaching art classes.

485
00:33:35,648 --> 00:33:41,113
And so it was a really smooth
transition to be able to say, Emotional

486
00:33:41,123 --> 00:33:45,403
healing, the type of emotional
healing I do with people, requires

487
00:33:45,403 --> 00:33:49,343
them to identify what their feelings
look like or feel like in a color.

488
00:33:49,733 --> 00:33:55,343
Then it only makes sense to adapt that
into a painting class where with different

489
00:33:55,343 --> 00:34:01,843
mediums we can engage with watercolor and
acrylic and watercolor pencil and I've

490
00:34:01,843 --> 00:34:08,633
done crayons, um, many different, many
different mediums of art but that you

491
00:34:08,673 --> 00:34:17,013
can express the feelings through painting
them out and moving energy from the body

492
00:34:17,193 --> 00:34:23,443
and from your past experiences out of the
body through expression, art expression.

493
00:34:24,443 --> 00:34:28,133
So I did take the integrated
processing technique, which I do

494
00:34:28,133 --> 00:34:34,113
one on one as a session, and I
adapted it into a full moon course.

495
00:34:34,553 --> 00:34:38,213
And what that looks like
is we do a healing through

496
00:34:38,253 --> 00:34:41,363
art, It's a two hour class.

497
00:34:42,323 --> 00:34:47,363
Um, the same group of people
for six months get to go

498
00:34:47,363 --> 00:34:48,693
through the course together.

499
00:34:49,303 --> 00:34:55,943
Each month has a different theme based
on the Mythic Moons of Avalon and some

500
00:34:55,953 --> 00:34:58,573
mythic portion that goes along with that.

501
00:34:59,443 --> 00:35:06,053
We engage with the storytelling and
we Um, ask ourselves and reflect on

502
00:35:06,053 --> 00:35:07,923
certain things that are coming up for us.

503
00:35:08,443 --> 00:35:13,693
So from the dark moon to the full moon,
we're becoming aware of what shadow

504
00:35:13,693 --> 00:35:18,153
parts we need to address and what's
coming up for us in that particular

505
00:35:18,153 --> 00:35:21,183
time, in that astrological time period.

506
00:35:21,643 --> 00:35:26,293
And then we get to identify
what is ready to be released.

507
00:35:26,453 --> 00:35:28,553
What do we want to
release at the full moon?

508
00:35:29,003 --> 00:35:35,298
And with that, as a guide, What I
typically do with a session is I

509
00:35:35,298 --> 00:35:37,178
will muscle test an age of decision.

510
00:35:37,258 --> 00:35:42,418
What age is needing to release
something from the body, from the,

511
00:35:42,438 --> 00:35:44,568
from the ages that we've been?

512
00:35:46,088 --> 00:35:48,378
What negative belief patterns?

513
00:35:48,418 --> 00:35:50,488
What heavy emotions?

514
00:35:51,808 --> 00:35:56,908
And so when I muscle test that,
that age in a one on one session.

515
00:35:57,488 --> 00:36:03,378
I will engage with a meditation in a group
session so that everybody gets to identify

516
00:36:03,398 --> 00:36:07,228
and pull forward an age they would like
to work with in that class that day.

517
00:36:08,138 --> 00:36:09,348
And then I will guide.

518
00:36:09,948 --> 00:36:13,478
the class through an entire healing cycle.

519
00:36:13,488 --> 00:36:20,708
So from the dissension stage into the
confrontation stage, when we confront

520
00:36:20,708 --> 00:36:25,978
our shadows, all the way through
emergence, and then integration with

521
00:36:26,308 --> 00:36:32,278
our left and our right brain, our body,
mind, and spirit, we get to have a

522
00:36:32,278 --> 00:36:34,168
full immersive experience with that.

523
00:36:34,238 --> 00:36:40,138
And We get to support each other in a
small group setting so that everybody in

524
00:36:40,138 --> 00:36:45,158
that group gets to enhance their healing
experience because everybody in the

525
00:36:45,158 --> 00:36:48,108
group oftentimes has similar experiences.

526
00:36:48,468 --> 00:36:52,688
I've even done those sessions where
it turns out without talking to each

527
00:36:52,688 --> 00:36:56,228
other about it, Every single person,
almost every single person in the

528
00:36:56,228 --> 00:36:58,428
entire group is working at the same age.

529
00:36:59,778 --> 00:37:03,698
It's kind of hilarious and coincidental,
but those are not synchronicities

530
00:37:03,728 --> 00:37:05,248
that happen for no reason.

531
00:37:05,608 --> 00:37:12,933
Everybody's working on something
that, uh, It feels like we

532
00:37:12,933 --> 00:37:14,353
are all working on together.

533
00:37:14,363 --> 00:37:21,123
So I did have the entire class, six people
is the entire class, and everybody was

534
00:37:21,123 --> 00:37:23,113
working at age seven at the same time.

535
00:37:23,753 --> 00:37:24,873
And so that was really powerful.

536
00:37:24,883 --> 00:37:28,023
So we got to share our experiences
and even enhance the healing

537
00:37:28,123 --> 00:37:30,123
with the shared experience.

538
00:37:31,578 --> 00:37:35,478
And then, of course, at the end of
the class, we receive a gift and we

539
00:37:35,478 --> 00:37:39,768
age up, and we make sure that our
painting, what has expressed our

540
00:37:39,768 --> 00:37:44,688
feelings and emotions for that time,
is also a gift that we receive back.

541
00:37:45,168 --> 00:37:48,698
Releasing and clearing all of the
negative energy and replacing it with

542
00:37:48,698 --> 00:37:53,768
positive energy and new belief systems
and patterns that will serve us as we age.

543
00:37:53,928 --> 00:37:55,768
better and meet our needs better.

544
00:37:56,738 --> 00:37:59,178
It is an incredible workshop.

545
00:37:59,188 --> 00:38:02,388
So if you live locally and you
would like to try this workshop

546
00:38:02,388 --> 00:38:06,688
that I have, uh, going on, it's
going to start again in April.

547
00:38:07,048 --> 00:38:13,238
So it will go every month right before,
during or Immediately after the full

548
00:38:13,238 --> 00:38:15,428
moon is how I've set up the classes.

549
00:38:15,448 --> 00:38:22,028
So it will be within the few days of the
full moon or before the full moon so that

550
00:38:22,038 --> 00:38:24,218
you're getting ready for the release.

551
00:38:24,688 --> 00:38:29,488
And I also have a group me group
during the class as we're going along.

552
00:38:29,713 --> 00:38:33,003
that gets to talk about things
together in a, in a very

553
00:38:33,013 --> 00:38:34,973
intimate and supportive setting.

554
00:38:35,403 --> 00:38:38,233
So everyone in the class will get
an opportunity to be a part of that

555
00:38:38,233 --> 00:38:43,323
groupme, and then each week I post
reflection questions, journal questions,

556
00:38:43,323 --> 00:38:47,303
discussion questions that have to
do with the phase of the moon each

557
00:38:47,303 --> 00:38:53,093
week, taking us through the cycles of
healing throughout the entire month,

558
00:38:53,283 --> 00:38:57,773
as well as that same cycle that happens
in the two hours we are in class.

559
00:38:58,348 --> 00:39:03,238
So larger cycles and smaller cycles,
because that's what healing is.

560
00:39:03,248 --> 00:39:07,478
It's all about these cycles and
following the flow of those cycles

561
00:39:07,478 --> 00:39:11,858
of our bodies and learning how
to integrate them into our lives.

562
00:39:12,488 --> 00:39:16,408
So if that sounds like something you'd be
interested in, remember when I confront

563
00:39:16,418 --> 00:39:21,528
you about these healing through art
classes that I teach, just know that I

564
00:39:21,528 --> 00:39:24,278
am not asking you to join an art class.

565
00:39:24,408 --> 00:39:27,658
I am asking you to engage
with art as a healing.

566
00:39:28,513 --> 00:39:31,253
session as a healing opportunity.

567
00:39:32,293 --> 00:39:35,403
So that is what I have
offered coming up in April.

568
00:39:35,773 --> 00:39:38,623
Um, you can check out that on my website.

569
00:39:38,623 --> 00:39:39,713
We'll be on www.

570
00:39:40,253 --> 00:39:41,873
prism healing.

571
00:39:42,193 --> 00:39:46,243
com is where I will have
all of my upcoming events.

572
00:39:46,513 --> 00:39:49,653
I have a my body, my
dance party coming up.

573
00:39:49,653 --> 00:39:51,843
I am just releasing tickets.

574
00:39:52,873 --> 00:39:56,163
today, the day I'm recording this,
not the day I'm releasing it.

575
00:39:56,173 --> 00:39:58,663
So by the time this is
released, it will already be up.

576
00:39:59,123 --> 00:40:00,103
So go check that out.

577
00:40:00,113 --> 00:40:02,653
We have a limited
tickets that we can sell.

578
00:40:02,653 --> 00:40:08,333
It's going to be a pretty fun and amazing,
but also kind of small dance party.

579
00:40:08,333 --> 00:40:11,753
So only 80 tickets will be sold.

580
00:40:12,343 --> 00:40:14,303
And that sounds like a
lot, but it's kind of.

581
00:40:14,623 --> 00:40:17,893
you know, kind of small
for a dance party, I guess.

582
00:40:18,683 --> 00:40:22,183
So you can check that out on my website
that will be available to purchase.

583
00:40:22,193 --> 00:40:25,203
So if you are local and you would like
to engage with some of those things that

584
00:40:25,203 --> 00:40:31,113
I have going on, if you are not local,
I do have a couple of online classes

585
00:40:31,113 --> 00:40:33,323
that I'll be releasing on my website.

586
00:40:33,333 --> 00:40:38,763
So stay tuned for my rituals and
spells class coming up and an online

587
00:40:39,163 --> 00:40:45,053
altars, creating sacred spaces
class that you can take over Zoom.

588
00:40:45,253 --> 00:40:49,133
They will be online so anyone from
anywhere in the world can hop on.

589
00:40:50,043 --> 00:40:53,803
And those will not at this moment
in time be recorded and released.

590
00:40:53,813 --> 00:40:59,123
So you will want to be on the
class live to get in on that.

591
00:40:59,383 --> 00:41:00,503
And it's only 10.

592
00:41:00,513 --> 00:41:03,863
So very affordable for anyone
who would like to join us.

593
00:41:05,233 --> 00:41:06,333
So you can check those out.

594
00:41:06,373 --> 00:41:11,363
And if you want to follow me to
get Reminders about those events,

595
00:41:11,413 --> 00:41:16,018
you can follow me at on Instagram
at Prism underscore Healing.

596
00:41:17,138 --> 00:41:21,768
I am on TikTok at Prism
Healing, and I am on Facebook at

597
00:41:21,818 --> 00:41:24,028
Courtney Pearls Prism Healing.

598
00:41:24,448 --> 00:41:29,608
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599
00:41:29,608 --> 00:41:34,218
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00:41:34,858 --> 00:41:40,638
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601
00:41:40,928 --> 00:41:45,098
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602
00:41:45,098 --> 00:41:47,128
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603
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604
00:41:49,088 --> 00:41:52,718
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605
00:41:53,118 --> 00:41:58,888
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606
00:41:59,258 --> 00:42:01,568
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607
00:42:02,163 --> 00:42:07,283
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608
00:42:07,283 --> 00:42:12,973
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609
00:42:12,973 --> 00:42:18,673
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610
00:42:18,923 --> 00:42:20,913
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611
00:42:21,283 --> 00:42:22,223
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612
00:42:22,563 --> 00:42:26,958
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613
00:42:26,958 --> 00:42:32,178
Community who does a lot of managing
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614
00:42:32,668 --> 00:42:37,858
So a special shout out and thank
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615
00:42:37,908 --> 00:42:42,188
I am a part of and have been
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616
00:42:42,188 --> 00:42:45,668
Thank you so much Daybreak Community
and I will see you next time.

617
00:42:46,118 --> 00:42:47,898
Go make magic witches and wizards!