I hope you had a lovely weekend. Following my post from Friday on sending heART energy out into the world and choosing gratitude, self-care and other heART energies, I just wanted to share what I created.
Friday I decided to spend some time on caring for myself so after a lovely long swim, I treated myself to a luxurious pedicure and an extra session of reflexology – my absolute favorite self-care routine. 🙂 It felt so good to pamper myself a little and set me up for the weekend ahead of drawing, tidying up my studio and focusing on the kind of activities I listed in my Friday blog post.
I have recently be drawn to circles and mandalas, and above is an image I have been working on in my journal as part of my recent “Creative Cleanse” I did. (working through the material I created for the upcoming Color Bliss course (in October). I focused on the colors of the heart chakra and also using the traditional heart chakra image of 12 petals which are usually of the lotus flower.
I did a lot of meditating this weekend and listening to uplifting music to open my heart. I found myself desperate to tidy my studio, so have been spending time, essentially “creating a clearing”. Something new is wanting to let itself in I can feel it. I have had such a strong desire to clear the energies of my living and working space, to offload some possessions. An abundance of creativity is coming and I cannot wait. 🙂
What were some of the activities you enjoyed this weekend? If you did participate in the heART energy exercise, how did you feel? and what did you create? I would love you to share below in the comments.
Hi, I'm Louise and thank you so much for visiting me here. I am a mixed media artist, who is passionate about combining the healing energy of nature and color with the meditative process of mandala making
Hello Louise. I love this! I fully embraced my family with lots of extra hugs and kisses and together time. I focused on celebrating life and really made sure to hold my highest thoughts of peace and love on this day. I feel this is so important now more then ever!
xo
Dearest sweet Louise, i love love this sooo much! I started meditation too tho im not good with it (i still cant really focus on stillness and nothingness) but im enjoying the process. Im loving your heart mandalas and it’s gorgeous color. I had a wonderful weekend with yoga, sewing and happy hours with friends, oh and watching little kids playing with the candles and lanters from my little studio window. We are celebrating Mid-Autumn Festival today. Have a lovely merry happy week and love to you!
Thank you so much! It was a really great idea!
This is my blog post about it http://alatvianrita.blogspot.com/2011/09/my-share-for-today-lets-spread-love.html
Namaste
Even though I didn’t see the previous post till Saturday I still centred on my heart and the feelings surrounding it. My activities were – teaching my first art journal class to a lovely creative bunch of women, playing my favourite uplifting music all weekend, spending quality time with my family members, continuing to declutter my house, meditating, and quiet reflection on what I have to be grateful for. I felt great and would love to do this on a more regular basis so will put it on my calendar as a regular event for me. You asked us what we created and I would say that I created lovely clear space where once there was blocked, stagnant energy, I created a day of sharing love and happiness in my class, they gave me as much joy as they said I gave them, I created a time to reconnect with my spirit.
Thanks for the prompt
Lee:)