Someone comes to the therapy studio today and says that she feels like she’s “mucking around,” not getting anything done. She wonders if she has to have a focus, or a plan of what she is going to work on before she goes into the studio. That may be one approach, I say, but may [...]
March 22 – April 26, 2011 At Nina’s studio in Santa Fe A woman’s group is always based in the body. It is the feminine nature, to be in the body. Unfortunately, we have come far from our own instincts, from knowing what we know, and hearing, and trusting that “small voice.” In the next [...]
The Intuitive Painting Workshop in Sayulita was wonderful!! Many of the participants had life changing breakthroughs. Some of the ideas, themes, and poems we worked with are as follows: If you want to paint, you have to surrender……… Risk abandonment, as in any vulnerable relationship……… Silence your heart from figuring it out……… Find the altar [...]
In honor of International Women’s Day Still I Rise You may write me down in history With your bitter, twisted lies, You may trod me in the very dirt But still, like dust, I’ll rise. Does my sassiness upset you? Why are you beset with gloom? ‘Cause I walk like I’ve got oil wells Pumping [...]
I was speaking with a client today who had to put her beloved old dog to sleep. She is now grieving this loss. She feels a certain sense of disorientation, as her daily life with her dog has been permanently disrupted. We spoke today of what she would like to do to comfort herself. Before [...]
