Over,  the years are body gets worn and torn. I feel that early on most of us are told that we are not OK and we are flawed. It is totally conditioned in us by Advertisers, Social Media, and Reality TV. Over time we start to believe it and body starts getting tattered up. Our emotive thoughts are so powerful, that it easily becomes a self fulfilling prophecy. We gain weight. We eat toxic food. We get sick. Our skin starts sagging. Our mental health suffers. In many of us our body temple becomes abused.  Add to the mix all of our past trapped traumas and toxic emotions start to fester dis-ease with in ourselves.  Also, one we cannot forget the stress of living in today's world. Jumping on Twitter or listening to NPR can give one a nervous breakdown. These are trying times and this chaotic insanity affects your health and wellbeing. I feel that is really the Self Care moment is about, many are waking up to the empowering fact that we can co-create a better world, a better body, and a better reality for ourselves. We must start reverently taking care of our body temples and we must start taking care of our HOME, Mama Earth. What we do to the Earth and her Animal Kingdom is the macrocosm of what we are doing to ourselves. Truth be known it is horrific abuse on all levels. And needs to stop! This is why the Self Care movement is so important and so empowering. It is really waking folks up to that ancient Oracle of Delphi truth, To Know ThySelf. Know thy mind, body, and spirit! Embrace your personal sovereignty. Remember your power is not outside or separate of you, it is inside of you. We were all born whole and the human world has tore us into fragments. It is time to rise like the Phoenix out the ashes into your intrinsic wholeness.

As Dr. Joe Dizpenza says,  “And can you teach your body emotionally what it would feel like to believe in this way . . . to be empowered . . . to be moved by your own greatness . . . to be invincible . . . to have courage . . . to be in love with life . . . to feel unlimited . . . to live as if your prayers are already answered? . . .”

So let's all rise up into the greatest version of ourselves. When we are radiate and healthy, you can transform others. Embracing the your are both an artist and healer. Perfect health and well being is your inheritance. Proclaim as you heal your self and begin to Love every inch of your mind, body, and soul, you can change this world for the better. You can affect others in positive way. You can be part of the solution. It is time to step up like a giant and shine your light into the world. Begin living out loud, drinking in the presence of the moment from the fountain of eternity. Start taking care of yourself and treat yourself like the Divine being  you are.

During my Harmonia, 10,000 Steps of Gratitude beach meditation this mantra keeps yelping into my being: "Heaven is Earth, Gaia is Heaven, and your body is a temple. Restore your temple in reverence, back to wholeness and balance." It is a beautiful empowering revelation to my Soul, Mind, and Body. Self Care, Self Love, and Self Healing are creative holistic journeys. We at the Harmonia Institute feel that you are a work of Art and you should treat  yourself with the highest of reverence. Below is beautiful mandala exercise to embody and activate your inner medicine woman.

Harmonia Practice: Activating your inner Medicine Woman
So here is an Law Attraction Harmonia mandala exercise with the Goddess Archetype Akeso. Here name means curing, the process of curing. Begin your journey into the highest version of your Self.

Harmonia Practice Recipe Ingredients

• Download for free your Harmonia Akeso mandala template HERE.
• All the creative prompts, mantras, and questions are on the backside of the mandala template
• Study how to create a magical Sigil. HERE is a nice DIY description. This is how you will create your mandala.
• Take time to really listen to your physical and emotional body and ask it what needs to healed and shed. Write this all down.
• Art Supplies you will need, pen, acrylic paint, paper, oil pastels, journal for aha's
• Doterra essential oil: Frankincense for tenting. This basically placing the oil on the inside of your wrists and placing your palms together a tent and inhale 7 times. If want to set up a Doterra account, I would love to help you out. E-mail me at the [email protected] to set up an appointment.
• Create your Sacred Creation Space: Intentionally place crystals, difuse essential oils, and play some sacred music. Set up your space for creating with all your art supplies. Give yourself at least 30 minutes to complete the process of curing.
• More support. Get the amazing book, The Secret Language of Your Body by Inna Segal.
• When you Mandala is complete place it in local space, where you mediate or walk by.
• In your Harmonia practice Also, do research on other holistic health support tools and products. With essential oils they are medicinal, so do a Google search on what essential oil heals your dis-ease. Also, you can create some amazing DIY skin products and healthy non-toxic cleaning products with essential oils. Use crystals for healing, research which crystal will magnify your curing process. Also, eat clean organic foods. Drink lots of water. Meditate daily, walk at least 10,000 steps a day,walk in Nature as often as you can, make art, talk to your Soul and your Higher guides daily, connect with animals, talk to strangers, and buy yourself some flowers. Lastly, take care of your teeth and gums. I recently began this Primal Life Organics 21 Oral Detox is amazing. Click HERE to find out more and to receive a free gift.

Here is to Harmonious Health and Radiant Balance. Let's all age with grace and ease. Realize how beautiful, powerful, magical, and Divine we all are!! The Universe is within you!!

“Yet, at the quantum level, NO part of the body lives apart from the rest. There are no wires holding together the molecules of your arteries, just as there are no visible connections binding together the stars in a galaxy. Yet arteries and galaxies are both securely held together, in a seamless, perfect design. The invisible bonds that you cannot examine under a microscope are quantum in nature; without this "hidden physiology," your visible physiology could not exist. It would never have been more than a random collection of molecules.” ― Deepak Chopra

Any questions about this Harmonia Practice? E-mail me at the [email protected]

See my healing Sigil mandala below.

***Schedule your an essential oils Harmonia free consultation session at [email protected] With your purchase of doTerra, I will teach you an intro to Harmonia. You will receive a free Harmonia 30 minutes session. I will teach how to incorporate essential oils in to your creative practices. As well as the basics of essentials oils. Your session comes with a free Harmonia and goal setting worksheet.

About Harmonia:
Learning to Glow & Flow with Harmonia & Do terra Essential Oils. A Self-Care Practices for a Healthy Mind, Body, and Soul 

Dive deep within and discover a new modality of self care.  Learn strategies for stress management, life - work balance, and success. Learn to listen to your heart. Learn the empowering basics of essential oils for your emotional and physical well being. As well as discover Harmonia, an effective self care process that unleashes your creativity and magnifies your hearts desire through the interweaving of seven plus transformative tools. This practice is for artists, life coaches, instructors, creatives, entrepreneurs, and anyone who wishes to enhance their own well being and their clients in natural way. Through this potent process gain new perspectives, radiance, and inspiration and achieve a new outlook on balancing the many competing aspects of life

Upon Mother Earth (Gaia) Everything is on Purpose!
This amazing planet "HER" we live on, is a  magical self regulation ecosystem of wellness and healing. Intuitively we reach out plants to settle symptoms, ease ailments, and infuse our bodies with well being. Integrating essential oils into your daily life enhances your health and verve.

Essential oils contain volatile aromatic compounds – which are tiny organic molecules that serve a variety of protective, reproductive and regenerative purposes.

Harmonia Essential Oils is inspired by the Goddess Harmonia. In Greek mythology she was the Mother of the Amazons. Which were a tribe of powerful female warriors. Harmonia Essential oils holistic mission is to empower all women to tap into the ancient wisdom of essential oils. Returning and revering Gaia. Embracing HER gifts, their true nature and well being.

Create Your Own Home-Based Wellness Business
Become a doTerra Wellness Advocate. Read about how you can partner with doTERRA essential oils, with myself as your mentor in creating a beautiful home-based wellness business.

I invite your to take a seat at the Harmonia Teams Table
Step-by-step instructions on how to do that are below. I recommend starting with the Home Essentials Kit (you’ll get the 10 oils we believe every home should have, plus a diffuser).

To begin using Doterra essential oils.
 Besides the physical and emotional healing and well being benefits, I have found that I am saving money on not buying expensive skin creams and cleaning supplies. Doterra offers a huge recipe guide for DIY products. You can check them out HERE.

** Step-by-step instructions on how to sign up are below.
To begin and sign up

I recommend starting with both the membership fee of $35 is covered in both kits

• Home Essentials Kit (you’ll get the 10 oils we believe every home should have, plus a diffuser). Which is at this link HERE (it contains Frankincense, Lavender, Lemon, Melaleuca, Oregano, Peppermint, doTERRA Breathe®, DigestZen®, doTERRA On Guard®, Deep Blue®(5 mL bottles)
  Petal Diffuser, The doTERRA Essentials Booklet

 

• Family Essentials kit which is at this link HERE (it contains Lavender, Lemon, Peppermint, Melaleuca, Oregano, Frankincense, Deep Blue®, doTERRA Breathe®, DigestZen®, doTERRA On Guard® (5 mL bottles)
  Peppermint Beadlets, doTERRA On Guard® Beadlets, The doTERRA Essentials Booklet

 

• If you need a diffuser. See on Amazon HERE
  
  
• If you chose to just pay the membership for $35 I would suggest Peppermint, Lavender, Copaiba, OnGuard
  
  

IF YOU CHOSE THE  HOME ESSENTIALS & OR THE FAMILY ESSENTIALS KIT IT CONTAINS:
Click HERE for Essential Oils 101.
Amazing uses for the oils that are included in your Home Essentials Kit and some of their uses.

Peppermint: Cools body temperature, energizing, settles upset tummy. This is also great to add to water and to brush your teeth with. Click HERE  for 35 remarkable benefits and uses for peppermint oil

Lemon: Detoxifying, non-tox cleaner, purifies air, great for focus, delicious in salad dressings. Click HERE for 10 of the greatest benefits and uses for lemon oil.

Lavender: Calming to the nervous system, soothes irritated skin, promotes restful sleep. This is a wonder oil. Great to create a skin care product with coconut oil. Click HERE for the amazing benefits and uses for lavender oil.

Oregano: Nature’s antibiotic! You can also use this to cook with and to clean with. Click HERE for the top 21 benefits and uses for oregano oil.

Tea Tree: Great for bites and stings, blemishes and can be used as an insect repelliant. Super for gum and teeth health to. Click HERE for 14 benefits and uses for tea tree oil.

Frankincense: Fights inflammation, incredibly beautifying and anti-ageing for the skin, promotes cellular regeneration. The wonder oil. Click HERE for the healing benefits of frankincense.

Doterra Breathe: Respiratory blend, clears airways, great support for asthmatics, energizing. This perfect clear allergies and stuffiness. Uses

• Diffuse, inhale directly from palms, or rub on chest or feet when seasonal and environmental threats are high.Use when outdoors to minimize the effects of seasonal threats. Diffuse at bedtime for a restful environment.

Deep Blue: Apply topically for muscle and joint pain. Wonderful for aches.

OnGuard: Protective blend - wards off bacteria, protects the immune system and loads the body with antioxidants. You can create cleaning products this as well. Safe and natural cleaning recipes HERE. I also use this for teeth and gum health. Great when  you are feeling a little bug coming on.

DigestZen: Digestive blend - promotes healthy digestzen, settles heartburn, bloatedness, cramping and nausea. This really works.

Some Recipes
When mixing the oils always use glass containers. For little bottles you can find them on Amazon HERE. These are also fun for gifts as well.

**Back pain relief essential oils: Peppermint, Cypress, and Frankincense mix with coconut oil either fractured (See HERE  for fractured coconut oil or use regular)

** For amazing firming and anti aging skin oil use

1. Jojoba oil mix in 10 drops each of Cypress oil and Geranium oil, 7 drops Frankincense oil to buy Jojoba oil from Amazon click HERE.
2. Jojoba oil Sandalwood oil 5 drops each of: Geranium oil, Lemon oil, Frankincense oil, Myrrh oil, and Rosemary oil
3. Click HERE for Food recipes
4. Click HERE for DIY Skin care and body products.

With Doterra you do not just receive the oils you get guidance, education, and support. Doterra Online Education is HERE.

When you become part of DoTerra with Harmonia you will get

•  Welcome email with a gorgeous PDF outlining the basics on how to get started
• 150 Uses for Your Home Essentials Kit PDF
• 30 minute Harmonia Wellness Consult with me. We’ll make sure you have the oils you need and that you’re getting the most of of your membership.
• Access to our Wellness Essentials Tribe Facebook group, where people share their experience with the oils on the daily.

HOW TO BUY THE OILS AND TO CHANGE YOUR LIFE

WHEN YOU'RE READY TO PURCHASE, FOLLOW THESE DIRECTIONS CAREFULLY:

• Click this link: mydoterra.com/harmoniaessentialoils1
• Click Join & Save
• Choose the country and language that's appropriate for you
• Choose either Wholesale Customer or Wellness Advocate. ( I recommend Wellness Advocate)
  
  
• Enter your personal information. There is no need to include your tax information if you’re not intending of sharing the oils with your friends and family.
• At *Enroller id*, enter my number: 5533975
• Then click verify (it should then show you my name)
• Allocate yourself a password
• Click over to the next page
• Select what kit you'd like to order. If you just want to start with a couple of oils instead of a kit, start typing the name of the oil in the box and it will appear for you to select it. Be sure to select the $35 introductory packet if you're not enrolling with a kit. Purchasing a kit waives this enrollment fee.
• Enter your Credit Card details and process your order.
  
  

Once your payment processes, you'll be asked whether you want to set up your Loyalty Rewards Program order. This is voluntary (there are no obligations), however, if you're looking at exploring the business opportunity, a monthly order is essential so you can get paid commissions. If you're simply interested in being a customer, you'll love the LRP for the free product incentives.

If you decide to go ahead and set this up, select a date preferably before the 15th of next month (you'll receive a FREE oil from doTERRA if your order reaches 125PV or more), select your oils, and enter your payment details one more time. Please note: your credit card will NOT be processed until the date you've selected for shipping.

Shop essential oils HERE
Wholesale Products and doTerra Wellness Advocate Opportunities.
For more inspiration, education, and articles go to Harmonia Facebook page HERE
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HISTORY OF ESSENTIAL OILS
Nature’s Source for Health, Healing, Vitality and Longevity! By Essential Oils Academy

Since ancient times, and as near as we can tell, from the beginning of recorded history the plant kingdom has provided rare and powerful extracts and essences that have long been prized for their beauty enhancing, medicinal, spiritual, aromatic and therapeutic value.

Aromatic plants, essences and oils have been used for ages in ceremony, religious observances, beauty care, food preparation and preservation, as incense, and for perfumes. Aromatic plants have also been the basis for herbal and botanical medicines and remedies for thousands of years. In fact, they’re the root of today’s pharmaceuticals.

The earliest essential oils usage evidence occurs in the period of 3000-2500 B.C.
It’s common for Egyptians to be given credit as the first culture to use aromatic extracts for beauty care, culinary uses, spiritual and physical wellbeing. But it is believed that essential oil-like extracts were also being used in China and India at nearly the same time. Depending on who is citing historical evidence, you can also find references to Ayurvedic uses of essential oils in India much earlier.

Whichever way we look at it, history of the following cultures has enriched and enhanced valuable aspects of the essential oils and aromatherapy world.
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A Brief History of Essential Oils Around the World
EGYPT
As early as 2000 BC, the ancient Egyptians were using essential oils for medicinal benefits, beauty care, spiritual enhancement, and in literally all aspects of their daily life.
The Egyptians were passionate about beauty; they took beauty care very seriously and were considered highly accomplished in specialized beauty care treatments. In fact, Cleopatra’s legendary beauty is attributed to her extensive use of the customary Egyptian essential oils, fatty oils, clays and salts from the spa on the edge of the Dead Sea – gifted her by Marc Antony, and other naturally occurring treatments.

Expensive aromatics and perfumes were worn in Egypt by the ruling families and the priests. Egyptian temple priests – the doctors of the day – were renowned for their herbal preparations, tinctures, unguents, salves and ointments. They employed the vast variety of aromatic balms, resins and powders in many ways for both religious and medicinal purposes. Formulas and recipes for the ancient remedies are still considered highly prized in our world today.

Many ancient pictorials on Egyptian temple walls depict essential oils extraction and care, Egyptian royalty using essential oils, as well as valued recipes and formulas. Clearly, essential oils were revered in the culture. In fact, when King Tutankhamen’s tomb was discovered and opened in 1922, the excavation team found (among other things), over 50 ancient alabaster jars – specially carved containers for essential oils. Raiders of the tomb had taken the prized essential oils, but had left the gold!

GREECE
Much of the education that became part of Greek, Roman and Jewish culture was derived from the Egyptians.

Hippocrates, the Greek physician whose influence still informs the medical community, was considered the father of modern medicine. Among other things, he studied and documented the medicinal influence of over 300 plants, and is reported to have advised that “The way to health is to have an aromatic bath and scented massage every day.”

He reportedly believed strongly in the medicinal benefit of fumigation with aromatics and used fumigation in the city of Athens to combat the plague. He also prescribed aromatic treatments for fallen soldiers on the battlefields.

A contemporary of Hippocrates, Theophrastus wrote:
“It is to be expected the perfumes should have medicinal properties in view of the virtues of their spices. The effect of plasters and of what some may call poultices prove these virtues, since they disperse tumors and abscesses and produce a distinct effect on the body and its interior parts.”

Implicit in his observation is a fundamental principle of therapeutic aromatherapy – that essential oils applied externally affect the internal organs and tissues of the body.


INDIA
Essential oils have been a core element of the Indian Ayurvedic health care system; a natural healing system blending spiritual, philosophical and practical elements.
No one is sure exactly how old Ayurvedic medicine is. We understand that it has been practiced for at least 5000 years and is widely practiced in India today. A principal tenant is aromatic massage. Ayurvedic literature from 2000 BC records Indian doctors administering oils of cinnamon, ginger, myrrh, coriander, spikenard and sandalwood to their patients.
The term Ayurveda, a traditional Indian text, is rooted in Sanskrit. Derived from the words “ayur,” meaning ‘life’, and veda,” meaning ‘knowledge’. The Vedas, India’s most sacred book, mentions over 700 different herbs and aromatics codifying the uses of perfumes and aromatics for religious and therapeutic purpose. Basil is one of the sacred plants India, believed to open the heart and mind, bestowing the energy of love and devotion. Sacred to Vishnu and Krishna Indian deities, it is said to strengthen faith, compassion and clarity.
While this is only one simple teaching of the Ayurvedic tradition, Ayurvedic wisdom and influence is becoming more and more prominent in today’s western culture, with high profile proponents such as Deepak Chopra, as well as training institutions in the US and Canada.

ROME
The Roman culture was deeply influenced by the Greeks, with influences that were heavily inter-woven through centuries of war. The Greek influence is most apparent in architecture and health care.

When it comes to aromatics and health, more than any of the other cultures, the Romans used aromatic materials and essential oils with sheer extreme and decadence. They bathed with them lavishly, several times a day, and had frequent massages with essential oils. Oils were also used to scent the hair, body and the bed. The most exotic oils available were blended by highly skilled perfumers, creating celebrated fragrances.

A prominent Greek physician, doctor for the Roman army, Pedanius Dioscorides, wrote an impressive 5-volume reference work on herbal medicine during the first century A.D. With well over 600 remedies in those publications, time and 1,500 years of medical practice has proven that many remedies he wrote about are very useful. For example, myrrh is helpful with gum infections; juniper berry is a well-known diuretic; marjoram has sedative properties; and cypress can be useful in relieving diarrhea.

CHINA
In China, herbs and plant medicine are an integral part of Traditional Chines Medicine. They’re also in important part of Chinese folk medicine. Specific use of essential oils has been traced to before the time of Christ. The oldest surviving medical text that we’re aware of is Shennong’s Herbal, dated around 2700 BC, containing information on usage of 365 plants. Shennong was a ruler, father of Chinese herbal medicine, and cultural hero of China who taught his people the practices of agriculture. He consumed hundreds of herbs to test their medical value, and is said to have discovered tea and to be the father of Traditional Chinese Medicine, including acupuncture.

Another significant influence on today’s Eastern medicine stems from Huángdì, the Yellow Emperor, who is said to have authored a book on internal medicine, including important uses of essential oils, which is till used as a reference for practitioners today. In today’s aromatherapy world, along with contributing the valuable historical plant medicine texts, China is one of the most prolific producers of essential oils.

THE BIBLE
Both the Old and New Testament have dozens of references to aromatic plants, with at least 12 essential oils mentioned over 9 times respectively.

Essential oils and herbs that are specifically mentioned in the bible include cedarwood, frankincense, fir, cinnamon, myrrh, myrtle and spikenard.

One of the most well-known references to aromatics is of the Magi bringing gold, frankincense and myrrh to the Christ child. Another significant reference is in the book of Exodus in which Moses received the specifics for a holy anointing oil. Included in that formula was cassia, cinnamon, clove, galbanum, myrrh, olive oil and spikenard.
Many of the specific uses for essential oils, as well as recipes for essential oil blends in today’s world are a direct result of biblical references.


EUROPE
During the Middle Ages, Hippocrates’ wisdom and the use of aromatics was denounced by the Catholic Church as decadent; bathing for healing or ‘the cure’ was deemed ‘inappropriate’. This temporarily reduced the use of essential oils therapeutically, although they were kept in use for their pleasant aromas.

History seems to point to the Monks of that era for secretly keeping plant medicine and wisdom alive and well, although the threat of persecution or being burned at the stake was ever-present. The use of herbs and essential oils was labeled as ‘witchcraft’. Many lost their lives or were outcast from their communities during that time period.

By the 1600′s, writings about herbal medicine and essential oils became widespread. By the 1800’s most of the pharmacopoeia of England, Germany and France were referencing and prescribing essential oils for a variety of illnesses.

At the same time, large flower-growing districts in the south of France were supplying raw materials for French perfumers. Tuberculosis was common, yet workers processing flowers and herbs generally remained disease-free. Believing that essential oils in the plants were protecting the workers, the first recorded lab test of the anti-bacterial properties of essential oils was performed in 1887.

In 1910 Rene-Maurice Gattefosse, a French cosmetic chemist, severely burned his hands and arms in an accidental lab explosion. He extinguished the flames, but as he described it, “both my hands were covered with rapidly developing gas gangrene.” He submerged his burns in a large container of lavender oil, reporting that “just one rinse with lavender essence stopped the gasification of the tissue. This treatment was followed by profuse sweating and healing which began the next day.”

Although he previously had no interest in natural healing methods, his astonishing burn experience led Gattefosse to investigate the medical uses of essential oils by treating soldiers in military hospitals during World War I. He coined the term “aromatherapie” in 1920’s-1930’s – the treatment of disease and injury using aromatic essential oils.

Jean Valnet, a Parisian medical doctor and army surgeon, who was also a colleague of Gattefosse’s, began to use essential oils —with great success—as antiseptics treating war wounds during the Indochina war from 1948-1959.  As the story goes, he was in China treating war wounded when he ran out of his supply of antibiotics. Out of desperation he began to use essential oils on the injured. He was amazed to see how the essential oils fought infection, crediting many lives saved due to the use of essential oils.
After the war, he continued using essential oils in his practice, publishing in 1964 the comprehensive text The Practice of Aromatherapy, earning him global recognition and providing impetus for further interest, study and discovery.

In the 1980′s French MD, Daniel Pénoël along with French biochemist Pierre Franchomme, investigated and catalogued the medical properties of over 270 essential oils, recommending uses for a clinical environment. They then co-authored a reference book listing the medicinal properties of those oils. The book, published in French in 1990, L’aromatherapie Exactement, quickly became the primary reference book for secondary authors researching and writing of the medical benefits of essential oils.
In Europe Today
Today, in France, Germany and England, it is common for doctors to offer a choice when prescribing remedies for a specific health condition. Patients can choose either prescription medicines or natural essential oils. Both are distributed through pharmacies across Europe.

Historically Proven
Essential oils have not only stood the test of time, they have proven their efficacy and effectiveness on every level. Tradition and historical records provide proven insights and understanding of how essential oils were used in the past, and how they can benefit our lives today. Happily, with the renewed interest in essential oils, and resurgence in their use, there are many, many new clinical studies and publications documenting the efficacy and benefits.
Aromatherapy is now becoming a powerful bridge between cultures, modalities and health care professionals.

The Harmonia Practice is the Art of Consciousness. As well as it is the Art of Allowing Sacred Balance and Beauty to awaken within you. It is epic Soul Care. When you create, you activate yourself as a creator. It is the most powerful state of being, when one does it with courage, no judgement, and intuitive play. 
 Here is our 10 Art Power Takeaways

1. Art is considered to be the domain of the Heart.
2. Art is Your Manifesting Super Power. It is your tool for Transformation, Alchemy, and Healing.
3. At its core Art  is the process of Creation. Complete proof you are a Creator. 
4. Art is the union of polarities, active and receptive, inner and outer. 
5. Art gets you out of the way, scientific studies have shown it improves your mental and physical health. It relaxes one and honor your sacredness. 
6. Art and its process take one on a deep dive into your consciousness. It is a bridge between your subconscious and consciousness. It as an expression of what is inside let out. 
7. Make Things Know They Self. 
8. Art Heightens empathy and positive emotions.
9. Art Connects You with something larger than yourself.
10. Art is a portal, a doorway into the mysteries of your inner self. Art is an Oracle. It gives you messages, insights, and awakenings to your inner musings. Art is your greatest teacher and greatest healer. Lastly, Art is Talisman. It is the residue of your psychic imprint. Just as the ancient shamans would ritualistically land their hand prints on the caves walls. When you create Art, it becomes an object of power. That says you are here, your are consciousness, you are a "Creatrix Matrix," and you are the "I AM" presence that is interconnected with the Divine Love within the whole of the Universe.
    

I love and I am part of the Human Potential Movement, the Arts & Healing movement, the Arts & Consciousness Movement, and the Self Care Movement. 

The Harmonia Institute is a result and a reflection of my own lives journey into the creative processes of healing, alchemy, sacred practices, and transformation. I am walking the talk. To be honest, Art and my holistic rituals has literally saved my life! And as I journey onward they have really refined my spiritual evolution.

Also, for emotional healing, I always have used essential oils, but it was only about two years ago that I started integrating them into my Arts & Healing teachings and practices. To think back it really happened with my Artemis Sacred Journeys Retreats in Tinos and Delos, Greece. For my morning Harmonia YogART sessions, I incorporated and researched the essential oils, that would empower the Goddess Archetype and the Chakra system. It was miraculous how the essential oils brought one closer to their inner worlds, deeper into ones creativity, intuition, and their personal power. Then on a pilgrimage to Egypt last year, as we traveled to several temples ~I was entranced that the ancients used and knew the healing power of essential oils for our body and emotions. It was written on their temple walls, like recipes of alchemic transformation for all to know.

With great joy,  I have totally integrated essential oils into my Harmonia YogART practices and teachings! Also, I have integrated them into my big life events. I create special essential oil blends to amplify the process.

 One such big event is I am so honored to be part of us the  MANIFEST YOUR DREAMS SERIES SUMMIT with the amazing and miraculous host Marie Lugtu. I created, through research and intuition an essential oil blend of manifestation. As well as a Harmonia practice to use Art and intention to manifest ones dreams. It is made from Wild Orange essential to elicit joy and Clary sage oil to boost self-esteem, confidence, hope, and mental strength. I sent this essential oil and the Harmonia practice to Marie and she said it totally shifted her state. She was amazed about the power of Art and how it can be a tool for realizing your greatest dreams . She said it had a mystery element to it. As you know we are multi -dimensional beings with multi senses, when creating intentions and healing we need to use a diverse and holistic self care tools to channel our highest intentions. We are creators of our own reality! You can do the Harmonia Practice at link HERE.

I am so excited to be part of this series on Manifesting Your Dreams! Here is more about it.
Connect with Marie Lugtu, Spiritual Healer. She is hosting a free online video interview series called Manifest Your Dreams! How to connect to your deepest calling & start manifesting miracles in your life!  I am grateful to be one of the 21 hand-picked influencers interviewed for this transformative event. Expose yourself to the high frequency of living in the moment and unleashing your light with pure and honest conversations about manifesting miracles in your everyday life.  Each Influencers share how their ordinary lives became extraordinary when they applied their simple and practical tool and habits to continually and consistently create lasting results. I invite you to join me, I talk about how Art is a perfect tool to manifest your Dreams and Miracles, and gain access to this exciting online event. Join me as I am interviewed by Marie Lugtu at this link HERE !

The other huge event that I created an essential oil blend for was Tony Robbins weekend intensive Unleash Your Power. This oil was a super power for my transformative weekend, it really help me conquer my fears and limited beliefs. Also, the oil  amplified Tony's phenomenal teachings and it totally supported me in doing the Fire Walk with pure enchanted certainty!! Everyone around  me at the workshop was like can I use some of the oil and of course I said YES!  The oil I created I called it, "You Are A Force of Nature. Heal, Unlock, & Unleash Your." It contains Basil (which ensues mental clarity and strength), Lavender ( it allows a person to settle into their heart and speak with gentleness and kindness.) frankincense (prayer and meditation, helping a person drop out of their mind and Ego and move into presence with their spirit or center of consciousness.) and lastly vetiver (it stabilizes tranquility, brings a quiet assurance drawing you to the earth, offering support and strength as you reconcile the changes taking place. It also lends itself to thoughtful consideration, as you discard ways of relating that no longer serve you. ) i.e. changing one negative patterns in ones subconscious and emotional body.

Return to your Natural state of harmony and balance. With enchanted certainty, we all deserve to dream big, to heal, to reveal, to manifest, to serve, to contribute, and to unleash our inner power.  There by becoming a force of nature and making huge impact in this world.  Integrate these amazing essential oil blends into your transformative and intentional rituals!! Let the ancient wisdom of plant medicine connect you to your truest and highest self.

From DIVINE SOUL :Being Divine Love in Heart, Mind, Life, and Body By Peter Borys Jr

Heart Consciousness and the Electromagnetic Acoustical Body
Our experience in the dimensional universe is within an organized field of information as energy and frequency.  We are Divine infinite consciousness expressing life through consciousness vehicles on Earth.  All is consciousness that is organizing and oscillating along an infinite continuum.  From within our participation of the lower frequencies that comprise energy as physical matter, we can understand consciousness in this dimension through frequencies of light and sound.  These frequencies of consciousness are transduced from higher dimensions of subtle energy throughout an infinite continuum of the Divine.


Mind of Light and Body of Sound
The Light mind is our intuitive knowing mind that is beyond the thought process of the dualistic thinking mind.  The thinking mind is a perpetual censor of experience in that it operates from the memory of what is known from the past.  It utilizes the survival systems of the brain, and protects itself based on our conditioning of ideas, systems, and beliefs. In addition, it results in disharmony because its dualistic approach to knowledge causes perpetual doubt.  This searching mind, conditioned by systems of past input, is never in the flow of the presence of now. Therefore, it cannot be creative.
The Light mind is a pure knowing mind that organizes and transmits information from the soul in spirit.  It works in unity with the physical body for the Divine infinite consciousness to experience and express love and creativity on Earth.  The Light mind oscillates throughout the electromagnetic spectrum in a harmonic of multi-frequencies, and emanates from the heart consciousness of our multidimensional incarnate being.
The harmonic knowing of the Light mind uses the low alpha and theta electromagnetic frequencies of brain waves ranging between 8Hz and 4Hz.  At these frequencies, the heart is in coherence with the prefrontal cortex of the brain.  For the incarnate human being, the heart is awareness and organizer for experiencing our multidimensional being and living Divine infinite consciousness through the physical body.  We cannot begin to understand the Light mind without heart consciousness.  The heart is foundational to all levels of the brain, the electromagnetic body, the body as crystalline matrix, the body as biophotons, the acoustical body, the nervous system, and endocrine system, DNA, and all of the chemical, molecular, and cellular systems of the body.
The heart is our transducer of the infinite consciousness of the soul in spirit. The heart is our organizing center for experiencing Divine consciousness which emanates at higher frequencies than the physical body vehicle.  The all is one infinite, nonlocal, and dimensionless loving intelligence of perfect restful creative action.  The heart consciousness is our experience point for expressing the Divine in the body.

Heart Consciousness Emanates the Light and Sound of Divine Infinite Consciousness through the Body
The heart is the center of the body that is a communication system.  The body is the soul and spirit of infinite consciousness organizing and manifesting at particular frequencies to experience information in the dimensional universe.  The human body is a transmitter and receiver of consciousness, information, and energy.  In this article, we are putting forth the understanding that our body is a communication medium that is a unity of light and sound.
In order to understand our Divine consciousness on Earth as the embodiment of sound and light, we will first put our awareness on the whole body as a crystalline matrix.  The crystalline nature of cellular consciousness forms the medium for the resonance and intercommunication of our being as a universal transmitter and receiver of consciousness, information, and energy.  The in-depth complexity of our biological crystalline cellular system is beyond our current discussion. For further knowledge on the crystalline nature of the body, see the work of Mae Wan Ho on liquid crystallinity.  The purpose here is to focus awareness on our overall cellular consciousness as a combination of piezoelectric crystals and liquid crystals.  Our crystalline cells resonate, amplify, transmit, and receive electromagnetic and acoustical waves.
As we awaken and evolve to embody the fullness of Divine infinite consciousness in the physical, we open to the awareness of the body as an intelligent organized information field of consciousness and energy.  There are many aspects to the awareness and the understanding  of how this Divine wisdom of infinite complexity can be understood in a simple way that is our consciousness of love and creative intention.  We are using many sciences and ways of seeing and feeling how the body consciousness functions.  It is our intent that looking from several angles of the prism, we will integrate the information into a knowing and simplified awareness.
Heart consciousness is our opening to the intuitive knowing Light mind and the infinite continuum of Divine consciousness.  It is the awakening to our true nature and the evolving embodiment of Divine infinite consciousness within the physical body on Earth.  The intelligence of the heart is holographic and manifests within physical form through a torus field.  We will see throughout the article that the harmonic resonance of the heart is interconnected with the Earth, Sun, galaxy, universe, and dimensionless spiritual realms.  Now, we focus on the heart organization of the transceiving systems of the human body as vehicle for the soul and Divine consciousness.
The heart intelligence is electromagnetic, sonic, neural, and hormonal.  The heart uses all these means of communication and carrier waves to receive and transmit information to the brain.  The heart’s connectivity to the prefrontal cortex is the most vital relationship for our multidimensional Divine awareness.   The research of the Institute of HeartMath, and the work of Joseph Chilton Pearce in his book, “The Biology of Transcendence: A Blueprint of the Human Spirit” provide excellent information on heart-brain coherence.  The heart, in addition to its electromagnetic field, consists of a high percentage of neural cells and produces hormones.  They are all part of the heart’s system of transducing infinite non-physical light into electromagnetic fields which are converted into electrochemical signals through the nerves and hormones.
The heart relays the infinite Light from within.  Through its toroidal field, it emanates the strongest electromagnetic field of the body.  The light aspect of consciousness from the heart communicates as electromagnetic radiation through the body’s crystalline cellular matrix.  In its communication with the brain and entire body, it utilizes the nervous and endocrine systems.  Later, we will see how the sound aspect of consciousness from the heart also utilizes neural and hormonal pathways.
Robert O. Becker, in his books, “The Body Electric: Electromagnetism and the Foundation of Life,” and “Cross Currents: The Perils of Electromagnetic Pollution, The Promise of Electromedicine,” theorizes the existence of a direct current (DC) perineural nervous system (See also Robert Lawlor, “Voices of the First Day: Awakening in the Aboriginal Dreamtime,” pp. 377-381). The perineural system, which differs from the digital alternating current (AC) of the autonomic nervous system, is communicated through the perineural cells which surround all nerve cells.  The perineural cells are constructed like a crystalline lattice and transmit like semiconductors.  They may tie into the pineal gland and the body’s crystalline cellular matrix.  The DC perineural nervous system may be most resonant and coherent when it is being informed by a harmonic heart resonance.  We will see how this coherent resonance emanates from an 8Hz frequency, and interconnects heart consciousness, the electromagnetic brain waves of the low alpha/theta interface, the Earth’s Schumann resonance, and the sound of the Sun.  This harmonic may be part of the unity of light and sound.
When we shift our awareness to the harmonic low alpha brain wave frequency of 8Hz, we enable the brain and mind to be in coherence with the heart.  Itzhak Bentov in his work on consciousness and through his book, “Stalking the Wild Pendulum: On the Mechanics of Consciousness,” develops an understanding of sound in the heart-brain resonance (See also Richard Gerber’s “Vibrational Medicine: The #1 Handbook of Subtle-Energy Therapies,” pp. 401-413”).  In his view, in meditative awareness the electromagnetic frequencies of the heart synchronizes the heart’s beat with the pressure wave reflected back to the heart from the aortic bifurcation.  This synchronous timing creates a standing wave that oscillates the brain against the cranium.  This action results in a sound wave that moves through the neocortex.  The acoustical waves are translated into electrical energy that causes stimulation of the brain’s nerve tissue.  This action clears stresses of blocked energy in neural networks.  This is one aspect of how meditation (8Hz heart-brain resonance) evolves the nervous system to higher functioning.  This may result in an increased neural connection in the prefrontal cortex which enables the Light mind in unity with heart consciousness.  Then, with focused heart consciousness sends electromagnetic (light), sonic, and hormonal signals to the pineal gland which in turn produces hormones that enhance the receiving/transmitting of consciousness from multidimensions.
Sound is the feeling dimension of consciousness.  The audible range of human hearing is between 16Hz and 25,000Hz.  Sound below 16Hz is infrasound or extremely low frequency sound (ELFS), and sound above 25,000Hz is ultrasound.  The entire spectrum of sound frequency, both audible and inaudible is known by consciousness.  Audible frequencies may assist consciousness to remember, entrain, access, and generate frequencies of heart consciousness and the pure resonance of Divine awareness.  In fact, the direct sound of our nervous system can be heard as a high pitch when placing attention on the head.  John Beaulieu, in his book, “Human Tuning: Sound Healing with Tuning Forks,” describes how he heard the sound of his nervous system change to match the frequency of struck tuning forks, and that the cells release nitric oxide when the body is touched with an Otto 128Hz C tuning fork.
The 128Hz in C is harmonic in octaves from 8Hz (heart-brain coherence)—8Hz, 16Hz, 32Hz, 64Hz, 128Hz, 256Hz, and 512Hz.  An element in the work of Ananda Bosman relates music tuning at A=432Hz to the production of pineal gland hormones.  432Hz in A is harmonic to the heart-brain coherence of 8Hz in C.  The 8Hz frequency is most likely part of a complex overtone harmonic.  The single tone produces partials of the fundamental single tone.  Partials above the fundamental are called “overtones.”  These partials infinitely extend into the inaudible range in both the low and high frequency directions.
Jonathan Goldman, in “Healing Sounds:  The Power of Harmonics,” provides knowledge of vocal harmonics or overtone chanting, and examines the capacity of sound to affect consciousness.  The relationship of sound and consciousness is primarily through the infinite complexity of multi-frequency overtones and not specifically from a single tone.  The very close high frequency audible sounds of multiple Peruvian whistling vessels played at once may also relate to the complex overtone aspect of consciousness transduced and emanating as sound waves.
While the 8Hz heart-brain resonance is a guide and window or gateway into the understanding and wisdom, infinite consciousness cannot be reduced to a number or frequency as concept.  Intent as consciousness draws us into the system of the Light mind in heart consciousness and beyond to pure spirit.  The pure frequency resonance of Divine infinite consciousness is spirit, soul, and body in a multidimensional, multi-frequency harmonic.  It cannot be reduced to only one frequency measured through physical instruments in Hertz.

Knowing and Feeling as Light and Sound
Light as information in electromagnetic waves is the knowing mode of communicating consciousness in the body.  The mind in unity with the body receives and transmits knowing, wisdom, and being of the soul in spirit.  The mind mediates information from the soul and spirit, and transmits that information through the coordination of the heart in resonance with the brain by using electromagnetic frequencies.
Sound as information is the feeling mode of consciousness through the body.  Feeling is also another form of knowing.  In addition to the external physical sensation and sound of our body in time and space, we feel as sound from the interior of our body.  The inner sensation of feeling, which is described by Eugene Gendlin as the felt-sense, is sound frequency that can be audible, but is mainly in the inaudible range.  This feeling mode of consciousness as sound frequency can provide us a holistic sensation of knowing a situation, event, or experience.  Here, we can experience how knowing can be either light or sound.  Ultimately, light and sound unite as one in the knowing, wisdom, and being within our incarnate form.

Beyond Thinking and Emotion to the Pure Harmonic of Sound and Light
For humanity on Earth, consciousness through the body has been conditioned in a fear-based consciousness and culture of conflict, control, and separation for thousands of years. As a result of the inharmonic conditioning, the Divine infinite consciousness as soul does not experience its true multidimensional being in incarnate form on Earth.  In order to awaken to our true Divine consciousness embodied in physical form, we need a whole new operating system of mind and its frequencies through the body.
The transforming and evolving mind is to the Light mind and Divine feeling of the pure harmonic of sound and light.  The current thinking mind and its emotional system is the fear-based consciousness.  It comes into being through our early conditioning to the culture on Earth.  It arises because the soul as infinite Divine Being is not affirmed in its love and creativity.  In conforming to a defensive posture of survival, the thinking and emotional system is activated as a compensation.  All thinking and emotion is reactive. Therefore, it is out of tune.  It is not in the present moment of the harmonic flow of life which is always in the creative now.  The thinking and emotional system is a perpetual censoring device that is operating from past memory.  It manifests an entirely false identity that is not the true self of Divine infinite consciousness.
Thinking and emotion is an incoherent harmonic that signals that we are out of balance.  The thinking mind and the emotional system ensued from the conditioning of a fear-based survival consciousness that operates through the hindbrain or brain stem.  This level of consciousness, in conjunction with our experience in a trauma based human culture, conditions a false identity.  A whole range of non-affirming actions and traumatic experience conditions a false self of thinking, limiting beliefs, and negative emotional encodings.
At the core of the fear-based system is the fight, flight, and freeze responses.  The difficulty with the activation of these survival systems is that they condition consciousness by looping the mind and addicting the biochemical system to negative emotions.  As human consciousness transforms, evolves, and ascends to the embodiment of the Divine infinite consciousness in the physical, the human being will be able to respond to all situations without the need for the very dense frequency signaling system of thought and emotion.  The infinite nonlocal consciousness does not require such a narrow warning system in order for the human being to take action.
The entire thinking and emotional system is an inharmonic and incoherent friction that inhibits flow and the unity of synchronous pulsation.  This lower mind and brain system restricts consciousness to a very narrow band of a conditioned material identity.  It veils us from our true multidimensional self.  In the true human being, the heart center organizes the flow of information to and from the prefrontal cortex.  The prefrontal cortex develops a strong network with the hormonal systems of the limbic brain—thalamus, hypothalamus, pituitary, etc.  The limbic brain then communicates a sonic feeling message to the entire cellular physical body.  This forms the heart-prefrontal-limbic-body circuit.  It is the basis of the knowing Light mind and Divine feeling body.
Within the first year life, the prefrontals create a large neural network for the communications network with heart and limbic system.  However, as it becomes apparent throughout the second year of life that current culture is non-affirming to heart consciousness, these neural connections are pruned (See Joseph Chilton Pearce, “The Biology of Transcendence: A Blueprint of the Human Spirit,” pp. 144-146).  Because of this negative infiltration into humanity, the survival system began to take prominence through the hindbrain/reptilian brain.  The hindbrain then forms strong neural networks with the limbic system to activate the fight, flight, freeze system and the whole reactionary thinking and emotional mind.  It is through this system that limiting beliefs and negative emotions condition the receptor sites of the body’s cellular structure to be conditioned to the fear-based consciousness and biochemistry (See also work of Dr. Joe Dispenza).
In our journey of transformation, we are awakening the heart and shifting the brain’s electromagnetic activity to the prefrontal cortex.  This re-establishes the prefrontal limbic and feeling body connection.  Through heart-centered meditative awareness we emanate an 8Hz heart and 8Hz to 4Hz low alpha/theta brainwave.  It is the development of this communications circuit that shifts human consciousness beyond the reptilian brain system of fight, flight, and freeze response and the reactive thinking and emotional system.  We also find that the shift from the hindbrain to the prefrontals reduces an overactive activity of the parietal lobes (See Arjuna Ardagh, “Awakening Into Oneness: The Power of Blessing in the Evolution of Consciousness,” pp. 60-61).  This part of the neocortex orients awareness in time and space, but when it is more active than necessary for the body’s functioning, it reinforces the separateness of the false self and egoic thinking mind.

The Relationship of Sound and the Electromagnetic Spectrum
The ways we express the soul with the heart, brain, and body as a vehicle of consciousness determines how the light, information, and energy of consciousness is manifesting as electromagnetic and sound waves within the dimensional experience of consciousness.  We have discussed how the electromagnetic spectrum (light) is a knowing mode of consciousness, and how sound frequency is the feeling mode of consciousness.  Both electromagnetic and sound frequencies are manifested from higher dimensional energy organizing at the physical frequencies of consciousness.  While we are yet to understand the precise relationship between light and sound, it is clear that they form an integral harmonic.  Ultimately, light and sound are one in consciousness.
In the physical realm, it can be debated whether sound frequencies create light, or whether light precedes sound.  For example, sound is known to affect the light producing properties of the pineal gland, as well as the capability of transforming light energy into sound.  This occurs through the heart to Light mind connection.
Sound may also be a carrier wave for the electromagnetic frequencies of intent.  Regardless of the exact means of interaction, there seems to be a bi-directional relationship where coherent light can affect harmonic sound in the body, and harmonic sound can affect the resonance of coherent electromagnetic frequencies.

Light and Sound are One in Divine Infinite Consciousness
In the being and emanation of Divine infinite consciousness, light and sound are one.  Knowing and feeling are in unity.  The two unique modes of physical light and sound waves as experience through an incarnate body are one singular knowing.  The oneness of intuitive insight and feeling is our true being of love and creativity.  As we continue to ascend in consciousness and embody the Divine consciousness in the physical, we are awakening and evolving to the experience of sound and light as one.
The true human being is infinite Divine consciousness, information, and energy that is the oneness of the pure light transduced into electromagnetic frequencies in unity with its feeling frequencies of sound.  Within incarnate form, this is experienced and expressed through heart consciousness.  Within the dimensionless spiritual realms where the non-physical Light is beyond the electromagnetic spectrum, light has its own intrinsic feeling without sound.  In the incarnate dimensional universe, there is the beauty and gift of sound as a particular quality of experiencing light as feeling.
As we express the freedom of consciousness within the interior of the heart, the harmonic energy moves toward the exterior in an infinite expansion.  The harmonic pulse of the inner-outer movement is the soul’s expansion through the physical body while in the physical matter dimension of the universe.  The awakening to a perfect synchronization of the expansion and contraction pulsation without restriction is part of the Divine infinite consciousness through a Divine body.
The cellular consciousness of this body will be fully crystalline in nature as it transmits and receives the Divine energy through the Light mind within the heart.  At these levels of oscillating light that is transduced from the non-physical light of higher frequencies of consciousness, the crystalline body will exhibit its full bioelectric, magnetic, and acoustical potential.  Thus, the pure harmony of the electromagnetic and sonic energy is the experience of the infinite love and creative expression of the Divine soul incarnate.

How Art Changes Consciousness
By Jacob Devaney

Art can heal us, inspire us, and alter our brain chemistry
With so much talk about the evidence of the positive effects of yoga and meditation, you might be surprised at what scientific research also says about how art effects the brain. Long before modern neuroscience, artists were creating works to inspire people and today complex brain imaging scans can show us just how art changes the physiology of our brains. Contemplation, observing, and taking in beauty all stimulate pleasure centers within the brain while increasing blood flow by up to 10% in the medial orbitofrontal cortex. This can lead to an elevated state of consciousness, wellbeing, and better emotional health.

The blood flow increased for a beautiful painting just as it increases when you look at somebody you love. It tells us art induces a feel good sensation direct to the brain.
– Professor Semir Zeki, chair in neuroaesthetics at University College London
Observing Art Mirror Neurons  are neurons that fire both when a person acts and when the person observes the same action performed by another. This brings us back to a very basic concept in human evolution which involves modeling. When you observe a profound piece of art you are potentially firing the same neurons as the artist did when they created it thus making new neural pathways and stimulating a state of inspiration. This sense of being drawn into a painting is called “embodied cognition”.

Art accesses some of the most advanced processes of human intuitive analysis and expressivity and a key form of aesthetic appreciation is through embodied cognition, the ability to project oneself as an agent in the depicted scene,
– Christopher Tyler, director of the Smith-Kettlewell Brain Imaging Center

This explains why we might feel like we are dreaming when we look at impressionists like Claude Monet, or having an ecstatic vision while looking at a painting by Alex Grey. The ability of art, combined with our own imagination, to transport us to other realms is astounding. Artists have the ability to show us new worlds but we shouldn’t put them on a pedestal because each of us is an artist.

Making art activates the whole brain and can foster integration of emotional, cognitive, and sensory processes.
– Joan French MA NCC LCPC

Creating Art
The act of creating art is also therapeutic which has been the impetus for the art therapy movement. Every one of us lived like artists as children and we have the ability to bring back this powerful form of expression and self-healing if we allow ourselves to. You don’t need to be an expert to enjoy smearing paint on a canvas and letting your pleasure centers light up like a child!

Art therapy, sometimes called expressive art or art psychology, encourages self-discovery and emotional growth. It is a two-part process, involving both the creation of art and the discovery of its meaning.
– Paula Ford-Martin

Modern Visionary Artists are applying the idea that art inspires community, is educational, and has the capacity to elicit spiritual revelations. Painting together in groups and painting live at musical events, these artists are allowing participants in on their creative process. Seeing and understanding that even the finest pieces of art have many moments when the artist isn’t satisfied or needs to paint over something is revealing for each of us on our spiritual journey.

Celebrating how Art changes ConsciousnessArtist Alex Grey has opened Cosm in New York which is being called a Chapel of Sacred Mirrors. Within the Visionary Art Movement is the idea that creativity itself is a path to the divine. This includes creating art, gathering around/celebrating art and creating communities that foster creative expression in all of its forms. Creativity may be one of the greatest things about being human and art can be a great teacher for us on this evolutionary journey.

To awaken and catalyze the spiritual path of each person by providing access to the highest mystic truth through art and creative action.
– Cosm Core Value

We are surrounded by billboards and advertisements which utilize art to persuade us to purchase things that we usually don’t need. There is currently a large movement towards beautifying public places with murals that contain cultural and community relevance. Imagine how we might create a more peaceful, vibrant world by surrounding ourselves with beautiful art…

I’d like to see a world where scientists, politicians, and spiritual practitioners gathered around art to learn and share with each other towards creating a better world. Visual art can heal us, inspire us, and alter our brain chemistry leaving us filled with inspiration and love. We don’t need science to prove this to us but now that it has what are some ways that you will invoke art and creativity for your own spiritual journey?

For me, art is a way of telling your story, expressing your darkest demons, revealing your brightest light, and connecting with something larger than yourself.
– Lisa Rasmussen, MFA

By– Lisa Rasmussen, MFA
Co-Founding Director of Art is Moving and the Harmonia Institute

Here’s a staggering fact – according to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America,  18.1% of United States citizens over the age of 18 suffer from an anxiety disorder.
That’s 40 million people.

I am one of those 40 million.As a hypersensitive young child, I suffered from severe shyness, anxiety, social phobia, and panic attacks. Creating art was my cure. It was a way for me to dive deep into my own inner world. It was a place where I felt safe and could swim in my imagination. Art saved my life. The art making process is a perfect laboratory to express oneself, heal trauma and toxic emotions, and to find a deeper meaning in life.

One of the core reasons I started Art is Moving with Lauren is to share the power of art with the world. We both know that taking an art break daily, if even for only 5 minutes, is a soothing ritual and a tool for positive transformation.

If you need scientific proof there are a zillion studies on the healing power of art. For example, this article Creativity and Recovery: The Mental Health Benefits of Art Therapy states that, Studies also show that creating art stimulates the release of dopamine. This chemical is released when we do something pleasurable, and it basically makes us feel happier. Increased levels of this feel-good neurotransmitter can be very helpful if you are battling anxiety or depression.

Basically, Art is a magical tool that provides a powerful emotional outlet.
It takes just a short amount of time to begin feeling the positive effects of taking an art break. After just 15 minutes of drawing I promise you will feel your mood improve. Check out the article here and the research behind it here. 

My life’s mission (and Art is Moving’s mission) is to empower people to create art. Through the art making process one can learn how to dissolve their own limiting beliefs and they can relieve unnecessary suffering.

It can be daunting and a bit scary, but start creating. Try to make something everyday.
Your inner child is yearning to come out and play. Art making is the ultimate self care ritual and it will help you remember who you truly are. Let’s all starting taking an art break to create a happier and healthier world.

Be Inspired Always,
Lisa

Now it’s your turn. Tell us how art saved your life.

Written for my Non-Profit Art Is Moving.
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