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What if ... your life is and was a Mystery School? Make Things Know Thyself. Dwell in that possibility.
~ Lisa Rasmussen MFA |
 The is no question, that we live in a very toxic world. Just take a moment and open the news cycle. Ever time I do that, I feel like the Edvard Munch's "Scream" painting. I just read that over 40 million adults in the USA suffer from anxiety. As well eight out of ten people suffer from extreme stress in their lives. What is the solution? The solution is everyone must develop serious daily self care practices and rituals. That is why there is over 20 million yogis in the USA. Being a hyper sensitive (HSP), I to have suffered from life long anxiety and panic disorders. The only way I have been able to manage and heal it is through the practices of art, yoga, nature meditation, mystical studies, and essential oils. Way back in 1999, I frequented the Yoga Tree in San Francisco and the owner Tara become my art collector. At the moment, I began merging art and yoga as one practice. Previously, art was my ultimate self healing practice. Also in graduate school at JFKU in the Arts and Consciousness: Holistic Studies Program, I took it further and developed a holistic transformative art program to heal emotionally traumatized youth in foster in Oakland, CA. Then 2012, I co-founded Art 4 All People with Ceylan Huyla and that is were together created the full on YogART practice. We created workshops, teacher trainings, and certifications to expand YogART as an Arts and Healing practice. Then in 2016, I developed Harmonia. Which is an off shoot of YogART. With Harmonia I added essential oils and the Goddess Archetypes. Every year with my Arts and Healing organization, Artemis Sacred Journeys, Mary Rockwood Lane of Healing with the Arts, and I lead women's empowerment Retreats to Tinos, Greece. That is where I teach Harmonia and see the true power of this holistic arts and healing practice. Harmonia is multi sensory experience and it takes one deep into their interpersonal transformation and empowers individuals to heal themselves, de-stress, and live a more balanced and harmonious life. Below is my latest Harmonia Practice © workshop I just discovered the Goddess Archetype Aletheia , I feel she is a potent and raw energy of pure truth. She pulls back veils and enables you to reconnect with your truest self. The bottom line is as a woman, we have been labeled and oppressed since the Patriarchy has been in the dominant power. In today's world it is tough to realize, who you really are. It really takes a lot of self care, self inquiry, and self work to peel the onion and to find your authentic self. For me the Goddess Aletheia will mentor you to "Know They Self." Enjoy the DIY Harmonia practice. Remember you are a limitless, eternal, live in infinite potential and possibilities. If you have any questions or would like me coach or teach Harmonia at a deeper level e-mail me at harmoniainstitute.com Blessing, Love, and Light, Lisa _________________________ Your Inner World Is The Final Frontier Harmonia: Discover that your own creativity is a source of, flow, harmony, transformation, healing, and balance. Empower your Creatrix through the Harmonia Practice, a magical and integrative sensory art, yoga, and essential oil ultimate self care experience. Free Harmonia Goddess Practice © ~ 90 minute session Supplies and the Set Up You will need print out mandala template, paper, pen, and pastels. Or anything else you want to create your mandala with. Like acrylic paint, watercolor, collage materials. Crystal Work: Stone to carry or wear while doing the practice: Is a Turquoise. This stone is potent purifier and healer. It also strengthens and protects spiritual warriors. Choose for one or all essential oils. I use Doterra essentials, feel free to use your preference. If you are interested in using and buying Doterra wholesale, please contact me I can help you set up an account. Also, if you are interested becoming a Doterra Wellness Advocate let me know. You can share the oils and build a business at the same time. E-mail at [email protected] Doterra's quality is amazing and there so many tools for educating yourself on the power of using essential oils in all parts of your life.
Invitation To Goddess Aletheia Harmonia Practice ©. She will be activated in your Throat Chakra. Reclaiming the Feminine Mystery of Creation Through The Goddesses Mandala Art Creation,Archaeology, Art as Your Oracle To begin your Harmonia Practice 1.Opening your sacred circle and creative visualization Light your candle and grab your essential oils. Place the essential oils on your wrist. Tent them, meaning place your the tips of your fingers together and bring your wrists up to your nose. Close your eyes and breathe and breathe out. Imagine your breath is traveling down your chakra system down through your feet into the core of the earth. The crystalline grid. Feel and hearing the heartbeat of the Gaia/Earth Mother. Then imagine a golden light is traveling down from the heavens, through your crown chakra and all the way down your root chakra. Lastly, imagine the crystalline grid from Gaia is pulling up all the way to your throat chakra and simultaneously the golden light pouring down from the heavens is entering your throat chakra. Feel and breath in this light. 2. Mindful Reading and Preparation Go to your yoga mat. Bring your mandala, reading, and art supplies next to your mat and then softly read about the Goddess. "Labels have been applied to the nature of Woman for thousands of years, beginning with sacred and divine, at times unclean and shunned, and accusations of wanton and tempting. These were the Truths that others applied to women and we accepted them and even lived entire lives under those labels: the Mother, the Career Woman, the Good Daughter, the Attendant Wife, the Whore, the Bitch, too many to name. Under those labels and the acceptance by women of those labels, there was always Aletheia – She burns brightly in our WomanRoots, our Women’s Blood and within our Women’s Mysteries. She held the Truth until we were ready to Remember and Become Unhidden. For some, the journey to their True Selves is too frightening or perceived to be too difficult and Aletheia is relegated to the obscured and forgotten.Remembrance of our WomanRoots – our True Selves, Actualizing Authenticity and Cultivating the State of Unhidden could be called The Great Work. The impetus of Aletheia is to take on the mantle of The Great Work – Personal Transformation in accordance with our Truth of Self. Actualization and emergence of our True Self occurs as we allow the soul to burgeon and unfold itself – the action of revealing. Revealing leads the Self to connect and tune to its proper place in the Universe. Attainment occurs when our True Self releases its Will into the Universe and takes action. Aletheia has started a chain reaction of potentiality for lives full of Bliss and Self Love and Authenticity. Our WomanRoots are planted deeply and firmly, infusing us with the Sacred everyday How can we invite Aletheia and her gorgeous unicorn into our lives?" From http://themotherhouseofthegoddess.com 3. Yoga Series Slowly tent your oils again and begin your yoga series in your imagination invite Aletheia into your being. Begin the series with 1. Easy Neck Release 2. Baby Cobra Pose 3. Supported Fish Pose (you will need a block are cushion) 4. Shoulder Stand and end with 5. Legs-Up-The-Wall Pose In mindful way rub one of the essential oils on the soles of your feet. 4. Creative Writing: Shedding the Labels, Old Stories, and Self Identity Write in your art journal. Reflect on the fear, the lies we tell ourselves (or allow others to tell us) and feelings of aloneness and being stuck are the barriers to Aletheia. Shed the barriers from each Chakra, write down three or things/stories/patterns that create a barrier between you and your core Truth.
Now invite the Goddess into your creative processes and create your mandala. As intuitively as possible. Try not to think, just let your hand move. 7. Witnessing and Your Art as an Oracle What information or message does your Mandala reveal to you? What messages does the Goddess Aletheia reveal? What is your truth? How does your Truth feel? How will you embody this into your daily life? Lastly create an Affirmation What is your Aletheia Mandala’s affirmation? Later in the evening light a candle to your mandala and gaze at it. Does it have anymore information? *Below is the Mandala Template Show me your Mandala. Share in the comment section below.  
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Lisa Rasmussen MFA is the Founder and Director of the Harmonia Institute. Lisa Rasmussen—artist, educator, curator, life coach, arts and healing practitioner, and art advocate—believes art can change and heal the world. Archives
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