My purpose is to explore and express my love of beauty and the beauty of love. Here’s some of what I’ve come up with.

Peaceful Pauses

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Are you feeling frazzled? Have you had a few minutes to reconnect to your Higher Self & God through meditation / prayer / nature contemplation lately? 

Whether for 5 minutes, half a day, a weekend, a week, or a few months – we all need peaceful pauses in our life. That’s the space intuition needs to communicate with you.

Don’t wait until your nervous system is fried and can’t do its job.

Instead, give it the healing calmness and stillness it needs to rest and rejuvenate, adding years & guidance to your life. A little bit here and there as well as bigger chunks when you can are so worth it!

I’ve just returned from 3 months of travels, including 2 months as a karma yogi (volunteer) at the ashram at Ananda Village in the Sierra Foothills of California.

When I was intuitively guided to go, I didn’t think I could make it happen for many reasons. In part, I was nervous I wouldn’t be able to fulfill all the physical tasks, being so used to sitting at the computer or art table. Plus being on a full schedule within a community setting was going to be quite the stretch of my comfort zones. I’m usually an early to rise and early to bed introvert who thrives in alone time.

Well, it turned out to be amazing, and I’ll tell you more about it as the weeks go by.

As soon as I returned, however, I got caught up once again in the busy-ness of life. I

Basically, I got busy running all around town on foot, with friends, and on the bus for this or that.

I’d included several nature walks and occasional morning yoga & meditation in the mix, but it wasn’t enough. After about a week back, I started to feel frazzled.

This introvert had been way too “out there”. I may have been very busy at the ashram, but life was simpler, more focused, more balanced, and definitely more attuned to God.

So it was time for a day off. Calmness. Peacefulness. Quiet. Contemplation. Communion with God. At home.

And part of that time was spent consciously deciding what aspects of my ashram experience I needed to continue as part of my daily routine at home.

I’ll admit, I miss the 4 hours of yoga & meditation I was getting a day when I took full advantage of the offerings at the Expanding Light Retreat in between karma yoga shifts. OK, I’ll aim for the 1 hour 45 minute morning routine at least.

The yoga philosophy classes based on the teachings of Paramhansa Yogananda were also such a treat. So more reading – I definitely brought enough books back.

And oh, how I appreciated having amazing chef-prepared vegetarian meals every day of the week. Time to get creative in the kitchen. Don’t wait until you’re hungry, Dominique.

What a blessing those weekly visits to the Crystal Hermitage Gardens, taking pictures and being in a childlike state of curiosity, wonder and bliss. Yes, I’ll definitely continue to schedule nature time with my camera.

So now that I’m back and noticed how quickly that frazzled feeling can come back, it’s time I re-prioritize what keeps me connected to the Divine Peace that is always at my core (and yours!).

This includes inviting Divine Mother and Heavenly Father (the feminine and masculine aspects of God) to work through me instead of trying to do it all myself. I loved how much prayer was involved in everything at the ashram, all the way to evening prayer on the kitchen dock after locking up at 9:30pm after night shift.

I was aware and practiced all this to some extent before I left for California. But having 2 months of intensive practice, including much more physical labour than I was used to – was so good for me, giving me more energy to do more for others.

It’s good to feel the contrasts in our lives (frazzled / at peace, for example). It helps us make and be grateful for those healthy choices and peaceful pauses.

What needs prioritizing in your life? What can you add more of and what can you reduce? 

May you enjoy the kinds of peaceful pauses that help you attune to Divine love, beauty, joy, calmness that are your very core.

P.S. The video above is one of the eight I created while at Ananda Village, before my video editing app banned me for being under 13 (lol!). I’m still appealing that … but did manage to laugh at the time, knowing Divine Mother wanted me to read and meditate more … not just create videos. I got more sleep too!

 

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The Giving Tree Meditation – part of the Universal Laws Meditation Bundle

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With Mother’s Day this weekend, I looked at all the meditations in my 3 meditation bundles for sale to see which I would gift to you.

Looking at the themes, “The Giving Tree Meditation” (27:40 minutes), based on the Law of Compensation, felt like the best fit.

Mothers are the epitome of giving.

Often, they’re giving so much that they’re in desperate need to receive. Please keep this in mind and at heart!

May this meditation serve you whether you’re an actual mother or have a mothering role – birthing and raising a child, a creative project, a business, etc.

The Giving Tree Meditation is really for anyone interested in being more in the flow of giving and receiving.

Based on the 12 Universal Laws

This Giving Tree Meditation was 1 of 12 channeled during last December’s Holiday Spirit Circle online. 

We were going through the 12 Universal Laws as they were taught to me by my Team of Divine Helpers in 2015 during my Enter the Mandala Project.

This project resulted in an inspired series of 13 painted mandalas – 1 for each Law and a summary piece.

Since then, I’ve used what I’ve learned to better my life and to teach others to transform their lives from the inside out.

If interested in pursuing your understanding and application of the 12 Universal Laws, I invite you to purchase my Universal Laws Meditation Bundle, which includes 12 meditations, 1 for each Law.

Here are the 12 Universal Law Meditations with musical compositions by Christopher Lloyd Clarke:

  1. Divine Oneness – Law of Divine Oneness with music “Adrift” (29.5 minutes)
  2. Raise your Vibration – Law of Vibration with music “Breathing Light” (28 minutes)
  3. Inspired Action – Law of Action with music “A Pure Embrace” (31 minutes)
  4. Choosing Light & Love – Law of Correspondence with music “Across the Sky” (30 minutes)
  5. Journey on the Ocean of Choice – Law of Cause & Effect with music “Into the Deep” (36 minutes)
  6. The Giving Tree – Law of Correspondence – with music “Pure of Heart” (27.5 minutes)
  7. Living the Law of Attraction – Law of Attraction – with music “Ecstasy of Being” (26 minutes)
  8. Energizing your Intention – Law of Perpetual Transmutation of Energy – with music “Across the Sky” (31 minutes)
  9. Loving What Is – Law of Relativity – with music “A Pure Embrace” (30 minutes)
  10. Ribbon of Gold – Law of Polarity – with music “The Shores of Eternity” (34 minutes)
  11. The Rhythm of Life – Law of Rhythm – with music “Breathing Light” (31 minutes)
  12. Inner Dance of the Divine Feminine and Masculine – Law of Gender – with music “The Ecstasy of Being” (34.5 minutes)

You can purchase The Universal Laws Meditation Bundle here for $44 (Canadian) and then follow the download instructions in your emailed receipt.

Prints are also available of all 13 mandalas here.

The Law of Compensation

The Giving Tree Meditation is what I received after teaching my group about the Law of Compensation.

Here’s how I described the Law in my Universal Laws summary post:

The more you give, the more you get. The opposite is also true. So what doors are you opening with your generosity and kindness? What are you contributing, receiving, building in your world?

The Giving Tree Meditation (27:40 minutes) in the video above will help you to explore this flow of giving and receiving. 

May it serve you well.

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See Yourself Through the Eyes of Your Soul Meditation

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May this 18-minute guided visioning meditation help you See Yourself Through the Eyes of Your Soul.

Do you take your body for granted or cherish it as a vessel to your spirit?

What does your inner voice say when you spot yourself in the mirror or when you make a mistake?

Do you treat yourself like a best friend or like a failure or a foe?

When I was invited to channel a meditation during the Feminine Frequency Festival online at the end of December, this is what my guidance told me would be most useful.

Oh what a blessing to receive the visions I tune into when I ask my Team of Divine Helpers for a guided meditation.

All I need to do is share what I see, what I sense – and pause when the visions pause, giving listeners a chance to continue the story in tune with their own intuition. 

I trust that it reached those who needed it in the Feminine Frequency: Global Sisterhood of Light-Leaders & Healers group.

Now, may it serve you too. Go ahead. Take this 18-minute opportunity to See Yourself Through the Eyes of Your Soul (use video at the top of this page).

In this meditation, you’ll get to connect to:

  • the love of your Team of Divine Helpers
  • your soul intentions from before this incarnation
  • your soul journey in this body
  • your unique expression of the Divine
  • the Truth of your experiences and of the people on your life path,
  • love and acceptance for what is
  • inspired actions to take.

The royalty free music I licensed for this guided visioning meditation is called “Across the Sky” by Christopher Lloyd Clarke. It’s one of the 16 songs that I used in my meditation bundles (see below) and custom guided meditations.

 

Today’s gift is 1 of 11 meditations available in the the Guided Visioning Journeys Bundle that covers a variety of themes like abundance, peace, love, intentions, co-creating your next inspired step, connection, intuition, co-creating a Christ Consciousness Mandala transformative art experience, and more.

$44 Canadian.

Click here to purchase & download.

 

Also available are: 

Chakra Balance Bundle:

9 guided visioning meditations to open and balance the 7 major energy centres of your astral energy body.

This bundle comes with a short introduction to the chakras.

Click here to purchase & download.

AND

Universal Law Bundle:

12 Guided visioning meditations based on the 12 Universal Laws as taught to me by my Team of Divine Helpers.

Click here to purchase & download.

You can also learn more about the Laws in my free Guide to the Universal Laws.

 

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Shower of Love Meditation

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Happy Valentine’s Week!

Are you ready to welcome, feel, experience, spread more love in your life?

Enjoy this 25-minutes inner experience of Love that will ripple into the rest of your life (in video above). Take the time. You deserve it. And so does everyone around you.

In this meditation, you’ll be invited to:

  • embrace your Team of Divine Helpers
  • release what blocks your receiving & giving love
  • travel through your inner landscape, showered in floral essence, light & love
  • connect soul to soul with others (past, present or future)
  • connect to peace
  • receive intuitive guidance on what love would do now in your life.

The royalty free music that I licensed to use in the “Shower of Love Meditation” in the video above is called “Across the Sky” by Christopher Lloyd Clarke. His inspired music is featured in all my guided visioning meditations.

This Valentine’s gift to you was channeled during my online Holiday Spirit Circle.

It’s 1 of 11 meditations available in the the Guided Visioning Journeys Bundle that covers a variety of themes like abundance, peace, love, intentions, co-creating your next inspired step, connection, intuition, co-creating a Christ Consciousness Mandala transformative art experience, and more.

$44 Canadian.

Click here to purchase & download.

 

Also available are: 

Chakra Balance Bundle:

9 guided visioning meditations to open and balance the 7 major energy centres of your astral energy body.

This bundle comes with a short introduction to the chakras.

Click here to purchase & download.

AND

Universal Law Bundle:

12 Guided visioning meditations based on the 12 Universal Laws as taught to me by my Team of Divine Helpers.

Click here to purchase & download.

You can also learn more about the Laws in my free Guide to the Universal Laws.

 

P.S. I will be traveling from February 14th to May 9th, including family visits and 2 months doing karma yoga at Ananda Village in the Sierra foothills of California. My intuitive services are now on hold, but you can still purchase these meditations, original paintings, and  prints online. Thank you for you patronage.

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The Universe Delivers

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Remember how I wrote about my karma yoga trepidations during the Creating Your Intuitive Vision Board tutorial?

I’d asked my Team of Divine Helpers what was in my Highest Interest to know for the year ahead. That vision board was filled with encouragement and reminders of why I was Guided to volunteer for 2 months at Ananda Village in California.

Here’s another story about how the Universe Delivers. 

The day after completing that video for you, I headed to the Tree of Life retreat centre for a 5-day video shoot to help them raise awareness about this amazing place.

I thought I was heading to a “job”. I was on a mission and came back with enough footage to keep my 2 iPhones uploading to the Cloud for 4 days straight and keep me editing for 100 hours.

While there, I was also able to continue delivering my Holiday Spirit Circle sessions Live online every morning at 7am. Work. This is what had been on my mind before leaving.

In the end, I also came home with the blessings of having participated in community life, yoga, dyads, meditation, delicious meals, and time in nature. Plus a little magic…

Although I hadn’t perceived my planned time away as a retreat, it turned out to be such a treat! 

Divine Messengers

One way the Universe delivered an answer to my prayers was through Ellen Chapple (see video above). She turned out to be a divine messenger without even knowing it.

What came out of her mouth during our video interview went straight to my heart.

I immediately recognized the Divine was working through her to wipe away any fears I’d had about my upcoming 2 months of karma yoga.

Her words were like a healing balm. I felt the truth of them. I let go of self-doubts in my ability and energy-levels to be “on duty for 2 months” as a volunteer at an ashram.

Not days after expressing those fears and asking for Guidance, I felt fully confident and excited about my Spirit Call to the west.

Anyone who’s been a parent knows about selfless service without pay. All parents are karma yogis!

The rewards of all the love and hard work are no doubt fulfilling and for the Greater Good of all.

I haven’t been a parent. Living in community is relatively new to me. So I needed this reassurance that I could do it.

Whether in my own backyard, like at the Tree of Life, or across the continent like at Ananda Village, the idea of karma yoga is growing on me … or rather in me. I can be of service in community and not only from behind my computer screen or studio art table.

What Do You Need Help With?

Now it’s your turn.

Go ahead. Ask your Team of Divine Helpers for support relieving your fears in any area of your life. Then watch & listen for the answers they plant on your Path. The Universe delivers.

Peace be with you,

Namaste.

Dominique

P.S. Don’t forget to enjoy the short video at the top!  I’ve also been adding testimonials & short videos on my YouTube Tree of Life playlist every day. Check it out and  Subscribe to be notified of all new videos.

 

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Chakra Balance Meditations – Root Chakra

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What are Chakras

Have you heard about chakras?

If you’ve been following me for a while, you won’t be new to them. They were the focus of my latest drum, my biggest painting, one of my smallest, and a bunch in between.

Doing energy work on the chakras while I paint is one of the ways I periodically realign myself. And the energy lives on in my artwork.

Basically, chakras are energy centres  in your astral body. That’s the subtle energy body within your physical body. It runs along the spine.

This complex and ancient energy system is studied in yoga, Reiki, New Age philosophy and in a whole bunch of other spiritual or wellness frameworks.

Some say there are hundreds of chakras within, above and below your body. Traditionally, however, practitioners focus on 7 main chakras that run along the spine:

  1. Root Chakra
  2. Sacral Chakra
  3. Solar Plexus Chakra
  4. Heart Chakra
  5. Throat Chakra
  6. Third Eye Chakra
  7. Crown Chakra

Each chakra has a Sanskrit name, symbol, colour, associated health focus and Element. To help work with it, it also has associated stones, a sound, yoga poses, mantras, and more.

When each of these chakras are opened and balance, you’re happy and healthy.

If they’re blocked or overactive, it manifests in different ways in your body and in your life. You’ll feel and live in ways out of alignment, out of balance.

During my online Holiday Spirit Circle, I spent a week teaching one chakra at a time and channeling meditations that would help participants open and balance their chakras.

The Root Chakra

Today, I offer you the gift of my Root Chakra Meditation (9.5 minutes in the video above).

The Root Chakra, located at the base of your spine,  is also known as the Mulhadara Chakra.

“When this chakra is out of balance, a person starts feeling unstable, ungrounded, lack of ambition, lack of purpose, fearful, insecure and frustrated. …However, when the Root Chakra is balanced, these are replaced by more positive emotions, and you feel stable, confident, balanced, energetic, independent, and strong.”

You’re better able to respond to challenges with an open and balanced root chakra.

So give the guided visioning Root Chakra Meditation at the top of this page a try and repeat it as often as you need.

I also invite you to purchase and download all 9 meditations in the Chakra Balance Meditation Bundle.

It’s $44 Canadian and available here. 

It includes:

  • a short meditation for each of the chakras,
  •  a bonus meditation inspired by Sonia Choquette’s description of the 4 chambers of the Heart Chakra,
  •  a 1-hour meditation that journeys through all 7 chakras, starting at the Root and ending at the Crown.

Each of the meditations is enhanced by chakra-specific musical compositions by Christopher Lloyd Clarke.

Here’s what 2 of the participants from the Holiday Spirit Circle had to say about this series:

“It is with much gratitude I thank Dominique for doing the journey through the chakras. Each experience was different and unique. Some of my experiences were really profound and powerful. Things shifted and released.”

“After Dominique’s beautiful intuitive chakra series, I have a clearer awareness of how I am still stuck in some really old patterns, but the intuitive meditations really helped me to feel empowered to make these changes. Chakra Therapy is Life Changing and these little mini sessions were what my mind, body & spirit were looking to receive.”

2 Other Meditation Bundles

Two other meditation bundles came out of December’s Holiday Spirit Circle.

Guided Visioning Journeys Bundle:

11 meditations that covers a variety of themes like abundance, peace, love, intentions, co-creating your next inspired step, connection, intuition, co-creating a Christ Consciousness Mandala transformative art experience, and more.

$44 Canadian.

Click here to purchase & download.

 

and

Universal Law Bundle:

12 Guided visioning meditations based on the 12 Universal Laws as taught to me by my Team of Divine Helpers.

Click here to purchase & download.

You can also learn more about the Laws in my free Guide to the Universal Laws.

 

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Create Your 2024 Intuitive Vision Board

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Happy New Year! May 2024 be your best year yet, for reasons yet to unveil themselves and some you may already have an inkling about.

It’s that time of year again! It’s Vision Board time! Of all the kinds that exist out there, my favourite is the intuitive vision board.

Every year for the past 18 years, I’ve created an intuitive vision board

  • to add some sacred playtime to my New Year rituals
  • to help me uncover Spirit Calls
  • to shed light on potential choices and perspectives
  • to help me make decisions year-round based on Guidance
  • to give me courage to follow through on that Guidance
  • to keep me inspired to live my Best Life
  • to act as a daily mirror & reminder of what’s in my Highest Good for this year

I trust intuitive vision boards because they’ve been such an important support on my journey. Plus, they’re a fun & easy way to connect to your intuition. 

So that’s my New Year’s offering to you –  this 33-minute play-along video .

Get your supplies ready because you’ll be following the steps along with me for the first few.

Then, I explain the rest of the process for you to continue at your own pace. During vision board parties, it takes some 1 hour, some 3 and some 5.

So take your time. This is not a task to be accomplished but a process of communication with your Team of Divine Helpers to be relished.

Take advantage of this intuitive hearing aid to dive deep into what your heart & soul are calling for.

And know that the interpretations of your intuitive choices of words & images will evolve as your life does throughout the year.

Looking at your board often will inspire you to take the next best steps. It’ll encourage you to aim in the direction your heart & soul want you to.

Are you ready to play?

Here’s what you’ll need:

  • a poster board (available at dollar stores)
  • a marker or pen
  • a glue stick (easiest to work with but other forms of glue work too_
  • scissors
  • a pile of magazines (at least 20 of a variety – the more inspirational the better)
  • instrumental music playlist for your gluing / Listening time (I recommend gentle music without lyrics for this part)
  • a journal & pen
  • stickers & paint / markers if you choose to continue decorating it once it’s done

If you want to see more examples, you can also visit my previous Guide to Intuitive Vision Boards – 7 Easy Steps.

Off to a Great Start – My 2024 Intuitive Vision Board in Action

My 2024 vision board has already had an impact on my life, and it’s only been in existence a few days.

It’s provided encouragement and guidance on how to prepare for my 2-month karma yoga (volunteering) at the Ananda ashram in the foothills of the Sierra Mountains in California this March & April.

I received an intuitive message on November 12th, my birthday, to spend 2 months there.

I thought I might go some day, but didn’t think it would be so soon after my summer in Europe. It didn’t seem … financially reasonable.

But it’s meant to be. It’s booked!

Instead of going as a guest, however, I’m joining the intentional community of karma yogis – volunteers serving the guests.

The Ananda ashrams were built by Swami Kriyananda, one of Paramhansa Yogananda’s direct disciples. You may have heard of the book “Autobiography of a Yogi” – one of the best selling spiritual books on the planet. I studied it in my Masters of Education program back in 2003. These ashrams are communities living Yogananda’s teachings.

I was at the Ananda ashram near Assisi, Italy for 2 months this summer while studying in the Transformative Art Certification program.

In Italy, I was a guest. I had my own room with a private bathroom. I was thankful for that every day! Apart from my art classes, my schedule was my own – free to come and go in programs, ceremonies, meals, etc.

This coming Spring at the Expanding Light Retreat inside Ananda Village, my situation will be very different and outside my comfort zone for sure!

Here, I’ll be sharing a room-  a bunkbed – with another volunteer. And the bathrooms are 40 feet outside our building. Knowing that last year in March they were buried in snow makes my mid-night pee … daunting.

Sure, I’ll be attending meditation, yoga, and Yogananda philosophy classes. That’s why I wanted to go in the first place- why I think I’m being guided there.

But I’ll also be working … or rather, serving God through serving the guests and the community. I imagine I’ll be doing the kinds of things I don’t think I’m great at – washing toilets, making beds, gardening, cooking & washing dishes, and whatever else I’m asked to do.

This, I believe on a deeper level,  is why I’m really being “sent” there – to open up to an even greater degree to love in action. To community. To a different kind of service than I do from my happy hermit studio and from behind this computer.

Can I handle 2 months of crowds?

The Ananda community is situated on 900 acres of meadows and forests amidst the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains in northern California. That sounds idyllic!

But thousands of people come through in April to visit the famous tulip gardens at the Crystal Hermitage, so I’m not sure how much time I’ll get for solitude.

I confess, I also worry I won’t be strong enough or have enough energy to keep up with the group. 

Can I live in constant community, in a shared room, and serve long hours around people on top of the spiritual practices, etc?

If Guidance is sending me, I trust I’m ready. It’s time I let go of  limiting beliefs and get over my fears about …. a lot! Yay!

So how is my Intuitive Vision Board helping me?

  • it’s shown me that I need to expand my restorative yoga practice into more strength-building practices in the next 2 months
  • it’s highlighted that “energy” is my theme for the year – and that’s a big part of Ananda teachings – so it’s very confirming
  • it’s encouraged me to relax my fears and shown me that the result – peace of mind, calm energy, connection, planting seeds in my inner paradise, etc. – are worthwhile goals within my reach.
  • it’s assured me that I will come out of this year more inspired and inspirational, of better service to my community
  • it’s given me a preview that through light-hearted fun, I will set myself free of some longstanding fears, some yet to be identified.
  • It’s pointed out that the learning I’m about to undertake is not only for a healthy body & mind, but for connections rooted in vitality – the right kind of connections on both the horizontal (human community) and vertical (with God & my Team of Divine Helpers) planes.
  • it’s explained that now is the time for me to gather in person within a mindful movement.
  • it’s promised that it will help me age more actively, and stronger for a better future while tasting the best of Spring on many levels.

And that’s just after a few days.

So you see how it can work.

I’m motivated and inspired looking at it. It will inform my choices every day until I leave and beyond (as I’ll carry a photo of it during my travels).

Your Turn

So if you want to know what your Team of Divine Helpers, your Higher Self, your heart wants you to know and aim for in 2024, have fun creating your intuitive vision board using the video above.

And if you benefitted from this offering, and feel moved to encourage me in my journey,  I welcome donations by clicking here.

I’m currently working on making sure my blog and newsletter continue while I’m traveling.

Love, peace, joy, health, wealth, happiness and freedom in 2024!

Namaste,

Dominique

 

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Interview: 3 Key Concepts to Creatively Ignite Your Intuition

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Happy Week leading to 2024, dear Soul, and best wishes for whatever else you may be celebrating or processing!

Are you looking for some creative play this week? How about connecting to your intuition to align to your Highest Good? Why not both through a bit of intuitive painting? 

Three weeks ago, I shared a story of the transformational power of creativity. This week, I offer you a deeper discussion to help ignite both your creative process and intuition.

This 37-minute video interview was part of the “Best Intuitive Training on the Planet” online summit hosted by Allison Sutter back in October. She has generously offered her featured speakers the opportunity to share their video. Enjoy!

How to Creatively Ignite Your Intuition

Intuitive painting is a great way to explore & express your intuitive creative Self.

I’ve followed my intuition to live on 3 continents and 5 Canadian provinces – with no regrets! And I’m not someone who particularly likes change. But if it’s Guided, I’ve learned to listen and have created a happy healthy life, constantly stretching my comfort zones and growing – which is what intuition is for.

My work in the studio has helped so much in my being able to do that. That’s why people started to ask me how they too could connect with their intuition and how they can tap into their creativity to help transform their lives.

There’s such a parallel between intuitive living and intuitive painting. Art is a great way to practice the skills you need in life. I wouldn’t be as courageous, open, or peaceful if it weren’t for my intuitive painting practice.

Here are the top 3 challenges that come up in my painting workshops, which parallel challenges to intuitive living.

Top 3 Challenges

#1 – Challenge: ” I don’t know where to start” – people are afraid of the blank canvas

Solutions: 
  1. Just like in life, I love to start by ceremoniously setting an intention. I light a candle, smudge myself, the studio and canvas, let my hands dance on the canvas with holy water I got in Lourdes and Glastonbury as I pray for my Team of Divine Helpers to play with me, write words, questions, feelings on the first layer and call in the energy I want to infuse in this piece. This is Step 1: ASK of my Intuition into Action Treasure Map . Your opening ceremony will be different, but bringing yourself here and now and asking for Divine help is the best way to start.


  2. Since I paint in layers and layers of acrylic paints (which dries much quicker than oils) it’s not about how things look at first. So there’s never a question of “what if I make a mistake” “what if it’s not good enough”, etc. There are no mistakes in intuitive painting. Everything has meaning and each layer builds and holds the transformational energy of what comes before it – adding depth &  texture to the final piece . It’s just about doing what feels good – what you’re moved to do. Same as in life.
#2 – Challenge: “I don’t like how it looks – it’s just mud!”

Intuitive painting is a perfect mirror to become aware of your self-talk, your judgments, reactions, etc. We’re often our worst critic, repeating the accumulation of things we’ve heard or feared others saying to us.

Solutions:

  1. From an easy technical point of view with acrylic colours, and as I suggest in my free Guide to Intuitive Painting , do a layer of warm colours and let that dry. Then do the cool colours. It’s by mixing those that you might create mud – until you get more experienced at knowing how to play with them together.

  2. From a process point of view, take this as an opportunity to love yourself. Most of my paintings go through an awkward stage. You’ve got to love that too! Keep asking for guidance, trying things, and if it doesn’t work, let it go. Focus on what is working. On what you like. On what feels good. And do more of that. When I’m painting, I’m constantly listening to both myself (my ego) and my Self (my intuition and Team of Divine Helpers). There’s a lesson in everything. Our Guides are talking to us through the experience. What are they trying to say? The more self-awareness we have, the easier it is to let go of what doesn’t serve us and focus on what does. Be mindful as you paint. Pay attention to your inner and outer experiences. Art is transformational. It’s not about diving deep in the darkness and analyzing that to bits. It’s about sometimes touching it if it’s there, recognizing it and heading for the Light. Aim for what you want – the Law of Polarity. And letting the layers dry in between – as in, sometimes you just need to step away and go for a walk in Nature… or watch a movie. No rush. No pressure. Listen if that’s what is called for. But do come back. Don’t give up. That too is a lesson.
The beauty is that what’s happening in your life or on the canvas now is just one layer. It can be completely transformed in the next one.

You’re now using the art to ACCESS your intuition. That’s Step 2 in my Intuition into Action Treasure Map- it’s a communication tool.

#3- Challenge:“I don’t know what to paint”

Solution:

You don’t have to know. Start with mark-making, just to get in the flow. Anything. Contemplate each layer and ask it what it wants to become. I often do that while dancing on my mini-trampoline that’s in the studio. Then something pops up and I play with it. Sometimes it’s a vision, or something seems to be emerging from all the colours and textures. Sometimes, it’s something that I saw that I found inspiring, but mostly for me it’s what I see with my inner eye, not what’s in my environment. It’s different for everyone.

Also, it may never be about something in particular. It can simply be colour and texture. Let go of how things are supposed to look to open to how things can look. Abstract, realistic, it’ll be in your own unique creative voice, which will develop with time. This is about discovering You, not emulating others. Play. Explore. And know that the studio is also the perfect place to let go of perfectionism. Think of everything as perfectly there for a reason.

As you’ll see in the Free Guide to Intuitive Painting, I encourage the use of mark-making, using a lot of various tools. Play with symbolism that is meaningful to your initial intention. If you’re moved to paint with your hands, what is that telling you? If you’re moved to use a heart-shape cookie cutter or pinecones or a comb – give it meaning. This is Step 3-  ANALYZE step of my Treasure Map when symbolism comes through that we’re not sure what it means. Often, intuition is bang, out of the blue and clear. Sometimes, we know something is a message but we’re not sure what it means. It requires contemplation.

The canvas becomes a back and forth letter-writing medium with your intuition. Give yourself the space and time to really connect with your Self – leaving distractions aside that pull you away from hearing and seeing what’s truly happening. And have fun, taking one Inspired Step at a time. That’s Step 4: ACT.  Without acting on our Guidance, it’s useless. The canvas is where we build the courage to do so. I don’t know how many times I was afraid to ruin a painting after days of working on it because of Guidance I received. I would act on it and not once have I regretted it.

And step 5 is ALLOW. Allow your whole process to be and just see what evolves from it in Divine Timing – after you’ve asked, accessed, analyzed if need be, and definitely taken the inspired action.

We’re spiritual beings having a human experience for the fun of it. So have fun! And if acrylic paints aren’t your thing, try pastels, clay, collage, poetry … whatever calls you.

Last words of wisdom

We were born creative. We were born intuitive, connected to Source.

These were often trained out of us, but we can reclaim this birthright. It just takes practice.

Like with any muscle-building exercises, one visit to the gym won’t do it. It takes practice but also it takes finding which type of exercise most suits you. If intuitive painting isn’t your thing, try something else. Find your perfect play-space to reconnect to your True Self.

Life is so much better when we open our channels. I talk more about that in my free 75-minute tutorial on my Intuition into Action Treasure Map – 5 Steps to a Happy Healthy Life . So creatively ignite your intuition and enjoy! Happy New Year!
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Open Your Heart to the Divine

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This is the calendar week I celebrate being born in this earthly form in this lifetime. I’m glad to be alive!

One of my gifts – to myself and you – is to share the messages I received during the “Healing Journey” week at the Academy of Art, Creativity & Consciousness. This Transformative Arts video was also inspired by my life at Ananda Assisi, where I lived during the 2-month program.

May something you hear, see, or feel during this 5.5-minute video experience open your heart to the Divine.

Open Your Heart to the Divine

Are you ready to embody the Divine Love & Joy
that created you?
Give yourself time & space to study
Your Treasure Map back to Source.
Familiarize yourself with the language of your soul.

Don’t concern yourself with the speed or direction
Of other people’s paths.
Focus on your inner landscape.
Know thyself.
For self-awareness is the threshold to self-realization.

Open the door to the Goddess
You already have the combination deep within you.
You are the lock, the key & the keyhole.
Freedom lies beyond the prison walls that keep you small.

Enter sacred process &
Transform your Journey from the inside out.
Dive deep into the ocean of devotion.
Use willpower to unlock the portals
Revealed through the keyholes of your very being.
So much to uncover.
So much to empower.
Wisdom guides the way.

Discover your deep-rooted beliefs and leading values.
Surf & soar on the airflows of inspiration.
Fuel the fires of your creative passions.
Breathe in the fragrance of Divine Mother
In the spaciousness of your soul.
Drink deeply of Her Love.
Cultivate good karma as you continue
To gather the nectar from lifetimes on the spiritual path.
And share the harvest through
Unconditional love for yourself, others,
And all that is – in service to Father/Mother God.

Align with the celestial rhythm
Attune to its sacred energy
Embody Divine Will
To blossom into who you truly are,
An individualized expression of the Divine.

Now open the door to your heart.
Say yes to Light.
Say yes to Love.
Say yes to Freedom.
Live your life fully as a creative expression of God’s Love.
For love encompasses the whole Universe.

Take in this Spirit Vision
And dance in Oneness with all Creation
Gracefully moving in harmony, in joy.

May your flow be a self-offering to the Divine Mother.
May your whole being be absorbed in God’s love.
May you step into happiness
As you get in sync with the Holy Music
That unites All That Is.
For the score to this Freedom Dance
Is already carved as sacred codes into your soul.

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Find Your Right Playmates – Temple of Isis Video

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Once upon a time, my ex wisely said “Dominique, I can’t be your everything!”. I must have been disappointed that he wouldn’t attend an event with me or share my passion in some interest.

He was absolutely right!

Relying on one person to satisfy all our needs is a recipe for disaster.

Often, what you think you need from another is something it would be healthy to give to yourself. For example, if you’re looking for love, how can you love yourself more in this moment?

But that’s not really what I wanted to discuss here.

Today, I wanted to share how thrilled I was to have found the ideal playmate for a vision I received while at Ananda Assisi this summer.

The ease & grace with which this co-creation came about was the fulfillment of a dream I’d have for a few years to create a music video.

My efforts in the past had been thwarted by weather, logistics, etc. – group projects that lingered in my “mental wish list” for months until they just dissipated.

So WOW! how grateful I was for this creative bliss with the perfect playmate, Rose Saegusa, a classmate in my Transformative Arts Certification Program at the Academy of Art, Creativity & Consciousness.

From start to finish, this project took 5 days, in my spare time.

Here’s how it happened.

  • We attended the Ananda Joy Choir concert in the temple one evening. I’d asked the director, Peter Treichler, if I could record some songs for possible use in a video. Only about half the choir was there that night, but he generously said yes.
  • Both Rose and I resonated with the song “In the Temple of Isis”.
  • I woke up the next day with a vision of her dancing outside the temple.
  • Before morning meditation, Sanjaya shared a prayer to the Divine Mother that paired wonderfully with the song. It turns out he wrote it and gave me permission to use it.
  • I knew from what Rose was processing in class that week, that she’d be up to dancing in a video.
  • I asked.
  • She answered “When & where!”.
  • I replied: “5 am Saturday, before the yoga classes in the temple and our class trip to Assisi.”
  • She agreed!
  • I had most of my shots figured out before she arrived. She came up with some brilliant additions.
  • We shot it all within a couple of hours as the sun got higher in the sky.
  • Then I spent about 20 hours playing with the footage and new special effects I’d gotten access to by upgrading to the Pro version of CapCut on my phone.
  • Rose gave some excellent editing notes, a skill I also called upon for future projects.

Et voilà! Enjoy the fruits of our co-creative play in this 5-minute Temple of Isis music video.

Acting on Inspiration

I’m used to co-creating with Spirit without delay after receiving an inspiration – when it just involves me .

It’s harder with fellow human beings because of a multitude of practical and other reasons.

This experience was absolutely and completely (yes, they mean the same thing) fulfilling!

What fun! what creativity!

Is it perfect? Of course not!

But when that week was followed by a week of hazy white skies, a different flow pattern in the fountain,  and bare rose bushes, I was so relieved we’d acted on our inspiration while it was fresh and our enthusiasm high.

Thank you Rose for being the perfect playmate for this project.

Find Your Right Playmates

Do you rely on your romantic partner, family member, or best friend to be your everything?  To satisfy all your emotional, mental, spiritual, and physical needs?

Or do you try to do it all on your own, refusing to ask for help or invite others to play with you?

We need a team and the courage to develop one.

Making friends can be a challenge when our efforts seem one sided or people decline our invitations for a play date.

Don’t give up. It’s all about finding the right playmates for the kinds of play you’d like do.

Some may love to go kayaking with you but would hate to visit a museum. Some may love going out for coffee while others would rather walk & talk on a nature trail. And others may simply need a lot more alone time than you.

Finding the right playmates is a key to health and happiness. 

So what do you need?

How can you invite that into your life?

I wish you the best in both finding and nurturing the friendships and collaborations that will add the quality you seek in your life.

 

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