

Transformative Soul Portrait Retreat Class
Portraits invite & invoke soul
Soul Portraits: Recreating Yourself
Come jump start your creativity, remove blocks & explore new & ancient ways to create, while we play together to embody soul & integrate the parts of ourselves or Self in the process. More than a Soul Portrait, this is a form of art medicine & soul retrieval that leaves you with a painting to anchor your transformation & connection to your own soul's calling in a more intimate, lasting & profound way. The end result is a portrait (whether figurative or abstract) that not only helps captures the energy & essence of YOU but transforms you in the process. Come play with creativity. Soul Portrait is an archetypal practice lost in modernity.
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What's included?
3 Day Weekend Retreat &
12 weeks of Classes with:
-Live 1 hour Group Sessions
-Q & A with Demos & Info
-Recorded Class Content
-1 on 1 Personal Guidance
-Partner Practice & Prompts
-Group Practice & Circle
-Art Ritual & Blessing
12 weeks of Classes with:
-Live 1 hour Group Sessions
-Q & A with Demos & Info
-Recorded Class Content
-1 on 1 Personal Guidance
-Partner Practice & Prompts
-Group Practice & Circle
-Art Ritual & Blessing
Inclusive, Deep & Diverse
SP is about painting but more, it is about tapping into intuition, ancestry, history, community & soul guidance
Holistic: Mind, Body & Spirit
SP plays with multiple intelligences & marginalized ways of knowing to return & remember past ritual art
Experiential & embodied
SP is gnostic, focusing on lived experience & deep growth, rooted in your life
Archived & Flexible Material
All material is archived, including live material you missed or want to review.
Art: Technique & History
Applied art is accompanied by art history to help teach the power & purpose of art.
"Magical Value of Art"
More than any one element, this is about remembering the magical power of art.
Do you want to . . ?
Connect to deeper purpose, passion, power, creativity, energy, peace, intimacy, community . . . really it goes on & on. The truth is that to connect with soul in art in this way opens a door (window?) between you & your intuition that is beautiful & powerful, allowing you to receive guidance, inspiration, empowerment, courage, compassion, love, insight & more. Beyond technique, this is about art in its glory.


Self-Portrait your way . . .

Icons
Learn the basic form
Mandalas
Explore variations
Visionary Art
Embody your visions
Dreaming
Tell inner stories
Teachings
Sacred geometry +
Remember the sacred power of art
Soul Portrait: Overview of the Journey
What people are saying . . . amazing!


Is this path for you?


Another option . . . if you want

Art as a process & product, a path & destination as one

Course Structure embodies SOUL
Zooms
Live Sharing
Prompts
Active Guidance
Demonstrations
Technical Tips
Presentations
Ask YOUR Question






Heather Taylor-Zimmerman, PhD
Seeking Soul
Soul Birth
Reimagining yourself







To create is to give birth to yourself.


Opening your container
Gathering yourself and supplies
Closing your container
Moving into your vision
Reflecting on Soul
Soul Reflection
Seeing Through Soul: Envision Yourself
Soul portraiture is about seeing yourself through the eyes of your soul & seeing yourself in a new way. It is about reflective sight & insight: deep seeing. The first week you begin to look within & really open your eyes to see who you are. Invite dreams & visions to open your eyes.
Soul Seed
Sketching an Image: Envisioning Self
Soul portraits are created in layers. To begin you are imagining into the blank canvas as you imagine into yourself & your soul. To document this process, you will be journaling & mapping your experience. Then you will integrate this information into a soul sketch that will serve as the foundation of your portrait composition.
Soul Calling
Serve Inner Need: Activate the image
With the material from visioning & journaling sketched, you begin to constellate and activate your soul's image. This involves a back-&-forth dialogue with your soul that speaks through the sketches & portrait, bringing you a vision from the unconscious. As you gather the elements, you are creating a blueprint for yourself & future.
Soul Portrait
Embody Your Soul: Create Your Composition
This week is an immersion into the process of creation in which you view and respond to your portrait. Following the thread of the soul's imagery, you will cultivate a practice of deep listening & seeing. In your back & forth you are cultivating a greater & more intimate line of communication & communion with your soul.

Manifesting a Vision
Soul Revelation
Soul-centered Design: Symbolic Creation
As you sketch in your composition you are revealing the underlying vision of the soul, emerging from the unconscious. In this process, symbolic images are revealed and integrated in your design. You will see a connection or experience a revelation as you realize things about yourself & your soul that you had not fully or consciously know.
Soul Colors
Paint Your Vision: Adding Color
When ready you will begin to add color. This could be in any form as you choose your color palette. Colors speak their own language of symbolism & emotion. They add layers of depth & meaning, offering a way to blend & explore the relationship between colors & compositional elements. Color allows you to move closer to the energy and emotion behind the image, to touch & understand.
Soul Texture
Animate Your Portrait: Living Image
Add layers of paint & texture to bring your portrait to life. It is a healing image that reflects back to you the soul contact of your portrait process, calling on you to remember past revelations & see through into even deeper mystery. This image is an icon of your Self & soul. It is a healing affirmation & steppingstone to your future.
Soul Healing
Accepting Your Self: Healing Wholeness
Art is a creative process that many, like the psychologist Carl Jung, have called a healing & a teaching. What does your art teach you & how can it heal you? Meditate on what your art offers you beyond the superficial image. Look beyond the surface of the canvas to see beyond. What do you think, feel, or intuit? Let the answer emerge.


Creating a container

You
Create alone
Partners
Share with a partner
Group
Gather in a group
Supply List




Connecting Above and Below
A connection with the earth
Connecting a Body and Body of Art
A rainbow bridge of color
Painting with Color
Living with color
Painting with Light
Living with light

This is an ongoing life self portrait

