Laura Hollick - Soul Art Studio

Creating inner wealth is like tending the garden of your spirit. Every time you connect within and express yourself creatively, you deepen the roots of your inner wealth garden and nourish your being.

Inner wealth is the foundation for outer wealth. If you want to grow a magnificent life, start within and tend to your sacred inner garden.

Creative Expression is one of the best ways to create and grow inner wealth.

‘Inner Wealth Garden’ Laura Hollick in her Inner Wealth Garden. Hair/makeup Sue Upton. Photo by Kevin Thom.

Nourish your Inner wealth garden with a Creativity Cleanse

'Lavender Princess Unicorn', mixed media collage by Laura Hollick

Our life is filled with challenges and opportunities to evolve our spirit and experience a rich meaningful life. As we strengthen our relationship with our spirit we can move through the challenges more smoothly and spot the opportunities with greater ease.

In order to do this you need to have a strong connection with your spirit and be able to hear what your spirit is saying.

Here are…

7 simple strategies for strengthening your spirit connection

1. Listen

If you want to strengthen your connection with spirit, you need to actively listen for the clues. Listening can be with your ears, it can also be with your awareness. Notice your surroundings and see what speaks to you.

2. Create space

You need to have breathing space in order to be able to hear your spirit. If you are running around there is no space for your spirit. Make a decision to create space for your spirit to be.

3. Let go of judgment

If you judge your own inner thoughts and feelings, you’ll never be able to hear your spirit because it will be clouded behind the judgment. Practice letting go of judgment and just allowing yourself and others to be what they are, your spirit will thrive in that energy.

4. Trust

The more you trust your intuitive nudges the more they will come. Trust is a muscle in the realm of spirit. The more you trust the stronger your spirit connection becomes.

5. Joy

Anything that brings you joy is a clear indication that your spirit is present. Smiling is a quick way to experience joy, just start smiling!

6. Self Care

Your spirit thrives when you take care of yourself. This means eating well, enjoying nourishing sleeps and surrounding yourself with things that make you feel good.

7. Get Creative

Creativity is like a direct line to your spirit. When you enter the realm of creativity you enter spirit territory. Get creative by playing with colours, outfits, ideas, food, a garden,  anything, just let yourself explore possibilities of what can be!

Soul Art studio was buzzing with creative energy during the recent Launch Soul Art workshop.

Here are some snapshots from the January 30-31st’ 2010 weekend…

We had quite the journey!

The creative process always reveals metaphors for our life journey. When we feel frustrated in our creative process it is because there is an aspect of our life that is frustrating. When we feel joy in our creative process it is because our spirit is free to be.

The Soul Art journey is about finding the way for our spirit to be. The creative process teaches us how our spirit can flow and teaches us how to make our lives a living breathing expression of our spirit on earth. This takes clear desire, courage and willingness to let spirit be the leader.

I was blown away by the courage and creativity of each person who attended this workshop, they let their spirit lead and they are launching into new spheres in their lives!

Included in these photos: Feather Williams, Karen Sita, Holly Moxam, Julie Daugherty, Yvan Bedard, Laura Hollick

'Pearl Shower' Laura Hollick. Photo by Kevin Thom

DAYDREAMING  opens your inner eyes.

DAYDREAMING sheds light on your true desires.

DAYDREAMING awakens your soul’s purpose.

DAYDREAMING is a creative workout.

DAYDREAMING stretches your imagination.

DAYDREAMING is where ideas are born.

DAYDREAMING calms the system and invigorates the soul.

DAYDREAMING solves problems in innovative ways.

DAYDREAMING is like a big dress up game where you can be anyone you want to be.

DAYDREAMING is an opportunity for your spirit to dance with you.

There are no rules in daydreaming.

Anything is possible in daydreams.

Daydreaming wakes YOU up!

YOUR SPIRIT ASSIGNMENT

Here are some questions to daydream about….

1. If you could do whatever you wanted what would you do?

2. If you had all the money you needed, how would you spend your time?

3. What is the most amazing experience you can imagine for yourself?

Being creative is an athletic pursuit in the sense that you have to exercise your creativity to get it in shape. If you want to expand your creative potential you need to strengthen your creativity muscles.

Here are 4 things that can tone you up. Watch out, if you do these 4 things you will become a creative powerhouse!

'Unleash your creative spirit' Laura Hollick dancing. Photo by Kevin Thom

4 Things to EXPAND YOUR CREATIVE POTENTIAL

1. Figure out what is the most fun for you.

2. Do that as much as possible. Don’t bargain with this, discover what is fun for you and make that the bulk of your day.

3. Make your spirit and your relationship with your spirit a priority. You know the saying, “You take yourself with you wherever you go.” Well it is true. If you want to experience a rich, fulfilling, creative life you have to develop a loving relationship with yourself.

4. Gift yourself with the time to imagine. This can mean spending days doing NOTHING! When you are imagining, daydreaming and fantasizing it can look like you are doing nothing, don’t let this outward appearance fool you. This is probably the most productive time for any creative person. I personally spend at least 2-4 hours a day doing NOTHING!

YOUR SPIRIT ASSIGNMENT

Ask yourself this question…

What is the most fun for you?

Whatever the answer to that question is, do that today~ either in your imagination or in physical reality.

When someone inspires you it is like being given a gift. It is as if their very presence lights your inner candle and you are ignited with a new sense of clarity, purpose and understanding.

Recently I had the rare opportunity to interview one of my favourite artists, someone that I consider to be a living master. I say ‘rare’ because usually artists are recognized as being masters long after they are dead. And this artist is alive and consistently able to capture a quality of goddess beauty within each and every one of her paintings. Her name is JIA LU. I’ve included two of her paintings for you to see, and you can view more of her work at www.jialu.com

During our interview Jia said something that ‘inspired’ me…

“Women are goddesses when they can recognize themselves. This allows them to reach the level of wisdom.” -Jia Lu

This got me wondering… What does it mean to recognize yourself?

Because if you can recognize yourself then you can be a goddess with wisdom.

I’ve created a guided exercise for you to learn how to recognize yourself and begin walking your goddess path.

Click to listen to GODDESS PATH exercise.

What exactly is the S-Spot and what does it have to do with SOUL ART?

You know you’ve hit the S-Spot when you feel the rush of creative energy flowing through your being and everything lines up in a spontaneous and perfect way.

The S-Spot is your Soul, the sweet spot within yourself that is connected to your unlimited potential. Your Soul holds the seed of your purpose and the map for realizing that purpose.

When you tap into your Soul, you tap into your creative potential and your ability to be and become the fullest version of yourself.

Finding your S-Spot can sometimes feel like a courting match, where you are wooing yourself. You can move in and out of being connected with your Soul, and that is why I like to call it the Divine Love Affair.

Once you make your Soul a priority in your life, you begin a life long relationship with yourself. It is a relationship that shapes every aspect of your life, from how you perceive the world around you, to how you experience other people, your career, money, food, the way you spend your time, the types of thoughts you hold, etc..

If you want to open the floodgates of unlimited creative potential and really step into the life of your dreams you need to tap into your S-Spot.

I’ve created a simple exercise you can try right now to flirt with yourself and massage your S-Spot. If you decide to try this exercise, give yourself the time and space to really savour and enjoy this, you’ll feel the benefits!

Massaging your S-Spot:

~Start with unwinding, list the last three thoughts you had. (For example: I just thought about a phone conversation I had; what I’ll be working on in my studio later today; and what I’m preparing for dinner)

~Notice where your thoughts reside. (For example: my thoughts were in the past and the future)

~Now, take a deep breath and bring yourself to the present moment. You can bring yourself to the present moment by feeling and noticing what is happening right now within your body.

~Notice how you feel in your body NOW

~Ask your body “What do you feel right now?”

~Listen

~Listen deeply

~Listen with the greatest curiosity

~Listen with complete attention

~Listen

This sounds very very simple, but if you are able to listen to how you feel you begin deepening your relationship with yourself and you build the trust for your Soul to speak with you.

Massaging your S-Spot is about building the trust with yourself, so your Soul feels safe to communicate with you.

Listen deeply to yourself, you will hear some phenomenal things!