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A gift of $10,000 from Ovidne (see www.ovidne.com ) has enabled Artland to begin its journey of becoming a place where we can heal through our art & express through our hearts. Ovidne chose the name for “Artland” which means the feminine aspect of Heartland – take out the masculine “He” !

This doesn’t mean that men are not welcome of course!! We all have the masculine & feminine parts in ourselves – what we need to do is to find balance and harmony within these parts. This is what Artland is about.

I have completed a 2 year “Initiatic Art Therapy” course with Cornelia Elbrecht (see www.arttherapy.net.au) which has enabled me to grow both as an artist and as a person. I would recommend the journey to anyone!!

My joy is to offer guests the space and the time to journey within the path of healing through art, expression and movement.

Each week I am helping our guests to explore the possibility that they are creative!
Most people believe they haven’t got an artistic bone in their body.
They learnt to “shut down” their creativity when they were young,
and very few believe they can actually get it back.
 

But through guided meditation, movement & music, you can once again unlock the keys to creativity.

Remember when you were a child how easily expression came to you?

Then you “grew up” & learnt to bottle up your emotions & store blocks of negativity, hurt & pain within your body.

I will show you through music & movement that you can unblock the energy & express it through your art creations.

It's safe. It's healing. It's you.

You are a unique being – and you may celebrate your uniqueness through your art.

  
Learning to sculpt in hebel block & a step by step art class

Each week we see the unfoldment of their creative natures as they take part in group art (like a group mandala) or they try their hand at sculpting hebel block (by making a peace pole) or exploring some painting. Sometimes I will teach a group how to create a painting but I love to see guests simply open themselves up to some inner healing by exploring themselves through their art.
 

"Mandalas are used to focus the mind while meditating.
This painting is the first created by Helen, a recent guest at Heartland Retreat.
At Artland, guests are encouraged to connect with their inner creator.
This has been done so beautifully by Helen. Well done! "
 
 Please Enjoy Our 3 Photo Galleries
by clicking the links below.
Gallery ONE  -  Gallery TWO  -  Gallery THREE

 
We can learn so much about ourselves by simply allowing the creativity to flow through us – and our inner wisdom can speak to us through our art. Most of us have a lot of fear surrounding art – its like we put ourselves “out there” to be judged. I try to encourage non-judgement of our art pieces because its not about the end result – its all about the journey.

How do we feel when we pick up a paintbrush? How do we feel when we are trying something new? How do we feel about doing something when our negative self chatter tells us we are “no good at it”? How can we ever learn to quieten the negative-critical-self?

We can try by staying open with ourselves. By allowing ourselves to open our hearts and surrender our need to control everything! By allowing the negative talk to simply come & go… like the clouds moving across the sky. Let go & let God! (and lets have fun while we are doing that!)

The Peace Angel

I am always learning myself, getting new ideas, new inspirations and learning new ways
 of unfolding our inner creator. I hope that you too are open to learning through art.
 
Blessings,  Trudi
 

This picture is a new journey of discovery and stress-free art!
Its such good fun and anyone can do it.
Its called Soul Collage and this is one card in my series of “Soul Cards”.
   
Please Enjoy Our 3 Photo Galleries
by clicking the links below.
Gallery ONE  -  Gallery TWO  -  Gallery THREE

 
 
Contact Trudi email trudi@lesdyer.com