Saturday, September 13 A gentle invitation to reconnect with your body, your emotions, and your story.
Dear community,
As we approach the final stretch of the year, I’m preparing to host the last Paint Your Soul Workshop for 2025. It will be held on Saturday, September 13, and I’d love for you to join me in this transformative space.
You may be wondering: Why do I run Paint Your Soul Workshops? What do they have to do with grief, trauma, or the tangled emotions that keep us from living fully?
Let me share a little of the “why.”
The Myth of Logic
From childhood, we’re taught to trust logic over feeling. We’re told our bodies are unreliable, that facts are solid, and that emotions are messy distractions. But here’s the truth: What we call “facts” often shift with time and research. And the idea that logic is the only trustworthy guide? That’s not just limiting—it’s unhealthy.
When we dismiss the body, we lose access to one of our most powerful healing tools.
The Body Remembers
Our bodies are where memories live. Not just as stories, but as sensations, images, sounds, smells, and emotions. When I work with children, I often ask them to map emotions on a body outline. They instinctively know where anger burns, where sadness aches, where fear tingles.
But as adults, we forget. We’re told not to feel. We’re told what we feel isn’t real. So we bury pain. We distract ourselves. We run from discomfort. And those buried memories? They don’t disappear. They wait. They surface. They trigger us—often without us knowing why.
The Power of Expression
My work is about helping you come back to your body. To feel what you’ve been taught to avoid. To sit with discomfort and find safety in it. To name the pain and gently release it.
This is where mindfulness comes in. But not the kind that asks you to sit still and think. Real mindfulness digs deep. It listens to sensation. And when words fail, painting speaks.
Watercolours are my medium of choice. They flow, they surprise, they reveal. They allow you to express what you didn’t know needed expressing.
A Practice for Life
This workshop isn’t a one-time fix. It’s the beginning of a practice—something you can return to again and again. A way to honour your emotions, your memories, and your healing.
If this speaks to you, I invite you to join me on Saturday, September 13. Let’s paint. Let’s feel. Let’s heal.
With warmth, Nan