SoulFire Retreats

Written By Galia Alena

I'm so excited to announce that in April I'll be heading across the big pond to teach a class at SoulFire Retreats in the most gorgeous beach "house" in North Carolina. So excited, did I mention that. The retreat is going to be for an intimate number of women to to help reclaim, heal, and fall back in love with their truest self. This delicious offering is going to be hosted by the magical keeper of the stones Athena Perrakis of Sage Goddess and bare footed Queen Stacy De La Rosa of Clover and Sage. Its going to be super magical and infinitely expansive, if you're feeling the calling pop over to SoulFire Retreats and get yourself signed up, I'd love to see you there.
And what will I be teaching: Journal as Sacred Container:
When we engage our hands, heart and spirit, we are able to tap into our deeper wisdom. To this end we will be using mixed media to explore how to use our journal practice as a sacred container to provide us a safe place to play and explore, for self discovery, for noticing, for our gratitude, for holding our dreams and desires,our inspirations, our intentions, our tools and our daily lives and for releasing resistance and obstacles. In essence, returning to our centre and innate wisdom.
Through mixed media (collage, paint, writing, photography) we will be noticing and exploring rituals, personal symbols, the chakras and anything else that tickles our interests or feeds our souls. We will be exploring how our practice can be away of bringing what we know (or what we are discovering through the process and our intuitive wisdom) into our body wisdom to reside at the cell level. Suitable for the absolute beginner to the seasoned journaler.

Galia Alena, art journal pages

Galia Alena, art journal pages
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Galia Alena
I’m a visual poet working in just about any medium I can lay my hands on although I am a professionally trained photographer and a so called “self-taught” artist (of course there have been many teachers on that path). I’m in love with the creative process. I’m a beauty unveiler, light huntress, moment caresser and visionary poetess. Ultimately, all of my work is about helping people peel back the layers to experience the intense beauty of each moment allowing access to both their intuitive wisdom and a deeper connection to spirit and self. (Because the beauty of this life cracks our hearts open and it is through the cracks that light can flow both in and out and connect us back to our divine selves) That is what I do and I do it through photography, art, journaling and teaching. I live in the insanely beautiful Blue Mountains, just shy of Sydney, with my family, our cat and all the winged ones who frequent our garden. Each day here is a wondrous delight of tiny miracles through either the glorious light or magical mists. I would love to work with you, have a look around and see where you are called... "Where I create, there I am true." Rilke
www.galiaalena.com
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