What mindful art has taught me

All I ever knew was that everything has to have this final product, result, destination - there was never a moment of contemplation, staying still and observing, fully accepting what is in front without this never ending need of control.

In mindful art, there is always a present moment - nothing else, there is you, your body, your conciousness and art tools.

And it is enough, just like that - because you exist.

Now take it to every aspect in your life and imagine how life can look like. One step at a time, one conversation, one trip, one breath, and so on.

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Saying good bye to march

March is always my favourite month of the year, first signs of spring, my birthday month - feels like a true beginning of new year, everything is waking up and the first warm beams of sunlight is giving us so much hope and joy.

I did feel that thus March wasn't like that at all, in England this month was cold, not many days of sun and just everything felt like January, heavy, dark and sad.

When usually i would feel when my birthday is coming up even without looking at the calendar, because of changing smell, and everything else that brings spring - this time 24th came and went away leaving me with this feeling of emptiness.

In one way it made me really sad but in other it gave me more opportunities to heal, slow down and listen to my self - protect my energy before busy, active season. I was extremely tired and just couldn't do things I usually like to do.

Yesterday we went out and it was so beautiful and warm in the forest, birds were signing - I could hear the sound of river and nature just doing its own thing, like it didn't stop and sleep for few months. For nature everything is just so simple, it is not waking up thinking how behind she is, how nothing was done while it was resting, she knows she needed it to be fully there for us in the warmer months.

We also saw one yellow butterfly - symbolising joy, happiness, prosperity. Few times eagle showed up too, the spirit, freedom and self expression in its pure form. That led me into believing that universe is showing me signs that it's time to slowly get into my power and step into spring season.

As wonderful it was yesterday I woke up to another creepy gray day, started with my menstrual cycle, another sign from the universe to get in, slow down and just be present, not rush anything like nature doesn't. Tomorrow I run welcoming the spring with watercolours in my community centre so i am hoping to plant a tiny seed of this season internally in us to see more hope and to know that good things are coming.

Anyway this post should remind you to accept what is coming, good days, bad day. All.

Be patient

Be present

Be yourself

Remember to take care of yourself always!

Welcome back.

Hello again in my blog, the one I accidently abandoned in September last year. Since then a lot has change so I am more than ready to start all over again.

I like to take social media break from time to time, specially on my birthday to fully recharge, to slow down, focus on my self and listen, listen deeply. This year my birthday march social break led me to completely changing my way of working and sharing my thoughts with the world. I want to be more here, working on my website and things I can offer. With social media, I often get lost afraid of missing out on something, falling into a deep black hole of comparison and distracting myself from doing what really matters.

So I decided to bring more love into my own website and share my journey, about art, my own personal healing, mental health, meditation, spirituality, mindful arts, stories, experiences and just life.

Photo: Taken by me today while we were on the walk, first signs of spring, New beginnings, new life, new ideas.

I do have a feeling that this new way will bring loads of help to those who are looking for one. Post won't be scheduled but I will just share things I feel inspired to share, whenever is the right time.

The main reason why I swapped blog with social media is astrology... yeah I know, I never really believed in astrology but reading about my Chiron Sign really got me thinking.

"In modern astrology Chiron represents our core wounds and how we can overcome them. In many ways Chiron placement is our secret power" https://www.mindbodygreen.com/articles/what-your-chiron-sign-says-about-you

(where you can find out yours too)

My Sign is Chiron in Leo

Weakness - Need for validation. With social media posts I did recognised that most of it was looking for validation, people seeing my posts, liking it, commenting.

Strength - Empowering others through authentic self- expression, playfulness. Using arts to uplift and spread a positive message.

And that is exactly why I am here, it all will be really messy, unpredictable, not consistent but with all of my power to be true to myself and authentic. I am not an expert on many things too, but I am a creative being who is trying to heal, who can just show up for you with my love for writing hoping it will reach someone and give them hope.

You are not alone, you are beautiful, you deserve it all.

Thank you for being here.