Seeing beauty

Seeing beauty

Wednesday, July 16, 2014

Soul Art Medicine

For spiritual bohemians visiting please check my new website on creativity and soulful living here; Soul Art Medicine

Love and light
Solveig

Thursday, September 26, 2013

Walking in Beauty


Walking In Beauty (Blessing)

Today I will walk out, today everything unnecessary will leave me,
I will be as I was before, I will have a cool breeze over my body.
I will have a light body, I will be happy forever,
nothing will hinder me.
I walk with beauty before me. I walk with beauty behind me.
I walk with beauty below me. I walk with beauty above me.
I walk with beauty around me. My words will be beautiful.

In beauty all day long may I walk.
Through the returning seasons, may I walk.
On the trail marked with pollen may I walk.
With dew about my feet, may I walk.

With beauty before me may I walk.
With beauty behind me may I walk.
With beauty below me may I walk.
With beauty above me may I walk.
With beauty all around me may I walk.

In old age wandering on a trail of beauty, lively, may I walk.
In old age wandering on a trail of beauty, living again, may I walk.
My words will be beautiful. (Navajo Prayer)

Tuesday, September 24, 2013

The movement towards the dream

Dreaming woman-Solveig

To be a dreamer is often a challenge. I am a dreamer, I dream easily and I have many dreams. I am slowly heading towards them and living them. The challenge is to enjoy the journey here and now, not just the destination. There is always a new dream to move towards, so the real dream is the beauty of the now. The dream can also change during the journey as we grow and change. There is always a movement in life, energy dance in the moonlight, beauty to be seen, love to spread, joy abounding*** 

I am joyfully appreciating the dance towards the dream. The dream is Now, I am living my dream and heading towards new ones.

"Dream your passions, fly away. Go through the hoop of your innermost fears and desires. Meet them and conquer them. Come through your own reflections. Act in your dreams as you want to act and find the guarded kivas where you have hidden your heart." (Agnes Whistling Elk, Medicine Woman)

Monday, September 23, 2013

Finding my Muse-Frida Kahlo

Frida and Me-Becoming My Muse

I adore Frida Kahlo!  Her life, art, struggles and pain and her enduring Creative Spirit never giving up hope, never loosing her creative spark. She painted so she could survive, she painted her pain, her hopes, dreams, love and death. The existential dilemma we all face, Frida did not keep it within herself but poured it out into the canvas, making her striking Art Work for all to see. 
Frida is inspiring character; colorful, true to her ancestor roots, political view and her art. She was the blow of fresh wind wherever she came, feeling sometimes alienated and strange, nevertheless she never adapted someone else ideals, but stayed true to herself. She was a true bohemian and is still inspiring many of us!
I had a dream just when I was pondering if I should come out into the world with my art work. I had recently seen a photograph of Frida so colorful and beautiful! I just had to paint that photo and then it all started. In this painting process ideas started to flow and in the dream Frida came. She was holding a workshop, creativity and colors were abound and I was participating, happy to meet this magnificent woman. It was a good dream and in the morning the name of the page came ,,Listagyðjan" in icelandic translated ,,The Muse" in english. Frida became my muse for a moment and when I finished the painting I decided one evening for the fun of it to become my muse. It was great experience and evoked laughter and joy. I recommend to dress up for a theme of inspiration. We can become chameleon and move our energy into whatever we seek and become that without loosing ourselves. We can choose to draw upon each others powers and gifts- and be inspired by each other. We can  release separation and look at object or a person for example and say ,,I am that", because in truth we are all one!
In life we can have many muses, it doesn´t have to be a living person, artist or celebrity. It can be anything that inspires, like nature, the sky, your dreams, a pattern or a color. Everything has something deeper within, something that is not clear to the eye but lies hidden beneath, that is the magic of inspiration. You open a doorway to the imagination, something lies waiting to be revealed and you find that treasure and let your muse be your guiding light. May your inspiration be the sparkling light on your journey.
Wishing you all a creative fall season***



Wednesday, May 29, 2013


Finding Balance through
the Elements of Creation

Earth-Air-Fire-Water



The elements are all around us and within us, therefore very important in finding harmony and balance within. Our goal is to unite and work in balance with these forces both within and outside of us. Excessively use of one element or the other can be destructive and take us out of balance.

Mother Earth has her forces of creation always working its magic throughout time and history. In harmony they dance in balance creating healthy web of life around our planet.
Its not by any change that they are called the creative forces as they are powerful energies that can both destroy and create. Together they build and sustain our life on our beautiful planet and without them no life could thrive.
These are magical forces, our building blocks, with Spirit permeating all around, creating the alchemy of life and growth. Within we can learn from our Earth Mother and learn to use these elements gaining balance and power.

In the stories of the past the alchemists worked with the elements to change lead into gold. The metaphor in these stories are true, we can truly grow and find the gold within using the magic of the elements in harmony.

Earth
Mother Earth-artist- Solveig Katrin

To be grounded-to manifest into form
Earth is our stable ground, our security in matter, our Earth Mother that feeds us, sustains us, gives us shelter. Here we come to grow and our Spirit embodies and walks our path. Matter is tangible we can move our ideas and dreams into form and earth holds that form. It becomes manifested into matter. Our body holds earth, our bones and skin and we sustain our body with food. Earth is the cup that holds the water and it flows through its veins to the sea. Earth gives fire wood so it can be sustained and kept alive. We need to be grounded to use our abilities properly, so we can grow like a tree and blossom and share our gifts to the world.
We ground when we connect to nature, when we connect to our body and listen to it. We ground ourselves when we nurture our body with good nourishment and when we touch our loved ones and when we pamper our body through massage or body treatment. We can ground our energies with focused intention in meditation and vision journey. Feel earth! Be that tree! Touch your ground! Manifest that dream! Make it happen!

Air
Spirit of Air-artist-Solveig Katrín

To be inspired-to flow with imagination
Air is the blowing wind around us sometimes whispering soft melodies, but often stormy and swift. It is ever changing like the thoughts in our minds and ideas that flow to us. Here we connect to our life giving substance the oxygen, our breath of life. We need air to stay alive, our lungs holds the air and we need air to keep the fire alive. To connect to air is to connect to the wind and let it cleanse our thoughts. Our thoughts can be calm like a lake or it can be chaotic like a storm. The air element is connected to imagination and inspiration that flow to us especially when we can calm our mind and be still and receptive.
We get inspiration through air element when we calm our mind through meditation and connect with our right brain. We use breath techniques to calm and cleanse our mind. We tap into our receptive nature and let the images flow with an open mind. We let the wings of imagination take us into journey into hidden worlds of wonder. Feel air! Be inspired! Let yourself go on a flight of imagination!

Fire


To be passionate-to kindle creative fires
Fire is the substance that gives us heat and power. Power of fire is outgoing, expressive, flames of passion and warmth. It can be both transformative and destructive. Fire gives us life, with the the sun making life possible on earth. With the use of fire we have been able to grow and develop as a species using tools to hunt and warm and cook food. We have to respect fire and use it with wisdom and humility. The fire element is connected to creativity, passion, heat, energy, power, light, force, kundalini awakening and enlightenment.
We tap into our passionate fires through self-healing and empowerment, using our creative side and movement through dance, body-movement, singing, creating. We tap into our shamanic-center above the solar-plexus and reclaim our god given abilities and power. Use your force! Be powerful! Ignite your creative flame!

Water

To be in flow with emotions-to feel deeper
Water is the sacred fluid that keeps us alive on this planet. Water is soft and gentle embracing the lands with its bountiful ocean, flowing in mystical union and harmony with the tides and the rhythm of the moon, connecting deeply to female mysteries and emotions. Water is mystical, our life giving fluid, encompassing 70% of human body. Without water there would be no life on this planet. Water is ever changing, flowing, never static, always on the move, adapting to the energy surrounding it, taking form and molding stones and finding new pathways. Water changes its crystalline energy and crystal form mirroring thoughtforms, energy and light, ever adapting in synchrony with its environment. Water is connected to our emotions, ever changing and flowing like the water, molding us like the river molding its riverbanks and paths.
We flow with our emotions in harmony when we heal and work through our emotions. When we allow ourselves to feel deeper, not bury our emotions and feelings, but to really feel them and heal them. Everything that comes up is clearing away. We need to heal the past and dissolve our blocks. Then water element in us can move past the block and find a new path ahead, moving us into new direction. Flow with the emotions! Feel deeply! Dive into your mysteries! Flow through blocks! Liberate yourself!

So lets flow with the elements, not feeling so separate from our inner nature and be a part of the amazing forces that we see outside of us. The power is also within us! Lets embrace them and of course not forget the 5th element, the ether or the Spirit that is within everything.

With love and light***
Solveig Katrin







Monday, October 10, 2011

The movement toward wholeness


It is a beautiful day today. The sun is shining and the autumn colors are prominent everywhere I look. It feels good to watch the red and yellow hues and take them in. The trees remind us of the continual cycle of nature. Great reason to contemplate how everything moves in a circle and changes. How nothing remains the same. We are always heading towards something and we go through our own cycles and rhythms. 
It gives hope to know that the spring comes again with new green leaves to share its beauty throughout the summer. It is good to let go and not hold onto something old. Everything goes through  it´s growth period and sometimes it  needs to be restructured or given away. Now I am ready to give away what no longer serves me. 
We are slowly heading towards winter months, here in the north, where there is more need to go within like the bear and reflect. 
I am now preparing a personal ceremony where I give away what is no longer needed from each direction of the medicine wheel. And then I breath in what I want into my life. It is going to be powerful and a part of my personal journey into shamanism. I have been past months circling around the medicine wheel. Finding healing and wholeness through observing energies and how I move in my life. 
East is the direction of mind and of illumination. It is were the wise one dwells and also the heyoka energy or the energy dancer who testes old structures to rebuild and renew.  It is the direction of the rising sun, the new dream. North is the connection to the Great Spirit, listen to our inner guidance, test our believes and spirituality. The West is connected to our emotions, the watery qualities and death and transformation. What can be redeemed so that new can enter? The South is the physicality, the manifestation of our thoughts and emotions. How are we connected to our body?  What are we manifesting in our lives? 
It is said that we have to use all the energies of the Medicine Wheel equally but sometimes we get stuck in the East-West energy dance, always moving between thought and emotion, thought and emotion or male and female debate. It is important to move the energy up North to the Great Spirit and then manifest it into our physical life in the South. 
There we get balance, and here is possible to dream our new life, using our positive thoughts and emotions connecting with Spirit and manifest it into our reality that is movement toward wholeness. Being whole and aware of the Great Circle of Life. Blessings

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Enchantment



I´m in the flow of positive emotions, I´m riding a wave of bliss and love. It is so good to be here. Smiling and loving the world. Feeling the energy and vibration of my being. Being thankful and caring from my heart. Sending love to my friends and loved ones and embracing the world.
The world is enchanted when I´m here. I can decide to be here always, and look at the world through the loving eyes and noticing the magic, the sunrise, the autumn colors, the patterns of the leaves, meeting lovely people, even opening book with messages to me, it just read "My dream catcher had turned into a threshold guardian and I realized that I had come full circle, having started this inquiry long ago with a deep desire to create a sanctuary. I had an insight that what art therapists were seeking was a protected, sacred space to come together for their own healing..In the intervening years, some art therapists have begun to embrace and integrate shamanic principles into their practices." This is exactly what I needed to hear because I feel as an art therapist and student in shamanism  deep urge to work with groups using creativity, spirituality and shamanism in a beautiful sanctuary to help people into empowerment and love. This is the road I´m moving towards and I know this sanctuary will manifest. Me and my soul-sisters are weaving this from the dream time into being, in a perfect timing. 
It is good to bring our precious gifts to the world
Love to all