What are EMbody’d Art Journeys?

Do you remember when you were a kid and some crayons or colored pencils found their way into your hands?  Do you remember the freedom you experienced in your system as you colored, doodled, sketched, and flung color with reckless abandon?  There was something so simple and joyous about those moments, and yet so deeply connected to life...  

Creating art moves our energy in ways we may or may not understand.  As adults, our energy gets stuck in our body from various traumas, fears, or perpetual patterns and behaviors.  There are many things that can help move our energy and help us find healing, but few have the capacity to do it quite like art, especially when you create art from a mindful, intentional, and body aware place.  Creative energy is another expression of life force energy.  As we tap into our creative energy all of our energy begins to move, even the energy that has been lodged in the dark corners of our unconscious.  EMbody'd Art Journeys hold a safe and sacred space for trauma resolution and deep healing on all levels as we learn to tap back into our childhood play and innate, creative nature. They open up a beautiful doorway where we can learn to use art as a medicine to heal ourselves and to completely transform our lives.  This work opens you to your true power and the vastness of your potential.

Anything you can dream you can create!

Throughout your journey you will be supported by other hands on and healing modalities to ensure that the insights that arrive from your art have a place to land and fully embody.  Be prepared for a fun and powerful ride!

Modalities

EMbody a new alignment with the support of these powerful tools.

Soul Art

Soul Art holds the container of our time and journeys together. Soul Art was developed by Laura Hollick and is a creative process that works with Intention, Somatic Awareness, and channeled creativity to gain insights through your art about an area in your life where you may desire more clarity, healing, or transformation.

Soul Art is a creative process designed by Laura Hollick. Soul Art is a way to hear and decode the language of your Soul through art. It is a sacred journey grounded in intention to awaken your creative spirit and guide you in creating the life you long to live. By creating art with intention you learn how to focus your creative power in alignment with your highest truth and birth your dreams into reality. The Soul Art process helps you to recognize that you are the creator of everything in your life. Your life becomes your Soul’s art, and your creativity becomes your own personal medicine.

Soul Art is intentional creativity to express the journey of your soul.

As a Soul Artist and Certified Soul Art Guide, every piece of art that I create or guide someone through is an expression of Soul.  Each Soul Art piece is an intentional journey that holds its own powerful medicine and teachings for you to heal and transform your life.  Soul Art takes creativity to a whole new level. It infuses your art and your life not only with intention but your personal truth and Soul language.  This is so powerful. Through the Soul Art process you learn how to reconfigure your life in alignment with who you truly are and who you came here to be. 

You are art, and creativity is the language of your Soul.

The beauty of Soul Art is that you get to show up exactly how you are, and then grow and expand from there. Your Soul knows exactly what needs to be healed and how to heal it, but you have to have the courage to show up and listen to it. I invite you to join me on a life changing journey where we will not only create powerful art together, but I will teach you how to understand the deep messages from your Soul to transform yourself and your life.

Rolfing®& Myofascial Work

Myofascial work and Rolfing Structural Integration are hands on healing techniques that work to bring alignment back to one’s body.  Most people who have heard of Rolfing believe that it is often very deep work and done in a set series of 10 or more sessions.  This is not how I choose to utilize the work. It is true that the work affects the system on a deep level, but that does not mean that it needs to be painful. Myofascial work and Rolfing focus on aligning the body by working with the fascia.  This tissue is extremely important and intelligent, and is what holds the body’s structures together – kind of like a huge, inter-connected spider web.  If one part of the body is affected, so is the whole.  Rolfers are trained to look at how everything is connected and functioning in gravity, and then we intervene at certain places where the fascia is getting bound up and limiting full range of motion, function, and expression of a person’s body.

Biodynamic Cranial Sacral Therapy

Biodynamic Cranial Sacral Therapy is a very gentle hands-on healing modality. Despite its name, the work addresses the whole system, not just the cranium and sacrum. Cranial Sacral Therapy brings a special awareness to the fluid system, nervous system, and bones of the body. There is a unique quality of this therapy in that it tunes into where a person’s system is resourced – into the wholeness and health of a system - to create change.  It relies on the fact that our bodies are self-regulating and know how to heal themselves; sometimes they just need guidance in the form of a witness to remember that.  This makes Cranial Sacral Therapy a very gentle, non-invasive, and yet profound form of bodywork.  Clients experience a deep stillness and change in there system that is both deeper than other modalities and works far beyond just the physical.  Cranial Sacral Therapy has the potential to go underneath present symptoms and unwind you to the depth of your wholeness, where your being remembers its true nature.

Movement & Somatic Awareness

Adding movement into a Soul art journey encourages deep healing and whole being alignment through connection with the body.  How we move our bodies often reflects how we move through life. Learning to move the body in a functional, efficient, and mindful way is what, I believe, lends hugely to a Soul-Full and free (including pain-free) existence in alignment with our truest nature.  Understanding how your body moves and being able to decode its messages to help you bring yourself back into balance is empowering. Movement not only helps us to connect deeper to ourselves, but also helps us to understand how we relate to others and our environment.  Mindful movement has the potential to touch all layers of self - physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual - and can be an EMbody’d experience of the whole being. My body of  knowledge about movement not only comes from my background in massage, Rolfing®, Rolf Movement, and yoga trainings, but from my ongoing studies of martial arts, weightlifting, running, my daily yoga practice,  dancing, Soul Art, as well as other movement arts and sports.

Energy Work

My understanding of energy has come from my studies of the Chakras and Energy Mapping through the Soul Art Certification Program. Energy work naturally weaves into the journeys and can come forward through hands on healing or through your art. Energy is the silent friend running the show behind the scenes of our lives, kind of like the Wizard of Oz working behind the curtain. This is one of the most powerful modalities that I have learned to utilize and guide clients with. Recognizing, feeling, and even tangibly creating energy and its movements on paper accelerates healing and creative potential.

Hot Stone Therapy

Hot Stone Therapy utilizes hot stones to both create relaxation and deep change in the tissue.

Meditation & Visualization

Meditation and Visualization are utilized throughout your Soul Art Journey as needed for grounding, clarity, and connection to your creativity.

And More…

One thing about me is that I am a forever student. I am always searching and dreaming into my own next level of growth and creative potential, and that will always reflect in all the work that I do. I hope that through these journeys I can continue to learn, create, and dream with you to expand who we are and lovingly embrace who we came here to be.

Soul Assist Journey

2 hours, $160

In this short session you will experience a beautiful and intentional journey focused on an area in your life or body that you need help or clarity around. You will go through an intention setting process, somatic experiencing and bodymapping, a short creative process, and receive some healing work to support your journey and the insights you receive from your art.

Full EMbody’d Art Journey

5 Sessions*, 2 hours each, $160 per session

What you’ll receive in your five sessions:

SESSION 1: An in depth intention setting process along with hands on healing work or movement to set you up for the journey ahead.

SESSION 2: A full body somatic experiencing and art session that will create the foundation for your art piece

SESSIONS 3 & 4: Two sessions of art creating bliss! (*More sessions can be added if needed or desired.)

SESSION 5: Learning how to decode your art for insights about your journey and intention, and then creating a specific action and receiving hands on healing to help embody the insights you’ve received from your art.

Are you ready to EMbody your full, creative potential?

Please contact me to set up your free consultation and first session.

 FAQ’S

• A full Soul Art Journey can happen over the course of a few hours, but it can also be a deep process that spans over many sessions.  I find that it is so important to allow this process breathing room so that your creative expression doesn’t feel rushed but instead has the container and the space to naturally blossom and flow. I recommend for this process being open to your own creative flow and timing.  Don’t approach it as something to just check off your list. This is your sacred work. Be in it, and enjoy the ride!

• For your Soul Art session, I want to honor the container we choose to create together, which means giving voice to any concerns you may have (time, money, commitment, etc.) so that our time together is fun and flows effortlessly.  Please talk with me prior to starting our journey together.

• Every journey is unique and tailored to help you discover your own, unique creative genius and Soul language to create life changing transformations.  To help you dive into your creative process, I do art alongside of you (one of the many perks of the job). 

• Soul Art is not a technique based art form; it is learning to express your spirit to the highest degree of mastery. 

• You do not need previous art experience to do Soul Art. All you need is an open mind, a curious heart, the desire to connect to your spirit, and the willingness to express yourself creatively in whatever way that looks like.

• If you are already an artist, Soul Art can take your art to the next level of mastery and expression. Whatever tools, techniques, and experience that you have will certainly assist you in your journey. 

• Soul art is primarily for adults but young adults/teenagers can definitely benefit, too.

• Soul Art isn’t a hobby—it’s an essential practice for your health, vibrancy and success in life.  Soul Art is Soul food and medicine. Soul Art is about being willing to show up and to touch the deep layers of Self and being to heal, grow, and evolve into the person you most desire to be.  As such, your art may not be a “pretty picture.” I invite you to allow space for this, and to trust your personal expression. This is what will allow you access to your Soul’s unique language so that you can receive the medicine teachings you need to help launch you to your next level of evolution.

• For your Soul Art sessions, I don’t always know where we are going or how messy we will get until we get there! So make sure that you wear clothes that are comfortable for you sitting/moving around in and that you don’t care about getting paint or glue on.

Client Testimonials

“Emily guided me (a non-artistic person) through a creative process that was intuitive, insightful and fun! In the 3 sessions we spent together, she took me on a personal journey that helped me break through something I’d been struggling with for over 20 years. She provided a safe and playful environment to let my Soul speak and it spoke loudly and clearly. My time spent with Emily was a wonderful and profoundly healing experience. I am grateful for the clarity it has given me. I would recommend Emily and Soul Art to anybody.”

- Debra Faulconer