inspiration Archives : alena hennessy

Breathwork for the Sensual Self

April 22, 2022April 23, 2022

Here is an article I recently wrote for Spirituality & Health magazine. These two topics are something I am quite passionate about, breathwork and sensuality. I define sensuality as an intimacy with one’s core being and one’s desires, and a capacity to give and receive pleasure. Sensuality is also a personal expression—an attitude and an ability to …

Flow Meditation + Wabi Sabi Painting Lesson

February 23, 2022March 3, 2022

Here is just a little taste of my new WabiSabi Effortless Flow journey. There are limited seats left as I give direct feedback to every painting you post and any other guidance you may need! This lesson is more advanced as I give you many delicious warm ups to explore before this. “Energy flows where …

New Painting Series

July 3, 2020July 3, 2020

I think we can all safely say that this year has been whirlwind. Thank goodness art is never cancelled! The below series I have been working on for awhile, some just completed, some recently given a little extra love. There are a variety of sizes and formats. If you wish to have the sides gold-leafed, …

Let the Flowers Be Seen!

February 5, 2020February 13, 2020

I have some thrilling news to share — my new book about learning about the subtle yet powerful healing properties of 100 plus flower essences is available for preorder now! Many of you probably did not know I have been a flower essence practitioner for years. I collaborated with my mother Jane Hennessy (we created the …

A Big Beautiful Giveaway

November 26, 2019December 4, 2019

Since it’s the New Moon in Sagittarius, which is popping with sweetness, optimism and divine spark, I thought it apropos to have a gorgeous giveaway. I’m giving the following away to those who enter: 3 spots in A Year of Painting1 ArtBiz one-on-one mentor session1 medium sized painting of your choosing1 scholarship to a future …

Ever After Giveaway!

May 14, 2019June 5, 2019

Dear creative friend, Ever After 2019 is now open for registration AND we are running a blog hop and many give-aways to kick off this fun news! (Scroll down for blog hop and give away info!) Please note: this is the last year they will run Ever After! So if you ever wanted to join Ever After in …

Sharing my Favorite Art Media!

March 7, 2019May 14, 2019

After years of receiving this question I am finally compiling a list of my favorite supplies (see them all together here)! If you are like me I know most of us are admitted art material junkies. For those of you who don’t know much about me, I embrace my style as a wabi-sabi, semi-abstract, botanical-loving, …

A Giveaway for the Overwhelmed

December 21, 2018March 7, 2019

“At Christmas, time deepens. The Celtic imagination knew that time is eternity in disguise. They embraced the day as a sacred space. Christmas reminds us to glory in the simplicity and wonder of one day; it unveils the extraordinary that our hurried lives conceal and neglect. We have been given such immense possibilities. We desperately …

Six Moons School: Now Taking Applications

October 22, 2018November 25, 2018

Update: we have accepted all applicants and all have but confirmed but two. So we have literally just two spots left! Apply today to reserve your spot. Would you benefit from personalized guidance for your creative style? Do you need help staying motivated to create or the courage and confidence to share your work? Do …

LifeBook the actual BOOK Giveaway

December 9, 2017November 12, 2017

Hello beaming creative! Tamara Laporte from Willowing Arts has written a book! It’s called ‘Create Your Life Book: Mixed-Media Art Projects for Expanding Creativity and Encouraging Personal Growth’ and I get to give away a copy! Let me tell you a bit more about Tam’s new book in case you haven’t heard about it yet! …

What Do You Stand For?

November 20, 2017November 20, 2017

I’ve always had a soft spot for animals, their magic, their clear disposition or presence, and beauty (examples of how vast and mysterious the nature of creation is). I enjoy giving back to Animal Legal Defense Fund and Mercy for Animals. But lately, I’m driven in a different direction… and that is the protection and …

Life Book 2018 Blog Hop & Give Away!

August 27, 2017November 9, 2017

Hello everyone! I have some wonderful & exciting news! I am going to be teaching on Life Book 2018 next year! This is my 3rd time teaching for Tam and her crew and it has been a sincere pleasure each time. The connections I’ve made with past participants has been a joy. And as you …

A Love Letter from Me to You

August 9, 2017August 10, 2017

Dear beautiful you (or exquisite soul who is housed in a physical female or male body in this lifetime): You can feast again upon the senses, allow the distance from the past hurts to breathe into your space. The grief may not go away, it just changes form and your relationship to it. These scars …

Giveaway Time!

May 30, 2017June 3, 2017

Hey everyone, I’ve missed you. I feel like its been awhile since we really connected. I’ve also been reflecting softly on what I can offer to you at this juncture after 11+ years of teaching art for the empowered spirit. After some thought this course came to me as I recall some of my most …

When I Was the Forest

February 5, 2017February 10, 2017

When I was the stream, when I was the forest, when I was still the field, when I was every hoof, foot, fin and wing, when I was the sky itself, no one ever asked me did I have a purpose, no one ever wondered was there anything I might need, for there was nothing …

What Can Come of Our Brokenness?

January 18, 2017January 18, 2017

Ring the bells that still can ring. Forget your perfect offering. There is a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in. – Leonard Cohen Just about everyone I speak to these days is feeling some sort of cracking or tearing at the seams. Our internal world feels it and the outside world reflects …

An Epic Giveaway!

November 16, 2016November 21, 2016

I’d like to commence a season gratitude and healing, so starting today I’m having my biggest giveaway of the year! ** Five spots will be given in EACH of my most beloved ecourses: A Year of Painting or A Year of Healing; plus, a scholarship to a workshop or retreat (these sell out very quickly), …

Retreat.

October 5, 2016October 5, 2016

\ Some snaps of the Autumn Soul Painting retreat. My heart is so full from this experience… these women. Oh my stars. Words cannot suffice. There is an unseen and then seen magic and alchemy of healing that comes when women gather in the name of creative spirit. It is palpable and nourishing. It is …

A Year of Super Fresh Creating!

September 13, 2016September 13, 2016

YOU ALL! This feels so so good. It’s that time of year again and this time I am re-doing it all over again with brand new lessons and painting adventures… it’s time to go on an art retreat ~ virtually ~ all year long! So just to let you know, we are filming brand new …

My Stardust Darling

July 11, 2016August 10, 2016

Quiet friend who has come so far, feel how your breathing makes more space around you. Let this darkness be a bell tower and you the bell. As you ring, what batters you becomes your strength. Move back and forth into the change. What is it like, such intensity of pain? If the drink is …