nature as muse Archives - alena hennessy

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 …

Come visit me!

April 3, 2016April 3, 2016

I just listed my new AirBnB space (private downstairs apartment in my home). I would love for you to come visit! All the details are listed to book are here. Safe, happy, and joyful travels to you always…

New Workshop Coming!

March 17, 2016March 29, 2016

Hi there! My Soul Painting workshops in our sweet gallery space tend to sell out pretty quickly (within a day to a few) so I wanted to give you all a little more heads up for the next one for the glorious Summer season in Asheville! (Think river swimming, big blooms and waterfalls)! The exact …

A Big Love Giveaway! (Winners Announced)

October 21, 2015October 28, 2015

Usually about once a year I have a biggie giveaway ~ and that time has come once again! How perfect that I have an array of virtual offerings or learning experiences in which you can enter to win any and all of them!!! This is a MEGA-GIVEAWAY as I will be gifting the following: 7 …

Soul Painting Autumn

October 2, 2015October 9, 2015

Above 3 photos by Yulia Mikhalchuk. Above two photos by Miranda Wildman. Again, it was an incredibly soulful and transformative experience! We soaked (hot springs), we laughed, we journeyed, we ate ridiculously well, we danced, we hiked, we sat, we reiki’d, we cried, we laughed some more, we biz talked, we flower crowned, …

How do you heal?

August 13, 2015August 15, 2015

Lately I have been reflecting on what can bring a feeling of healing to a human. How can we go from a place of pain or brokenness to a feeling of wholeness, completeness, or in-the-moment-ness? How do we move from a place of feeling lost, confused, weak, or disenchanted to a feeling of a heart …

Nothing Compares to You ~

May 22, 2015June 2, 2015

Still floating, still smiling, still grateful for my first Soul Painting retreat… It all felt so divinely sweet and a time out from everyday life, or “the true reality”, as one participant described. I am simply in awe of these women who showed up for themselves for this week together. What risk, what blossoming, what …

Soul Painting Retreats 2015

December 8, 2014December 9, 2014

With much reflection and consideration, I have decided to host two retreats next year near my beloved and beautiful town of Asheville, NC in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Please take a moment to read about both offerings below. Space is limited in each, with special attention given to what I would just love and need …

What brings you joy?

October 28, 2014November 24, 2014

“Dare to love yourself as if you were a rainbow with gold at both ends.” — Aberjhani “Sorrow prepares you for joy. It violently sweeps everything out of your house, so that new joy can find space to enter. It shakes the yellow leaves from the bough of your heart, so that fresh, green leaves …

Current Turn Ons

July 7, 2014September 19, 2014

“I live my life in widening circles that reach out across the world.” ― Rainer Maria Rilke, Rilke’s Book of Hours: Love Poems to God “We need, in love, to practice only this: letting each other go. For holding on comes easily; we do not need to learn it.” ― Rainer Maria Rilke, Translations from …

The Tonic of Wildness

June 11, 2014June 11, 2014

“We need the tonic of wildness…At the same time that we are earnest to explore and learn all things, we require that all things be mysterious and unexplorable, that land and sea be indefinitely wild, unsurveyed and unfathomed by us because unfathomable. We can never have enough of nature.”–Henry David Thoreau The following photos are …