satchel with art supplies spilling out — with Mindful Arts Therapy

Members Welcome!

Welcome to the Art Therapy Circles: a gentle, creative space where you can slow down, reconnect with yourself, and feel held within a supportive community. Here, your stories, emotions, and unique ways of seeing the world are honored through colour, texture, and shared presence.

You don’t need experience or confidence, just a willingness to show up as you are. Together, we create a circle of safety, curiosity, and connection, where art becomes a pathway back to your own voice and a reminder that you don’t have to journey alone.

We will meet each Saturday at 4 pm EST and 1 pm PST (USA time) or Sunday 7 am (AEST) – Please check your time zone, so you don’t miss out. Please note, if there is a 5th Saturday in a month, we will not meet on that 5th Saturday. There are 4 sessions per month.

Each session will begin with a short guided meditation, so if you are late I won’t be able to let you in until that is completed – so, please come on time if not a few minutes early.

Sessions are also recorded, so you won’t miss a thing! See below for recordings.

A woman sitting at her art desk painting — Art Therapy Circles with Mindful Arts Therapy

Our Next Session:

Week 39

1 Hour Session

Becoming & Blossoming

See below for the recording

Exploring the emerging self through colour, movement, layering, and symbolism.

This painting process invites you to gently explore what is growing, changing, awakening, or blossoming within your life at this moment. You may be standing at the beginning of a new chapter, moving through a period of transition, discovering new strengths, or reconnecting with parts of yourself that have been waiting to be seen. Through colour, texture, movement, and intuitive expression, you are encouraged to connect with your inner experience and give form to what may be difficult to express in words. There is no right or wrong way to engage with this process. Instead, you are invited to approach your painting with curiosity, openness, and self-compassion, allowing the canvas to become a space for reflection and discovery.

As you work with acrylic paint, trust the creative process rather than focusing on the final outcome. Allow colours to call to you, layers to build naturally, and images or symbols to emerge in their own time. You may notice feelings, memories, insights, or possibilities arising as you paint. The process of intuitive painting can offer a meaningful way to listen to yourself, honour what is unfolding within, and acknowledge both where you have been and where you are heading. This journey of becoming and blossoming is unique to you, and your painting serves as a visual reflection of the growth, resilience, wisdom, and potential that continue to emerge throughout your life.

Please have ready:

Acrylic paints
Canvas or acrylic painting paper
A variety of brushes
Water container
Paper towels or cloth
Palette or paper plate

Click the button below to join this week’s class:

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Please ensure you join at the right time to avoid confusion.

Any questions?

Please contact Susan here.

Lady slowly painting surrounded by art materials — Art Therapy Circles with Mindful Arts Therapy

What to Expect as the Year Unfolds

A year-long journey of reconnection, creativity, and emotional spaciousness

January: Returning to Yourself

A soft landing into the year.

Week 1: Painting – Arriving in the Body: grounding through sensory art – Please see the recording below
Week 2: Collage – Mapping Your Inner Landscape: colours, shapes, and emotional weather – Please see the recording below
Week 3: The Power of Pause: slow art, breath-led mark making – Please see the recording below
Week 4: Setting Gentle Intentions: values-based painting – Please see the recording below

February: Self-Compassion & Imperfection

Leaning into the healing power of being human.

Week 5: The Beauty of Imperfection – Please see the recording below
Week 6: Repair as Ritual: kintsugi-inspired art – Please see the recording below
Week 7: Softening the Inner Critic: expressive drawing – Please see the recording below
Week 8: Love Letters to Yourself: text + art integration – Please see the recording below

March: Nature as Healer

Reconnecting with the natural world.

Week 9: Earth Textures: grounding through natural materials – Please see the recording below
Week 10: Seasons of the Self: exploring cycles and change – Please see the recording below
Week 11: Natures Shapes Mandala – Please see the recording below
Week 12: Nature as Story Teller: using nature to explore your story – Please see the recording below

April: Creativity & Play

Reclaiming joy, curiosity, and experimentation.

Week 13: Scribble Play: spontaneous mark-making – Please see the recording below
Week 14: Colour as Emotion: intuitive painting – Please see recording below
Week 15: Playful Collage: nonsense, whimsy, and freedom- Please see recording below
Week 16: Creative Risk-Taking: trying something new – Please see recording below

May: Stories We Carry

Exploring personal narratives with gentleness.

Week 17: Symbols & Metaphors: your personal visual language – Please see recording below
Week 18: Rewriting Old Stories: transformation through layering – Please see recording below
Week 19: Masks We Wear: identity exploration – Please see recording below
Week 20: The Story Beneath the Story: deep listening through art – Please see recording below

June: Strength, Boundaries & Personal Power

A month of empowerment and agency.

Week 21: What Power Feels Like: embodied drawing – Please see recording below
Week 22: Boundaries as Art: lines, edges, containers – Please see recording below
Week 23: Saying No with Colour: expressive painting – Please see recording below
Week 24: Claiming Space: large-scale or expansive work – Please see recording below

July: Emotional Flow

Working with emotions safely and creatively.

Week 25: Watercolor Emotions: fluidity and release – Please see recording below
Week 26: Holding Big Feelings: containment exercise – Please see recording below
Week 27: Emotional Alchemy: transforming through mixed media – Please see recording below
Week 28: Restoring Balance: soothing, repetitive art – Please see recording below

August: Rest, Stillness & Nourishment

A restorative month.

Week 29: Art as Comfort: soft textures, gentle colors – Please see recording below
Week 30: Creating Safe Inner Spaces: visual sanctuaries – Please see recording below
Week 31: Rituals of Rest: slow stitching or repetitive patterns – Please see recording below
Week 32: Nourishing the Self: art that feels warming, gentle and a safe harbour – Please see recording below

September: Connection & Community

Using art as a voice to gently inform and reach others

Week 33: Art as Conversation – Please see recording below
Week 34: Shared Stories Collage – Please see recording below
Week 35: Witnessing & Being Witnessed, Reflective Art – Please see recording below
Week 36: Weaving Together, literal or metaphorical weaving – Please see recording below

October: Transformation & Becoming

A month of growth and emergence.

Week 37: Cocooning and what we are shedding – Please see recording below
Week 38: Thresholds: the in between spaces in art – Please see recording below
Week 39: Becoming & Blossoming: intuitive painting
Week 40: Celebrating Change: expressive, expansive work
Week 41: Art as Meditation: breath-led drawing