Personal Development Through Creativity & Art

(Inn8 Creativity)

“Let me ask you something, what is not art?” ~ author unknown

Creative expression through any form – painting, doodling, embroidery, knitting, crochet, sculpting, music, dance, etc. – is tremendously healing and balancing. Find the form that fits you and do it often!!

Katrina’s Journey with Intuitive Creating and intentional healing art:

“My awesome Nia teacher and Kahuna massage therapist, Brenda Loukes-Johnson is also an artist.

She ran a series of one day workshops from around 2012 in Bryanston, Johannesburg, introducing us to what she then called SoulPainting (now FlowPainting). This was based on her experience of Carolyn Winkler’s Intuitive Painting.

My first experience of that process was profound and life altering. It was the start of my recovery journey with perfectionism. I became more deeply aware of my intuition, understood how to consciously tap into it and let it guide me. I began to learn to let go of needing to control things and to have an outcome that was desirable. It was a very liberating and wonderful experience.

The more I worked with the process the more I wanted to share it with others, to offer them the same experience I had and the space to make their own. Everybody is creative in some way and this process allows you to find that.

I started to hold Intuitive Creating workshops in 2019 and again in 2021-2023 when I felt a calling to more intentional healing art making. I joined the Art Medicine™ Circle and from there studied to be an Art Medicine™ Practitioner, qualifying in 2024.”

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Creating Workshops

Booking is required to make sure we have enough materials and snacks for you.

Individual Sessions and Private Groups by Appointment only.

Please contact Katrina for more information on costs and availability.

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Art Medicine™

Art Medicine™ is creativity that is woven with the intention of healing and transforming yourself, your community, and the planet.

A Certified Art Medicine™ Practitioner is a skilled facilitator and guide who works with transformational art processes to evoke healing and activate Creative Power in others. With specialized training and certification, they utilize various techniques to create a safe and supportive environment for individuals to explore their emotions, express their innermost thoughts, and navigate personal challenges.

Drawing upon their expertise, intuition, and deep understanding of the healing potential of art, Practitioners guide individuals to tap into their innate creativity, unlock their inner wisdom, and foster holistic well-being.

Art Medicine Practitioners inspire personal growth, self-discovery, and healing, empowering individuals to access their Creative Power and embark on a journey of profound transformation.

Katrina weaves these practices into different workshops and also holds personal one-on-one sessions for those interested in deepening their self-knowledge and self-healing, as well as needing support for their dreams, through creativity.

 

Intuitive Creating

Intuitive Creating (SoulPainting) is an intuitive free flowing creative process that requires no art experience or talent and allows you to connect to yourself. Ideal for anyone – experienced to beginner – to play, explore and reconnect to their inner wonder child.

The Intuitive Creating process is an opportunity for you:

  • to slip into your inner world, and allow whatever is there to rise to consciousness so that you can find out more about yourself
  • to tap into the deep creative place in yourself that you might have lost touch with, or that you might want to reignite
  • to ask for answers to problems, seek clarity or direction for your life, or just wait and see what arrives. It’s always a surprise, and yet not really, since we do have a knowing of what is deep inside us, we just aren’t always aware of it.
  • express whatever needs to be expressed
  • observe your thought processes without judgment
  • find direction from your intuitive self
  • learn more about yourself
  • have some fun with paint and explore something new
  • overcome any blocks / fears about painting or “being an artist”

For Katrina it was also a chance to let go of the outcome, to move beyond her need for perfection and to create from a place that feels good and when it no longer did then to find another way back to that place.

Most importantly, do not expect to come away with an artistic masterpiece. The product is not the purpose of Intuitive Creating. Although you may be pleasantly surprised by the outcome, it is the process that is the important part. Like life – it is the journey, not the destination that matters.

The process is gently guided, and the session unfolds in silence. The space is one of acceptance, non-judgment, and gentle healing. Intuitive Creating in a group space, intensifies the power of your creative intentions.

“Personally, I find that tapping into my creativity calms my mind and resets my nervous system, reigniting my passion for life. SoulPainting allows me to journey into the depths of my inner world, to see what’s going on, and to hear my deepest intentions from my soul.” – Brenda Loukes-Johnson (founder of SoulPainting & FlowPainting)

No art experience is needed, bring along your curiosity and willingness to try something different and play.