by Louise Lalande | Oct 26, 2021 | Art for Health, Creativity, Wellness
Shaun McNiff has created guides to embracing the ups and downs of the artistic process and allowing them to carry you along your unique creative journey. He brilliantly captures the core ideas and describes what I have been able to feel, sense, and transform through...
by Louise Lalande | Oct 26, 2021 | About Louise, Art, Art for Health, Creativity, Happiness, Painting, Wellness
“Practice any art, music, singing, dancing, acting, drawing, painting, sculpting, poetry, fiction, essays, reportage, no matter how well or badly, not to get money and fame, but to experience becoming, to find out what’s inside you, to make your soul grow.” — Kurt...
by Louise Lalande | Oct 26, 2021 | About Louise, Art, Art for Health, Gratitude, Painting, Wellness
We all share something in common, the energy that flows through us, individually as well as universally. This energy is almost indescribable since it isn’t as clear to our senses, but it is real. Energy is as difficult to explain as trying to describe colour to a...
by Louise Lalande | Oct 25, 2021 | About Louise, arPlay, Art for Health, Creativity, Happiness, Mandalas, Mental Health, Wellness
I don’t exactly remember how I came to love mandalas so much, or when I first started my love affair with mandalas. What I do know with great certainty is that they help to heal great pain, bring peace to life, and impress the power of their beauty in our hearts. Once...
by Louise Lalande | Oct 25, 2021 | Happiness, Art for Health, Brain, Gratitude, Mental Health, Wellness
Did you know that happiness is a skill we can learn? Research shows that happiness, compassion, and kindness can be realized and enhanced through training. The neuroplasticity of our brains makes it possible! Happiness is within our reach. It starts from the inside...
by Louise Lalande | Oct 25, 2021 | About Louise, arPlay, Art for Health, Brain, Creative Process, Gratitude, Happiness, Mental Health, Wellness, Yoga
What makes your heart sing? What brings a big fat smile to your face? Remember the last time you noticed being happy? Are you happy? What is being happy? Is it related to euphoria, ecstasy, contentment, calm, peace, light-heartedness? Recently pondering these...
