I was fortunate that my niece was able to come over to the house on March 18 and 25th for the day. Besides having loads of fun, we did more sorting and cleaning in the house, and there is a lot more clear floor space! Alas, there is still so much to do as Mom kept ALL of her teaching, church, Sunday School, and Girl Guide resources, as well as so much more. Plus, Mom inherited a number of her mom's Guiding and handicraft resources. At some point, I will hopefully have it all dealt with.
My niece also was very helpful and let me practice my yoga practicum on her. On March 26th, I did my Awaken Love Yoga Teacher Training practicum. Let me tell you, teaching on Zoom is WAY different than teaching in person (my preference). That said, it was great to pull out my tried and true teaching techniques, as well as incorporate some of the new ones I have learnt in the course. If you would like to experience a moderately gentle grounding hour long practice, you can find it here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1O-WrXqREgUZGZxD3wgY37HtG6S43KOWA/view?usp=share_link
Celebrations:
- My biggest celebration in the past month was completing my yoga practicum
- My next biggest celebration was finally completing the CD Baby set up for the distribution of my music. Not really an excuse, but after my CD released, I was deep into the Christmas issue of The Chautauqua and then it was Christmas, and then I just sort of hibernated for a bit to recover from the epic year I had last year. I was quite surprised when I found out that people were buying my music online, and then I received my first ever royalty payment from CD Baby!!!!!! WOW! I NEVER imagined in my wildest dreams that I'd ever have music I sang in the world and that I'd get paid for it! I'm still stunned!
- in a way it's hard to believe that I have been sharing an artist newsletter every month for a whole year now! Where did the time go? I will freely admit I wasn't sure if I would be able to keep it going after the first few months because the Donalda Art Show and my album release were the biggest events I had planned, and I had no idea what I'd write about after that. Well, obviously I was worried for no reason, as I never seem to run out of things to share. Thank you again to everyone for reading, and for your continued support.
Recently Completed:
Since the last newsletter, I've completed...
Watercolour play (9x12 mixed media paper)
- as my niece and I were moving things around in the house, I found some pieces of mixed media paper that I had folded to make a large journal - after more than a year (give or take), I still hadn't made the journal and I decided I wouldn't be making it because the format/structure didn't really appeal to me. So, I tore each sheet in half and made it into a 5.5 x 7 inch landscape-orientated journal. Not sure yet what I'll use it for, but at least it's made.
- I completed the Morgan Le Fay course on March 19th. What was interesting about both courses - Dark Moon and Summer Moon - was how much herbal witchy stuff I already do in my daily life, but I don't call it a "ritual." That said, I did learn a lot and am still deciding what I will incorporate into my daily habits.
- I completed Hillary Faye's 8-week Abundant Heart Kundalini yoga course. As I mentioned before, there is a lot of overlap between it and my yoga teacher training, so I will continue to revisit the various practices. While I'm not at the point yet of doing a full Kundalini yoga practice, I am getting stronger physically so it's not the impossible feat I thought it was when I first started.
Works in progress:
Currently, I'm working on...
- a 9x12 page of watercolour play
- an 8x10 acrylic painting (truthfully not exactly started yet) + a 16x20 acrylic painting (from Inner Circle 2022 Hawaii virtual painting retreat and that I'm continuing for the 2023 Hawaii virtual painting retreat)
- mandala on 9x12 mixed media paper
- I hope to complete the self-paced "Painting with Words" course before the end of April, now that I have completed some of my other courses.
- I plan to finish off the Recipes, Remedies, and Rituals Ayurveda course by the end of the month or early May.
- Anne's Atelier pattern design membership: I haven't made any patterns for a while so will need to get back to that.
- I signed up for Hillary Faye's 8-week Faery Queen Council Initiations course - it started on April 12th and runs each Wednesday till the end of May
Upcoming Projects:
- Awaken Love Yoga Teacher Training course graduation April 20th!
- 1st Anniversary of My Artist Voice newsletter May 12th
Thanks for reading, and as always, feel free to share with anyone you think might enjoy it.
Beth
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