Class 1: The Labyrinth as a Circle of Healing
Class 2: Seeing Through a Lens of Beauty and Wonder
Catherine Anderson
Mixed Media Artist, Photographer, SoulCollage® Facilitator, Retreat Leader, and Labyrinth Facilitator About Catherine: Catherine is a facilitator who gently invites others into the sacred territory of their own creativity. Rooted in a life devoted to beauty, presence, and deep listening, she weaves together her love of visual journaling, photography, labyrinth walking, and intuitive collage into workshops and retreats that awaken wonder and inner clarity. Whether through the lens of a camera or the layers of a collage, she offers creativity as a pathway to presence, soul connection, and personal revelation.
Catherine draws on a rich background in SoulCollage®, Veriditas Labyrinth facilitation, spiritual direction, and expressive arts to help others reconnect with the beauty and wisdom within. Her work honors creativity as a sacred gateway to the soul. |
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Class 1: The Labyrinth as a Circle of Healing
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“Healing may not be so much about getting better, as about letting go of everything that isn't you — all of the expectations, all of the beliefs — and becoming who you are.”
— Rachel Naomi Remen What are you carrying that no longer serves your creative soul? Perhaps it's fear, perfectionism, the voice of an inner critic, unresolved grief, or lingering hurt. In this experiential workshop, the labyrinth becomes our container — a sacred space for release, reflection, and renewal. We will begin by learning to draw the classical labyrinth using the ancient seed pattern. From this foundation, we’ll engage in intuitive creative play — painting, marking, and adorning finger labyrinths with symbols, colors, and materials that speak to the soul. These personal labyrinths can become part of your daily ritual, be gifted to others, or held in your art journal as visual touchstones of presence and process. Once we’ve explored the labyrinth through art, we will step outside to co-create a walkable labyrinth in the natural environment. Here, through ritual and gentle movement, we’ll ceremonially release what no longer serves us — returning to the present moment, step by step. Walking the labyrinth allows the mind to settle and the body to remember: healing often comes not through fixing, but through flowing. Our shared labyrinth will remain as a gift to the wider community — a living symbol of collective intention and sacred creativity. Experience Level: All levels are welcome. Supply List: COMING SOON Kit Fee: Coming Soon Your kit fee will be due to the teacher at the start of class. It is easier if you bring cash in the exact amount of the fee. |
Class 2: Contemplative Photography
Seeing Through a Lens of Beauty and Wonder
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“Photography ... is as much about seeing inside ourselves as it is about looking out at the world. All creative activity joins spirit to matter and so can transform.”
— Jan Phillips In this soul-nourishing workshop, Catherine will gently guide you in awakening both your physical sight and your inner “mind’s eye” — opening you to the beauty, wisdom, and quiet meaning woven into the world around and within you. In these turbulent and fast-moving times, beauty is not a luxury — it is soul food. It reminds us to slow down, to listen, and to re-enter the imaginal realm where insight and wonder reside. Contemplative photography offers us a silent language of the soul — a way of seeing that invites reflection rather than reaction. Making images in this way becomes a spiritual practice: a way to attune to what calls us, understand ourselves more deeply, and uncover the quiet threads of meaning shaping our lives. You’ll also be invited to explore an intimate creative practice that combines photography with hand-stitching. Catherine will demonstrate simple techniques for enhancing your photographs with thread and needle, turning each image into a tactile prayer of presence and attention. Please bring along a few printed photographs of your own to work with. We encourage you to use your smartphone camera for this workshop — our focus is not on technical skill, but on the art of truly seeing. With fresh eyes and open hearts, we’ll receive the world anew — noticing how the natural world is always speaking, always offering beauty and wonder to those who pause and look. Experience Level: All levels are welcome. Supply List: COMING SOON Kit Fee: Coming Soon Your kit fee will be due to the teacher at the start of class. It is easier if you bring cash in the exact amount of the fee. |