Grace & Joy!

‘Do you look behind what’s visible? Do you go a step further?’ Anja Kersten is an inspiring writer, performer and filmmaker with a huge amount of creative offerings full of wonder, depth and intrigue for a magic world. It was fantastic to have a conversation on topics ranging from sensitivity, imagination, curiosity, wonder, improvisation, courage, authenticity and more... This is the second in ou...

An episode of almost 17 mins on the beautiful practice of intuitive painting and how it all unfolds ... Inspired by a recent workshop - one of the many I've hosted on Zoom, and locally, for women. This episode explores themes around being present with all our emotions, and also on kindness, meditation...and on how intuitive paintings evolve by themselves and can become such wonderful, gentle...

An episode of 4:55 mins, and a Sunday morning poem, after a week of morning poems...written in a few quiet moments. The themes of cycles and recycles emerged, from birth and death & the seasons to broken things, laundry and washing-up x (Also exotic blue manakins!) Dedicated to an astounding little mouse who appeared at the end of writing the poem. Please see more artwork, articles and info at...

An episode of 4:43 mins, and a morning poem written quickly after noticing how I was reading a sentence. On how we constuct meaning, on making sense...and this led to the Hindu Maya - the play of existence, non-dual, Advaita Vedanta, literary theory and celebration! ...and the garden jackdaws x Please see more artwork, articles and info at www.rowenascotney.com  Music by Podington Bear www.soundof...

An episode of just over 3 mins, and a morning poem written in a few moments before work, after listening to a super short weather report. On the weather, the river, 'tup of the flock' and Eeyore x Please see more artwork, articles and info at www.rowenascotney.com  Music by Podington Bear www.soundofpicture.com - 'Wavy Glass' Artwork by Rowena Scotney Episode cover - 'Refl...

An episode of 4.5 mins, and a morning poem that arrived with the rains... On windows, falling rain, garden flowers, birdsong, morse code and Angela, so much missed x Please see more artwork, articles and info at www.rowenascotney.com  Music by Podington Bear www.soundofpicture.com - 'Wavy Glass' Artwork by Rowena Scotney Episode cover - 'Morning rain & jackdaw' - intuitive...

The first in our Conversations series with creative changemakers! I was so thrilled to chat with Vimla Sharma and discover more about her life, from growing up in Nairobi, Ayurvedic medicine and wise elders and also being taught massage from her mother, along with her 7 brothers and sisters. Vimi is open about her personal life events, including devastating griefs that she has experienced and a re...

An episode of  just over 2.5 mins, and a morning poem of calm, the day after the winds... On toes to ear-tips, darting great-tits and Charley dreaming... Please see more artwork, articles and info at www.rowenascotney.com  Music by Podington Bear www.soundofpicture.com - 'Wavy Glass' Artwork by Rowena Scotney Episode cover - 'Charley dreaming' - quick watercolour sketch Podcast...

An episode of almost 5 mins, and a poem that wrote itself after a night of high winds. On inner and outer, energies, fences and a woodlouse... Poem begins at 1min 20 secs Please see more artwork, articles and info at www.rowenascotney.com  Music by Podington Bear www.soundofpicture.com - 'Wavy Glass' Artwork by Rowena Scotney Episode cover - 'Night' - monotype Podcast cover - &...

A two minute episode , celebrating a heightened moment of hush ... Sitting in the garden this morning and there was such a sense of pause, a hush, for a moment so intensified, so palpable, all senses heightened ... I had my diary with me -  and a poem came through the drizzle, so quickly written x ... and then a 5 min intuitive sketch, with crayons, on cardboard from an old catfood box, inspired b...

Visualising a quiet, beautiful room of one's own, for calming, centring and coming home. A simple, gentle practice that can stay with you for years, visioning a beautiful space... another way to connect to the deeper space of peace that is always within , and is who we truly are .... no-matter how difficult or distracting the externals may feel to be. I have added a 7 min guided meditation of...

An audio version of a blog post written a little while ago, with much added! ...including Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd ...quite surprising how they jumped in :) On managing energies, and becoming a skilled empath... from initially noticing, then returning to sender... to ultimately not being affected at all, and remaining as the witnessing space x I will be adding the transcript/or link here, as soon...

An 18 minute guided meditation for relaxation, grounding and presence . This is my own meditation, inspired by my own practice and elements of others I've loved over the years. This is a beautiful meditation for centring before intuitive painting, for allowing all to emerge without the 'thinking mind' of judgement and 'ought-to-bes' taking control.  Meditation begins at 1m...

A one minute reminder-to-self that might also help you too, on remaining in and as that space within that can never be overwhelmed... This is a first upload, a beginning tester ... just to see! (and no overwhelm, despite my lack of tech savvy!) Also after editing my intro and outro in Audacity ...trying to fade the music in and out and connect elements together...will improve :)  I'll be crea...