Kristena West Art: PodCast

When I was a child, I had a dream of a mermaid. This dream changed the trajectory of my artistic creative path. It opened up the doors to imaginal realms and grounded me into storytelling, mythmaking, and archetypal dreamwork. Exploring these deep, universal images is where our artistic healing begins, turning inner stories into an artistic life. We can follow this thread, the call of the siren to...

The artistic imagination acts as a powerful bridge between the unseen and the seen. By exploring cross-cultural traditions, we can learn to awaken our perceptions, and awaken our imaginative skills. This journey begins with understanding how the artist's mind naturally interfaces with the anima mundi or world soul. We call this intuition or following our gut. We will dive into the four secret keys...

https://www.kristenawestart.com/christ-icon-reg In this sacred movement into contemplative artistic practice, we open the door to a deeper connection with the spirit of the season. Our journey begins with the ancient, grounding presence of the Christ Pantocrator, Photograph download provided. Second video tutorial is the visionary insights of Rudolf Steiner's Head of Christ - use charcoal, pastel,...

https://www. KristenaWestArt.com/poweranimal Discover & Paint Your Power Animal is a free class I am offering because so many women khave been asking for years. I've been teaching shamanism since 1994, and my background includes a master's in Cross-Cultural Sacred Iconography. Think you choose your power animal? Think again. Your power animal chooses you. When your helping spirit arrives, you rece...

In this vlog I cover the Exciting News of Harvard Divinity School hosting a centenary conference on Rudolf Steiner, and many of my colleagues and friends are presenting! I grew up in a home where Steiner's books lived on the shelves and fairy tales, myths and legends were my daily bread. Country fields, trees, color, and sky shaped my inner life and eventually my work as a painter, mentor and life...

In 2000, I have a BIG dream, I leave my partner, my hometown and my work with men and women's groups and shamanic practice. I move to Berkeley for the Transformative Arts MA program. Then 911 happens and all I can think of doing is making dolls for the children who lost their parents with the loss of the two towers.  Dolls for Peace: Kids in Need of a Cuddle for Oakland Children's Hospital. I star...

✨ As the veil between worlds grows thin, we enter the season of mystery, remembrance, and magic. In this Halloween special, I share real stories and spiritual insights about connecting with loved ones who have crossed over — through dreams, symbols, and sacred art. Learn how ancient wisdom traditions viewed this time of year as a doorway between the seen and unseen, and discover gentle, grounded...

Join artist and teacher Kristena West, M.A. , a trained shamanic practitioner, as she reveals how Sacred Art becomes a path of self-empowerment . Through this living creative practice, we gather our own tools, skills, and inner strength — discovering how art becomes a language of spirit: flexible, moldable, and alive with meaning. In this first episode, Kristena introduces The Way of Sacred Art ,...

🎨 Ten Tips to Save Human Creativity in a Chat Bot World Human Hearts & Hands Making, Crafting, Creating Our Future Healthy The bots can mimic — but they can't dream. 🌀 Book a Private Art Mentoring Session with Kristena West, M.A. → https://calendly.com/kristenawestart-info/first-session-30-min-spark-coaching   Artists Dream, Crafters Imagine, Painters Feel into the Colors. What can bots do? They...

🎁 Download the Free Guide Here: 👉 https://kristenawestart.com/colorguide The Spiritual Qualities of Color for Artists, Creatives & Imaginators What happens when you stop choosing color by habit—and start understanding it as a living presence? In this episode, I explore how the spiritual qualities of color can radically shift your perception as an artist. Color isn't just a design choice—it's a f...

This week's Vlog—Part #6 in the Thought Forms series—explores how emotions like anger, jealousy, and desire create moving mandalas around us. Drawing from Thought Forms by Annie Besant and C.W. Leadbeater, and deepened through Rudolf Steiner's work on the moral and imaginal life of the soul, Kristena examines how each thought form takes shape through color, motion, and subtle force. Kristena has b...

🌀 Book a Private Coaching Session with Kristena West, M.A. https://calendly.com/kristenawestart-... If you want to understand what a spiritual picture of karmic retribution looks like —This week I am discussing Dark Winds, Season 3, Episode 6, produced by Robert Redford. I STOOD (yes, stood!) RIVETED watching Joe Leaphorn struggling with his conscience over some grievous deeds and his question if...

www. KristenaWestArt.com 🌀 Book a Private Coaching Session with Kristena West, M.A. https://calendly.com/kristenawestart-info Have you ever felt like you want to enter a fairytale? A real supernatural tale of adventure, challenges, trials, and triumphs? To wonder what is the goal, and if you will ever make it? This is the moment your mythic journey becomes real—when your inner-work becomes a spir...

🌀 Book a Private Coaching Session with Kristena West, M.A. https://calendly.com/kristenawestart-info One of the men in my men's group, Journey to the Sacred Male, shared a moment that changed everything. At nineteen, while in seminary, he discovered that some of the priests were having sexual relationships with each other—and that the Church accepted this, but under the cloak of silence and collu...

🌀 Book a Private Coaching Session with Kristena West, M.A. https://calendly.com/kristenawestart-info What happens when we lie—to others… or to ourselves? What are the Karmic effects on our soul, somatic body and mental health? In this episode, we explore the deep spiritual and physical cost of falsehood. From mythic figures like Gollum and Dorian Gray to the teachings of Rudolf Steiner and Marion...

🌀 Book a Private Coaching Session with Kristena West, M.A. https://calendly.com/kristenawestart-info #HilmaAfKlint #AbstractArt #SpiritualArt Hilma af Klint was a clairvoyant, mystic, and visionary painter who channeled unseen realms into stunning abstract art—years before Kandinsky claimed the title. In this video, we explore her use of thought forms, spiritual science, and esoteric teachings, d...

🌀 Book a Private Coaching Session with Kristena West, M.A. https://calendly.com/kristenawestart-info   #SpiritDoll #CreateYourSpiritDoll #HealingArt 7 views • Premiered 3 hours ago • #SpiritDoll #CreateYourSpiritDoll #HealingArt 🪡 Create Your Spirit Doll | A Spiritual Journey of Art & Empowerment with Kristena West M.A.  Pattern Download Included ✨ Tap into your creative magic and awaken your i...

www. KristenaWestArt.com We are living in a time when evil is not just a philosophical concept but an active force shaping the world. It moves through institutions, culture, and even human thought, seeking to solidify itself in the fabric of reality. This is not the mindless chaos of old but a structured force, twisting truth into falsehood and subverting the very foundations of what it means to b...

Guardian Angels: Making Healing Art | includes Angel Meditation See YOUTUBE vlog for images: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnoLB7HyPg4&t=394s  www. KristenaWestArt.com Have you ever felt a guiding presence while creating? In this video, we explore the powerful connection between guardian angels and intuitive art, allowing divine inspiration to flow through brush and color. Whether you're paintin...

Sometimes, the world feels chaotic, and our homes need a little extra light and protection. That's exactly why I painted Athena in 2019, holding a mudra of beneficence—a sacred gesture of blessing and strength. I wanted to bring powerful, protective energy into my space, something to anchor me in wisdom and grace. Art has a way of doing that—it's not just about paint on a canvas, but about intenti...

Free Ebook:  Style & Soul – Fashion Tips for Empowered Living Kristena West is a professional artist and fashion desinger. She is the founder and owner of Sunheart Boho Clothing©, celebrating over twenty years dressing women of all ages, shapes and sizes. 2025 brings Kristena's work with Women (since the 90's) empowerment into Sunheart Boho Clothing. Now is the Time! We know that fashion is more t...

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Kristena West: One of my favorite books when  was a teenager!    Chapter One Ziska (1897) Marie Corelli Read by Kristena West Armand Gervase has it all. He is a famous artist, his paintings are hung in national galleries, and he is celebrated worldwide. His best-known painting, depicting an alluring Egyptian woman about to murder her lover, is known for its minute, historic detail, yet Armand has...

Today's vlog is on the Virtue of Balance becomes Progress. Anytime we take hold of ourselves and identify one habit we would like to transform or dissolve, we change our soul vibration, and this promotes health and over time can heal our chakras...that may be a leap but mindfulness meditations have proven to be health giving for thousands of years. This leads to clarification of our soul forces an...

www. KristenaWestArt.com With people all over the world "scrapping" copies of artists original work and selling it as the "artists own work" -what are the emotional, psychological, financial and ethical ramifications? Kristena discusses A from a various perspectives including shamanic, spiritual, religious and ethical viewpoints. What is the Karma being created by using ai fraudulently? Will ai be...