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Carina Chikyo Nickerson

My meditation practice started 12 years ago as part of my search to find inner ease. Since then I have been working closely with Dr. Andrew Shugyo Bonnici in Applied Meditation Therapy and have recently received certification as an Applied Meditation Teacher. I am also a certified yoga teacher through Cloud Nine Yoga School and have been engaging in psychospiritual work with Sasha Papovich for the last 3 years. I have loved leading meditation groups in the Long Beach area for patients of Dr. Aleksandra Wirga, and look forward to expanding my schedule to include more groups and yoga classes.

I am currently available for private and group work in Applied Meditation Therapy and yoga. Please contact me via email for more information.

I've loved making things for as long as I can remember. When I was little I loved knitting with my Nana and making holiday trees with old Reader's Digest magazines.

When I was pregnant with my son I decided to take an online art and writing class. Through it I uncovered a way of painting that aligned my inner world with a richly layered painting process. I fell in love with color and bought a sewing machine so I could work with beautiful fabrics I couldn't find in stores. I began painting with magenta and turquoise. I took to making my own bread. And I found a refuge in making art; what I like to call domestic bliss; after I put my kids to bed.

My practice and my art are linked profoundly, delicately, and sincerely. I owe my meditation practice for opening my heart to the richness and depth of my own life and the longing to express it.

May you find real soul nourishment on these pages. Love to you all....Carina

Saturday, May 4, 2013

The Sacred Mother...A Workshop for the Soul



"The Sacred Mother"
2013
Acrylic on Canvas
This month marked the first meditation, yoga, and painting workshop I've done.  It was called "The Sacred Mother" and in it we explored meditation and yoga as a path to connecting more deeply with ourselves then dived into painting as a bridge to connecting with The Sacred Mother within.

The cultivation of the Sacred Mother in myself has been a powerful healing practice.  I'm coming to understand that my deepest longings for unconditional love and understanding are a call for me to develop these intrinsic inner capacities inside myself.  Painting has been essential in this process as I could breathe life into an archetype making it uniquely mine.  My paintings serve as prayers in this way; with this particular prayer being to feel the eternal love and acceptance of The Sacred Mother in my everyday life.

How fun to teach this process to others!  We began the morning with a sacred circle.  We then moved into yin yoga and meditation.  We enjoyed lunch together then dove into painting.  I teach a very explicit process, taught to me by the amazing Shiloh Sophia Mccloud , which provides a forgiving container for creative expression.  A little wine doesn't hurt either, which we enjoyed while painting and laughing together.  After two Saturdays we came away with our own expressions of The Sacred Mother on canvas.  I look forward to offering this workshop again and am thrilled to combine these sacred practices.
Leah Nunag with her finished piece.  Wow!
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