Suzanne Armstrong describes this Soul Art piece

This is my body map from Soul Art Certification class 4 Level 1.
The discovery was a “New Way of BE-ing” ~Creating a new “circulatory system” between my spirit and my body in order to nourish and support me sharing my energy and gifts out in the world.

What keeps me feeling authentic, aligned, and FULLY Alive is expressed through Color, collage, pictures, symbols, doodles, oracles, and even expressions from my fav childhood stories.

In order to live my fullest expression on earth, to BE my “whole” self, my “inner world” and “outer world, it’s home (my body), must be and live ‘n sync with each other. I imagine it like my body and soul dancing together~ in a world where the tempo, speed, energy, expression is always changing yet they stay in step, in heARTmony, ‘N sync as they move through each moment of life. Like having our own “Wi-fi” connections at home that allow us to communicate freely and be in circulation, I too need a strong, stable, supportive, and sustainable “WHY-fi” connection between my soul, body, and earth.

LOVE is my “WHY-fi!” Self love is the energetic system that allows me to share my love, love others, and be in Loving service (circulation) in the world. By following my soul’s lead ,trusting my instincts, and having no expectation of “What” this art “should” be or mean~

This body mapping process guided me from what was only a belief to NOW a KNOWING that a world led by love and fueled by self expression is the key to healing ourselves and the planet. ~and that self love and creative expression allow me to raise my frequency as an energetic conductor and guide of LOVE for this transformation to take place on the planet.

This Soul Art piece in Suzanne Armstrong’s words…

One of the most profound moments since I have been in Soul art Certification was on Soul Art Day 2022. It was a day I finally freely expressed the lifelong pain , frustration, and disconnection I have felt with the pressure and expectations I put on myself of having to live and BE “inside the box” of acceptable societal standards.

It has always felt like I was in full body armor, never safe to allow myself to fully let go, fly free, BE me and be able to survive out in the “REal world.” On this day I gave myself full permission to BE the messy, magical thinking child full of wonder and belief in the impossible.

Without an agenda or inkling of what this day or my art would reveal~ I covered my hands in paint, and danced to a PLAYlist I made , and began shimmying in pure joy, delight and freedom.

THIS was the moment where the body armor I have been wearing literally felt like it disintegrated. Body armor transformed to Body Amour. Love, JOY, pleasure, presence, dismantled the armor. Pure LOVE remained. I knew This moment was not just a profound ending but that it was also just the beginning of my next level eVoL-YOU-tion.

How Suzanne Armstrong describes this Soul Art piece

During the “How to Hold Space” Soul Art School Ritual I was drawn to a basket and bag of yarn just sitting in my studio. I have big, Wild, & Color-FULL dreams to make REAL and I wanted a “container” to hold all the SOULicious creation energy that matched their frequencies!

These were the perfect medium! As I played, and created , and listened to my favorite music, a very specific intention revealed itself to me. The intention was to create a physical “container” and space to support and hold me during this time of big changes going on in my life. This felt really exciting and nourishing. Having grown up in a military family that moved every few years,

I was finding myself triggered with the same anxiety and grief that surfaced with every move when I was a child. As exciting as moving to different places was, and as much as my external needs for food, shelter, and safety were met, i have realized that these experiences left my INNER sense of “home” often times feeling very unsure, & unsettled. This move, however, was calling ME to create my experience of my own “HOME” that I can carry with me as I embarked on my new journey.

While moving across the state, letting go of a lot of my belongings, and creating a new biz model , my “nest” allows me to feel a sense of “belonging” and “roots” even without knowing all the details.

This piece is my “nest of nourishment”~ColorFull, messy, intuitive, free, spirited, safe, sacred and a reminder that HOME is a feeling I carry inside me wherever I go and that i all-ways have access to it.

After I finished weaving my nest, i filled it with hearts made from “scraps” of paper, cardboard, art journalling papers, play doh, old cards, mementos, pictures, and whatever willy nilly’s I found in my many studio stashes. On each heart I wrote a word or message to connect to & remind me, in those unsettling moments, that I indeed Know how to nourish and comfort my body, mind, & spirit to feel at “home” within myself. Indeed HOME is where the heART is~ “Flood your home with LOVE!”