Colorful Satellites

Colorful Satellites

If you want to tangle up your brain and give your conscious mind a lot to focus on while your subconscious gets insight on a problem, this Drawing Meditation is for you. You’ll be developing a framed space then layering colors over one another using a couple of...
Ribbons & Lines

Ribbons & Lines

Slow and steady repetition deepens mindfulness while the quirks of each artist’s “ribbon” arrangement allow for personal expression and problem solving that keeps engagement high. This is an excellent way to relax your mind, reset your mood, or...
One Day Retreat: Feb 1

One Day Retreat: Feb 1

Join Kristen McQuillin & Tracey Northcott for a relaxing and creative day of insightful art, observation, and reflection in rural Chiba.  Saturday, February 1, 202511:00 – 16:00Kamogawa, Chiba Schedule 11:00 pickup at JR Awa-Kamogawa station11:30...
Coming (not too) Soon: More Workbooks!

Coming (not too) Soon: More Workbooks!

One of my 2024 goals is to publish Drawing Meditation exercises. We have three workbooks now, but I have scores of exercises and meditations to share. Workbooks are my favorite medium, so that is what I plan. But they are old-fashioned and don’t sell well. Every...
Resisting Growth – a meditation

Resisting Growth – a meditation

On Sundays in my yoga class we focus on meditation. Every week we do a different form of meditation, because people find their way to inner stillness from many vectors. Today we practiced my own system, Drawing Meditations, where we use art to find insights, inner...