Spiritual Art : 5 Ways to Use Art Therapy For Self-healing

Even if you’re NOT an artist, you’ll want to try this! Because when I first began my spiritual journey, it invoked a random interest to start painting. And for months on end, I was creating spiritual art without knowing why. Reflecting back on those days, I can see how it became an outlet to channel my energy.

Here’s a little bit of insight into what was happening behind the scenes before I share some tips for creating your own inspirational artwork, regardless of how talented you think you aren’t (or are).

How I Expressed Myself With Spiritual Art

My thoughts fluctuated between attaining enlightenment and finding my twin flame, as well as my life purpose and devotional longing for Lord Shiva. So, my paintings revolved around these themes, too.

Then, for a short period, as I experienced a mystic’s lens of spirituality, I constantly craved to paint large canvases of the Universe. MY Universe, I’d call it.

5 Different Ways You Can Use Art In Your Spiritual Journey

As such, my journey has had many variations and types of spiritual art.

More recently, I have been inclined towards creating collage-styled artwork. I’ll share more about that next and then walk you through some other art therapy techniques to help you in your journey toward self-healing.

#1 – Creating a Spiritual Collage

This has been so therapeutic that I decided to create a fun workshop for everyone to join me in!

The idea is to inspire even the non-artists to express their spiritual journey through words, symbols, colours and patterns.

If you’re looking for inspiration, my recent workshop on Vision Boarding & Manifestation is a great complement to this. We take spiritual collages to the next level: we anchor our dreams and goals using metaphysical laws. As a result, create beautiful Vision Boards that embody our souls’ desires. It’s fun, engaging and deeply knowledgeable, too! More details below.

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#2 – Morning Walks & Nature-Based Artwork

When swooning over bullet journal pages on Instagram, I deeply resonated with the idea of using Mother Nature’s fallen warriors as a reminder of our own memories during a walk.

So, all you need to do is go on a silent, mindful walk. No headphones, no walking partners, nothing! Just you and your intention to reflect on something meaningful.

As you spend 15-20 minutes reflecting, allow yourself to end the walk with a particular leaf, flower or feather that comes across your path. This must be a fallen one and not something you pluck.

Stick nature’s fallen warrior in either a notebook or loose paper, and pen your thoughts around your mindful walk. Your thoughts don’t need to be polished or fancy – they can be just as candid and raw as the object you picked up. 🙂

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#3 – Spiritual Art for Daily Life

Even if you don’t decide to paint a full-blown canvas painting of the Buddha, here are some more suggestions for incorporating spiritual art into your surroundings.

a) Create your own bookmarks.

This can be as simple as drawing a lotus, butterfly or writing a quote on a rectangle paper. Here are some bookmarks I’ve created for myself!

b) Design minimalistic birthday notes and greeting cards to spread your light.

Over the summer, my husband and I have been dropping random, positive notes around our city. Again, you don’t have to be fancy! Something as simple as “the Universe has your back” written on a note can empower anyone!

c) Create an inspiration board with handwritten quotes and symbols.

My inspiration board has been a work in progress, and I’ve been experimenting with watercolours. But here’s an idea of what it looks like at the time of writing this post.

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#4 – Automatic Writing

Have you ever tried writing when you are in a trance-like state? We can access altered states of consciousness through simple, guided meditations, and the results can be profound! Bestselling spiritual writers such as Neale Donald Walsh from Conversations with God and Julia Cameron from Artist’s Way are a testimony of the wisdom that unfolds through automatic writing!

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#5 – Spiritual Practices with Art Therapy

There are incredible ways to use colours and creativity to acknowledge and experience the divine in one’s life.

Some of the other methods worth exploring, which I incorporate with my clients, include:

• Using colours to understand how energy flows in our body;
• Colour therapy to navigate shadow emotions and events;
• Colour therapy for Chakra balancing;
• Using colours, shapes and symbols for thought transformation (NLP);
• Art therapy to overcome fears and hurdles.

These are more advanced and exciting ways to transform our relationship with art. If you’d like to explore art therapy for self-healing with me, I’d love to be your guide! You can sign up for a complimentary initial consultation using the link in my bio below to see if working together is a good fit for you.

Concluding Thoughts

You don’t have to be an artist to experience your creative side. And just like music, art can be a beautiful gateway into one’s soul.

What forms of spiritual art are you practicing that help you connect with the Universe? Drop a comment and let me know!

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