Grace & Joy!

A one minute reminder-to-self that might also help you too, on remaining in and as that space within that can never be overwhelmed...This is a first upload, a beginning tester... just to see! (and no overwhelm, despite my lack of tech savvy!)Also after editing my intro and outro in Audacity...trying to fade the music in and out and connect elements together...will improve :) I'll be creating a more podcast-style format as I learn and go along.Thank you for tuning in :)rowenaPlease see more via my website Rowenascotney.com * The wonderful music for the intro and outro is 'Wavy Glass' by Podington Bear Soundofpicture.com Support the show

An 18 minute guided meditation for relaxation, grounding and presence. This is my own meditation, inspired by my own practice and elements of others I've loved over the years.This is a beautiful meditation for centring before intuitive painting, for allowing all to emerge without the 'thinking mind' of judgement and 'ought-to-bes' taking control. Meditation begins at 1min 12 secsPlease see more artwork, articles and info at www.rowenascotney.com Music by Podington Bear www.soundofpicture.com - 'Wavy Glass' and 'Floating in Space'Artwork by Rowena Scotney Podcast cover - 'Garden Robin’ felting Episode cover - ‘White Owl flies into and out of the field’ - intuitive painting. Also inspired by a poem by Mary Oliver.Support the show

An audio version of a blog post written a little while ago, with much added! ...including Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd ...quite surprising how they jumped in :)On managing energies, and becoming a skilled empath... from initially noticing, then returning to sender... to ultimately not being affected at all, and remaining as the witnessing space xI will be adding the transcript/or link here, as soon as I work out how to do it :)Please see more artwork, articles and info at www.rowenascotney.com Music by Podington Bear www.soundofpicture.com - 'Wavy Glass' Artwork by Rowena ScotneyPodcast cover - 'Garden Robin’ feltingEpisode cover - 'Return Energy to Sender' - intuitive paintingSupport the show

Visualising a quiet, beautiful room of one's own, for calming, centring and coming home. A simple, gentle practice that can stay with you for years, visioning a beautiful space... another way to connect to the deeper space of peace that is always within, and is who we truly are.... no-matter how difficult or distracting the externals may feel to be.I have added a 7 min guided meditation of walking up the stairs to your room, here  I realised that this episode gives lots of great info about the visualisation, but not the visualisation itself :)Please see more artwork, articles and info at www.rowenascotney.com Music by Podington Bear www.soundofpicture.com - 'Wavy Glass'Artwork by Rowena ScotneyEpisode cover - 'Colours on the Water' - oil on boardPodcast cover - 'Garden Robin’ feltingSupport the show

An episode of almost 17 mins on the beautiful practice of intuitive painting and how it all unfolds... Inspired by a recent workshop - one of the many I've hosted on Zoom, and locally, for women. This episode explores themes around being present with all our emotions, and also on kindness, meditation...and on how intuitive paintings evolve by themselves and can become such wonderful, gentle teachers and reminders too.Mooji is mentioned and also the transformative NARP programme by Melanie Tonia Evans... and Qigong too!...and how all are intertwined xThis is a completely unscripted episode, just to see... (amazed that I spoke for almost 17 mins and no pausing!) ... and it is also part of a personal practice on confidence, visibility and voice, and on self-acceptance and self-love.Please see my intuitive painting site for the painting in full and for details of the Zoom workshops.Please see more artwork, articles and info at www.rowenascotney.com Music by Podington Bear www.soundofpicture.com - 'Wavy Glass'Artwork by Rowena ScotneyEpisode cover - 'The mirror, the heart & the glowing bird' (detail) - intuitive paintingPodcast cover - 'Garden Robin’ feltingSupport the show

A 16 minute guided meditation for relaxation, cleansing and warmth. This is another of my own meditations, inspired by my own practice and elements of others I've loved over the years.This is a beautiful meditation for acknowledging, feeling and releasing any tensions and anxieties at any point throughout your day and is also wonderful for centring before intuitive painting.The visualisation of enveloping in golden light is one of warmth and wellbeing, both for ourselves and others. Meditation begins at 1min 30 secsPlease see more artwork, articles and info at www.rowenascotney.com ....................................................................................................................................Music by Podington Bear www.soundofpicture.com - 'Gentle Marimbas'Artwork by Rowena ScotneyEpisode cover - ‘Moonlight evening in May'Podcast cover - 'Garden Robin’ feltingSupport the show

A bonus 'mini episode' :) with a little bit of info on my 1-1 Art & Wellbeing sessions. I thought I'd add a quick audio here in case any listeners are interested...Main info starts at 56 seconds!Please also have a look at all the info on my website too if you'd like to know more...(I also wanted to create a short episode to trial the Descript audio integration - and it's worked! Although the transcript is in one big block of text and the apostrophes have disappeared ....hmmm will look into this :))     ..........................................................................................................................Please see more artwork, articles and info at www.rowenascotney.com Music by Podington Bear www.soundofpicture.com - 'Wavy Glass'Artwork by Rowena ScotneyEpisode cover - 'Saturday Song' (detail) intuitive paintingPodcast cover - 'Garden Robin’ feltingSupport the show

A short weather report for November 20th 2020, with  added experimental fun with my son... some vacuuming and a tiny bit of singing x (First time using Garageband on my phone - and it shows :) hee xPlease also have a look at all the info on my website too if you'd like to know more...     ..........................................................................................................................Please see more artwork, articles and info at www.rowenascotney.com Artwork by Rowena ScotneyEpisode cover - 'This is the sea' (detail) intuitive paintingPodcast cover - 'Garden Robin’ feltingSupport the show

A 16 minute guided meditation for peace, calming and centring in the body and looking within for guidance, from our truest and most authentic space, rather than, perhaps automatically, looking outside for answers. On asking to be shown and being willing and open to receive. This may be around general questions or specific circumstances -  we can start to trust what emerges and live from this wise heart-centred space.There is a little commentary too before the meditation begins, including the reference to Mr Duffy in the story 'A Painful Case',  in James Joyce's 'Dubliners' - 'Mr Duffy lived a short distance from his body'. This is another of my own meditations, inspired by my own practice and elements of others I've loved over the years.Please see more artwork, articles and info about workshops  at www.rowenascotney.com ....................................................................................................................................Music by Podington Bear www.soundofpicture.com - 'Gentle Marimbas'Artwork by Rowena ScotneyEpisode cover - ‘Calm, after gardening' (detail) - intuitive paintingPodcast cover - 'Garden Robin’ feltingSupport the show

An episode of almost 18 mins introducing an approach to EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) or 'Tapping' that is wonderful for HSPs.I've been tapping for a few years and am now training in EFT as would love to share this gentle procedure for emotional and physical pain relief with others.My approach incorporates other spiritual approaches I love, in order to return us to our natural state, which is one of health, clarity, happiness and peace.Jan 2021 I'm currently offering 1:1 sessions (40 mins) on Zoom and would love to hear from you if you'd like a  session at a greatly reduced price in exchange for a testimonial :) Please contact me via my website or email rowenascotney@btinternet.com      ..........................................................................................................................Please see more artwork, articles and info at www.rowenascotney.com Music by Podington Bear www.soundofpicture.com - 'Wavy Glass'Artwork by Rowena ScotneyEpisode cover - 'EFT tapping points' sketchPodcast cover - 'Garden Robin’ feltingSupport the show

Afternoon ponderings and reflections...Beginning with thoughts on the critical/negative voice, moving into Woody Allen's Zelig, identity and masks and onwards into the fullness of nothingness, Advaita Vedanta, the dance of our lives …and joy :) xx*Apologies for the sound quality at the start of the talking - it all eases smoothly after the intro :)   ..........................................................................................................................Please see more artwork, articles and info at www.rowenascotney.com Music by Podington Bear www.soundofpicture.com - 'Meadowlands' - so beautiful xArtwork by Rowena ScotneyEpisode cover - 'Intuitive dance' - quick painting on cardboardPodcast cover - 'Garden Robin’ feltingSupport the show

An  episode of 9 mins 16 secs of a Saturday soundscape walk with Plum the labradoodle. (Proper music element at 7 mins 40 in :)) Features the joy of singing freely to the winds...also birds and passing buses :)Singing snatches of Queen's 'Radio Gaga' and also 'Dear Prudence' by The Beatles... - am pretty sure ok to share a few moments of a cover version by the platform Jamkazam     ..........................................................................................................................Please see more artwork, articles and info at www.rowenascotney.com Music by JamKazam - Cover of Dear Prudence Artwork by Rowena ScotneyEpisode cover -Photo of Camellia Blossom in Gulval churchyard Podcast cover - 'Garden Robin’ feltingSupport the show

An episode of 14:32 mins on the  comforts of poetry being read aloud and listening to poets reading their own poetry.The episode is a reading of three poems mentioned in the first part of the autobiographical trilogy by Janet Frame's 'An Angel at My Table'.'Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking ' -  the beginning, and into a little of the 'Once Paumanok' section, by Walt Whitman 'Meg Merrilies' by John Keats'The Old Grey Squirrel' by Alfred NoyesPlease see chapter markers to skip to each, if you'd like x**New** - just adding the donate button on 'Buy me a coffee' as recently found out about this! Any contributions towards coffees, pencils and cat treats... (& of course podcast/audio costs!) gratefully received x...............................................................................................................................................................................Please see more artwork, articles and info at www.rowenascotney.com Music by Chad Crouch www.soundofpicture.com - 'Wavy Glass'Artwork by Rowena ScotneyEpisode cover - 'Charley' - pastel sketchPodcast cover - 'Garden Robin' - feltingSupport the show

An episode of 21:42 mins on empty,empty, emptiness and the pure fullness and joy of this. Remaining as spacious awareness, & all else flowing through to the earth with a simple visualisation inspired by the Advaita Vedanta teacher Mooji.The episode is quite long but essentially the meditation practice is very short and can be done at any time, whenever remembered :)Guided meditation begins at 2 mins 30** Adding the donate button on 'Buy me a coffee' as recently found out about this! If you've enjoyed these episodes and meditations, any contributions towards podcast/audio costs) are always gratefully received x...............................................................................................................................................................................Please see more artwork, articles and info at www.rowenascotney.com Music by Chad Crouch www.soundofpicture.com - 'Wavy Glass'Artwork by Rowena ScotneyEpisode cover - 'The fullness of emptiness' - quick sketchPodcast cover - 'Garden Robin' - feltingSupport the show

An episode of 12:39 mins with Val reading the poetry she loves.I met Val over a year ago when I started to walk her Border Collie Moss each week, via The Cinnamon Trust. We often have a cup of tea and chat too and Val has shared how much comfort she feels from reading poetry, especially by Patience Strong. She has a wonderful 1930s booklet of her poetry that belonged to her mother and this episode is dedicated to Val reading from this booklet. Stay tuned for a Cornish poem at the end :)The cover photo is Moss listening to Val whilst she reads x so beautiful :) ** Adding the donate button on 'Buy me a coffee' as recently found out about this!If you've enjoyed these episodes and meditations, any contributions towards podcast/audio costs) are always gratefully received x...............................................................................................................................................................................Please see more artwork, articles and info at www.rowenascotney.com Music by Chad Crouch www.soundofpicture.com - 'Wavy Glass'Artwork by Rowena ScotneyEpisode cover -  Beautiful Moss listening to Val reading poetry xPodcast cover - 'Garden Robin' - feltingSupport the show

An episode of 9:28 mins on the beauty of slow... snails, stillness & quiet moments...Sitting with my cat Silver early this morning and listening to the sounds in the garden...and then ponderings and poems emerged xThe episode includes readings of three poems:''Today' by Mary Oliver'Considering the Snail' by Tom Gunn''Clarifications' by A.R AmmonsPlease see chapter markers to skip to each, if you'd like x*Support the Show* - Please feel free to click my donate button on 'Buy me a coffee' ! Any contributions towards coffees, pencils  and cat treats ... (& of course podcast/audio costs!) gratefully received x...............................................................................................................................................................................Please see more artwork, articles and info at www.rowenascotney.com Music by Chad Crouch www.soundofpicture.com - 'Happiness Is'Artwork by Rowena ScotneyEpisode cover - 'The Snail & Mt Fuji' - Needle-punch sketch Podcast cover - 'Garden Robin' - feltingSupport the show

An episode of just over 7 mins on the Grace & Joy painting and wellbeing workshops for women which are held locally in-person and internationally, via Zoom.A little bit about how these came to be, the women they may appeal to most (HSPs, Introverts, Empaths, Intuitives...)  and the joy of painting in this way as a spiritual practice.Skip the intro to 1 min 42 in for the start :)  Link to Meetup - for more info and to join *Support the Show* - Please feel free to click my donate button on 'Buy me a coffee' ! Any contributions towards coffees, pencils  and cat treats ...(& of course podcast/audio costs!) gratefully received x...............................................................................................................................................................................Please see more artwork, articles and info at www.rowenascotney.com Music by Chad Crouch www.soundofpicture.com - 'Flutterbee' and 'Happiness Is'Artwork by Rowena ScotneyEpisode cover - Intuitive painting workshop collage Podcast cover - 'Garden Robin' - feltingSupport the show

An episode of just over 20 mins inspired by reading some of Van Gogh's letters to his brother Theo. This became a longer episode than I thought it would be and includes ponderings on Imagist poetry, including readings of Ezra Pound, F.S.Flint, D.H Lawrence and Amy Lowell...Also considerations of line and music, nature and soul and with an added bonus of my cat Charley sneezing - many times at one point! (He was standing in a sunbeam from the window :D) I briefly mention the 'Grace & Joy Intuitive Painting workshops' and here's the Link to Meetup - for more info and to join.*Support the Show* - Please feel free to click my donate button on 'Buy me a coffee' ! Any contributions towards coffees, pencils  and cat treats ...(& of course podcast/audio costs!) very gratefully received x...............................................................................................................................................................................Please see more artwork, articles and info at www.rowenascotney.com Music by Chad Crouch www.soundofpicture.com - 'Boop'Artwork by Rowena ScotneyEpisode cover - Van Gogh bluesPodcast cover - 'Garden Robin' - feltingSupport the show

A one minute intro - On creativity, inspiration & joy - workshops & 1-1s for women!On friendship, thriving, resilience and the warmth of community xThis was recorded for my workshops, as a kind of sum-up of what I love and a vision of women thriving, confident & happy!Workshops - local and zoomWebsite - main one!Intuitive painting website .....................................................................................................* Adding the donate button on 'Buy me a coffee' as recently found out about this! Any contributions towards coffees, cat treats... (& of course podcast/audio costs!) gratefully received x...............................................................................................................................................................................Please see more artwork, articles and info at www.rowenascotney.com Artwork by Rowena ScotneyEpisode cover - Intuitive paintings - collagePodcast cover - 'Garden Robin' - feltingSupport the show

An episode of  just over 16 mins on Grace and what this might mean... and it's beautiful presence in our lives.  With a mention of Leonard Cohen, Alan Cohen, Rainer Maria Rilke and Mary Oliver...I'd love to know your thoughts on Grace too...A reading of Rilke's 'The Poet Speaks of Praising' is at 7mins 12 secs inAn extract from Rilke's  'Letters to a Young Poet' is at 13 mins 46 secs...........................................................................................................................**New** - just adding the donate button on 'Buy me a coffee' as recently found out about this! Any contributions towards coffees, pencils and cat treats... (& of course podcast/audio costs!) gratefully received x...............................................................................................................................................................................Please see more artwork, articles and info at www.rowenascotney.com Music by Chad Crouch www.soundofpicture.com - 'Wonderblues'Artwork by Rowena ScotneyEpisode cover - Peony, cornflower, marsh yellow-cress and red scabiosa' feltingPodcast cover - 'Garden Robin' - feltingSupport the show