Rachel Schmidt, BSW, PLC
Rachel Schmidt, BSW, PLC
The Forest Studio: Fall Courses for Women
A season of creativity, reflection, nature, and meaningful connection. Fall invites us to settle in, slow down, and explore what’s calling us.
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Creative Acts of Grief
A gentle four-month journey for women exploring grief and loss through creativity, nature, and reflection. Using contemplative art practices, we create space to express what can be difficult to put into words. A place to honour what has been lost, listen inward, and find new ways of carrying what matters.
Starts Sept 18
*Friday morning/afternoon class for North America and evening class for United Kingdom and Ireland.
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The Living Studio Series
A four-month contemplative practice for women artists and creatives who want to deepen their creative work. Move beyond technique and cultivate a practice rooted in observation, presence, place, and authentic expression. A spacious online studio where creativity becomes a way of seeing, listening, and connecting more deeply.
Starts Sept 20
*Evening class for North America and morning/afternoon class for Australia and New Zealand.
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Land & Body
A contemplative journey exploring our relationship with the places we live, walk, and belong to. Through nature, creative practice, reflection, and embodied awareness, we listen to what the land has to teach us. A chance to slow down, reconnect with place, and discover what the landscape might be reflecting back to you.
Starts Sept 27
*Sunday morning/afternoon class for North America and evening class for United Kingdom and Ireland.
A Glimpse Inside: Land & Body Contemplative Art Courses
What happens when we slow down enough to listen to the land and our own bodies? This gallery showcases the creative artifacts and inner expressions from women who chose to step away from their daily roles to meet themselves at a more elemental level.
Through nature-based mindfulness and quiet, contemplative practice, they bypassed the busy analysis of everyday life and allowed a deeper intelligence to surface. What you will see on the next page are the tangible traces of their four-month journeys — artistic reflections of women learning to experience themselves not just as onlookers, but as a rooted part of the living world. Click below to explore their shared stories of land, self, and belonging.
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