Nazanin Marashian – LOVE & heART
Artist | Educator | Healing Facilitator
Sacred Beginnings: Postpartum Doula Training with Anna Watts I have emerged from a deeply nourishing weekend Postpartum Doula training course with Anna Watts of Celebration of birth Doula Academy. This course has been incredibly healing for me. Further confirming my calling to step into this healing work with women postpartum. It never ceases to amaze …
Today I want to talk about Grief. Why? Well as September came to a close and I sat in my morning meditation I recieved such powerful guidance and healing from the Universe! I was shown that I am still carrying grief in my heart and need to let it go so love can find its …
Healing Birth both personally and collectively through ritual is a very real and powerful experience. As I pondered my post-natal journey I came across a magnificent resource The Goddess Celebrates: An Anthology of Women's Rituals, edited by Diane Stein. In this gem is a ritual for healing the C-Section! Exactly what I needed. As much …
There are many initiations in our lives that mark transition and growth. In each culture and timeline there are various rituals that celebrate these milestones. One I want to speak about is Motherhood. My own experience into the deepest transformation of my life begins with this passage from Maiden to Mother both symbolically and …
There are many ceremonies across all cultures that celebrate the various rites of passage and initiations for individuals from Birth Day, to adolescence and adulthood. As I reflect on my own upbringing and the way life events are celebrated within my family – often with over eating and lots of dancing- I felt that I …
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The Water element is our life force. Water is linked to our emotions, the process of birth, of cleansing and the feminine way of being- in flow with nature and the cycles of life. The ripples of cause and effect expressed through the drop returning to the whole and our own passage through the waters …
Riding on the immense energies of the 10/10 vibration I am taking this leap of faith to finally come out of my spiritual closet. I am no longer playing small, I step wholeheartedly into my calling, I emerge through the shadows of fear and self-doubt fully in my power; an awakened wild woman. I walk my …
Everything in nature has a language. In order to learn that language we need to sit with each element and watch it through our hearts. I learnt this wisdom as I walked the beautiful terrain of the Sacred Valley, Peru in a powerful and transformative pilgrimage to Apu Salkantay and Machu Picchu with Valerio Sasari …
As my latest exhibition comes to an end I have been reflecting quite deeply on the work I have created for Turquoise Paradox and considering the next series of works to come. In these quite small scale, intimate works I have woven the story of my life with that of my partner's. The journey we have …
I've been thinking a lot about my 'muse' this month, especially as I find myself struggling to get through the new series of works. A question I keep asking myself is 'how do I maintain my creative flow?' Creative flow and inspiration is often linked to the two great waves of the " Feast" and …
Stepping fully into my artistic path has been quite a journey these past few years. Since starting full-time teaching in 2007 followed closely with major life events of marriage and children, my art practice felt like it was a thing of the past. I had no proper studio set up and whilst I always kept art …
Nazanin Marashian - LOVE & heART 