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The Spiritual Artist PodcastHow To Turn Emotions Into Art with Metal Leaf Oil Abstract Artist Michelle SakhaiContemporary metal leaf oil artist Michelle Sakhai reveals her process of connecting to deep feelings and transforming them into love when she paints. She shares the importance of sitting with our emotions, even those parts of ourselves that we avoid, and by honoring, them, we transform them. "It doesn't matter what your paint, whether figurative or abstract, but it matters that you are present and connecting to your higher self," she said. It's a form of meditation because you connect to a deeper part of yourself. Michelle has used breathwork, prayer, incense, and other aspects of...
2022-12-1848 min
Do Good PodcastEp: 77 Michelle Sakhai on the healing power of artIn today's podcast, I talk with Michelle Sakhai, who is a contemporary abstract expressionist artist, based in New York City. Sakhai's paintings reference the teachings of Transformative Art. With a focus on light and energy, each spontaneous stroke serves as a vehicle for healing and channelling peace.
In this episode we delve into:
- How art helps with anxiety and depression
- The creative process and how do you deal with creative blocks
- How tarot cards & readings can help us find the answer to our most important life questions
- How Michelle’s spiritual unfoldments play a role in he...
2022-05-1246 min
Wellness and Wanderlust37. Transforming Your Soul Through Art with Michelle SakhaiLet’s talk about art! This week’s guest is Michelle Sakhai, an artist whose work focuses on light and energy. In our conversation, Michelle shares the ways that art can transform the soul and awaken our spirits. (When you check out her work, you’ll see exactly what she means!)We discuss how art can transform and heal us, connecting to our innermost emotions and experiences, ways to foster more creativity in our lives, how Michelle’s spiritual journey ties into her art, the basics of energy healing, and more!Michelle was formally trained as a ple...
2021-06-1042 min
Find Creative ExpressionArt is a force of healing with abstract expressionist painter, Michelle SakhaiMichelle and I chat about her background and education in art, how she uses art to explore her spirituality, and how painting can be its own form of meditation.Michelle Sakhai OnlineOfficial Websitehttps://www.michellesakhai.com/Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/michellesakhaiart/Other Things I MentionedThe kids in The Snow Globehttps://twitter.com/TheShanMichelle/status/1394424278024704007My Body is Not Obscenehttps://watch.plex.tv/movie/my-body-is-not-obsceneThe Cultistshttps://www.youtube.com...
2021-06-0352 min
The Artist Business PlanLearn from a Master with Michelle SakhaiIn this episode of The Artist Business Plan we sit down with Michelle Sakhai, painter, teacher, Reiki master for a class on exploring your artistry. Sakhai gives amazing tips for art students including the number one lesson an art student should learn. Then we dive into painting through your fears (so healing!), clarifying the type of artist you want to be, and detaching yourself from your work to sell it! Such a helpful class for new artists and those who need to refresh their spirit.“If you ever painted your fears you’ll be surprised what happens- Inst...
2021-05-0642 min
The Living ArtistInterview with Michelle SakhaiIn this episode of The Living Artist, Preston speaks with New York City based artist Michelle Sakhai. In this wide-ranging conversation, Michelle shares with Preston her extensive background and traditional training as an artist both in the States and abroad. She discusses her evolution from having a formal background in plein air painting to becoming an abstract artist, influences from her Japanese and Persian roots, the role of healing and spirituality in her work, her latest solo show Garden of Peace and book Awakening, creating work during the pandemic, painting in France with a surprise mentor, and much more.
2020-12-151h 04
Pencil Kings | Inspiring Artist Interviews with Today's Best ArtistsPK 228: Evolution of Art and SelfMichelle Sakhai is a contemporary artist based in New York. With over 20 years of experience exploring plein air painting before transitioning to the abstract, Michelle’s vision is to create transformative art that touches the soul. In addition to exhibiting her paintings across the nation and worldwide, Michelle also serves on the advisory board for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Hofstra University and teaches Transformative Art at the Harlem Hospital. In this episode… Do you want to take your art to the next level? Then, in the words of contemporary artist Michelle Sakh...
2020-11-1845 min
Game Play RadioThe Golden Sea with Michelle SakhaiA NYC-based contemporary artist incorporates tarot card readings into an RPG about sailing desert seas. Michelle is an advocate for emotional exploration and spiritual practice through painting. On Game Play, she embarks on a new journey of discover through role play with the use of tarot cards, which was just a lot of fun for all of us.The Golden Sea is a one-page RPG created by Grant Howitt, The story was created by the GM.
2020-06-0655 min
The Junk and Jam HourContemporary Abstract, Expressionist Artist - Michelle SakhaiNew York Native, Contemporary Abstract, Expressionist Artist, Healer, Educator and Author Michelle Sakhai calls in to The Junk and Jam Hour to share her fascinating story of being of Persian and Japanese heritage, being a world-traveler since childhood, her journey as a scholar in the discipline of Fine Arts, to becoming a globally-renowned artist, represented by domestic and international galleries.On topic is her early music studies as a Violinist, discovering her captivation with plein air painting, and evolving from painting mere landscapes, to becoming a fully-immersed, Transformative Artist. Michelle explains her progression from using e...
2020-05-2751 min
BreakthroughWho Said Artists Have To Starve?Who said artists have to starve? This episode of Breakthrough features Michelle Sakhai, visual artist, primordial sound meditation instructor with the Chopra Center and certified Reiki Master. Michelle discusses the power of letting her creations go into the world and the necessity of bringing a business edge to creative work. She shares how her exposure to the art world from an early age instilled a thriving artist mentality that has brought her business to seven-figures. Michelle talks to Sara Roach Lewis about how an awakening triggered a leap to a new style in her work, leading her to exhibit her...
2020-01-1359 min
Expressions of Healing and The Arcana Series, with Michelle SakhaiMichelle Sakhai is a contemporary abstract expressionist artist, based in New York City, and her paintings reference the teachings of Transformative Art. With focus on light and energy, each spontaneous stroke serves as a vehicle for healing and channeling peace. Sakhai is represented by several galleries internationally and throughout the United States and is currently preparing for her solo show at Madelyn Jordon Fine Art in Scarsdale, NY, September 6, 2019 titled, The Arcana Series: Interpretations of the Tarot. On this episode, we talk about her work with Reiki and Transformative Art in hospitals, as well as her upcoming solo exhibition. If...
2019-09-0239 min
Reiki Radio PodcastExpressions of Healing and The Arcana Series, with Michelle SakhaiMichelle Sakhai is a contemporary abstract expressionist artist, based in New York City, and her paintings reference the teachings of Transformative Art. With focus on light and energy, each spontaneous stroke serves as a vehicle for healing and channeling peace. Sakhai is represented by several galleries internationally and throughout the United States and is currently preparing for her solo show at Madelyn Jordon Fine Art in Scarsdale, NY, September 6, 2019 titled, The Arcana Series: Interpretations of the Tarot. On this episode, we talk about her work with Reiki and Transformative Art in hospitals, as well as her upcoming solo exhibition. If...
2019-09-0238 min
Tarot BytesTarot for Creative Inspiration with Michelle SakhaiEpisode 141. More and more people are finding that tarot isn't just for divination. Tarot can be used for therapy, storytelling, healing, and creativity. Today, I am joined by artist Michelle Sakhai. Michelle is sharing how tarot inspires her art - and how it lead to her amazing exhibit The Arcana Series: Interpretations of Tarot. (If you're in the New York area and a lover of tarot 'n art - this is a MUST see.)
This episode of Tarot Bytes may just give your muse a nudge to begin using tarot for creative inspiration!
2019-09-0117 min