Nourish Your Heart
Stories, songs, art and contemplative practices t0 awaken your imagination and offer a well of  solace, resilience and hope during challenging times. Join me to share timeless treasures  in a journey that unites your inner world with the deep threads of beauty and meaning woven throughout history.
K​ayleen Asbo, Ph.D is a cultural historian, musician, writer and teacher who passionately weaves together myth, psychology, history, and the arts with experiential learning. To learn more about Kayleen, click here

Upcoming  Events

​ Tales of Sea, Sand and Stones
Saturday, May 6, 10:30 am PDT
Join Kayleen and Mythica faculty Gail Saunders, Lizzie Berne DeGear and Lucy Reiger as they offer a glimpse of deep ritual, ancient archeological excavations and the meeting between worlds in their recent pilgrimages to Israel and Greece.
Also available for later streaming.

Gratitude Cafe: Poems and Songs of Pilgrimage

Tuesday, May 9th at 10 am PDT
Also recorded for later viewing

One hour of heart-opening poetry by David Whyte, Rilke, Robert Bly, Chaucer and more, with world music of pilgrimage from Santiago Compostela to the shores of Hebrides Islands performed by Spanish guitarist and Celtic harpist Gabriel Hilmar. Register Here on a sliding scale ( zero-$40)
A portion of all donations to benefit wildlife restoration

Love Letters for Vincent
Friday, March 31, 10 am - Noon
An online salon of love and memory on the anniversary of Vincent Van Gogh's  birth, weaving together his exquisite and vibrant paintings, music inspired by his artwork composed and performed by pianist Kayleen Asbo, poetry by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer and a heartfelt communal ritual of creativity
Recording available through  Rosa Sangha membership

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Click here to read an article about Kayleen's journey as an interdisciplinary scholar,  published in the Pacifica Post.​

The Mystic Path and Poetry of TS Eliot
​A six week seminar on the role Beethoven, Dante  the Bhagavad Gita and Christian mystics played in transforming TS Eliot's Life from despair to joy.
Available now as a streaming class through Santa Sabina Spiritual Center
Click here to purchase
$120

In My End is My Beginning:
A Pilgrimage Through the Four Quartets of TS Eliot
Click link above to watch on youtube
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The Healing of Eve
 In this online circle held on the Feast of the Annunciation, we offered a ritual of beauty and blessing of the feminine through art, music, poetry and writing practice to heal the ancient wound of the story of Eve for ourselves and our ancestors. With Catherine Braslavsky, Sue Ellen Parkinson, Kayleen Asbo and Anasuya Isaacs- recorded for streaming, $25.​

In Person Pilgrimages 2023

The Spirit of Scotland:
A Pilgrimage from Edinburgh to Iona
September 20-30, 2023
A ten day journey weaving together history, music, art, literature and  creative practice with stunning scenery as we follow the path of Felix Mendelssohn, Saint Margaret of Scotland and Celtic artists, bards and mystics.
Learn more and apply here


The Blessing Thread
Video Recording coming soon!
 An introduction to the ancient pilgrimage trails and sites  dedicated to Mary Magdalene from Provence to Glastonbury to Iona , each with its own ancient and beautiful tradition  and stunning scenery.