Nourish Your Heart
There are stories, songs, art and spiritual practices passed down through the centuries that can awaken our imaginations and offer a well of  solace, resilience and hope during challenging times. Join me to share these 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

For Love of the Grandmothers
An All Saints/ All Souls /Day of the Dead Celebration
November 1 and 2, 10:30 am- 12:30 pm PT
(also recorded for later streaming)
with singer Catherine Braslavksy, artists Sue Ellen Parkinson and  Emily Grieves and Threshold Choir founder Kate Munger- a two day ritual of memory, lamentation and celebration for the ancestors

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Magdalene Emerging
Begins Again November 3, 2021
A 22 day Online Cycle of daily posts of history, mythology art, music and  contemplative practices designed to both deepen your understanding of Mary Magdalene 
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Love Letters to God
Saturday,November 13, 10:30 am -Noon PT
Our monthly Rose Sangha celebrates the connection between Mary Magdalene,  and the Medieval mystic writers Marguerite Poorete, Mechtildeof Magdeburg and Hadewijch of Antwerp
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The Art of Facing Grief: The Burghers of Calais
Friday, November 12, 10:30 am-11:30 am
On the anniversary of Rodin's birth, this Virtual Salon of Art and Ideas honors one of his most the greatest masterworks, The Burghers of Calais, created with his tragic muse and lover Camille Claudel as a monument to courage in the face of fear. Join us to discover the lessons it can teach us about holding our own grief.
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Images of Compassion:
An Art and Ideas Salon with Sue Ellen Parkinson
Saturday, November 20, 10:00 am-11:00 am PT
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The Great Stream of Life That Flows Through You:
A Salon of Arts and Ideas in honor of  Etty Hillesum
November 30, 2021 at 10:30 am PST

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 Jung and Hildegard of Bingen
A two part video recording from a  Depth psychology perspective on imaginal process and inspiration, filmed for the Salome Institute of Jungian Studies
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Rose Sangha: The Healing Power of Nature
A celebration of  St. Francis and the natural world  with special guests trauma therapist Polly Paton Brown, poet Harmony Harrison and folk music duo NoTan.
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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
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$120



The Heroine's Path: The Tasks of Psyche
A one day expressive arts workshop about love and loss as life initiations
Video coming soon


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

Art as Alchemy:
​Artemisia Gentileschi
A Birthday Salon for  the foremost female painter  of the Baroque era as we celebrate how she transformed trauma to triumph and pain to empowerment through her self portraits as heroines throughout time.
Video recording coming soon

Musical Saints: Bach and Handel
​An online salon in celebration of the inspiring lives and  most joyous music of two great composers sainted by the Episcopal church
Video coming soon

The Arts of Desire:
Gustav Klimt and Emilie Floge

A birthday salon for  painter Gustav KLimt, in celebration  of his relationship with  Emilie Floge, his muse, life partner and artistic collaborator whose presence  brought harmony and inspiration into his life.
Video coming soon

In A New Light:
Mary Magdalene in the Netherlands
A 90 minute salon celebrating the reclamation of the First Apostle through art and scholarship 

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