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

RILKE'S BIRTHDAY PARTY
December 4, 5-7 pm Pacific
Join Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer, Mark Burrows and Kayleen Asbo for a birthday salon in celebration of Rainier Maria RIlke. We will trace how the music of Bach re-awakened RIlke's imagination after the trauma of World War I, resulting in the astonishing outpouring of poetry that became the Sonnets to Orpheus and Duino Elegies in a joyous feast of music, poetry, story and writing practice.

Etty Hillesum Memorial Day
​November 30, 10 am - 11 am Pacific

An offering of love and remembrance on the day of Etty Hillesum's death at Auschwitz as we honor her life with readings from her journals and offer songs inSpired be her courage and compassion.
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Sweet Honey: The Beehive Preview
Sunday, December 3 at 9 am Pacific
A FREE Online Introduction to Mythica's Nine- Month Mary Magdalene Study Circle

Comfort and Joy:
A 22 Day Advent and the Arts Novena
​December 2-23, 2023
Music, art, poetry and meditation to ignite your imagination

Compline
Sunday, December 3,  5- 6 pm PDT
with Kayleen  Asbo and Robin O'Brien
One hour of contemplative music and meditation poetry, with poetry and chants from the world's different spiritual tradition
 Sliding scale, recorded for later streaming, 

Wisdom of the Heart
Friday, December 15- Sunday, December 17
Bishop's Ranch, Healdsburg, California

Join Kayleen Asbo and Robin O'Brien in the beautiful Sonoma Wine Country for this Advent retreat that weaves together music, poetry , nature art making practice and meditation as we explore the themes of longing and sacred union.  Please note that this is a contemplative retreat that will have several periods of time  (including most meals) in silence.
​Learn more and register by  clicking here and scrolling down to "Wisdom of the Heart with Kayleen Asbo".

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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
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$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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Love Letters for Vincent
A salon of love and memory on the anniversary of Vincent Van Gogh's  death, weaving together his exquisite and vibrant paintings, music inspired by his artwork composed and performed by pianist Kayleen Asbo and poetry by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
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​The Celtic Renaissance:
How Ancient Myths Transformed Modern Europe

" Think global, act local" is a phrase that has become the motto of the Environmental movement. Few people know that it originated with Patrick Geddes, a botanist and urban planner who also transformed the consciousness of Scotland by excavating and promoting Celtic studies. What resulted from his celebration of myth was a 19th century Renaissance of arts, crafts and science, rooted in the search for an Indigenous past where nature, intellect and spirituality were interwoven in harmony.- a story that shows how reclaiming ancient stories and legends can become a catalyst for renewal, hope and artistic creation in our own times.
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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.​

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.