THE MOST IMPORTANT ARTIST ALIVE TODAY
IS THE ONE LIVING INSIDE OF YOU.
BELIEVE IT, TRUST IT.
ALLOW YOUR INHERENT CREATIVITY TO UNFOLD.
IS THE ONE LIVING INSIDE OF YOU.
BELIEVE IT, TRUST IT.
ALLOW YOUR INHERENT CREATIVITY TO UNFOLD.
AS AN ARTIST AND HEALER,
ELIZABETH IZZO IS A STUDENT
OF AND CHANGE AGENT
FOR CREATING A NEW STORY.
HER PASSION IS TO GUIDE OTHERS
INTO THEIR OWN CREATIVE PROCESS
AS A TOOL FOR PERSONAL
GROWTH - EVOLUTION.
HERSTORY...
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FROM LIVED EXPERIENCE AS A COMPLEX TRAUMA SURVIVOR, SPECIAL NEEDS, MENTAL AND CHRONIC HEALTH, PLUS END OF LIFE CAREGIVER, ELIZABETH BEGAN TO EXPLORE HOW SHE COULD INFLUENCE HER OWN PATH OF RECOVERY AND HEALING OUTSIDE OF A SYSTEM THAT WAS NOT ONLY NOT IMPROVING HER WELLBEING, BUT ACTUALLY UNDERMINING IT THROUGH IATROGENESIS (MEDICAL HARM). SHE BEGAN TO GROUP TOGETHER AND EMPLOY TOOLS AS A PRACTICE TO HELP HER NAVIGATE A PATH OF ADVERSITY. SHE WAS ALSO ABLE TO DEVELOP NEW TOOLS WHICH SUPPORT CONNECTION, WELLBEING AND INTEGRATION, WHAT SHE CALLS A RE-MEMBERING PROCESS, THROUGH DOWNLOADED TRANSMISSIONS AND REAL TIME APPLICATIONS.
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ELIZABETH SERVES AS A GUIDE TO OTHERS FOR BECOMING EMPOWERED BY THEIR OWN STORY, AND A WILLINGNESS TO EXPLORE THEMSELVES THROUGH FRESH APPROACHES TO PERSONAL GROWTH - WITH THE POTENTIAL OF A TRANSFORMATIONAL SHIFT. SHE IS PASSIONATE ABOUT OPENING TO PRESENCE. THERE ARE MANY WAYS TO ACHIEVE THIS INCLUDING THROUGH AN ARTISTIC PROCESS.
"THE MEDITATIVE STATE WHICH OCCURS THROUGH CREATIVE FLOW
IS A WAY TO CONNECT WITH UNCONSCIOUS PARTS OF OURSELVES
AND TO BECOME OPEN TO NEW WAYS OF UNDERSTANDING
WHAT OPTIONS WE HAVE. WHAT WE LEARN ABOUT OURSELVES
THROUGH CREATIVE EXPRESSION IS COMPARABLE
TO GROWING OUR IMAGINATIONS".
SHE HAS STUDIED MINDFULNESS AND PRACTICES A MINDFUL APPROACH TO WHAT IS UNIQUELY ARISING FOR HER, AS A MEANS TO BECOME A WITNESS TO THIS EXPERIENCE. AN EXPANDED AND ONGOING LIST OF EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION IS LISTED HERE.
"THROUGH THE WITNESSING EXPERIENCE, THERE IS A WAY FORWARD IN SEEING AND
THEN LETTING GO OF AN ATTACHMENT TO THE PAINFUL EXPERIENCE.
WE ARE NOT OUR PAINFUL EXPERIENCES".
THEN LETTING GO OF AN ATTACHMENT TO THE PAINFUL EXPERIENCE.
WE ARE NOT OUR PAINFUL EXPERIENCES".
2019, MIXED MEDIA ON CANVAS WITH DIGITAL EFFECTS. ELIZABETH IZZO
ELIZABETH NAVIGATED A SPIRITUAL EMERGENCY AND A SPIRITUAL AWAKENING AS A PSYCHIATRIC PATIENT WHILE RECKLESSLY BEING WITHDRAWN FROM PRESCRIBED PSYCHIATRIC MEDICATION WITHOUT A TAPER.
SHE SPENT YEARS RESEARCHING THIS NOT UNCOMMON PHENOMENON WHILE EDUCATING HERSELF ON THE HARMFUL EFFECTS OF PSYCHIATRIC MEDICATIONS SO THAT SHE COULD LIBERATE HERSELF OF THEIR INFLUENCE, AND PROTECT HERSELF FROM LONG TERM HARM DUE TO CHRONIC USE. THE WITHDRAWAL EVENT WAS CATASTROPHIC FOR HER NERVOUS SYSTEMS AND RESULTED IN CHRONIC HEALTH CONDITIONS, She continues to recover from.
WHILE STUDYING PLANT MEDICINE DURING A TIME OF LIVING IN AN ARTS COLLECTIVE IN PORTLAND, OREGON, SHE DEEPENED INTO HER APPROACH FOR HOLISTIC RESPONSES. SHE RETURNED TO SHAMANIC PRACTICES, PREVIOUSLY ACCESSED, TO UNDERSTAND HER OWN LIFE EXPERIENCES AS INITIATIONS INTO A CALLING AS AN ESOTERIC PRACTITIONER IN THE FIELD OF INTUITIVE HEALING ARTS.
THROUGH UNCERTAINTY, CHANGE AND ADVERSITY, SHE HAS ALWAYS BEEN ABLE TO RECONNECT WITH HERSELF AND MAKE SENSE OF INNER AND EXTERNAL INFLUENCES THROUGH A "RETURN" TO ARTMAKING - OFTEN UNDERSTANDING THE PROCESS AS A WAY TO BEGIN ANEW, TO BE OPEN TO NEW PROCESSES AND EXPERIMENTATION. THIS IS A WAY TO RESPOND TO A DYNAMIC LIFE PATH. HER INTERESTS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN INSPIRED BY THE INQUIRY AND UNFOLDMENT OF THE CREATIVE AND PSYCHO-SPIRITUAL LENSES.
SHE ALIGNS WITH A TRANSPERSONAL COSMOLOGY AND PANPSYCHISM.
THE GURU IS WITHIN:
AS AN UNMASKED WOMAN AND SPIRITUAL JOURNEYER, SHE BELIEVES THAT BECOMING OUR AUTHENTIC SELVES, AND AVAILABLE FOR THE UNFOLDMENT OF EMERGENT ENERGIES- INCLUDING GUIDED OR SELF GUIDED ECO-THERAPEUTIC AND ART-MAKING PRACTICES,
GIFTS US WITH A CERTAIN KIND OF INNER WISDOM BYWAY OF ITS CREATIVE INQUIRY.
THIS KIND OF PROCESS WORK IS A PRACTICE. IT BEGINS WITH A WILLINGNESS TO TAKE EACH STEP AS WE ARE INTENDED BY DIVINE DESIGN, ONE AT A TIME WHILE BEFRIENDING OURSELVES ALONG THIS JOURNEY.
"IT IS THROUGH A DEVELOPMENTAL APPROACH OF BOTH ACCEPTING YOURSELF JUST AS YOU ARE WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY UNDERSTANDING THAT ANY CHANGE - WHICH CAN BE ACHIEVED THROUGH DIFFERENT AND NEW CONSCIOUS CHOICES, ONLY FOLLOWS THAT FULL ACCEPTANCE AND AN EMBRACE OF WHO WE ARE TODAY".
THIS WORK IS PROCESS ORIENTED. ANY TRANSFORMATION IS ACHIEVED THROUGH THE INTRODUCTION AND REPETITION OF EMPLOYING NEW PRACTICES WHICH HELP YOU LEARN TO CHOOSE NEW WAYS OF BEING IN THE WORLD WHICH ARE MORE OPTIMALLY ALIGNED WITH YOUR OWN SENSE OF WELLBEING AND CONNECTION, ONE STEP AT A TIME.
SHE RECEIVED HER CERTIFICATION IN ECO-PSYCHOLOGY FROM THE RETREAT @PACIFICA GRADUATE INSTITUTE. ELIZABETH STUDIED MYSTICISM WITH SPIRITUAL TEACHER AND COLLECTIVE TRAUMA EXPERT, THOMAS HUBL IN HIS COMMUNITY OF PRACTITIONERS. SHE HAS BEEN A U.S.REPRESENTATIVE MEMBER/JOURNEYER WITH THE FINDHORN FOUNDATION'S, LIVING THE NEW STORY, SERIES 1-3 BEGINNING IN 2016.
HER BACKGROUND IS IN NON-MEDICAL HEALTHCARE, ARTS AND ARTS PROGRAMMING FACILITATION, EDUCATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISM.
SHE HOLDS HER BGS FROM INDIANA UNIVERSITY AS A FIRST GENERATION COLLEGE GRADUATE ADULT RETURNING STUDENT AND SCHOLAR, AND IS A NATIVE AND CURRENT CHICAGOAN.
SHE SPENT YEARS RESEARCHING THIS NOT UNCOMMON PHENOMENON WHILE EDUCATING HERSELF ON THE HARMFUL EFFECTS OF PSYCHIATRIC MEDICATIONS SO THAT SHE COULD LIBERATE HERSELF OF THEIR INFLUENCE, AND PROTECT HERSELF FROM LONG TERM HARM DUE TO CHRONIC USE. THE WITHDRAWAL EVENT WAS CATASTROPHIC FOR HER NERVOUS SYSTEMS AND RESULTED IN CHRONIC HEALTH CONDITIONS, She continues to recover from.
WHILE STUDYING PLANT MEDICINE DURING A TIME OF LIVING IN AN ARTS COLLECTIVE IN PORTLAND, OREGON, SHE DEEPENED INTO HER APPROACH FOR HOLISTIC RESPONSES. SHE RETURNED TO SHAMANIC PRACTICES, PREVIOUSLY ACCESSED, TO UNDERSTAND HER OWN LIFE EXPERIENCES AS INITIATIONS INTO A CALLING AS AN ESOTERIC PRACTITIONER IN THE FIELD OF INTUITIVE HEALING ARTS.
THROUGH UNCERTAINTY, CHANGE AND ADVERSITY, SHE HAS ALWAYS BEEN ABLE TO RECONNECT WITH HERSELF AND MAKE SENSE OF INNER AND EXTERNAL INFLUENCES THROUGH A "RETURN" TO ARTMAKING - OFTEN UNDERSTANDING THE PROCESS AS A WAY TO BEGIN ANEW, TO BE OPEN TO NEW PROCESSES AND EXPERIMENTATION. THIS IS A WAY TO RESPOND TO A DYNAMIC LIFE PATH. HER INTERESTS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN INSPIRED BY THE INQUIRY AND UNFOLDMENT OF THE CREATIVE AND PSYCHO-SPIRITUAL LENSES.
SHE ALIGNS WITH A TRANSPERSONAL COSMOLOGY AND PANPSYCHISM.
THE GURU IS WITHIN:
AS AN UNMASKED WOMAN AND SPIRITUAL JOURNEYER, SHE BELIEVES THAT BECOMING OUR AUTHENTIC SELVES, AND AVAILABLE FOR THE UNFOLDMENT OF EMERGENT ENERGIES- INCLUDING GUIDED OR SELF GUIDED ECO-THERAPEUTIC AND ART-MAKING PRACTICES,
GIFTS US WITH A CERTAIN KIND OF INNER WISDOM BYWAY OF ITS CREATIVE INQUIRY.
THIS KIND OF PROCESS WORK IS A PRACTICE. IT BEGINS WITH A WILLINGNESS TO TAKE EACH STEP AS WE ARE INTENDED BY DIVINE DESIGN, ONE AT A TIME WHILE BEFRIENDING OURSELVES ALONG THIS JOURNEY.
"IT IS THROUGH A DEVELOPMENTAL APPROACH OF BOTH ACCEPTING YOURSELF JUST AS YOU ARE WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY UNDERSTANDING THAT ANY CHANGE - WHICH CAN BE ACHIEVED THROUGH DIFFERENT AND NEW CONSCIOUS CHOICES, ONLY FOLLOWS THAT FULL ACCEPTANCE AND AN EMBRACE OF WHO WE ARE TODAY".
THIS WORK IS PROCESS ORIENTED. ANY TRANSFORMATION IS ACHIEVED THROUGH THE INTRODUCTION AND REPETITION OF EMPLOYING NEW PRACTICES WHICH HELP YOU LEARN TO CHOOSE NEW WAYS OF BEING IN THE WORLD WHICH ARE MORE OPTIMALLY ALIGNED WITH YOUR OWN SENSE OF WELLBEING AND CONNECTION, ONE STEP AT A TIME.
SHE RECEIVED HER CERTIFICATION IN ECO-PSYCHOLOGY FROM THE RETREAT @PACIFICA GRADUATE INSTITUTE. ELIZABETH STUDIED MYSTICISM WITH SPIRITUAL TEACHER AND COLLECTIVE TRAUMA EXPERT, THOMAS HUBL IN HIS COMMUNITY OF PRACTITIONERS. SHE HAS BEEN A U.S.REPRESENTATIVE MEMBER/JOURNEYER WITH THE FINDHORN FOUNDATION'S, LIVING THE NEW STORY, SERIES 1-3 BEGINNING IN 2016.
HER BACKGROUND IS IN NON-MEDICAL HEALTHCARE, ARTS AND ARTS PROGRAMMING FACILITATION, EDUCATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISM.
SHE HOLDS HER BGS FROM INDIANA UNIVERSITY AS A FIRST GENERATION COLLEGE GRADUATE ADULT RETURNING STUDENT AND SCHOLAR, AND IS A NATIVE AND CURRENT CHICAGOAN.
original photograph, Bloomington, Indiana ©2019
"Firstly, you are whole. You are enough. You can know yourself as the authentic being you are meant to be - whole and experiencing wellbeing and worthiness.
What if life were a series of initiations? We can and do heal, grow, evolve, become, create and ascend - reach a higher understanding and consciousness.
This allows for coming into our potentiality.
We are not only capable of transmuting our darkness into light ➤ love, it is our birthright to do so!
We are all witnesses to this truth.
Sacred Mandala, Integration Art by Elizabeth Izzo ©2019 Soft chalk pastel and ink on paper
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Through integrative practices, including contemplative guided art-making and prose writing, you can re-member, and become the inclusive weaver of all the threads of your life.
If you are ready to journey into a more expansive and creative life, I am honored to facilitate you growing into your potential. Visit EMERGENT CREATORS for details Come journey into a more intentionally creative life embracing the mystery and become the Creator of your new story. We are the architects of this process. |
Exquisite Mandala as represented by 6 artists. Chalk Pastel ©2019
In 2026, Elizabeth will relaunch her original integration art-making practice of The Exquisite Mandala. This tool pictured left, was first birthed in being with 6 artist participants. This transpired in a group she participated in for heart-centered women entrepreneurs in Portland, Oregon in April of 2017. Stay tuned for details through inquiry, and make a reservation here.
"Elizabeth led us through the creation of the mandala, which was really fun and fascinating! Such a great exercise to see how we all fit, despite difference. I loved it because I could feel my inner being guiding me and I felt free! It's interesting because I'm not normally drawn to creating art, but, when I do, I feel transformed. Thank you, Elizabeth!!!"
Heather Coale Schwartz, Portland
"Elizabeth led us through the creation of the mandala, which was really fun and fascinating! Such a great exercise to see how we all fit, despite difference. I loved it because I could feel my inner being guiding me and I felt free! It's interesting because I'm not normally drawn to creating art, but, when I do, I feel transformed. Thank you, Elizabeth!!!"
Heather Coale Schwartz, Portland
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